Belgian Fest Seattle, WA Jan. 23

[Twinsbro]

http://www.washingtonbeer.com/belgian.htm

Anyone else going to this? I'm going to the 1st session from 12-4. Then probably hit up a bar afterwards since I'll be in the Seattle area.

[Evan B]

i pretty much pumped all my disposable income in to going to the BN Winter Brews fest. so i'll be sittin this one out

[Twinsbro]

Anyone else? I hardly see any BNers at the fests around here. I may see 1 or 2, but thats it.

[BDawg]

I'm gonna try, but I'm pretty sure my daughter has a gymnastics meet.

[Twinsbro]

Well I went to the fest yesterday. It was fun. Both sessions were sold out. Lots of good beer.

I ran into one other person wearing a BN hoody. Also Belgian Beer Me was there. I met Stu Stuart and I'm going to go to one of his beer classes next month.

[Shattheproducer]

What were some of the highlights?

[Twinsbro]

What were some of the highlights?

This was their 1st annual Belgian Beer Fest. Its put on by a group called WABL. Washington Beer Lovers. http://www.washingtonbeer.com

There were about 24 local breweries there. I believed the Skagit River Brewing had the best beer there. They had a Belgian Strong Dark Ale.

I had a beer from Issaquah Brewing(owned by Rogue) and they had a Belgian Tripel that I really liked. It was called Menage a Frog.

Black Raven had their barrel aged beer there as well. That was my 2nd favorite beer there. It was called Pour les Oiseaux which was a Wine Barrel Aged Saison.

I had a few others from other local breweries there like Elsyian, Dick's, Georgetown, etc. But I think the Skagit River and Black Raven stood out the most.

There was also some Belgian style ice cream there and Belgian Waffles. I tried a waffle, they were yummy.

And like I said, Stu Stuart was there and I talked to him. I mentioned that I heard him on the BN and he said he loved doing the interview with you guys and said ya'll were funny as hell.

Thats all I got for highlights really.

[Evan B]

What were some of the highlights?

Black Raven had their barrel aged beer there as well. That was my 2nd favorite beer there. It was called Pour les Oiseaux which was a Wine Barrel Aged Saison.

Such a fucking awesome beer! They'll be releasing it on tap at the taproom this week!