THE BREWSPAPER / ALL HAIL STRONG ALE

WELCOME STRONG ALE FEST--This Friday and Saturday, December 5-6, Pizza Port Carlsbad is hosting the 18th annual Strong Ale Festival. With 80+ taps of beers 8% and above, we highly recommend eating well and not driving to this one.

The first Strong Ale Festival was held in 1997 and this year will feature big beers by way of taps, cask and bottle. Pizza Port Carlsbad’s head brewer, Mike Aubuchon, brewed four specialty beers for the event: Bird Dog Barley Wine (17%), Chocolate Mint Thunder Imperial Stout (10%), Passion Fruit Big Deal (9.5%) and a Barrel Aged Stout blend of Barrel Aged Z Man, Night Rider and Bird Dog (which will be available in 22 oz. bombers).

“The festival’s longevity is a tribute to the growth of the craft brewing industry and the fact that people want more flavor out of their beer.” Aubuchon continues, “It also helps that the festival is perfectly timed between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In the summer heat, you want a light, refreshing beer. But when the cold weather hits, the heavier beers can warm you up a little.”  --By Mike Shess, West Coaster Craft Beer Magazine, www.westcoastersd.com

Sip gently!

Here’s a link for tickets.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/934981

A list of some of the beers is below:

BREWERY        (State)                         BEER

3 Floyds Brewing                (IN)           Majsgoop

3 Floyds Brewing                (IN)           Behemoth

3 Floyds Brewing                (IN)           Oh Myyyy Takei

Avery                                   (CO)           Tweak

Avery                                   (CO)           Rumpkin

Bad Beat Brewing               (NV)          Next Level

Bear Republic Brewing       (CA)          Tripels Alley

Bells​                                      (MI)          Expedition

Big Dogs                     (NV)                   War Dog

Bootleggers Brewery (CA)                   Knuckle Sandwich

Bravery Brewing       (CA)                   Tequilla Old Rat

Coronado Brewing              (CA)          Barrel Aged Punk’n                                                                                             Drublic

Epic                             (UT)                   Brainless On Peaches

Epic                    (UT)                            Smoked & Oaked

Faction               (CA)                            NYX – Goddess/Night

Golden Road               (CA)                   Hudson Porter

Hanger 24                  (CA)                    Gourdgeous

Inland Empire Brewing (CA)             Victoria

June Lake Brewing   (CA)                   Hutte double IPA

Knee Deep and Kern River (CA)       Deep River

Ladyface Ale               (CA)                   Reyes Adobe

Ninkasi Brewing                 (OR)          Sleighr

Nobel Ale Works        (CA)                   Waimea Showers

Oskar Blues                (CO)                    Old Chub **Nitro**

Pizza Port Carlsbad   (CA)                   2014 Strong Ale Blend

Pizza Port Carlsbad   (CA)                   Chocolate Thunder Mint

Pizza Port Carlsbad   (CA)                   Barrel Aged Bird Dog

Pizza Port Carlsbad   (CA)                   Big Deal with Passion fruit

Pizza Port Ocean Beach  (CA)              Bacon and Eggs

Pizza Port Ocean Beach  (CA)              La Flama Dorada

Pizza Port Ocean Beach  (CA)              Leather Bound Books

Pizza Port Ocean Beach  (CA)              BBA Eukaryst

Pizza Port Ocean Beach  (CA)              Sinister

Pizza Port San Clemente (CA)             Order in the Port

Pizza Port San Clemente (CA)             Dusk til Dawn

Pizza Port San Clemente (CA)             Faceplant

Pizza Port San Clemente (CA)             Mintimidator

Pizza Port San Clemente (CA)             Way Heavy

Pizza Port San Clemente (CA)             Imfamous

Pizza Port Solana Beach (CA)             Deofuls Calibration

Pizza Port Solana Beach (CA)             May the Port be with You

Rip Current Brewing          (CA)           Hop Wine

Sierra Nevada Brewing  (CA)              Barrel Aged Ovila

St. Bernardus (Belgium)                      Christmas Ale

Stone Brewing                    (CA)          ‘11Stone IRS

Stone Brewing                    (CA)          ‘13 Stone ESPRESSO IRS

Tenaya Creek                      (NV)          15th Anniversary

The Bruery                          (CA)          Melange #3

The Bruery                          (CA)          White Chocolate

The Lost Abbey                   (CA)          Agave Maria

The Lost Abbey             (CA)                 Angels Share Grand Cru

Toolbox Brewing (CA)                          Fallout