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Limited Release Beers
The Limited Release Beers are special vintage beers for which there is a very limited supply. These beers typically require additional tickets for a taster, with a select few also offered as full mug pours of varying ticket cost. To help ensure as many people as possible get a fair chance of trying at least one of these beers, we stagger their tapping throughout each day of the fest (Wednesday through Saturday only).
TBD - To Be Determined • GTHT - Gone Today, Here Tomorrow • OUT - Sold Out
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Alaskan Brewing Co.
Big Nugget (2008)Barley Wine • ABV: 10.7%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
This is a Pilot Series full-bodied ale, deep mahogany in color and brewed with an array of complementing malts to achieve its high original gravity. Multiple hop additions in the boil and dry hopping during fermentation provide contrast to the big malt character resulting in the smooth balance that distinguishes this specialty brew.
Juneau, AK
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Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Samichlaus (2005)Doppelbock • ABV: 14.0%
Beer Location: OUT Tasters only - 2 tickets each.
Samichlaus Bier is brewed only once a year on December 6th and is aged for 10 months before bottling. Samichlaus is one of the rarest specialty beers in the world, ideal for aging, and older vintages become more complex with a creamy, warming finish.Vorchdorf, Austria
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North Coast Brewing Co.
Old Stock (2008)Olde Ale • ABV: 11.7% • IBUs: 36 • O.G.: 24.0°
Beer Location: OUT Tasters only - 2 tickets each.
Like a fine port, Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down. With an original gravity of over 24° and a generous hopping rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round out and mellow with age. It's brewed with classic Maris Otter malt and Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, all imported from England.Fort Bragg, CA
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Oskar Blues
Ten Fiddy (2008)Imperial Stout • ABV: 9.4% • IBUs: 98
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
Deep flavors of chocolate, malt, coffee, cocoa and oats roll across your tongue with the first sip. Made with an enormous amount of two-row malts, chocolate malts, roasted barley, flaked oats and hops, this beer aims to please your dark beer needs.Longmont, CO
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Deschutes Brewery
The Abyss (2007-2010 Vertical Offering)Imperial Stout • ABV: 11.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
Brewed with licorice and molasses and 33% aged in French Oak and Oak Bourbon barrels, it's dark, deep and mysterious. This special brew has immeasurable depth inviting you to explore and discover its rich, complex profile. The flavor of molasses and licorice draw you in further and further with each sip. The Abyss beckons. Enjoy the journey.Bend, OR
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Cascade Brewing
Sang Noir (2009)Barrel-Aged Sour Ale • ABV: 10.2% • IBUs: 5
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
A big, full-bodied double Flanders style Double Red comes from a blend of several barrel aged beers, aged on 100 pounds of Bing Cherries, with portions of the beer aging in Heaven Hills and Maker's Mark Whiskey barrels and Pinot Noir Barrels. For sweet high notes, Bourbonic Plague and Blond Quad aged in Minnesota oak were added.Portland, OR
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Deschutes Brewery
Lost Barrels of Mirror Mirror (2009)Oak-Aged Barley Wine • ABV: 10.7% • IBUs: 51
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
As part of the Reserve Series, the brewers discovered some "lost" barrels hidden in the back corner of the warehouse. They set aside this special 100% barrel-aged version of Mirror Mirror for occasions such as the Holiday Ale Festival. Lucky you!Bend, OR
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Festina Peche (2009)Berliner Weiss • ABV: 4.5% • IBUs: 8
Beer Location: OUT
A refreshing neo-Berliner Weisse fermented with peaches, this is ideally served as an apertif. Once more than 70, there are only a few breweries left in Berlin still brewing the Berliner Weisse style, which is characterized by its intense tartness (some say sour). Festina is delicately hopped and has a pale straw color.Milton, CT
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Kona Brewing Company
Black Sand Porter (2009)Porter • ABV: 6.6% • IBUs: 40
Beer Location: OUT
A robust, full bodied porter with pronounced bittersweet chocolate flavor and aroma from the diverse variety of malt, including Premium 2-Row, Chocolate, Munich, Caramel, Carapils and Black. Centennial and Northern Brewer hops balance the maltiness of this robust and roasty ale. Flown in by the Holiday Ale Festival directly from Hawaii in 2009.Kailua-Kona, HI
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Avery Brewing Co.
The KaiserImperial Oktoberfest • ABV: 10.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
The Kaiser once said, "Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world." If the Kaiser and his significant other had tipped this bottle, we'd all be "sprechenden Deutsch!" For this Imperial Oktoberfest, we've intensified all that is good in a traditional Oktoberfest - gorgeous, deep copper sheen, massive malty backbone and spicy, floral, pungent noble hops.Boulder, CO
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Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
RufusBarrel-Aged Imperial Amber Ale • ABV: 11.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
Barrel-Aged Imperial Amber Ale.Paso Robles, CA
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Deschutes Brewery
Frosty the Snow Quad (2008)Quadrupel • ABV: 9.0% • IBUs: 20
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
Containing pilsner and 2-row malts with white cane sugar added throughout the boil, half of this small batch beer was aged for 6 months in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. The whole batch was then blended and put in pinot barrels for another 6 months, with the pinot barrels buried in a snow cave for the final two days.Bend, OR
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Hair of the Dog Brewing Co.
JIM (2008)Strong Blend • ABV: 10.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
A Holiday Ale/HotD collaboration honoring the late Jim Kennedy, this is a blend of Hair of the Dog beers Adam of the Wood aged 4 months in wet Elija Craig bourbon barrels, Fred of the Wood aged in new American oak, Blue Dot for hop nose and Doggie Claws for balance, with a touch of 2003 Samichlaus and 2007 Chimay Grand Reserve.Portland, OR
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Hair of the Dog Brewing Co.
JIM (2009)Strong Blend • ABV: 10.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
A Holiday Ale/HotD collaboration honoring the late Jim Kennedy, this blend features Doggie Claws, Adam, Fred from the wood, and Blue Dot, with a keg of English Brown Ale, German Bock, and American Strong Ale, and finished off with Cantillon St. Lamvinus, Scaldis Noel, Corsendonk Christmas Ale, and Orval.Portland, OR
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New Belgium Brewing Co.
Transatlantique Kriek (2010)Kriek / Golden Lager Blend • ABV: 8.0% • IBUs: 8
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
A collaboration with Brewerij Boon of Belgium, this is a spontaneously fermented lambic ale made with Polish cherries. The cherry nose gives way to a pleasingly sour flash across the palate that rolls gently into a slightly sweet finish. Crisp, effervescent carbonation keeps the mouthfeel bright and delightfully tingly.Fort Collins, CO
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Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Double DBAImperial Special Bitter Ale • ABV: 12.0%
Beer Location: OUT Tasters only - 3 tickets each.
Double DBA is Firestone Walker's flagship beer brewed at double strength. It is amazingly similar in many respects to their barrel fermented DBA and possesses everything they love about that beer times two. English caramel malts lend rich toffee character that pairs well with assertive medium toast American oak barrels.Paso Robles, CA
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New Belgium Brewing Co.
Prickly Peach Passion BarrelBelgian Ale Blend • ABV: 8.8%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
A blend of Prickly Passion Saison and Biere de Mars aged in peach whiskey barrels.
Come meet Lauren Woods of New Belgium!Fort Collins, CO
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New Belgium Brewing Co.
Ooh La Leopold StoutBarrel-Aged Stout Blend • ABV: 8.8%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
Home Plate Stout blended with Ooh La La and aged in blackberry whiskey barrels.
Come meet Lauren Woods of New Belgium!Fort Collins, CO
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Bear Republic Brewing Co.
Spiced TartareSpiced Berliner-Weisse • ABV: 4.0%
Beer Location: OUT Come meet Peter Kruger from Bear Republic!
A dry and tart Berliner-style wheat beer spontaneously fermented in a 2500 gallon oak vessel. One of the world's classic sour beer styles, Tartare is Bear Republic's interpretation of the beer style dubbed as "The Champagne of the North". This special release is spiced with a tincture of cinnamon, ginger and clove.Cloverdale, CA
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Bear Republic Brewing Co.
Spiced Old Baba YagaSpiced Russian Imperial Stout • ABV: 11.5% • IBUs: 115
Beer Location: OUT Come meet Peter Kruger from Bear Republic!
Old Baba Yaga, the witch who guarded the fountain of life and death, held dominion over a wintery forest landscape. This beer is brewed to both celebrate winter's bony fingers and represent some of the power of Baba Yaga's fountain. It's black depths hold coffee, licorice, and bittersweet chocolate flavors. Aged in French Oak Cabernet barrels, this special release has been spiced with a tincture of cinnamon, ginger and clove.Cloverdale, CA
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Holiday Ale Festival
Ultra-Premium Brewer's Reserve Sour CollaborationBlend
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
For an incredibly unique twist to this year's festival, Lauren Woods of New Belgium will join with Preston Weesner of Cascade to produce a custom blend of two of their incredible beers in real-time, straight from the tap. You do not want to miss this.Portland, OR
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- Holiday Ale Festival StaffCascade Glueh Kriek is an oak aged blend of Bing and Sour pie cherry sour red ales that has been steeped on spices fresh from Grenada with added wild flower honey. Traditionally served with a slice of orange at 70%deg;C, this live blending will be served chilled as an added twist. Love/Felix is New Belgium's blonde sour ale aged in oak foeders at the brewery. It is blended in various proportions in many of New Belgium's sour wood-aged beers, such as Le Terroir and Tart Lychee.
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Anchor Brewing Co.
Old Foghorn (2006)English Barley Wine • ABV: 9.1%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
Brewed strictly according to traditional brewing methods, using only natural ingredients: water, malted barley, fresh whole hops, and yeast. Featuring only Cascade hops, with additional hopping while aging, it is fermented with a true top-fermenting ale yeast. Carbonation through natural "bunging" produces champagne-like bubbles.Juneau, AK
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Anchor Brewing Co.
Old Foghorn (2007)English Barley Wine • ABV: 9.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
Old Foghorn is highly hopped, using only Cascade hops, and is fermented with a true top-fermenting ale yeast. Carbonation is produced by an entirely natural process called "bunging", which produces champagne-like bubbles. The beer is dry-hopped with additional Cascade hops while it ages in our cellars.Juneau, AK
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Bear Republic Brewing Co.
Ebeweesner Scrooge (2010)Sour Ale Blend • ABV: 6.5% • IBUs: 35
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
This barrel aged smoked sour ale is a blend of many barrels from the Bear Republic cellar, including Smoked Red Rocket and Black Do, which was then spiked with Bear Republic's own 'spank', a wild open fermentation beer that is the source of Bear Republic's sour power. If you like sour beers, this one is the first of its kind.Cloverdale, CA
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Rock Bottom Brewery (Portland)
Maude Flanders (2009)Sour Blend
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
An aged blend of various sours from the vault. Maude wasn't really tee-diddly-total you know. She just didn't like Duff - or Fudd. No God fearing person would drink Fudd. And what Neddy doesn't know won't hurt him.Portland, OR
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Bitches BrewImperial Stout • ABV: 9.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original release of Bitches Brew, Miles Davis' 1970 paradigm-shifting landmark fusion breakthrough, we've created our own Bitches Brew - a bold, dark beer that's a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root, a gustatory analog to Miles masterpiece.Milton, CT
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
120 Minute IPAImperial IPA • ABV: 15.0%
Beer Location: OUT Tasters only - 4 tickets each.
Too extreme to be called beer? 120 Minute IPA is brewed to a colossal 45-degree plato, boiled for a full two hours while being continuously hopped with high-alpha American hops, then dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month and aged for another month on whole-leaf hops!Milton, CT
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Epic Brewing Co.
Brainless on CherriesBelgian Strong Ale • ABV: 11.4%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
We took our double gold medal winning Brainless® Belgian, added cherry puree and aged it in French wine casks (cabernet and syrah) for a secondary fermentation in the barrels. Pours a beautiful deep ruby color with a medium white head. A nice nose of sweet cherries, Belgian malts, and barrel aging.Salt Lake City, UT
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New Belgium Brewing Co.
Imperial Coffee Choclate StoutImperial Coffee Chocolate Stout • ABV: 9.0%
Beer Location: OUT 2 tickets per taster, 6 tickets per fill.
This is dark, rich, strong and roasty, and packed with Fort Collins own, Cafe Richesse espresso. Brewed with roasted barley and Midnight Wheat, the extra dark color is partnered with a firm pillow of mocha colored head. This malty imperial stout is spiced with fair trade cocoa nibs after fermentation for nice chocolate flavor, and the coffee brings a pick-me-up zing.Fort Collins, CO
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