Friday, March 13, 2015

The News of My Demise is Great

Well hello, stranger. Took a little hiatus from the beer blogging world to concentrate on my DVR shows and the re-realization that I will never be a competent guitar player. Now I figure it's time to get back into the scene, considering we have Beer Week approaching and also a first for Albuquerque: a sour beer festival! Created by Santa Sidra's/Monk's Ale Rep Angelo Orona and Kelly Liquors manager Kevin McCallister, the Tart at Heart Sour Fest will take place at Sister Bar on Saturday, April 11 from 4-8. Tickets are $35, and guarantee you samples of many beers hitting NM draft lines for the first time, including Stone's Passion Project, Birrifico del Ducato's Beersel Mattina-Blended Lambic, Odell's debut of Brazzle Sour Golden Raspberry, and other special treats- including Sierra Nevada's first ever barrel-aged beer to hit a keg! You can purchase your ticket here http://holdmyticket.com/event/196797. The event will have 20 sour and barrel-aged beers to try, but what's best is there are only 150 tickets being made available to the public, ensuring you won't be elbow to elbow with people like a certain sour fest up north that costs about $65 more. Plus the event will be educational, with the AV projector being used to school you on the beer you're drinking. Angelo is a Certified Beer Judge and can tell you what you should be looking for in your beer, and why you suck if you don't recognize those flavors. He'll probably keep that last part to himself. And Kevin has tried most every beer that you wish you could, and has worked hard to get distributors to get him rarities for the fest. It's going to be a good one- just don't forget the antacids.