We got our Firk on…and many of you joined us. So many that we drained all the firkins before the end of the event!!! WOAH-you know good beer! These unique one of a kind beers were definitely worth a trip out to Firkin Fest.

Breweries and beer at the event:

Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA
Avery Überschwein Barley Wine
Bell’s Expedition Stout
Bell’s Hop Slam Imperial IPA
Big Sky Stone Thrower Scotch Ale
Boulder Beer Flashback India Brown Ale
Boulder Beer Mojo Risin’ Double IPA
Brau Brothers Double Dry Hopped Sheephead Ale
Brau Brothers Elisha’s Old Ale
Breckenridge Lucky U IPA
Crispin Clyde: the Original
Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA
Dark Horse Plead the 5th Russian Imperial Stout
Flat Earth Big Money: Oak Aged Cygnus Porter
Flat Earth Double Dry Hopped Angry Planet
Flat Earth Northwest Passage IPA
Flying Dog Snakebite IPA
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
Founder’s Double Dry Hopped Red’s Rye P.A.
Fox Barrel Cidery Bonnie: Spicy Ginger & Black Currant.
Fulton Sweet Child of Vine IPA
Fulton War and Peace Russian Imperial Stout with Peace Coffee
Fulton Worthy Adversary Imperial Stout
Furthermore Knot Stock Black Pepper Pale Ale
Goose Island Citra Hop IPA
Goose Island Nightstalker Imperial Stout
Grand Tetons Lost Continent Double IPA
Great Divide Hercules Double IPA
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Stout Infused with Espresso
Harviestoun Ola Dubh 18 yr
Harviestoun Ola Dubh 30 yr
Lagunitas New Dogtown Pale Ale
Lake Superior Minnesota Special
Lake Superior Sir Duluth Cocoa Oatmeal Stout
Lake Superior Strong, Dark, and Handsome
Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey IPA
Lift Bridge Chestnut Hill: “A La Nutsack”
Lift Bridge Crosscut Pale Ale: “Ol’ Pine Box”
Lift Bridge Farm Girl Saison: “Honey Ginger Girl”
New Belgium “Shadow of the Foerder” blend of 1554 and La Folie
New Holland Pilgrim’s Dole
Rogue Amarillo Dry Hopped American Amber Ale
Rogue Chocolate Stout
Rogue Shakespeare Stout
Rush River Bubblejack IPA
Rush River Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
Rush River Winter Warmer
Schell’s Hopfenmalz Kellerbier
Schell’s Oak Aged Stout
Southern Tier Unearthly IPA
Sprecher Abbey Tripel Witbier with coriander and orange peel
Summit EPA dry hopped with Chinook
Summit Oatmeal Stout with East Kent Goldings
Summit Winter dry hopped with Ahtanum
Surly Bender: Oak Aged
Surly Cynic: Oak Aged, Dry Hopped
Surly 2010 Darkness: Oak Aged, Dry Hopped
Surly Mild
Surly Tea-bagged Furious
Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss Wine
Two Brothers Cane and Ebel
Tyranena Benji’s Smoked Imperial Chipotle Porter
Victory Hop Wallop
Victory Storm King Imperial Stout

Winners of the event:

The judges were looking at both the quality of the beer and the cask conditioned characters since it was a firkin fest.

Stout & Dark:
1st
Summit Oatmeal Stout with East Kent Goldings
2nd
Surly 2010 Darkness: Oak Aged, Dry Hopped
3rd
Schell’s Oak Aged Stout

Hops:
1st
Summit EPA dry hopped with Chinook
2nd
Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA
3rd
Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA

Other:
1st
Schell’s Hopfenmalz Kellerbier
2nd
Summit Winter dry hopped with Ahtanum
3rd
New Holland Pilgrim’s Dole

Winner of Best of Show, The Golden Firkin:
Lift Bridge Chestnut Hill: “A La Nutsack”