Comments on: Fred-Fest 2007 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2007/05/fred-fest-2007/ Musings from the BS Brewing Brew Crew Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:01:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: My Beer Pix: A tribute to the many beers I have known » Best of Beer Blogs #1 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2007/05/fred-fest-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-844 My Beer Pix: A tribute to the many beers I have known » Best of Beer Blogs #1 Fri, 18 May 2007 07:38:12 +0000 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/?p=180#comment-844 [...] Fred-Fest 2007 Y’all probably think it’s easy doing this blog thing. You’re wrong. It’s work. Hard work. Plowing through 14 of the finest beers in the state can take the punch right out of a man. All the great Oregon breweries did the business to our livers, all in the name of Fred Eckhardt… [Read the rest] » The Champagne of Blogs [...] [...] Fred-Fest 2007 Y’all probably think it’s easy doing this blog thing. You’re wrong. It’s work. Hard work. Plowing through 14 of the finest beers in the state can take the punch right out of a man. All the great Oregon breweries did the business to our livers, all in the name of Fred Eckhardt… [Read the rest] » The Champagne of Blogs [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2007/05/fred-fest-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Dave Mon, 14 May 2007 03:26:04 +0000 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/?p=180#comment-831 I went for the Black Gold too late; it was gone by the time I got to it. I have had it in the bottle before, and it was a little sharp for my tastes, almost acrid, but I was told by many other tasters that it was "much better on tap." Have to watch for it at the Horse Brass, I guess. The Deschutes 20K Coffee-Infused Imperial Porter was tied for my first place pick with the oak-aged LSD. The former was like drinking an alcoholic latte. Which sounds disgusting, but it was incredible, by far the most coffee-flavored beer I've ever had, with a sweet, thick, rocky head and subtle heat that tied it all together. The oak LSD was incredible. There were a lot of "oak-aged" beers here, but for me this was the champion, well-balanced (as balanced as an oak-aged beer called "LSD" can be, I guess), and plenty bitter, to my liking. It was a beer designed for me, and I was grateful. All day, I kept asking the crew, "Aren't you glad you live in Oregon?" I am. Just an incredible day. Thanks, Fred. I went for the Black Gold too late; it was gone by the time I got to it. I have had it in the bottle before, and it was a little sharp for my tastes, almost acrid, but I was told by many other tasters that it was “much better on tap.” Have to watch for it at the Horse Brass, I guess.

The Deschutes 20K Coffee-Infused Imperial Porter was tied for my first place pick with the oak-aged LSD. The former was like drinking an alcoholic latte. Which sounds disgusting, but it was incredible, by far the most coffee-flavored beer I’ve ever had, with a sweet, thick, rocky head and subtle heat that tied it all together.

The oak LSD was incredible. There were a lot of “oak-aged” beers here, but for me this was the champion, well-balanced (as balanced as an oak-aged beer called “LSD” can be, I guess), and plenty bitter, to my liking. It was a beer designed for me, and I was grateful.

All day, I kept asking the crew, “Aren’t you glad you live in Oregon?” I am. Just an incredible day. Thanks, Fred.

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