Capt Keith's Beer Blog

The weather has been fantastic around Dallas, Texas and to celebrate good times with good friends,  Flying Saucer will host the annual Beer Festival on Lake Ray Hubbard. Daniel and his crew have been collecting some interesting and limited kegs from various breweries around the US and abroad. He will release some of these on May 7th at his 2nd Annual Summer Beer Festival.

As a sneak preview, the following is a small list of some of the brews you will be able to try:

Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10

Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball

Saint Arnold Divine #10

Avery Collaboration not Litigation

We will also have a variety of sessionable beers at this event. We just get excited about some of the bold and adventurous offerings by our brewing friends.

There will also be rare tappings inside the Flying Saucer starting at 2 pm. I hope to see you there.

It is that time of year if you are near Columbia, South Carolina.

Our friends at All About Beer Magazine are hosting the 2nd Annual World Beer Festival at the convention center just around the corner from the Flying Saucer. I attended last year and there were many world class beers available and all of the usual suspects. Belgian ales are plentiful, local craft breweries are eager to give you a taste of their love for the art and many of the major craft players will be on hand to taste you on their special line up.

Smuttynose was a favorite of mine last year – look for Kevin Love when  you hit their booth – he is knowledgeable and passionate about his beers. The Smuttynose IPA was a fantastic example of the style and I recommend it. Look forward to trying a Barleywine this year. Hope they bring one.

Attend one of the beer lectures if you get the chance. Greg Glaser’s presentation is very well done and extremely informative and they pass out beer for you to taste as you go along. There should be several opportunities and I thoroughly enjoyed them last year.

The Flying Saucer will have a booth set up with merchandise and some of the folks from our local chapter. Ted from Austin will be on hand as well as Jeff from Raleigh. The Saucer is hosting a Brewers Dinner with beers on Friday night which could be an opportunity to talk beer with those who make it. Come by the Saucer after your session to warm up and have a killer beer with us. See you there!

3 Amigos Drinking Rogue Ale with Jim