Comments on: [drink] He Said/She Said: Strong Ale Fest

By: Rob Miller- Goebel Liquor

Rob Miller- Goebel Liquor — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:25:00 +0000

The 1st Annual Strong Ale Festival was a huge hit for Wichita’s craft beer enthusiasts. This has been a dream of mine for over years. I personally went to 5 “strong ale fests” throughout the United States to get some “on-site” research. The tasting sheet was a great benefit for participants to read about the beers to help them with their choices.

I want to thank everyone who came out for this event. I want to thank Schane for believing in my idea to host this event. She deserves all the cudo’s for all her time spent preparing the bar. The staff deserves my gratitude for working so hard preparing the bar for the event and getting the bar back to it’s original setting so they could start serving the dinner crowd.

All the pressure is on me to duplicate the list of beers by making it even better next year. We are working on some unique firkin kegs and more bottles that are over 8%. Thanks Verbict!

By: JWG

JWG — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:45:28 +0000

Carly – great job!!!!!! It sounded like fun.

By: Steph Barnard

Steph Barnard — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:38:38 +0000

Hey Grammar… it actually is “make do.” So there’s that.

By: Woody

Woody — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:34:18 +0000

It was a fantastic time and I am happy that Schane and The Anchor are starting to put on more of these events.

By: Grammar?

Grammar? — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:58:51 +0000

You “made do”? Or you made “due”?

By: Nuke

Nuke — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:42:08 +0000

Not from Wichita but came over from ACGIK.

Sounds like my kind of event. We have a couple fests in KC, but the big one is in a parking lot and includes any half assed brewery that shows up. I started on strong beers when Boulevard introduced their Smokestack series, and while not every beer has been a winner there have been several very good ones.

Tell Quentin I agree that the Schlafly Imperial Bourbon Stout is quite good! I like whiskey aged beers tho, so I could be biased. I enjoy Boulevards Bourbon Barrel Quad, and am looking forward to their rye.

Anyhow, nice review. Keep up the good work putting your liver on the line for us!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:03:17 +0000

If you kept this year’s ticket, you are supposed to save money on next year’s ticket. FYI for those who attended.

By: Carly Holmes

Carly Holmes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:07:51 +0000

You should be reading our twitter account :) We talked about it on there. You should have a Chad Smith Ale Fest. After all the grief I gave you about coffee beer now that I’ve actually tried different beers I think I’d probably like the coffee one.

By: Chad Smith

Chad Smith — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:59:10 +0000

Carly, I can’t believe no one told me about this!

I would have joined you guys but ended up staying home and making my own ale instead.

By: Wade

Wade — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:24:25 +0000

To all of those that didn’t get the chance to make it, you really missed out on a great time! I am already looking forward to next year…