Strong Beers at Bricks

The photo is of Brickskeller proprietor Dave Alexander pouring pitchers from a cask of Clipper City Brewing's Below Decks Barleywine (10% alcohol-by-volume), however...

During the 23 January 2008 Strong Beer Tasting at the Brickskeller in Washington, D.C., Johansson's brewer Jay Lampert had the best quip. Reflecting on how the 'weakest' beer to be tasted that evening was 7.5% alcohol by volume (abv), he raised a glass of his Saison (8.5% abv) and toasted the audience:

In case we don't see each other later at police lockup, have a good night!

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The lineup: brewers and beers

• Capitol City -- Brewer Travis Tedrow -- Biere de garde (7.5% abv)
• Brewer's Alley -- Tom Flores -- Scotch Ale (8% abv)
• Vintage 50 -- Bill Madden -- Auld Abomination (8.5% abv)
• Johannson's -- Jay Lampert -- Saison (8.5%)
• Clipper City -- John Eugeni -- Below Decks (10% abv)
• Old Dominion -- Tim Pulhouse -- 2005 oak-aged Millenium (11% abv)
• Capitol City -- Fuel Coffee Imperial Stout (10% abv)
• Sweetwater -- 2004 High Desert Imperial Stout
• Russian River -- Perdition, Deification

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• Further notes on the tasting here.
• More pics here.
• The photo of Dave Alexander was awarded runner-up status in the 2009 Good Beer Blog Yuletide Photo Contest.


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