Strong Beer Tasting at RFD

Host Bob Tupper (l); Cap City's Kevin Blodger (r)

I attended RFD's Strong Beer Tasting last evening with Clipper City Brewing owner Hugh Sisson. Our entry was Below Decks Barleywine, dry-hopped, and served cask-conditioned from a firkin.

The best line of the evening belonged to audience member (and Mid-Atlantic Brewing news columnist) Martin Morse Wooster. After tasting the unfiltered Imperial Kölsch (7.5% abv) from Kevin Blodger of Baltimore's Capitol City Brewing Company brewpub [UPDATE: 2007.09.01], he was inspired to ask:

What are you calling this? Kölsch 45?

Funny quip ... interesting style designation ... very tasty beer.

The lineup:

• Imperial Koelsch (7.5%) from Capitol City Baltimore
• St. Victorious Doppelbock from Victory
• Heavy Seas Below Decks Barleywine (10%, firkin) from Clipper City
• Belgian Sour Cherry Ale - made with brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus - from Capital City (Arlington/Downtown)
• Bill Madden's Cask Wee Heavy (8%) from Vintage 50 Restaurant and Brew Lounge
• Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A (a 10% Rye Double IPA) from Hebrew
• Double D 8% Double Red Ale from Capital City Shirlington
• Double IPA (8 to 9%) from Capitol City Capitol Hill
• Oak Aged Millennium (11.5%) from Old Dominion Brewing Company
• Oak Aged High Desert Imperial Stout from Sweetwater Tavern

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