Borefts Bierfestival Holland 2012! (pics)

Reporting from yesterday, day 2 of the beer festival at brouwerij de molen in holland, it was an excellent festival! line-up of beers more or less here:

http://www.brouwerijdemolen.nl/index.php/en/beerfestival/brewers-and-beers.html

i wish i could have tried them all, but some highlights were the fruit sours from mikkeler (they had 1/2 year and 1 year sour cherry spontaneously fermented, so you could taste the difference those 6 months make, and an outrageous sour blueberry, pictured), herb beers from narke (sweden; myrica gale and spruce beers were excellent), excellent weird stuff from jester king, their collaborations with mikkeler on bourbon aged stouts with coffee and chipotle were totally over the top yet somehow they made sense, and on and on... too many to name. good size of the festival, not too crowded, lots of dutch but a surprising number of very happy (north)americans, a good few brits, the odd kiwi/aussie, and some italians and spanish. lots of beards and black t-shirts, but even some women!!

i promised to post a few photos.

more..

still more..

my favorite attendee!

This year I´m going! (me an other spanish homebrewers) nice lineup like always.

¿are you going to be there this year dinnerstick?

you bet!! PM me if you want to meet up! /trade beers. lineup looks great.
anyone in netherlands area i will be serving 2 (100%brett) beers at the carnicale brettanomyces en andere wilde dieren (brett and other wild beasts) festival amsterdam this saturday! de prael 7pm

2013 lineup is filling out nicely!

Brouwerij de Molen,
Bodegraven, Netherlands
Zure Kersen Bom 6.2%
Ginger Shot 4.2%
Moord & Brand Balsamico 9.8%
Moord & Brand High Ester Rhum 9.8%
Moord & Brand Bourbon 9.8%
Hel & Verdoemenis Wild Turkey Eisbock 18%
Hot & Spicy III 10.2%
Hel & Verdoemenis Kopi Loewak 10%
Dutch Fresh Hopped ?%

Brouwerij Emelisse,
Kamperland, Netherlands
Barley Wine Buffalo tracé BA 12%
2,5 2.5 %
XXV 25%
Imp Russian Stout wild Turkey BA 11%
Creme Brulee stout 8%
Alceto Balsamico BA 7.5%
Imp Russian Stout peated Bunnahabhain BA 11%
Braggot 10%
Porter 7.5%
Smoke Rye IPA 6.2%

Laugar Brewery,
Barakaldo, Spain
Aupa Tovarisch Russian Imperial Stout 11%
Rye Strong Ale 10.5%
Laugarian IPA 3.5%
Cypress valley Gruit 6.5%

Amager Bryghus,
Kastrup, Denmark
Pride
Envy
Sloth
Greed
Hr. Frederiksen Niepoort
Honey Quad - a Borefts special
Xiquic And The Hero Twins (w. Cigar City)
Arctic SunStone (w. Three Floyds)

Jopen Brouwerij,
Haarlem, Netherlands
Gouds Gruit 7%
Gratzer/Grodziskie brewed with Monarchy Brewery 4%
Grateful Deaf Zythos IPA brewed with Grateful Deaf 6.5%
Jacobus RPA 5.5%
Frans Hals Kuit 6%
SurpRYEse 7%
Koyt 8.5%

The Kernel,
London, England

Thornbridge,
Bakewell, England

Alvinne,
Moen, Belgium
Honey-B Bragot
BZN Gruit
Balthazar II
Land van Mortagne
Foederbier
Wild West
Gaspar
Melchior
Mano Negra
Morpheus Dark
Beer Geek Wedding Batch III
Folkbier

Närke Kulturbryggeri,
Örebro, Sweden

Mikkeller,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Drinkin' the Sun 13 1.4%
Single Hop IPA: Citra
BA Green Gold Chardonnay
Monk's Elixir
Black
Spontanpeach
It's Alive! BA Chardonnay Mango
De Molen Bragging Braggot collab. with To Øl

Toccalmatto,
Fidenza, Italy
Surfing Hop Imperial IPA 8.5%
Zona Cesarini Pacifica India Pale Ale 6.6%
Mediterranean Braggot 10.5%
Gose [no name yet] 4.5%
Gruit Ale brewed with Buxton Brewery
IPA [no name yet] brewed with Buxton Brewery
Russian Imperial Stout (Wild) Sagrantino Red Wine BA 12%
Bedda Matri Barley Wine Marsala wine BA 12%
Vecchio Bruno Sour Emilian Red Ale BA 8%

Brewfist,
Codogno, Italy
Terminal Pale Ale
Spaceman
Green Petrol
2Late
X-Ray
Gruit

Struise,
Oostvleteren, Belgium

To Øl,
Copenhagen, Denmark
I've Seen Bigger Than Yours 14%
Black Malts & Body Salts 9.9%
Total Hubris 4.5%
By Udder Means BA Muscatel 7%
Special Borefts Braggot Forca Victory Xtra Ekstra Edition 0.8.2

Naparbier,
Noain, Spain
Back in Black IPA 8.5%
Betagarri American Pilsner 4.8%
ZZ+ American Amber Ale 5.5%
Aker American IPA 6.7%
Gruit BBF 5%
Black Rock Imperial Cacao+Coffee Porter 9%
5 Titius Aniversary IPA 7.3%

Fyne Ales,
Cairndow, Scotland
Jarl 3.8%
Vital Spark 4.4%
Fladda Rock 5.5%
Fladda Rock Belgian 5.5%
Superior IPA 7.1%
Sublime Stout 6.8%
Smoked Chilli Dark Ale 6%
Sanda Blonde IPA 5.5%
Sanda Black IPA 5.5%

Mont Salève,
Neydens, France
Mozaic Black Bitter 3.5%
GSC bitter 2.5%
Double IPA 8.0%
Imperial Stout 13.0%
Mademoiselle French Pale Ale 6.0%
Oyster Stout 5.0%

Rooie Dop,
Utrecht, Netherlands
Double Oatmeal Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged 9.6%
Chica Americana IPA 7.1%
Double Oatmeal Stout 9.6%
Ot The Explorer Double IPA 8.7%
24/7 Session Ale 4.9%