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    Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival this Saturday

    As always I like to give a heads up about the upcoming local beer events and this one is a biggie.  For the third year running the country’s best craft brewing companies will arrive at the Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter, FL.  The cost of the event is $22.50 in advance if you purchase from their website.  It doesn’t say a day of cost but I expect between $25 and $30.

    There will also be a lot of other things to do at the festival such as watch some live music or partake in a silent disco.  Yes it is exactly how it sounds.  You disco dance to no music.  Also there will be a best dressed monk contents.  Jupiter’s own Inlet Brewing will be sponsoring the contest with a $300 first prize.  The monk idea comes from Inlet’s flag ship beer Monk in the Trunk.

    There will also be food to eat along with all the restaraunts of Abacoa.  This will be a fun time indeed and it all starts this Saturday at 2 pm and lasts until 7 pm.  Visit http://www.jupitercraftbrewersfestival.com/index2.html for more information and to purchase your tickets.

    Downtown Brown

    Name – Downtown Brown
    Country – United States
    Type – English Brown Ale

    Appearance – Poured a brown color with deep red highlights around the outside of the glass.  Had a very foamy off white head.

    Smell – Some sweet malts with roasted smells like coffee.

    Taste – Roasted grains with some hints of sweet toffee and coffee.

    With my first Lost Coast product I went with Downtown Brown.  I tend to find brown ales hit or miss.  Some are just right with nice sweetness to them while others I find too roasted in flavor with that coffee taste sticking out too much.  This one was a little more on the roasted side.  While not over powering I couldn’t help but taste the coffee (sorry not a coffee fan).  If you like your brown ales with that taste then you may like this.

    Overall Grade – C-

    Olde School Barleywine

    Name – Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine
    Country – United States
    Type – American Barley Wine

    Appearance – Poured a reddish copper color with really no head at all.

    Smell – Sweet smell of grapefruit and slight smell of alcohol that stung the nostrils a bit.

    Taste – Lots of sweet malts.  The feel is very syrupy and you get hints of molasses in there.  There is a little alcohol bit near the end.

    This is only my second barley wine that I have sampled so I feel I don’t know a whole lot about these.  This one was a lot heavier than the last one I had but the alcohol taste was covered up a little better.  I would put this just slightly higher than the last one I had.

    Overall Grade – B