The other day I was nagging at Roger, the owner of Rich O's, about the lack of chocolate stouts on tap. After he'd assured me that my beer-off was only postponed and not cancelled, we talked a bit about other beers.
One of the topics was the idea of a kind of customer appreciation mini-festival to fill in some of the gaps between the three big festivals. Roger's idea was that he'd take a single customer and make it a point to have several of that customer's favorite brews on tap at the same time.
This is a great idea, I think. And it's an even better idea if I get to be the customer being honored.
I don't know if anything like this will ever actually come to pass, but it could be a fun little fantasy exercise. So, I'm going to pretend that the first annual DaveFest is going to take place in the Spring.
The rules are these:
- Six taps will be provided for beers of my choosing, but I should specify at least ten beers so that alternates are available if any of my main selections cannot be procured.
- I need to choose beers that Roger can actually get, so no Alaskan Amber and no Alaskan Smoked Porter or anything else that he can't get in a keg.
- I need to choose beers that he will actually sell, so no Newcastle.
- Some beers are always on anyway, like Guinness, so I needn't bother specifying them.
- Delirium Tremens
- Rogue Smoke
- Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
- Rogue Chocolate Stout
- Arcadia Scotch Ale
- Goose Island Honkers Ale
- De Dolle Dulle Teve (Mad Bitch)
- Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
- Avery Old Jubilation
- Two Brothers Domain DuPage French Style Country Ale
- Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale
- Piraat
If I were able to select six beers and there were no rules, those six beers would be:
- Delirium Tremens
- Alaskan Smoked Porter
- Harpoon Winter Warmer
- Rogue Chocolate Stout
- Alaskan Amber
- Baltika 6
