Comments on: Bistro 5th Annual Wood-Aged Beer Festival Recap

By: jeremy

jeremy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:36:44 +0000

that’s a very strong comment about Vinnie at RRBC. i admire his work, but he is by no means the “godfather” of wood beers in the states. there is a odd belgian man named peter in fort collins that started this movement.

the difference between NBB and most other wood beer brewers is that NBB actually has a base beer built into the vessels that is always there. RRBC and many other wood brewers drain vessels completly when bottling and this hurts the development of the biology in the wood over time. you can’t make beer in wood and take short cuts to make money.

By: Dwight

Dwight — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:24:50 +0000

Some thorough notes! If you get to NYC, check out BeerMenus.com to find great beer and beer bars and beer events.

By: Gail Williams

Gail Williams — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:59:01 +0000

Peter, it was so good to see you guys!

What an amazing festival. I salute you for your excellent notes. By the way the Effing Great was very popular with the crowd. It was funny how some I have loved at other times — La Folie and Grand Funk for example — didn’t wow me this time, and others knocked my sox off. I am coming to think that the sequence of the flight of beers one drinks is much more important than I ever knew.

That new batch of Beatification sure rocks!