Below is the beer list, with style, ABV, and location details. Big thanks to our table sponsors. There are still tickets available online and at Belmont Party Supply, Lucky's Taproom and Eatery, The Trolley Stop, and Chappy's Taproom and Grille. Tickets will also be available at the door.
This year's beers continue with the Great Lakes region theme, but with the addition of beers from Indiana and Illinois. I'm happy to report a huge increase in Ohio beers, with outstanding offerings from Dayton and Cincinnati as well as other parts of the state.
We are beer geeks and we picked the beers we like to drink, so it shouldn't surprise anyone to find a huge number of beers that are rated either Exceptional (one asterisk below) or World Class (two asterisks below) by the beer rating site BeerAdvocate.com. And we've quadrupled the number of draft beers this year (noted as ± below), including a brewpub exclusive sour ale from Ohio's own The Brew Kettle. We've also included a cider (although not from the region, it's one of the best) and a gluten-free beer.
So without further adieu, here are the stars of the show:
Table 1 (Lucky’s Taproom and Eatery)
Hoppin'
Frog Cleveland Crusher ±
Oatmeal
Stout (9.40% ABV) OH
Two
Brothers Domaine DuPage ±
Biere de
Garde (5.90%) IL
Bell's
Hopslam Ale**
Imperial
IPA (10.00% ABV) MI
Bell's
Two Hearted Ale**
American
IPA (7.00% ABV) MI
Table 2 (Thai 9)
New Holland Dragon's Milk
Milk Stout (10.00% ABV) MI
Weyerbacher Merry Monks’ Ale*
Belgian-style Tripel (9.30% ABV) PA
Imperial
IPA (7.50%) PA
Julian
Hard Apple Cider
Cider
(6.99% ABV) CA
Table 3 (South Park Tavern)
Founders
Breakfast Stout**
Imperial
Stout (8.30% ABV) MI
Founders
Red's Rye PA*
Rye Pale
Ale (6.60% ABV) MI
Two
Brothers Cain & Ebel*
Rye Pale
Ale (7.00% ABV) IL
Two
Brothers Prairie Path Ale
GLUTEN-FREE
Blonde Ale (5.10% ABV) IL
Table 4 (King's Table)
Blank
Slate Movin' On ±
English
Bitter (4.20% ABV) OH
Cellar
Dweller Smoked Porter ±
Porter (ABV
unknown) OH
Dark
Horse Tres Blueberry Stout*
Imperial
Stout (7.50% ABV) MI
Dark
Horse Scotty Karate Scotch Ale**
Scotch
Ale (9.75% ABV) MI
Table 5 (Chappy's Taproom & Grille)
Hoppin'
Frog B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeai Imperial Stout**
Russian
Imperial Stout (9.40% ABV) OH
Revolution
Eugene*
Porter
(6.80% ABV) IL
Revolution
Anti-Hero
American IPA
(6.50% ABV) IL
Revolution
Coup D'Etat
Saison/Farmhouse
Ale (7.50% ABV) IL
Table 6 (The Trolley Stop)
Stoudts Fat Dog*
Imperial Oatmeal Stout (8.00% ABV) PA
Stoudts Smooth Hoperator
Doppelbock (7.00 ABV%) PA
English
IPA (7.00% ABV) OH
Triple
Digit Chickow
Hazelnut
Double Brown Ale (9.00% ABV) OH
Table 7 (Belmont Party Supply)
Founders
Imperial Stout** ±
Imperial
Stout (10.50% ABV) MI
Brew
Kettle Rude Cru (brewpub exclusive) ±
Belgian-style
Sour Red Ale (ABV unknown) OH
Hoppin'
Frog Mean Manalisha Double IPA
Imperial
IPA (8.20% ABV) OH
Upland
Komodo Dragon Fly
Black IPA
(6.50% ABV) IN
Table 8 (Stacker’s Subs and Grub)
Fat
Head's Head Hunter IPA**
American
IPA (7.50% ABV) OH
Fat
Head's Bumbleberry Honey Blueberry Ale
Fruit
Beer (5.40% ABV) OH
Jolly
Pumpkin Fuego del Otono*
Biere de
Garde (6.10% ABV) MI
Jolly
Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca
Witbeer
(4.80% ABV) MI
Table 9 (BrewTensils)
Great
Lakes Blackout Stout** ±
Russian
Imperial Stout (9.00% ABV) OH
Dayton Beer Company Double Pale Ale (with Hop Rocket) ±
Double Pale Ale (ABV unknown) OH
The Brew Kettle White Rajah**
American IPA (6.80% ABV) OH
Bock
(7.20% ABV) OH
Rivertown
Roebling Porter
Robust
Porter (7.80%
ABV) OH
** rated
world class by BeerAdvocate
* rated
exceptional by BeerAdvocate
± draft
