Happy 21st Birthday, Max's!

I recently received this invitation from Max's Taphouse - one of my favorite places to have cask ale, and one of favorite places to drink beers that I've never had before.

A 21^st birthday is an important milestone in life. It marks the coming of age, the entrance to adulthood. Now you can drive and vote; you can be married in most civilized states and you’ll hang for your offenses. But most importantly, it allows you to DRINK LEGALLY! Come celebrate the coming of age of Max’s Taphouse, serving the largest selection of beer on the East Coast for Twenty One Years. You are cordially invited to the Max’s Taphouse birthday party.

You must be over 21 to attend.

Max’s Taphouse on Broadway
21^st Anniversary Party
Monday, May 7^th, 2007
5:00 pm until close
RSVP 410-675-MAXS (6297) or gf@maxs.com

And here's how I responded:

Gail, Ron, Casey, Bob, and everyone,

21 years ... wow! I remember going for music and for Martini nights way back when. Max's remains, even in my travels, a favorite multi-tap pub.

Monday, I'll be selling Hugh's beers in North Carolina, so I won't be able to celebrate with you. But I'll do so in spirit. Congratulations and continued (21 more!) years of success.

Read my review of Max's here. (Scroll down to 17 January 2004.)

Or read some of my prior blog entires on Max's:

• 72 Hours of Belgium 2007
• 72 Hours of Belgium 2007
• 72 Hours of Belgium 2006
• 72 Hours of Belgium 2005
• Monks Cafe Flemish Red
• Ron Fischer and his apples
• Ebulum Ale
• Christmas Ales

(Of note: That last post contains my first ever review - VERY brief - of Clipper City Brewing's Winter Reserve, later renamed Winter Storm. That was 3 years before I began employment at Clipper City.)

The Final Draft List: Max's Belgian Fest

MAX'S TAPHOUSE 5TH ANNUAL BELGIAN FEST
72 HOURS OF BELGIUM
Feb 13-15, 2009
11AM -2AM each day

737 S. Broadway
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
410-675-6297
www.Maxs.com

No entrance fee
Pay for the beer you drink. Both sample-sized and larger pours will be offered.

Over 120 Belgian beers on draft and over 175 Belgian beers in bottles.
A Belgian-inspired food menu offered all three days.
Friday morning at 11: a free Belgian breakfast buffet.

Longtime bartender Jamie, at Max's German Fest in September 2008.
The Final Draft List
(There may be a few surprises, and some drafts may not be delivered in time.)
Abbaye Des Rocs Blonde
Allagash Fedelte
Alvinne Bathazaar
Alvinne Extra
Alvinne Gaspar
Alvinne Kerasus
Alvinne Melchior
Alvinne Podge
Bavik Petrus Winter
Bel Pils
Benelux Archangel Ale
Cantillon Fou Foune
Cantillon Iris
Chimay Cinq Cents
Chouffe N' Ice 2007
De Dolle Dulle Teve
De Dolle Stille Nacht 2007
De Dolle Stille Nacht 2008
De Glazen Toren Canaster
De Glazen Toren Jan De Lichte
De Glazen Toren Ondineke
De Glazen Toren Saison De Epre Mere
De Glazen Toren Special Eindejaar
De Koninck 175th Anniversary Ale
Fantome De Noel
De Proef La Grande Blanche
De Proef Les Deux Brasseurs
De Ranke Guldenberg
Mardesous 6
De Regenboog Catherine The Great
De Regenboog Guido
De Regenboog T' Smisje Calva Reserve
De Regenboog T' Smisje Grand Reserve
De Regenboog BBBourgondier
De Regenboog T' Smisje Kerst
De Regenboog T ' Smisje Dubbel
De Regenboog Vuuve
De Regenboog Wostijnte
De Regenboog Plus
Dupont Avril
Duvel Draft(Green)
Ellezolloise Quintine Blonde
Geants Goliath
Geants Saison Vosin
Het Anker Gouden Carolus Cuvee De Keizer Blauw
Het Anker Gouden Carolus Cuvee De Keizer Rood
Het Anker Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor
Huyghe Delirium Nocturnum
Huyghe Delirium Noel
Huyghe Delirium Tremens
La Rulles Cuvee Meilleurs Voeux
La Rulles Triple
Lefebvre Barbar
Lefebvre Barbar Winterbok
Lefebvre Floreffe Triple
Leifmans Kriek
Leifmans Oud Bruin
Ommegang Special
Ommegang Wes' Triple
Point Bruges
Silly Pink Killer
Slaapmutske Triple Night Cap
Witkap Pater Dubbel
St Bernardus Christmas
St Feuillien Cuvee De Noel
St Feuillien Brune
St Feuillien Printemps
Strubbe Itchgems Grand Cru
Strubbe Itchgems Pils
Strubbe Keyte Double Triple
Van Honsebrouck Kasteel Rouge
Van Steenberge Kloekke Roeland
Dupont Avec Les Bons Voeux
Het Anker Gouden Carolus Noel
La Rulles Estivale
Lindemans Framboise

Additional drafts
As some of the above drafts run out, they will be replaced with:
Ommegang Obamagang
Ommegang Rouge
Ommegang Witte
Ommegang Rare Vos
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence
Ommegang Abbey
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Silly Abbaye De Forest
Bavik Pilaarbijter Ale
De Koninck Ale
De Koninck Winter Koninck
Fruli Strawberry
Het Anker Gouden Carolus Ambrio
Het Anker Gouden Carolus Triple
Huyghe Floris Apple
Lefebvre Blanche De Bruxelles
Scaldis Noel
Van Honsebrouck Brigand
Van Honebrouck Kasteel Donker
Van Honebrouck Kasteel Triple
Van Steenberge Ertvelds Wit
Van Steenberge Keizerberg Abbaey Ale
Gulden Draak
Piraat
Poperings Hommel
Chouffe Houblon
Mc Chouffe
La Chouffe
Oud Beersel Framboise
Val Dieu Grand Cru
St Bernardus Pater 6
St Bernardus Prior 8
St Bernardus Abt 12
Corsendonk Apple White
Stone Vertical Epic

Casks
Hanssens Young Lambic
Hanssens Old Kriek
Clipper City's Heavy Seas Holy Sheet
2 Brewers Art casks (tba)

For more information:
contact Casey Hard
web: Max's Taphouse
email: chard@maxs.com
phone: 410-675-6297

Hotel Information:
Courtyard Marriott Inner Harbor East
Baltimore, Md.
$129.00 per night plus tax.
443-923-4000
(ask for the rate offered for Max's Taphouse Belgian Fest)

Blogging at prior fests.

Maxs 9th annual Belgian Beer Fest: 15-18 February 2013

What began in 2005 with 25 drafts and 100 bottles, as the 72 Hours of Belgium festival, is in its 9th year at Max's Taphouse, in Baltimore, Maryland. Now, with more than 200 drafts and 200 bottles, it's called simply Max's Belgian Beer Fest. Stretched to 4 days, what a festival it will be!

MAXS 9TH ANNUAL BELGIAN BEER FEST 

Friday, 15 February - Monday, 18 February, 2013.

11 am - close each day.

No entrance fee; no reservations required.
Come as you are; pay as you order; various pour sizes sold.

"Belgian-inspired" food menu.

NEW FOR 2013

Sour & Wild Day
Monday, February 18th, 11 am - close
20 drafts and 20 bottles: each an American 'sour' beer.
Also, a special bottle sale (to-go only) beginning at 11 am. List to be posted soon.

THE DRAFT LIST

As Max's receives the kegs and bottles for the festival (or is given a fervid promise of delivery), it updates the list. At present, it's 85% completed. As Max's update, this list will be updated.).

• Achilles Serifijn De Liter Van Palliter
• Achilles Serafijn Christmas Angel
• Achouffe Houblon
• Achouffe La Chouffe
• Alvinne Gaspar
• Alvinne Melchior
• Alvinne Melchior Zymatore in Bourbon barrels
• Alvinne Undressed Regular
• Alvinne Wild Undressed aged on oak
• Bavik Petrus Aged Pale
• Bavik Pils
• Blaugies Darbyste
• Blaugies Darbyste
• Blaugies La Moneuse
• Blaugies La Moneuse Special Noel
• Blaugies Saison De Epeautre
• Cazeau Saison
• Cazeau Tournay Black
• Cazeau Tournay triple
• Cinq Cents
• Contreras Valeir Extra
• De Dochter Belle Fleur
• De Dochter Embrasse
• De Dochter Embrasse Peat Whiskey
• De Dochter L'Enfant Terrible
• De Dolle Arabier
• De Dolle Dulle Teve
• De Dolle Stille Nacht
• De Glazen Toren Canaster
• De Glazen Toren Jan De Lichte
• De Glazen Toren Saison De Epre Mere
• De Glazen Toren Canaster (Wooden-clad side-tapped keg)
• De Koninck Triple D'Anvers
• De La Senne Band of Brothers
• De La Senne Taras Boulba
• De La Senne Zwarte Piet
• De Landstsheer Malhuer 10
• De Landstsheer Malhuer 12
• De Ranke Guldenberg
• De Proef KO
• De Ranke Pere Noel
• De Ranke Saison De Dottigines
• De Ranke XX Bitter
• De Struise Black Albert Batch Zero
• De Struise Black Damnation VII Single Black
• De Struise Cuvee Delphine
• De Struise Ignis & Flamma
• De Struise Pannepot (Danish version)
• De Struise Pannepot Reserva
• De Struise Rio Reserva 2008
• De Struise Rossa
• De Struise Sint Amatus
• De Struise Svea IPA
• De Struise Tjseeses
• De Struise Witte
• De Struise X
• De Struise XX
• De Struise XXX Rye Triple
• De Struise XXX Quad
• Dilweyns Vicaris Geneeral
• Dilweyns Vicaris Triple Gueuze
• Dupont Avec Les Bons Voeux
• Dupont Avril
• Dupont Biere De Boeliel
• Dupont Monks Stout
• Dupont Posca Rustica
• Dupont Saison
• Duvel Single
• Ellezoillse Hercule Stout
• Ellezoillse Quitnine Blonde
• Geants Noel De Geants
• Het Nest Hertenheer
• Het Nest Kleveretien
• Het Nest Schuppenboer
• Het Nest Turnhoutse Saison
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Blonde Project Armagnac
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Blonde Project Cognac
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Blonde Project Jenever
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Blonde Project Maderia
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Blonde Project Port
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Blonde Project Sauternes
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Blonde Project Sherry
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Dark Project Maderia
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Dark Project Armagnac
• Hof Ten Dormaal barrel-aged Dark Project Cognac
• Hof Ten Dormaal Dark
• Hof Ten Dormaal White Gold
• Hof Ten Dormaal Winter 2013
• Hofbrouwerij Hoftrol
• Hofbrouwerij Hofblues
• Huyghe Delirium Tremens
• Jandrian V Cense
• Jandiran VI Wheat
• Kerkom Bink Bloesom
• Kerkom Bink Triple
• Kerkom Winterkoninkske
• La Rulles Cuvee Meilleurs Voeux
• La Rulles Estivale
• La Rulles Grand 10
• La Rulles Triple
• Lefebvre Floreffe Blonde
• Lefebvre Floreffe Double
• Lefebvre Floreffe Triple
• Leifmans Cuvee Brut
• Leifmans Goudenband
• Leifmans Oud Bruin
• Mannekin Pils
• Maredsous 10
• Maredsous 8
• Musketeers Troubadour Magma
• Musketeers Troubadour Magma Sorachi Ace
• Musketeers Troubadour Westkust
• Palm Ale
• Rodenbach Classic
• Rodenbach Grand Cru
• Sainte Helene Black Mamba
• Sainte Helene Simcoe Lager
• Sainte Helene Black Mamba
• Sainte Helene La Grognarde
• Sainte Helene La Grognarde
• Sainte Helene Gypsy Rose
• Scaldis Cuvee Des Trolls
• Scaldis Triple Blonde
• Scheldebrouwerij De Zeezupier
• Scheldebrouwerij Lamme Goedzak
• Serafijn De Liter van Palieter
• Silly Titje
• Slaapmutske Hop Collection Halltertau
• Smisje Catherine the Great
• Smisje Wostyntje
• St Bernardus Abt 12
• Steenberge Triple
• Strubbe Ichtegems Grand Cru
• T Gaverhopke Singing Blonde
• T gaverhopke Kerstbier
• Tilquin Gueuze
• Timmerman Pumpkin Lambicus
• Timmermans Faro Lambicus
• Timmermans Peche Lambicus
• Timmerman Blanche Lambicus
• Troubadour Westkust
• Troubadour Magma Sorachi Ace
• Van Eecke Popering Hommel
• Van Eecke Popering Hommel Dry Hopped
• Van Eecke SAS Pils
• Van Eecke Watou Cuvee
• Van Honsebrouick Kasteel Rouge
• Van Honsebrouck Kasteel Winter
• Van Steenberge De Garre Triple
• Van Steenberge Ertvelds Wit
• Van Steenberge Gulden Draak Quad
• Van Steenberge Klokke Roeland
• Van Steenberge Monks Café Flemish Red
• Van Steenberge Piraat
• Vapeur Cochonne
• Vapeur Saison De Pipaix
• Viven Blonde
• Viven Imperial IPA
• Viven Smoked Porter

HOTEL INFORMATION

Obviously, this is a lot of beer, and most of it higher alcohol. There will be psychotropic effects. Max's has arranged special rates at two nearby hotels.

• Courtyard by Marriot Inner Harbor East
  Guests will call the hotel directly at 800-321-2211 or 443-923-4000 on or before January 15, 2013 to reserve rooms. Ask for the Belgian Beer Fest Group staying at Baltimore Downtown Courtyard. The room rate is $119 per night. Online: under "Special Rates & Awards." Use the group code BBFBBFA for rooms with a king bed, and BBFBBFB for rooms with 2 double beds.


• Admiral Fell Inn
  One block from Max’s
  $149 per night , free parking, $25 gift card towards next stay, discount on Belgian Fest tee shirt 2013.
  Link here to reserve a room.

As has the beer list grown over the first 8 years, so have the crowds. The pub consists of two floors, several rooms, and three bars, but it will be thronged. So, here's a beer ticker tip: go early or go late. By Sunday and Monday, many of the rarer beers will have been consumed, but there will be numerous choices still remaining, and the pace will be less frenetic. The bartenders will have greater opportunity to stand still and talk about the beer.

If you spy him in the crowd, give greetings to Max's General Manager and cellarman, Casey Hard. He's the man, who —with copious assistance from owners Gail and Ron Furman, manager Bob Simko, and the rest of the staff— puts on this amazing and fun show.

MAX'S INFORMATION

737 South Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland.
In the historic Fells Point district of Baltimore, one block from the Inner Harbor.
410. 675.6297
www.maxs.com

For more information, follow:
Facebook: here; Twitter: @MaxsTaphouse.

Parking and mass transit to Fells Point: here.

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I can't help but wonder: will Budweiser —owned by Belgian-based conglomerate, Anheuser-Busch Inbev— be one of those 200 Belgian drafts?

For September: Max's 2nd Annual German Beer Fest

Max's TapHouse in Baltimore, Maryland has announced (most of) the lineup for its 2nd annual German Beer Fest, a companion piece to the pub's successful 72 Hours of Belgium Festival.

MAX'S 2ND ANNUAL GERMAN BEER FEST
SEPT 18-20, 2009
TIME:11AM-CLOSE(2AM) EACH DAY
NO ENTRANCE FEE

From email:

Max's will be hosting our 2nd Annual German Beer Fest again this year. We have brought in some really special beers this year.

We will be featuring over 80 Authentic German beers on draft, over 70 Authentic German Beer in bottles and a full German inspired food menu.

Official Sponsor : Warsteiner

We will be offering 10 oz Sample Mugs, 1 Liter Steins, 1 Liter Boots and 2 Liter Boots.....

So here is the draft list (updated 2009.08.25)

ASR Fastenbier
ASR Helles
ASR Marzen
ASR Urbock
ASR Unfiltered Urbock
Ayinger Celebrator
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Bayer Theinheim Unfiltered Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Baynof Berliner Weisse
Bitburger Pils
DAB
Einbecker Brauherren Pils
Einbecker Heller Bock
Einbecker Mai Ur Bock
Einbecker Urbock Dunkel
Einbecker Schwartz
Erdinger Dunkel Weisse
Erdinger Oktoberfest Weizen
Erdinger Weisse
Fischer Greuth Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Fischer Grueth Rauchbier (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Franziskaner Hefeweizen
Franziskaner Dunkel Weisse
Goller Zeil am Main Pils
Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest
Hofstetten Hochzeitbier 1810 (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Hofstetten Honigs Bock
Hofstetten 1810
Hofstetten Kuebelbier
Julius Echter Hefeweizen
Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe Bonator
Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe Altfra Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Klsoterbrauerei Weissnophe Monksfest
Konings Ludwig Hefeweizen
Kostritzer Schwartz
Kostritzer Oktoberfest
Kraus Hirschaid Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Kulmbacher Pils
Kulmbacher Eisbock
Kulmbacher EKU Pils
Kulmbacher Kapuzinger Weisse
Kulmbacher Monchschof Kellerbrau
Kulmbacher Monchschof Schwartz
Kulmbacher monchschof Festbier
Leipziger Gose
Lindenbrau Grafenberg Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Lowenbrau Buttenheim Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Mahrs Brau Bamberg Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Mahrs der Weisse Bock
Mahrs Pils
Mahrs Ungespundet Lager
Paulaner Hefweizen
Paulaner Oktoberfest
Reissdorf Kolsch (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Sauer Rossdorf Unfiltered Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Schnieder Edel Weisse
Schnieder Weisse
Schnieder Aventinus
Schnieder Aventinus Eisbock
Schnieder Brooklyner Hofen
Schneider Edel Weisse (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Spaten lager
Spaten Oktoberfest
Spaten Optimator
Spaten Pils
Spezial bamberg Rauchbier (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Spezial Rauchbier
Sunner Kolsch
Uerige Dopplesticke
Uerige Classic
uerige Sticke
Uerige Weizen
Warsteiner Pils
Warsteiner Dunkel
Warsteiner Oktoberfest
Weihenstepahner Prginial
Weihenspahner Hefweizen
Weihenstaphaner Oktoerbefest
Will Schederndi Amner Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Wurzbuger Oktoberfest
Wurzbueger Pils
Zehender Monchsambach Amber Lager (poured by 'gravity' tap)
Konigs Pils
Gaffel Kolsch
Jever Pils
Heavy Seas Prosit (Cask-conditioned 'Imperial Oktoberfest')

Plus a few more TBA ... as always some beers may change do to shipping or things out of our control.

Max's Taphouse
737 S. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231
410-675-6297
www.maxs.com

• UPDATE: Coverage and photos from Saturday's festivities.
• Go here for a report on last year's German Fest (2008) at Max's.

10 years old! Max's Belgian Beer Fest this weekend.

It's hard to believe, but Max's Belgian Beer Fest is 10 years old this year: an annual three-day bacchanalia of Belgian beers on draft, in bottles, and in cask.

Max isn't a person. It's Max's Taphouse, a long-time resident of Fells Point, in Baltimore, Maryland, often selected as one of the best beer bars in the U.S.

Here're some details:

FEB 14-17, 2014
11am-2am each day

Yes, it our 10th Anniversary of the Belgian this year. So, we will be pulling out all the stops for this one. We will have over 160 Belgian beers on draft, over 200 Belgian beers in bottles, and a full Belgian inspired food menu.

NO ENTRANCE FEE

Feb 14-16 will be our traditional Belgian Beer Fest, and Feb 17 will be our 2nd Annual Sour/Wild Ale Day.

In honor of the 10th anniversary, Baltimore's Stillwater Artisanal Ales has created Decade, a "Crimson Farmhouse Ale", at 7.4% alcohol-by-volume. Only a small amount was brewed and bottled; it'll be available at the festival.

This is a drinking event; pours of different sizes, but no effete stick-your-hipster-pinkie-in-the-air-2-ounce tasting soiree. As it should be: good beer deserves to be tasted, not hinted at. And, since Belgian beer tends to be of relatively high alcohol, the festival will quickly become a don't-drive-home affair. Max's website lists a couple of local hotel options.

So, now, without further adieu, here's the draft line-up, as it stands today.

Achouffe La Chouffe
Alvinne Cuvee Freddy Zymatore
Alvinne Wild West
Alvinne Wild Undressed
Blaugies Darbyste
Bockor Cuvee Jacobins Rouge
Bockor Vanderghinste Oud Bruin
BOM Heaven
BOM Hell
Boon Kriek
Bosteel Pauwel Kwak
Bosteel Triple Karmeliet
Brugse Zot Unfiltered
Cantillon Iris
Cantillon Fou Foune
Cazeau Tournay Triple
De Dolle Dulle Teve
De Dolle Arabier
De Dolle Stille Nacht
De Glazen Toren Saison De Epre Mere
De La Senne Brussels Calling
De La Senne Taras Boulba
De La Senne Jambe De Bois
De La Senne Zinnebir
De Ranke XX Bitter
De Ranke XXX Bitter
De Ranke Saison De Dottiginies
Huyghe DeliriumTremens
Huyghe la Gullontine
Dupont Sasion Dry Hopped
Dupont Redor Pils
Dupont Biere De Boliel
Dupont Posca Rustica
Duvel Single
Ellezelloise Quintine Blonde
Geants Goliath
Gouden Carolus Cuvee De keizer Baluw
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor
Gouden Carolus Noel
Het Nest Dead Man Bourbon
Het Nest Dead Man Red Wine
Het Nest Oak Klevertien
Het Nest Klevertien
Het Nest Schuppenboer
Het Nest Turnhouste Patriot
Het Anker Lucifer
Hof Ten Dormaal BA Blonde Bruichladdich
Hof Ten Dormaal BA Blonde Mustcal
Hof Ten Dormaal BA Port
Hof Ten Dormaal BA Sauternes
Hof Ten Dormaal BA Sherry
Jandrian 1V
Jandrian V Cense
Jandrian V1
Kerkom Bink Blonde
Kerkom Hopverdomme
La Rulles Cuvee Meilleurs Vouex
La Rulles Triple
La Rulles Esvitale
Leifmans Goudenband
Leifmans Cuvee Brut
Lefebvre Blanche De Brussels
Lefebvre Barbar
Lefebvre Barbar Bok
Lefebvre Manneken Pils
Lefebvre Hopus
Lupus Wolf 7
Malhuer 10
Malhuer 12
Palm
Palm Estimate
Palm Royale
Primus Haacht
Prearis Quadrupel
Prearis Saison
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Rodenbach Classic
Silly Sour
Silly Double Enghien Blonde
Smisje Kerst
Smisje Catherine the Great
St Bernardus Wit
St Bernardus Abt 12
Steenbrugge Triple
Straffe Hendrick Quad
Straffe Hendrick Triple
Struise AA Blonde
Struise Black Berry Albert
Struise Black Albert
Struise Black Damnation Black Mes
Struise Black Damnation Mocha Bomb
Struise Cuvee Delphine
Struise O.N.E
Struise Pannepot Reserva 2009
Struise Rio Reserva 2007
Struise Rokporter
Struise Roste Jeanne
Struise Rye Triple Reserva
Struise Shark pants
Struise SMONK
Struise T.H.R.E.E
Struise Tjeeses Reserva 2012
Struise Verdomme
Struise Weltmerz
Struise Yario
Struise Yreps
T Gaverhopke Koerseklakske
Ter Dolen Kriek
Tilquin Gueuze
Timmermans Pumpkin lambicus
Timmermans Bourgogne De Flanders
Timmermans Blanche Lambicus
Timmermans Strawberry
Timmermans Framboise
Troubadour Magma Galaxy 2013
Troubadour Westkust
Van Honsebrouck Gueuze Fond Tradtion
Van Honsebrouck Gueuze Fond Tradtion kriek
Van Honsebrouck Kasteel Donker
Van Honsebrouck Kasteel triple
Van Honsebrouck Kasteel Winter
Van Honsebrouck Kasteel Cuvee Chateau
Vapeur Saison De Pipaix

ON CASK (via beer engine):
Freys Backwwoods Brigade
Freys Pussy Pilot Prade
Milkhouse Petite Farmhouse
Milkhouse Farmhouse Stout
Brewers Art Resurrection

ON THE BAR CASKS:
De Dolle Stille nacht
Strubbe Ichtegems Grand Cru
De Glazen Toren Ondinke aged in JW Lees Harvest Ale lagavulin barrels
Smisje Catherine the Great aged in JW Lees Harvest Ale, aged in Lagavulin barrels

The Belgian Beer Fest logo in 2009

SOUR DAY 

This years marks the second time that Max's has extended the fun into Monday with Sour Day, 16 February, beginning at 11 am. Here's that lineup.

AC Golden Colorado Lambic
Allagash Confluence
Allagash Interlude
Boulevard Foeder Projekt 1
Burley Oak Tart Attack
Burley Oak Sour Trip
Devils Backbone Berliner Metro Weiss
Devils Backbone Vulkaan
Elysian Dark Sour
Evil Twin Justin Blaeber
Evolution Spring Migration
Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere
Jolly Pumpkin Noel Calabaza
Jolly Pumpkin Fuego Del otono
Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela
Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo
Jolly Pumpkin Noel De Calabaza
Local Option Bourbon Kentucky Common
Laughing Dog De Achtse hond
Millstone CherryKriek Cider
Millstone Sour Cider w/ Wild Yeast (cask)
New Belgium La Folie
New Belgium Le Terrior
New Belgium Apple Love
Nebraska Barrel Aged Hop God
Off Color Troublesome
The Bruery Oude Tart
The Bruert Tart of Darkness
The Bruery Rueuze
Perennial Savant Beersel
Perennial La Bohme
Stillwater Debauched
Goose Island Matilda Lambicus
Goose Island Lolita

NON AMERICAN SOURS FEATURED ON DRAFT:
Freigeist Sauer Porter Cherry
Freigeist Sauer Porter raspberry
Freigeist Geisterug Rhubard Gose
Freigeist Geisterug Quince Gose
Mikkeller Spontan Cassis
Mikkeller Spontan Elderflower
Mikkeller Spontan Peche
Mikkeller Spontan Seabuckthorn
Mikkeller Spontan Gooseberry
Mikkeller Spontan Rosehip

SOUR DAY BOTTLES 90% DONE:
Against The Grain/Struise Scorched Monk
Against The Grain Christ Framboise
Allagash Merviellieux
Allagash Mignight Brett
Anchorage Bitter Monk
Anchorage Love Buzz
Anchorage White Out
Blue Mountain Sour Devil
Boulevard Love Child #1
Boulevard Love Child #2
Boulevard Love Child #3
Bouelvard Saison brett
Cisco Lady of the Woods
Cisco Pesche Woods
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Brett
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Noir
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Yuzu
Evolution Noueau Rouge
Goose Island Gillian
Goose Island Halia
Goose Island Juliet
Goose Island Lolita
Mikkeler/Ancharge AK Alive
Mikkeller/Prairie American Style
New Belgium Transatlantic Kriek
Ommegang Aphrodite
Ommegang Wild West
Sierra Nevada Brux
Uinta Birthday Suit
Upright Four
White Birch Berliner Weisse
White Birch CAHB Oud Bruin
White Birch Oak Senex Torva Saison
Plus Many More to come...

SOUR DAY SPECIAL LOVERBEER BOTTLES. 1.5 LITER(SERVED BY THE GLASS)
LoverBeer Renna Glueh 2012
LoverBeer Renna Glueh 2013
LoverBeer BeerBera 2011
LoverBeer BeerBera 2012
LoverBeer BeerBera 2010
LoverBeer BeerBrugna 2010
LoverBeer BeerBrugna 2011
LoverBeer BeerBrugna 2012
LoverBeer D'UvaBeer 2013
LoverBeer D'UvaBeer 2012
LoverBeer D'UvaBeer 2011
LoverBeer Dama Bruna-A 2010
LoverBeer Dama Bruna-A 2011
LoverBeer Dama Bruna-A 2009
LoverBeer Madamin 2012
LoverBeer Madamin 2011
LoverBeer Madamin 2013
LoverBeer Marche Le Re 2009

Max's cellarmaster and General Manager Casey Hard posted the above beer register with two provisos: he's 90% done with it, and things may (and some probably will) change. Many beers will arrive at the pub; some won't. Many will be in fine shape; some won't. Some will be substituted for. Some may make unexepected appearances. But, with such a range of choices, surely only a surly curmudgeon would grumble.

Or someone who can't be there.

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Max's UK Invasion

I don't often post adverts for a beer event, but (sounding like a certain beer commercial) when I do, it's because it's quite intriguing.

Max's UK Invasion, over the next few days, is quite a large lineup of British beers —cask, draft, and bottle— several not before seen on this side of the Atlantic, presented over several days, at Max's Taphouse, in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Kudos to the pub's cellarmaster Casey Hard, who celebrates his birthday tomorrow (in grand fashion, I might add).

I drool looking at this list: only a few beers with extraneous cocoa puffs and dingleberries. Most: just good beers. I sigh, knowing I can't be there.

No entry fee. Pay as you drink.

UK INVASION

We will be celebrating some world class UK Casks, drafts and bottles. Many of these breweries are first timers in the United States.

THURSDAY DEC 4 @5pm

CASKS

Moor Envy (Golden Ale)

Moor So’Hop (Golden Ale w/ New Zealand Hops)

Ridgeway Barley Bad Elf (Bitter)

Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf (Barleywine)

Ridgeway Lump of Coal (Chocolate Stout)

ON DRAFT

Adnams Tally Ho (Barleywine)

Brew By Numbers 04/02 (Double Berliner Weisse)

Burning Sky Saison a la Provision (Saison w/ Lacto & Brett)

Buxton Ace Edge (IPA w/ Sorachi Ace)

Buxton Tsar (Imperial Stout)

Conniston Oatmeal Stout (Oatmeal Stout)

Magic Rock Human Cannonball (Imperial IPA)

Magic Rock/Kissmeyer Salty Kiss (Gose w/ Gooseberries)

Pressure Drop Wu Gang Chops the Tree (Hefeweizen w/ herbs)

Ridgeway Bitter (Bitter)

Siren/Hill Farmstead/Mikkeller Lemoncello (Sour Mash IPA w/ Lemon Peel)

Siren/Prairie Ratchet (Saison aged in Chardonnay barrels)

Siren/to Ol Tickle Monster (Triple IPA aged on cedar wood)

Weird Beard Black Perle (Milk Stout w/ coffee)

Weird Beard Something Something Darkside (Imperial Stout/Imperial IPA Blend)

FRIDAY - SUNDAY DEC 5-7

Friday 5pm  &  Sat/Sun 11am

DRAFTS

Burning Sky Arise (Session IPA)

Buxton Nth Cloud (Double IPA)

Coniston Bluebird Bitter (Bitter)

Fyne Sandra Blonde (Blonde IPA)

Magic Rock/Evil Twin Pogonophobia (Sour Red/Bruin)

Moor Revival (Bitter w/ American hops)

Pressure Drop Bosko (IPA)

Ridgeway Reindeer Droppings (Winter Ale)

Wadworth 6X (Bitter)

Weird Beard Decadence Stout (Stout)

Weird Beard Holly Hoppin Hell Batch 5 (Imperial IPA)

Weird Beard K*Ntisch Town Beard (Hoppy Wheat)

Weird Beard Little Things That Kill batch 9 (Session IPA)

Weird Beard Mariana Trench (Pale Ale)

Weird Beard/IMBC Hacienda (Imperial Black Saison)

IN BOTTLES

Buxton Kinder Stout (Stout)

Buxton Red raspberry Rye (Raspberry Rye Sour)

Buxton Tsar (Imperial Stout)

Buxton Tsar Bumba (Imp Stout w/ Slurry from 1978 Courage Imp Stout)

Buxton Wolfscote (Mild Black Sour)

Coniston Old Man (Old Ale)

Coniston XB (ESB)

Fyne Jarl (Hoppy Golden)

Fyne Sandra Black (Black IPA)

Salopian Entire Butt Porter (Porter)

Siren Odyssey 001 (Imp Stout barrel aged w/ Imp Red )

Siren/Prairie Ratchet (Saison aged in Chardonnay barrels)

Timothy Taylor Landlord (Bitter)

Wadworth Old Timer (Old Ale)

TUESDAY DEC 9 @6PM

TUESDAY BEER SOCIAL UK INVASION HOLIDAY PARTY

ON CASK

Dark Star Revelations

Ilkley The Mayan (Chipotle Chocolate Stout)

Hobson Manor Ale (Bitter)

Thornbridge Jaipur (IPA)

Wild Beer Bliss (Spices/Roasted Apricots/Wild Yeast)

Wild Beer Evolver IPA (IPA w/ Brett)

ON DRAFT

IIkley Mary Jane( IPA)

Hobson Postman Knock (Porter)

Signature Brew Black Tongue (Double Black IPA)

Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf

Ridgeway InsanelyBbad Elf

Ridgeway Santa’s Butt

Thornbridge Wild Raven (Black IPA)

Thornbidge Bracia (Dark Ale w/ chestnut honey)

Thornbridge Halycon (IPA)

Thornbridge Medici (IPA/Brown Ale)

JW Lees Harvest Ale 25th Anniversary (Barleywine w/ champagne yeast)

Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Old Ale)

IN BOTTLES

Signature Double Black IPA

Hobson manor Ale No1

Hobson Postman Knock No 3

Hobson Town Crier No 2

IIkley Siberia Rhubarb Saison

IIkey Mary Jane

IIkley The Mayan

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