What the fruit isSlowfest?

It’s Session beer and Slow food.  Hit this link to see for yourself.  It’s Boston’s first Session Beer Festival.  What the heck is Session Beer? It’s beer that is low in alcohol(5% or lower) but high in deliciousness.  Session beer came from the factories and fields of Europe.  Back in the day(late 1800′s early 1900′s maybe?) workers would like to tip a few back for lunch.  To ensure the workers didn’t come back shitfaced, they would be supplied with Session Beer.  It had low alcohol so the workers wouldn’t fall into the razor making machine and they would still be refreshed.  There will be over 30 brewers at Slowfest and since the ABV is low I will try to sample them all.  Below is a list of some of the Breweries that will be representing.

All the food the vendors will be using is locally produced.  Slow Food Boston is one of the sponsors and they promote using seasonal locally produced foods.  I’m all for that!

I’ll be there from 7pm-9pm on Friday, 4/23 but continues on Saturday.  Make a weekend of it!  It’s Session Beer, have a couple.

 

21st Amendment
San Francisco, CA
21st-amendment.com

• Watermelon Wheat Cans

Ayinger
Bavaria, Germany
ayinger.de

• Altbairisch Dunkel
• Brau Weisse

Batemans Brewery
Lincolnshire, England
bateman.co.uk

• XXXB
• Combined Harvest-5.20
• Mr George’s Ruby Porter

Belhaven Brewery
Scotland belhaven.co.uk

• Scottish Ale

Birrificio Italiano
Lurago Marione, Italy
birrificio.it

• La Fleurette

Boston Beer Company
Boston, MA
samadams.com

• Samuel Adams Light
  [FRIDAY ONLY!]
• Pale Ale
  [FRIDAY ONLY!]
• Black Lager
  [FRIDAY ONLY!]
• Boston Lager
• Latitude 48
• Irish Red
• Blackberry Wit
• Summer Ale
• Boston Ale

Boston Beer Works
Boston, MA
beerworks.net

• Bunkerhill Bluebeery Ale
• Boston Red Ale
• Bulfinch Pale Ale
• Fenway Zoigl Beer

Boulder Brewing
Boulder, CO
boulderbeer.com

• Hazed and Infused
• Singletrack Copper Rye Ale
• Buffalo Gold Golden Ale

Brasserie Lefebrve
Quenast, Belgium
brasserielefebvre.be

• Blanche de Bruxelles

Brasserie Dupont
Tourpes, Belgium

• Avril Biere de Table

Cisco Brewing
Nantucket, MA
ciscobrewers.com

• Grey Lady Belgian Wit
• Sankaty Light
• Bailey’s Ale
• Whale’s Tale Pale Ale

De Koninck
Antwerp, Belgium
dekoninck.be

• De Koninck Ale

Founders Brewing
Grand Rapids, MI
foundersbrewing.com

• Dry Hopped Pale Ale

Geary Brewing
Portland, ME
gearybrewing.com

• Pale Ale
• London Porter

Gritty McDuff’s
Portland, ME
grittys.com

• Original Pub Style
• Black Fly Stout
• Vacationland Summer Ale

Harviestoun Brewery
Alva, Scotland
harviestoun.com

• Bitter & Twisted

Harpoon Brewery
Boston, MA
harpoonbrewery.com

• Harpoon Summer Cask
  [FRIDAY ONLY]
• UFO Hefeweizen
• UFO White
• Harpoon Summer Beer
• Harpoon Munich Dark

High & Mighty
Holyoke, MA
Highandmightybeer.com

• Beer of the Gods
• Purity of Essence 5.40
• Two-Headed Beast 4.50
• Sono Distrutto 4.20
• Lucky Pierre 4.50

John Harvard’s Brew House
Cambridge, MA
johnharvards.com

Massachusetts Mild
• Gravesend E.S.B.
• Au Revoir Framboise

Left Hand Brewing
Longmont, CO
lefthandbrewing.com

• Left Hand Milk Stout
• Good Juju

Long Trail Brewing
Bridgewater Corners, VT
longtrail.com

• Long Trail Ale
• Blackbeary Wheat
• Belgian White – 4.70
• Long Trail Pale Ale

Lindemans
Vlezenbeek, Brussels
lindemans.be

• Cuvee Rene Gueuze Lambic
• Cassis Lambic

Magic Hat Brewing
South Burlington, VT
magichat.net

• #9
• Circus Boy
• Wacko
• Odd Notion (Summer 2010)

Notch Brewing
Boston, MA
notchsession.com

• American Session Ale

North Coast Brewing
Fort Bragg, CA
northcoastbrewing.com

• Red Seal
• Scrimshaw Pilsner
• Blue Star Wheat

Otter Creek
Middlebury, VT
ottercreekbrewing.com

• Solstice Session
• Copper Ale
• Wolaver’s Organic Brown Ale

Professor Fritz Briem
Freising, Germany

• Berliner-Style Weisse

Rapscallion
MA

• 1898
• Rapscallion Honey

Reissdorf
Köln, Germany
reissdorf.de

• Kölsch

Samuel Smith
Yorkshire, England

• India Pale Ale
• Organic Fruit Ale
• Taddy Porter – 4.00

Schlenkerla
Bamberg, Germany
schlenkerla.de

• Helles Lagerbier

Sea Dog Brewing
Portland, ME
seadogbrewing.com

• Blue Paw Wheat

Shipyard Brewing
Portland, ME
shipyard.com

• Export Ale
• Summer Ale

Stone Brewing
San Diego, CA
stonebrew.com

• Stone Levitation Ale
• Stone Smoked Porter

Stoudt’s Brewing
Adamstown, PA
stoudtsbeer.com

• American Pale Ale
• Scarlet Lady ESB
• Pils
• Gold Lager
• Karnival Kolsch

Urthel
Tilburg, Holland

• Saisonnière

Watch City Brewing
Waltham, MA
watchcitybrew.com

• Fenway Fungo, Scottish Session (Cask)-4.10
• Shillelagh Irish Red
• Bitchloden Danish Wheat Lager
• Hops Explosion IPA (Cask)

Zatec
Zatec, Czech Republic
zatec-brewery.com

• Bright Lager

Victory Brewing
Downingtown, PA
victorybeer.com

• Uncle Teddy’s Bitter: Cask Conditioned
  [FRIDAY ONLY!]
• Pursuit Pale Ale (Citra Hop edition)
• Prima Pils
• Whirlwind Wit

Uinta Brewing
Salt Lake City, UT
uintabrewing.com

• Solstice Kölsch
• Blue Sky Pilsner
• Anglers Pale Ale
• Golden Spike Hefeweizen