Worcester’s first Craft Beer festival is happening this Saturday(4/23) at the DCU Center in beautiful Worcester, MA. I am very excited about this because I’ve always wanted a Beer Festival within walking distance to my house. Some of the 30+ Brewers that will be at Brew Woo include: Wormtown Brewery, Berkshire Brewing Company, Harpoon, Ipswich, Smuttynose, Wachusett Brewing Company, Magic Hat, Cape Ann Brewing, and Naragansett. The hours are 3pm-9pm and tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. You can purchase them here.
Unfortunately I will not be doing as much sampling as I want because I have been charged with trying to consume a 5 pound cheeseburger. The folks at the DCU Center and the show Grillseekersapproached me about doing this and I never turn down free food. Here are the contents of the “Monsta Burger”:
Two 2.5 LB All Beef Patty’s
Two Whole Tomatoes
15 Bacon Strips
16 Slices of American Cheese
Half Head of Lettuce
One Whole Red Onion
40 Pickle Slices
Custom Roll – Two 10 Inch Hamburger Buns
I don’t know if they’re giving me a time limit and quite frankly, I don’t care. My only gripes are: 1. There’s not enough bacon 2. There’s not enough Benefibre for afterwards. I just have to “Be The Burger”. I have only been involved in armature competitive eating competitions. Most notably, 2 appearances in The Jack’s Hot Dogs Intercolllegiate Hot Dog Eating Contest. My performance in that was not something I would relish. Our in-house professional Competitive Eater, Lyndon Byers, told me to dunk the bun in water and slurp it down, then take the rest one section at a time. I think I’ll try soaking with beer instead. My question to you is. What beer would go best with this Behemoth? And what beer would help me after I attempt this outrageous and really stupid effort? Let me know in the comment section below. It was nice knowing you.
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Comment by Modena THeGreat — April 21, 2011 @ 1:55 pm
It was nice knowing you Hsu.
You Eulogy:
He was a fat asain man who live in Wormtown.
Comment by Big Red — April 21, 2011 @ 2:41 pm
Abita Restoration Pale Ale, if they got it
Comment by Steve-O — April 21, 2011 @ 3:10 pm
@RED Better than a fat ginger with a CVS smock.
Comment by Mike — April 21, 2011 @ 3:35 pm
As far as what beer to drink when you tackle this burger… Make sure its somthing that will taste as good going down as it will coming back up! How about a Sam Summer Ale?
Comment by BigDan — April 21, 2011 @ 5:01 pm
Clearly you need a light beer while devouring this if you are to consume the entire thing. I would probably opt for the Magic Hat Vynl
Comment by Reynold — April 22, 2011 @ 3:40 pm