Beer on the Pier





Okay so we went to Beer on the Pier: Beer Fest 2 yesterday. It was awesome. It was advertized as having more than 150 beers to sample and boy oh boy there were definitely 150+ beers. Without further ado here is the 11 point scale ranking:


10=Oh my God amazing
5= I am completely indifferent to this
0= Get out of my way I am about to vomit

!!The Beers!!

Pete's
Rally Cap Ale- P7 M8
Wicked Strawberry Blonde- P6 M5
Moosehead - P2 M5
Pete's Wicked Ale- P5 M6
Shiner
Bock- P5 M4
Sapparo P0 M0
Berghoff
Red Ale- P6 M5
Summer Solstice Wheat- P3 M0
Lager- P2 M0
Podkovan
Dark- P3 M2
Lager- P1 M0
Flossmoor
Imperial Dwarf IPA- M9 P4
Zon Jager Wit- M0 P3
Old Saratoga Mendocino Brew Co.
White House IPA- M9 P7
Eye of the Hawk- P9 M6
Blue Huron Pale Ale- P5 M7
Pointe
Pale Ale- P3 M7
Special Lager- P5 M0
Two Brothers Brewing Co
The Bitter End Pale Ale- P7 M8
Domaine Dupage Fr. Ale- P5 M5
Ska Brewing
Pin Stripe Red Ale- P7 M6
True Blonde- P6 M3
Sprecher Brew Co
Abbey Triple- P2 M2
Special Amber- P2 M0
Red Hook
IPA- P6 M8
ESB- P5 M6
Okocim Palone
Firebrewed Amber- P3 M3
Porter- P0 M0
New Belgium
Fat Tire Amber Ale- P0 M5
Sam Adams
Cherry Wheat- P8 M8
Brown Ale- P6 M6
Black Lager- P2 M4
Summer Ale- P4 M2
Stawski Imports
Thai Lager- P5 M4
7.30 Lithuaniun Kalnapillis Lager- P5 M0
Goose Island
IPA- P8 M10+
Honers Ale- P6 M6
312- P10+ M8
Summertime Kolsch Bier- P0 M0
Great Lakes Brew Co.
Burning River Pale Ale- P1 M9
Holy Moses White Ale- P1 M0
Harboside Lger- M0
Prairie Rock Brew Co.
Special English Ale- P6 M6
Vanilla Creme Ale- P0 M0
Wein-Baur
Bitburger Premium Beer- P5 M2
Siwo Xihu Beer- P2 M0
Roundhouse
Baltic Porter- P4 M2
Chocolate Beer P0 M1
Jolly Pumpkin Artisian Ales
La Roas Pumpkin- P4 M4
Gr. American Pale Ale- P1 M0
St. Peter's English Ale- P2 M0
Monty Pythons Holy (Gr)Ail- P6 M6
Rock Bottom IPA- P4 M9
Warka Beer- P0 M0


54 BEERS?!?!?!?!?
God that was fun. now for the pictures. Later kiddos.

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