Brouwer's Cafe's 9th Annual Hard Liver Barleywine Festival - Getting Ready

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Are you a fan of barleywines? Then have I got a deal for you!

Just a couple of weeks back, I attended the 9th annual Barleywine Bacchanal at Beveridge Place Pub in West Seattle. It was a great event and I had a wonderful time. Now, however, it's time for Brouwer's annual barleywine fest, which they lovingly refer to as the Hard Liver Berleywine Fest.

They put up the full list of what to expect at this year's event a couple of weeks ago. Take a look here and make your plan of attack! Since I attended BPP's Barleywine Bacchanal, I plan to skip any choices I tried there, so I can focus on the ones I haven't had the opportunity to sample yet.

Hardliver 2011 Tap List:

• Flying Dog Horn Dog 09
• Fishtail 10 squared
• Red Hook Trouble Hook 10
• Alaskan Golden Nugget 10
• Victory Old Horizontal 10
• Sierra Nevada Big Foot 08
• Sierra Nevada Black Barleywine 10
• Avery Hog Heaven 10
• Boulder Killer Penguin 10
• Great Divide Old ruffian 10
• Southern Tier Black Burner 09
• Anchor Old Foghorn 10
• Dogfish Olde School 10
• Lost Coast Fog Cutter 10
• Pike Old Bawdy 07
• Anderson Valley Horn of the Bear 09
• Ninkasi Critical Hit 10
• Speakeasy Old Godfather 09
• Stone Old Guardian 09
• Stone Belgo Barleywine 10
• Lagunitas Gnarleywine 10
• North Coast Old Stock ale 10
• Anacortes Old Sea Bass 10
• Dick’s 05
• Hales Rudyard’s Rare 07
• Hood Canal Breidablik 10
• Deschutes Mirror Mirror 08
• Mad River John Barley Corn 09
• Mad River Wheatwine 08
• Hair of Dog Doggie Claws 10
• Boundary Bay Old Bounder 10
• Glacier Brew House Old Woody 10
• Lost Abbey Angel Share 10 Brandy
• Lost Abbey Angel Share 10 bourbon
• Black Raven Old Birdbrain 09
• Big Time Bill’s Bearded Wonderfulness 09
• Big Time Bill’s Bearded Wonderfulness 10
• Elysian Cyclops
• 10 Ram Mall Walker 10
• Fullsail Old Board Head ??
• Hub Noggin Floggin 10
• Bigsky Old Blue Hair 10
• Bigsky Old Blue Hair 10 Cask
• Firestone Abacus 11
• Smaltz Jubilation Blend 14
• 7 Seas Wheel Chair 10
• Moylan’s Old Blarney 10
• Marin Old Dipsey 10
• Scuttlebutt Old No. 1 09
• Naked City Cluster Cuss 10
• Eel River Triple Exultation 10
• Snipes Roza 10
• Old Lampoc Tavern Rat 09
• Old Lampoc Unsettler Belgo Barleywine 10
• Laurelwood Old Reliable
• Port Towsend 10

Quite a selection! And unlike BPP who generally spreads out their barleywine selection over the course of the Bacchanal (meaning you have to make a few trips back to BPP if you want to try them all), Brouwer's generally has every barleywine on their list on tap when the festival beins.

This years Hard Liver Barleywine Fest gets under way this Saturday, March 12th, at 11:00AM. This event always seems to fill up quickly, so I reccommend getting their early if you'd like to have a place to sit - or just don't want to be stuck outside in line, waiting for other's to leave.

Drink responsibly and stay safe out there!