Next Week: Frederick Beer Week, Pratt Street Real Ale Fest

The upcoming Frederick Beer Week got some major coverage in the Frederick News-Post today--and I saw it there while at work; it's most of the front page of the News-Post's Lifestyle section.  Go to the article to review the schedule of events, and also to learn how it was inspired directly by Baltimore Beer Week.

Meanwhile, if you're a real ale aficionado, you've probably already read the cask list below in a more mangled form, as it was being disseminated all over the place while I was doing stuff out there in Frederick.  But just in case, here's the list, courtesy of PSAH's Steve Jones:

Stone Ruination IPA dry-hopped with Columbus & Centennial, 7.7%, 100+ IBUs
Evolution Lot 6 Double IPA & a pin (5-gallon firkin) of a one-off Bacon Porter (!)
Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale dry hopped with Cascade
                   Mamas Little Yella Pils w/ rosehips
                   Old Chub w/ coconut  [ummm.... huh?]
Weyerbacher Blanche
Flying Fish Exit 4 w/ Centennial & Citra (hopefully one more also)
Brewer's Art Resurrection
Stillwater/Brewer's Art Debutante
Stillwater Beaujolais cask Existent (only for VIP hour)
Troegs Javahead Stout
Great Divide Yeti

BrewDog Paradox Isle of Arran
Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Red, White & Birch (red oak/white oak/birch)
Stoudt's Heifer-in-Wheat w/ kumquat [?!]
Yards Saison
The Raven Lager
Flying Dog Gonzo on oak
                 Single Hop Imperial IPA
Breckenridge  2 casks T.B.A.
White Marsh 1 or 2 T.B.A.
Brewer's Alley Oatmeal Stout [a blend of 2/3 Oatmeal Stout aged in a Woodford Reserve Bourbon barrel for 3 weeks & 1/3 "virgin" Oatmeal Stout]

DuClaw 2010 Devil’s Milk aged in Jack Daniels Whiskey Barrel
Dog Brewing Java Stout with French oak
Oliver Hot Monkey Love batch #2  2010 drawn directly from oak barrel (aged 10 months)

           Pagan Porter with vanilla

           Draft Punk Beaujolais cask  w/ Juniper & honey (for VIP hour)
Oliver/Stillwater Channel Crossing #4 dry hopped w/ Tettnanger

There'll be Designated Driver tix available at the door : $10 free soda with a 25% discount on food.  www.prattstreetalefest.com

As for the Bacon Porter:  Someone page/invite the Baltimore Sun's Sam Sessa.