Harvesting the Great White (Wh)Ales

 This weekend saw some changes, due both to the Northern Virginia BrewFest and another trip to Total Wine.  Again, items in bold I've gotten to try, and items in italics I have picked up but haven't tried yet:

1. Pliny the Elder
2. Heady Topper
3. Founders KBS
4. Founders Breakfast Stout
5. Bell's Hopslam Ale (sadly, Bell's brought Oberon and a red ale, but not hopslam)
6. Zombie Dust
7. Trappist Westvleteren 12 (XII)
8. Bourbon County Brand Stout
9. Trappistes Rochefort 10
10. The Abyss
11. Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout
    
    
12. Supplication
13. Parabola
14. St. Bernardus Abt 12
15. Sculpin IPA
16. Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
17. Dreadnaught IPA
18. Imperial Russian Stout
19. Troegs Nugget Nectar (Troegs was there as well, but didn't have Nugget Nectar)
20. Consecration
21. Ruination IPA
22. La Fin Du Monde (Total Wine was out of 12oz bottles, and I didn't want to spring for a big bottle)
23. Ten FIDY
24. AleSmith Speedway Stout
25. Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
26. Founders Imperial Stout
27. Peche Mortel (Imperial Stout Au Cafe)
28. 90 Minute IPA
29. Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
30. Chimay Grande Reserve (Blue)
31. Double Jack
32. Blind Pig IPA
33. Furious
34. Victory At Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter
    
    
35. Two Hearted Ale
36. Duvel
37. Double Bastard Ale
38. Founders Backwoods Bastard
39. Trappistes Rochefort 8
40. Schneider Weisse Tap 6 Unser Aventinus
41. IPA (India Pale Ale)
    
    
42. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
43. Alpha King Pale Ale
44. Westmalle Trappist Tripel
45. Dark Lord Imperial Stout
46. Hop Rod Rye
    
    
47. Founders Porter
48. Choklat
49. Union Jack India Pale Ale (Firestone Walker had this, but it was right next to Wooky Jack.  Come on!  What was I to do?)
    
    
    
50. Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout
51. Green Flash West Coast I.P.A. (I can understand why this is so highly rated.  Very fruity, almost juicy flavor and very well balanced.)
52. A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
53. Burton Baton
54. Founders Double Trouble
55. Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
    
    
56. Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
57. Terrapin Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout
58. Arrogant Bastard Ale
59. Racer 5 India Pale Ale
    
    
60. Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale
61. Maharaja
62. Trois Pistoles
63. Yeti Imperial Stout
    
    
64. Flower Power India Pale Ale
65. Hop Stoopid
66. Founders Red's Rye PA
67. Gumballhead
68. Tripel Karmeliet
69. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
70. Orval Trappist Ale
71. Bell's Expedition Stout (again, not one Bell's brought this weekend.)
72. Gulden Draak (Dark Triple)
    
    
73. Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
74. Sierra Nevada Bigfood Barleywine Style Ale
75. Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
76. Palo Santo Marron
77. Hennepin (Farmhouse Saison)
78. Sierra Nevada Hoptimum Imperial IPA
    
    
79. Maudite
80. Chocolate Stout
81. Black Butte Porter
82. Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop Ale
83. Founders Centennial IPA
84. Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout
85. Saison Dupont
86. Jai Alai IPA
87. Miles Davis' Bitches Brew
88. Ommegang (Abbey Ale)
89. Allagash White (Allagash was a few tents down from Yards, and I tried the White without realizing it was even on my list)
90. Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
91. Three Philosophers Belgian Style Blend (Quadrupel)
92. World Wide Stout
93. Hercules Double IPA
94. 60 Minute IPA
95. Hop Devil Ale
96. Delirium Tremens
97. Chimay Premiere (Red)
98. Smuttynose IPA "Finest Kind"
99. Anchor Porter
100. Storm King Stout

Hooray for IPA!

One of the stores in my area, Total Wine, holds periodic classes and events. Honestly, they're more wine-oriented, but they have a pretty good selection of craft beers, and I love going in and assembling a custom six-pack. I don't drink a great deal, so if I have to buy a six-pack every time I want to try a beer I'll never get to try half of what I want. Buying singles is the way to go for me.

One of their upcoming classes is called Hooray for IPA! The cost is pretty nominal--$15. I don't know much about the class, but it promises English IPA, Belgian IPA, American IPA, American Double/Imperial IPA, and "other hoppy goodness". I'm not sure what that last one means, but I assume it is talking about either other hoppy styles (American Barleywine or American Pilsner, maybe?) or hoppy versions of otherwise not-so-hoppy styles (you know us Americans, more hops are always better!)

 I'll have to check that out and see what they have to offer. I've been interested by their in-store tastings in the past.