[UPDATE: Check out my recap of the event at California Beerzine]
Southern California is going cask crazy!
Next Friday and Saturday, June 13th and 14th, Pizza Port Carlsbad is hosting an all firkin festival.
The Real Ale Fest website boasts over 45 cask conditioned ales. They’ve got a fancy pants VIP lineup that is only available on Friday from 1-4pm, which consists of Green Flash Double Stout, Alpine Duet IPA, Ballast Point Tongue Buckler, Pizza Port Carlsbad Night Rider Imperial Stout, and Lost Abbey’s Angel Share. (UPDATE: VIP is sold out)
The but besides that, they have no listing of what cask ales will be available to us non-VIP peons. My guess is, it will be a pretty heavy lineup of local San Diego brews (keep in mind, these are just guesses):
-A few Ballast Points (Even Keel, Yellowtail, and maybe Wahoo Wheat?)
-Stone (Vanilla Bean Porter seems to be hot right now)
-Some Green Flash (maybe the West Coast IPA or the new Hop Head Red?)
-Alpine Ale, Pure Hoppiness, Ichabod?
-Definitely a wide selection of the Pizza Port brews
Plus I would be very disappointed if there weren’t a few Port/Lost Abbey offerings lined up. Maybe some of Port’s 2nd Anniversary Ale or the fabled Isabelle Proximus? Nah, I’m probably asking too much. I know there’s gotta be a few surprises, though.
