ACBW 2015: You win some, you lose some…

So the 2015 American Craft Beer Week has come and gone, with Baton Rouge saw quite a few (mostly successful) events last week. Here are some of my honest thoughts about last week.

The biggest pre-ACBW event was Gnarly Barley’s 1 year anniversary party on May 9th. This was a roaring success, as hundreds of people turned out for the event, and for $10, each attendee got a commemorative snifter glass and 5 pours of different Gnarly Barley beers, including some exclusive to the event (keep this in mind, as we will re-visit this value later in this post). The Raspberry Catahoula Common was a well done refreshing beer that would be great on a hot summer day. The barrel aged Korova milk porter was excellent as well. We also got the bright idea to have the Raspberry Catahoula Common blended with the regular Korova, and that was super tasty. The newer batches of Radical Rye PA are also really nice, as the hop aroma is on point. This was a great event, and I was very happy to help Zac and Cari c

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