Event Preview | Firestone Walker Invitational

Part of being an adult is understanding what your priorities are in life. That is exactly why my wife and I are heading down to Paso Robles, California for the Firestone Walker Invitational one day after closing on our house. Yes we could spend the weekend moving out from the in-laws and settling into our first house, but we can do that anytime. And this is the Firestone Walker Invitational, a beer festival described as “An epic yet intimate gathering of 50+ leading brewers from around the nation & world celebrating craft beer in our hometown of Paso Robles.”

They’re not lying when they say “leading brewers” either. Featuring brewers such as Three Floyds, Russian River, Oud Beersel, and GABF darling Uberbrew this is truly a who’s who in the world of craft beer. Add in some food from local restaurants, some live music, and give all the money to a local charity and you have a recipe for an amazing event, hence us postponing our move into the new house, but with the following pour list, can you blame me?

3 Floyds Brewing Company	LazerSnake / Sicario Piña / Zombie Dust
8 Wired Brewing	2015 Wild Feijoa Sour / Cucumber Hippy Berliner / iStout
Allagash Brewing Company	Hoppy Table Beer / Windfall
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.	Blanc / California Lemon Law / Stung / Warp Riders
Avery Brewing Co.	Apricot Sour / Black Eye / Real Peel / White Rascal
Bagby Beer Company	Biggie Stout / Fancy Pants / Struggle Bus / Sweet Ride Bohemian Pilsner
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing	Amalgamator / Barrel-Aged Mocha Machine / Foam Top / System of a Stout
Bear Republic Brewing Company	Pace Car Racer / Tartare Rouge
Beavertown Brewery	Brosé / Cowboy Lightning / Humuloid / Tempus Project Spresso
Bell’s Brewery Inc	Pooltime Ale / Traverse City Barrel Aged Porter
Birrificio Italiano	Inclusio Ultima / Marzarimen / Nigredo 20esimo Anniversario / Tipopils
Boneyard Beer	Gooze Cruze / Hop Venom / Hop-A-Wheelie / PABO Pilsner
Boulevard Brewing Company	Collaboration No. 6- Barrel Aged Blend / Ginger Lemon Radler / Hibiscus Gose / Tequila Lime Gose
Braufactum	Imperial Pils / Progusta (IPA)
Brewery Ommegang	Fruition / Pale Sour
Cervejaria Bamberg	Bamberg CaoS wood aged / Bamberg Rauchbier
Cigar City Brewing	Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout / Margarita Gose
Creature Comforts Brewing Co.	Existence / Tritonia / Tropicália
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project	Mama Bear’s Sour Blueberry Pie / Persica – Wild Wild Brett / Petite Sour Rosé / Von Pilsner
Ecliptic Brewing	Barrel-Aged UltraViolet Blackberry Sour Ale/ Carina Peach Sour Ale
Faction Brewing Company	Citraison / Pils / Stud Muffin IPA / Barrel aged beer
Firestone Walker	Luponic Distortion #006 / Leo v Ursus / Pivo
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.	Easy Jack / Propagator Lager / Propagator Witbier / Propagator Hefeweizen / Nitro Merlin Milk Stout / Parabajava / Helldorado / XVIII / Maltose Falcons / Sucaba
Firestone Walker Barrelworks	La Piccola / Bretta Rose / De La Casa w/ Cherimoya / De La Casa w/ Persimmon /Walkers Cuvee #2 w/ Meyer Lemon / Champs de Fraise / Feral One 2017
Fonta Flora Brewery	Errday / Meemaw / Rhythm Rug / Smoke Signals
Funkwerks	Apricot Provincial / Dark Prophet / Fruition / Peachy King
Garage Project	Bhang andi / Fuzz Box / Mutiny on the Bounty
Gigantic	Fantastic Voyage / Kölschtastic / Pipewrench / Single Barrel MASSIVE – Macallan!
Half Acre Beer Co.	Benthic / Galactic Double Daisy Cutter / Magick is Purple / Tuna / Virga
Highland Park	Lazy Susan / Timbo Pils
Hollister Brewing Company	10th Anniversary Ale / Tiny Bubbles
Jester King Brewery	Blessed Relief – Jackie O’s Collaboration / Hibernal Dichotomous 2017
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales	Apocolocynposis / Bam Biere
Lagunitas Brewing Company	12th of Never / Eroica / Sour Farmhouse w/ Black Currant
Mahrs Brau Bamberg GmbH	MASTADON / Pils Unltered
Mikkeller	SpontanCherry Frederiksdal / Wheat Is the New Hops
Nebraska Brewing Company	IPA Mosaic / MOAB (Mother of all Bettys) / Pilsner
New Belgium Brewing	Fat Tire / Passionfruit Imperial IPA / Single Foeder 65 Sour Oscar / Transatlantique Kriek
Odell Brewing Co	Drumroll / Friek / Pina Agria
Omnipollo	Anagram Bourbon Barrel Aged Blueberry Cheesecake Stout / Noa Pecan Mud Cake – Bourbon
Other Half Brewing Co	Daydream in Grean / Superfun
Oud Beersel	Bersalis Sourblend / Lambic Oud Beersel
Revolution Brewing	Deth By Cherries / RevPils / Sun Crusher / VSOJ
Russian River Brewing Company	Beatication / Pliny the Elder / Scratching Post
Side Project Brewing	Apple Brandy Derivation / Biere du Pays Blend 5
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	Beer Camp Berliner Weiss / Trip In Woods: Rye Barrel-aged Dunkelweizen
Societe Brewing Company	Highwayman / Publican / Savage
Stone Brewing	Ghost Hammer IPA / Hop Revolver / Ripper / Tangerine Express
Sun King Brewing Company	Alrye’d Alrye’d Alrye’d / Cherry Busey / Old Fashioned Elixir / Pachanga
Surly Brewing Company	Pentagram / Xtra-Citra
The Bruery	¡Guava Libre! / Frucht: Cucumber / Pecan Pie Black Tuesday / Taking My Talents to Anaheim, California
The Lost Abbey	Single Ale / Veritas 019
The Rare Barrel	Home Sour Home / Map of the Moon / Supermassive / Tropical Humor
Trillium Brewing Co.	Night & Day / Raspberry Soak American Sour Wheat Ale
Überbrew	Alpha Force RAPDOM / Humulus Eruptus / Humulus Insani / ÜberMountain Barley Shine
Wicked Weed Brewing	Chocolate Covered Black Angel / Framboos Morte / Lieutenant Dank / 2016 Angel of Darkness

Event Preview | Firestone Walker Invitational

LazerSnake / Sicario Piña / Zombie Dust

8 Wired Brewing

2015 Wild Feijoa Sour / Cucumber Hippy Berliner / iStout

Allagash Brewing Company

Hoppy Table Beer / Windfall

Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.

Blanc / California Lemon Law / Stung / Warp Riders

Avery Brewing Co.

Apricot Sour / Black Eye / Real Peel / White Rascal

Bagby Beer Company

Biggie Stout / Fancy Pants / Struggle Bus / Sweet Ride Bohemian Pilsner

Beachwood BBQ & Brewing

Amalgamator / Barrel-Aged Mocha Machine / Foam Top / System of a Stout

Bear Republic Brewing Company

Pace Car Racer / Tartare Rouge

Beavertown Brewery

Brosé / Cowboy Lightning / Humuloid / Tempus Project Spresso

Bell’s Brewery Inc

Pooltime Ale / Traverse City Barrel Aged Porter

Birrificio Italiano

Inclusio Ultima / Marzarimen / Nigredo 20esimo Anniversario / Tipopils

Boneyard Beer

Gooze Cruze / Hop Venom / Hop-A-Wheelie / PABO Pilsner

Boulevard Brewing Company

Collaboration No. 6- Barrel Aged Blend / Ginger Lemon Radler / Hibiscus Gose / Tequila Lime Gose

Braufactum

Imperial Pils / Progusta (IPA)

Brewery Ommegang

Fruition / Pale Sour

Cervejaria Bamberg

Bamberg CaoS wood aged / Bamberg Rauchbier

Cigar City Brewing

Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout / Margarita Gose

Creature Comforts Brewing Co.

Existence / Tritonia / Tropicália

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

Mama Bear’s Sour Blueberry Pie / Persica – Wild Wild Brett / Petite Sour Rosé / Von Pilsner

Ecliptic Brewing

Barrel-Aged UltraViolet Blackberry Sour Ale/ Carina Peach Sour Ale

Faction Brewing Company

Citraison / Pils / Stud Muffin IPA / Barrel aged beer

Firestone Walker

Luponic Distortion #006 / Leo v Ursus / Pivo

Firestone Walker Brewing Co.

Easy Jack / Propagator Lager / Propagator Witbier / Propagator Hefeweizen / Nitro Merlin Milk Stout / Parabajava / Helldorado / XVIII / Maltose Falcons / Sucaba

Firestone Walker Barrelworks

La Piccola / Bretta Rose / De La Casa w/ Cherimoya / De La Casa w/ Persimmon /Walkers Cuvee #2 w/ Meyer Lemon / Champs de Fraise / Feral One 2017

Fonta Flora Brewery

Errday / Meemaw / Rhythm Rug / Smoke Signals

Funkwerks

Apricot Provincial / Dark Prophet / Fruition / Peachy King

Garage Project

Bhang andi / Fuzz Box / Mutiny on the Bounty

Gigantic

Fantastic Voyage / Kölschtastic / Pipewrench / Single Barrel MASSIVE – Macallan!

Half Acre Beer Co.

Benthic / Galactic Double Daisy Cutter / Magick is Purple / Tuna / Virga

Highland Park

Lazy Susan / Timbo Pils

Hollister Brewing Company

10th Anniversary Ale / Tiny Bubbles

Jester King Brewery

Blessed Relief – Jackie O’s Collaboration / Hibernal Dichotomous 2017

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

Apocolocynposis / Bam Biere

Lagunitas Brewing Company

12th of Never / Eroica / Sour Farmhouse w/ Black Currant

Mahrs Brau Bamberg GmbH

MASTADON / Pils Unltered

Mikkeller

SpontanCherry Frederiksdal / Wheat Is the New Hops

Nebraska Brewing Company

IPA Mosaic / MOAB (Mother of all Bettys) / Pilsner

New Belgium Brewing

Fat Tire / Passionfruit Imperial IPA / Single Foeder 65 Sour Oscar / Transatlantique Kriek

Odell Brewing Co

Drumroll / Friek / Pina Agria

Omnipollo

Anagram Bourbon Barrel Aged Blueberry Cheesecake Stout / Noa Pecan Mud Cake – Bourbon