Photo courtesy of hopatui.com
The first-ever Hop-a-Tui Beer Social, to be held in Racine, Wisconsin on November 21st, promises an eclectic lineup of craft beers from brewing greats such as Furthermore, Rock Art, O'so, Left Hand, Central Waters, Ommegang, and...you. Yes, you. One of the requirements for attending this beerfest is that you bring some homebrewed beer of your own or, barring that, a commercially available craft beer.
Hopatui, according to the Urban Dictionary definition, is: A mixture of a craft beer lovers, brewmasters, and a mix of amazing craft beers. Additionally, according to the beerfest's own web site: Usually the event has a high concentration of fun, bullshitting, and the best unique and season craft brews around.
So, which breweries and corresponding beers will be attending? Here is the brewery lineup thus far:
| Brewery | Beer | Style | ABV | Description and Link |
| Furthermore | Makeweight | Belgian Triple | 8.50% | Begian Sugar Candy |
| Spring Green, WI | Knot Stock | Pale ale | 5.50% | plenty of zing for the Hop Heads or Bitter Bettys |
| O'so Brewing Co. | Jack-O-Lantern Harvest Ale | Pumpkin ale | 6.50% | An obscure autumn experience |
| Plover, WI | Lupulin Maximus | Imperial IPA | 9.30% | Massive hop additions makes this a taste bud burner |
| Night Train | American Dark ale | 6.80% | A big bold chewy roasty Porter. | |
| Hopdinger | APA | 5.40% | Very pungent yet balanced pale ale, rivals IPAs | |
| Black Scotch | Smoked Scotch ale | 6.80% | Velvety smooth rich peat smoked Scotch | |
| Central Waters | ||||
| Amherst, WI | ||||
| Left Hand Brewing | Fade to Black | Stout | 8% | kick-you-in-the-ass ale |
| Longmont, CO | ||||
| Brewery Ommegang | ||||
| Coopertown, NY | ||||
| Rock Art Brewery | Vermonster | American Barley Wine | 9% | It's got 110 pounds of malt per barrel |
Click here to find out what home brewers will be bringing to the Hop-a-Tui beer fest.
Hop-a-Tui will be held at the historic Great Hall inside the DeKoven Center on Racine's lakefront. The event is sponsored by The Great Lakes Brew Fest as well as Kilties Drum & Bugle Corps. Musical entertainment will be provided by King Solomon. The event will run from 7-11 PM, with brewer beer sampling going from 7-9 PM, followed by homebrewed beer sampling from 9-11 PM. Tickets are $25 for attendees and $10 for designated drivers. Participants are expected to bring two 12-ounce bottles or 1 bomber-sized bottle of craft or home-brewed beer to share. If you can't find some beer to bring, you will be charged $5 extra at the door.
Comments
Wow... that sounds awesome! And so much fun!
Wow! You really put a lot of work into this article, and it turned out great. :-)
I'll be in MSP that day--sorry I'll have to miss it, but nice article. I feel like I got to vicariously experience it at least a little.
WOW! And I am going to be someplace boring like Dayton, Ohio when I could be there! Sounds wonderful. What are you taking from your homebrewing?
Great looking article!
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You gotta teach me how to do these tables. And when does your work take you to SF? I may be tagging along to Madison soon. BX-Exchange?
This is wonderful information for those who need it. Sounds fun.
It sounds like a great get-together for everyone who makes the home-brew.
How fun! "Kick-you-in-the-ass ale"! Ha!
What a great idea. I'd love to get something like that going in Carbondale where we have a lot of homebrewers but little craft beer...
Love the table in this article...you put a lot of work in it. Hey, I wouldn't eat grasshoppers to live longer either, LOL!
Wow, they just made up the word? It sounds Native American.
Never got the notice on this one, either. Hop-a-tui sounds well worth venturing to Racine to attend. :)
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