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Pucker Up! Sour Fest at Devil's Den
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Pucker Up! Sour Fest at Devil's Den
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From Saturday, August 15 through Friday the 21st, Devil's Den will devote an entire draft tower to all things sour, funky and tart -- the legacy of a few tiny microorganisms: brettanomyces, lactobacillus and pediococcus.� Brettanomyces boosters include some of America's best-regarded craft brewers, with the driving edge led by the infamous Brett Pack.
Successful forays into American sours by The Brett Pack have spawned even more puckery potions, many of which you can taste during Devil's Den Pucker Up! celebration.� Highlights from the draft tower, with our picks in bold:
- Dogfish Head Festina Peche -- a peach-addled riff on the classic, low-alcohol, lactic style called Berliner Weisse
- Rodenbach Grand Cru
- Ommegang Rouge -- one of the best introductions to Flemish-style sours, with plenty of cherries added.
- Ballast Point Sour Wench
- Dock Street Dunkel Berliner Weisse
- Cantillion Gueuze -- the definitive, unsweetened, mavericky classic. Benchmark for all gueuze, ever.
- Russian River Consecration -- aged in Cab Sauv barrels for 9 months, with 30 lbs. of red currants added to each barrel -- this is SUPER RARE and amazing
- Monk's Cafe Sour
- Duchesse de Bourgogne
There will also be 15 sour bottles to choose from; the Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus (very tart gueuze with raspberries added) and Petrus Oak-Aged Pale Ale, an elegant, hoppy pale with just enough pucker from the oak to make it a perfect partner for food, are must-haves.
If you've never experienced the wonder of lambics, Flemish sours and gueuze, get thee to Devil's Den for a minimal-commitment draft pour.� If you're a funky lambic head, your fellows will know where to find you next week.
Devil's Den First Annual Pucker Up! Sour Fest, Aug. 15-21, 1148 S. 11th St., 215- 339-0855, devilsdenphilly.com
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