Funk Fest '16

[swenocha]

Got to work another great funky fest via Yazoo yesterday... The Embrace the Funk Fest in the books. It was a lot of work, but a good deal of fun. It was moved to the Yazoo Barrel House this year instead of at the main brewery, which was a nice change of pace. A ton of guest breweries and speakers (New Belgium sour program, Green Bench, Wicked Weed, NOLA, Perennial, Blackberry Farms, Against the Grain, Black Abbey, Upland, Merchant du Vin, Carolina Bauernhaus, Bootleg Biology, Omega Yeast Labs, and others that I'm not remembering); great food from Smoke et Al, Homestead Manor and Bloomy Rind; and a huge amount of quality sour and funk beer (something like 19 pints/person was on hand, so a lot left over). Fantastic day....

Here's a bunch o' pics...





















The whole hog went fast...

[swenocha]

I'm sure our New Orleans friends will spot Kirk Coco in those pics. Others may know the Salazars, who run the New Belgium barrel program. Somehow I ended up in a lot of pics this year...

[Inkleg]

What a beautiful and wonderful time!!!!!! Looks like everyone had a great time! Especially the guy chewing on the spine. Thanks for the picture heavy loaded post!!
I love you and hate you at the same time!!!!

[Inkleg]

Oh, just racked 5 gallons of my 6 month old quasi Tart of Darkness clone onto 2lbs of dried cherries and 2.5lbs dried figs.

[swenocha]

Oh, just racked 5 gallons of my 6 month old quasi Tart of Darkness clone onto 2lbs of dried cherries and 2.5lbs dried figs.

Oh, heck yeah...

[swenocha]

Oh, forgot this photo...

Rare whale of the day? You decide... (circa 2005, we think)

[Inkleg]

Oh, just racked 5 gallons of my 6 month old quasi Tart of Darkness clone onto 2lbs of dried cherries and 2.5lbs dried figs.

Oh, heck yeah...

and I do have your address...... Though it will probably be another year......

[Inkleg]

05 was a good year for Zima.....

[swenocha]

Oh, just racked 5 gallons of my 6 month old quasi Tart of Darkness clone onto 2lbs of dried cherries and 2.5lbs dried figs.

Oh, heck yeah...

and I do have your address...... Though it will probably be another year......

Maybe by that time I'll actually have something to send back to you...

[swenocha]

05 was a good year for Zima.....

It still, as it did in the day, "Tastes Like Zhit"™ Very thick, syrupy mouthfeel with hints of Sprite (only a bit of the lemon-lime flavor remained).

[mashani]

Lots of funky people. Too bad I was not one of them.

[RedBEERd]

I'm sure our New Orleans friends will spot Kirk Coco in those pics. Others may know the Salazars, who run the New Belgium barrel program. Somehow I ended up in a lot of pics this year...

I most certainly did. Looks like a great time. Thx for sharing.

[Kealia]

How does your palette hold up during a day of tasting sours and funky beers? I know even doing IPAs during a beerfest that my palette starts to fade after a number of them.

[ScrewyBrewer]

My taste buds have exploded and my mouth is hurting just reading this post. Awesome pictures, looked like a great day to eat good food and drink funky beer.

[Dawg LB Steve]

Looked like, on top of it being all funky, it was a beautiful day. Looks like breweries were well represented!