Boston-based brothers Jason and Todd Alström founded BeerAdvocate with the motto “Respect Beer.” This weekend, they’ll celebrate some of the world’s most venerated barley-based elixirs at the BeerAdvocate’s 7th annual Belgian Beer Fest. The event kicks off on Friday, September 9 with the intriguingly named Night of the Funk, which has already sold out, followed by open Saturday, September 10 sessions from 1 - 4:30 p.m. and 6 - 9:30 p.m. at the Cyclorama. It’s the biggest fest they’ve thrown yet, with 78 brewers pouring well-over 200 beers from brewers and importers at over 40 booths. The selections also include some specialty beers brewed by New England’s own Allagash in celebration of the Fest. So why all the hoopla around Belgian beers? “You'll have to attend the fest to find out,” Told told us. Tickets for Saturday sessions are on sale now, $50 per session; $65 VIP.
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On Saturday night, a line of stylish 20-somethings - the men in blazers and Converse, the women in scarves and heels - snaked through the plaza outside the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. Nine hundred and fifty tickets had been sold for the Wine Riot, the first mass tasting of its kind in Boston, and the Cyclorama space was soon packed with people who may or may not have been attending their first tasting, ever. Tyler Balliet, editor of wine publication The Second Glass and one of the event’s organizers, said that the goal behind this event was to “get people to drink more wine,” and by these standards, the event was a success.
Belgium is a beautiful country. It brings us chocolate, freedom fries, waffles, and a weird molecule sculpture. It brings us the intoxicating idea of the European Union, and the even more intoxicating beverage known as beer. We had the opportunity to savor the incredibly diverse and complex varieties of beer at Saturday’s little Belgium-in-Boston, Beer Advocate’s Belgian Beer Festival.
Bostonist made it to the Night of the Funk at this year's Belgian Beer Fest.
