They call it “The Mardi Gras of Beer Festivals.” It’s Freaktoberfest, and it’s coming this Saturday, September 15th. Host Jimmy Carbone welcomes Freaktoberfest founder (and Smuttynose lover and field sales rep) Pat Fondiller, who reveals the origins of New York City’s wildest beer festival. Also weiging in is Albert Antonucci, owner of Greenwood Park, the bar and beer garden that is hosting Freaktoberfest. One of the many breweries at Freaktoberfest (see below) is Founders, represented by Brand Manager Tim Traynor, the Brand Manager for Founders Brewery. He previews the Founders launch of their Breakfast Stout on September 21st. Finally, we hear from Matt Polacheck, the man behind all of Shmaltz Brewing’s crazy designs.
Listen the whole episode here.
Beers that will be available during this year’s Freaktoberfest:
Shmaltz : Freaktoberfest, Hop Manna, Coney Island Lager, Bittersweet Lenny’s Ripa, Funky Jewbelation, Genesis 15:15, Jewbelation 15, Barrel-aged Blockhead,
Reunion collaboration with Terrapin Brewing Co.
Smuttynose : Strawberry Short Weiss, Homunculus, Pumpkin, Vunderbar Pils
Brooklyn: Fiat Lux, Oktoberfest
Kelso : Rye-aged Belgian Pale Ale, Sour Quad
Empire: Golden Dragon
Ommegang: BPA, Abbey Ale
Greenport Harbor: Harbor Pale Ale
Bronx Brewery: Bronx Pale Ale, Rye Pale Ale
Wandering Star: Zingari Witbier
Sixpoint: Spice of Life, Mad Scientist #11
Sierra Nevada: Red Wine Barrel-aged Ovila Dubbel
Flying Dog: Gose with Old Bay Seasoning
Left Hand: 400 Lb. Monkey
Weyerbacher: Imperial Pumpkin
Two Brothers: Testudo Bier De Mars
Ballast Point: Sculpin
Lagunitas: Lil’ Sumpin Wild, IPA
Allagash: White, Confluence
Elysian: Ruin
Victory: Ranch DIPA (Chinook), Headwaters Pale Ale
Peak Organic: Hop Noir
Southampton: Abbott 12
Dogfish Head: Indian Brown Ale
Stone: IPA, Smoked Porter, 16th Anniversary
Founders: Breakfast Stout, Devil Dancer, Red’s Rye, Frangelic Mountain Brown
Speakeasy: Vendetta IPA, Payback Porter, Prohibition Ale
Harpoon: Ginger Wheat, Harpoon Dark, Pumpkin Cider
Nebraska: Hop God
Maine Brewing Company: Zoe, Peeper
The Bruery: Saison Rue
Green Flash: Friendship Brew (Black Saison)
Ithaca: Country Pumpkin
Captain Lawrence: Pumpkin
Stillwater Artisinal : TBA
Hill Farmstead: TBA
