Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Fest 2008 (and related events)

January 2008, Anchorage, Alaska
[photos by MSBC crew, Phil "The Rubber Chicken Guy" Farrell and Kim Tyburski]

Phil Farrell's Rubber Chicken [RC] helps package oak-aged Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter the day before the fest.

Kim handles a very thirsty chicken.


Kim Tyburski [in black hoodie] and Celebrator's Tom Dalldorf [hand on RC] enjoy oak-aged Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter with MSBC'ers [L-R] Matt Baily, Gary Busse, Kourtney Gheen, Barb Miller, Ben Johnson and Gabe Fletcher

MSBC fan Sockeye Bill fills up his juice jar and hangs with RC.

RC contemplates indulging her demons in the MSBC retail cooler of SiN.

Kourtney and Gabe chill out with brewers from Fort George Brewery (Astoria, OR).

Matt acts like he's drinking Captain Morgan even when he's drinking beer.

Kim and Brewer Ben pour beers for the photogs.

Gabe and Mark pose for pic with Dick Cantwell of Elysian Brewing (Seattle) and Angelo of Odom Distributing.

Alaskan Brewing's Rachael and Barb take a turn.

Fest guest Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewing [DE] enjoys fabulous pre-fest beer at the Snowgoose pub with MSBC'ers [clockwise]: Mark, Ben, Reid and Gabe.

Marko squeezes in with Jim "Dr. Fermento" Roberts and Cafe Amsterdam's Shauna Pajak.

Kim, Julie, Kerri and Breck sample homebrew at the GNBC meeting.

GNBC'ers Glenna and Lisa

Dave, ___ and Mike

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Tim and Dena

GNBC'er Tom with Stone Brewing's Jeff

John (Odom Distributing), Tom (Celebrator Beer News), Sam (Dogfish Head Brewing), Clay (Snowgoose brewer) and Eric (Left Hand Brewing)

Rachael and friends

Tom and Phil set up RC for the Rolling Boil Blues Band [RB3] gig.

RB3 rollin' out the rockin' blues.

Tom, Tom, John and Aaron...with RC.

Lisa, Barb and Tom

Barb and Lisa table dance to RB3's last set.

RC...fit to be tied.

This is the best t-shirt when Phil is around.

Finally, actual fest photos...these are Kenai River Brewing folks.

More Kenai River folks.

Eric of Left Hand Brewing (CO)

Sierra Nevada folks (Chico, CA)

GNBC'ers Don and Tracy

GNBC'ers John, ___ and Jason

Nice tee.

___ with Ben, brewer/owner of Kodiak Island Brewing Co [Kodiak, AK]

Kate and Jeff of Baron Brewing (Seattle)

Jim and Debbie Roberts chicken out.

GABBF judges determine the Top 3 winners in the barley wine competition.

RC with Cafe Amsterdam's Shauna and Will

Cafe Amsterdam's Ken Pajak

Brewer Ben unleashes a 3L magnum of SLOTH Belgian-style Imperial Stout, whiskey barrel-aged and bottle-conditioned.

A magnum always makes friends--Ben with Sam, Adrianne, Tom, Nico, Shawn, Reid and Jeff.

Gabe pours SLOTH in the dining room at Cafe Amsterdam.

Ben with Fenton bros Reid and Taylor.

Tom with 21st Amendment's Nico

Beer writer Dawnell Smith does a Deus.

Dawnell gets a beer smooch from El Marko.

Walking through town square brings out some goofing around with ice sculptures.