So Terp - how was Madd Foxx ?
Outstanding. They blocked off the rectangular courtyard and had a small acoustic band playing into the box. $20 got you six tickets plus a glass. Each ticket good for 4 oz of any of the many beers available. Keep in mind all of these beers had secondary fermentation in casks, the theme of the tasting. Each additional ticket was $2. The serving was done by volunteers from a beer club and after the first couple I got they seemed to start filling up past the 4 oz line pretty regularly.
They had a guy that stayed overnight roasting a pig from which they served pork bbq sandwiches or tacos, excellent smoky bbq with 4 good sauces to choose from, including carolina vinegar based.
I didn't have a bad beer in the bunch. Most outstanding to me was 3 Stars Brewing Company's Pandemic Porter.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25696/97973/I also really liked:
Devils Backbone Brewing Company - Wood-Aged Kilt Flasher - 8.0% ABV
DC Brau Brewing Company - Stone of Arbroath - 8.5% ABV
and Mad Fox's own Yambag Imperial Sweet Potato Porter - 8.0% ABV
They had lots of standing tables around and it was reasonably warm inside the courtyard, sun shining in from the south which warmed it a bit. Good crowd but never a line to get a beer, they moved it fast. Bit short on restroom facilities, inside the Mad Fox was the only real option.
Definitely would do it again.
