Split Thy Brooklyn Skull Barley Wine Weekend

My god barley wines have sweet names. They also pack a fucking punch. Hercules Strong Ale, 11.5% alc./volume, was the first I ever tried. The bartender said he wasn’t allowed to serve me more than two and this was on Boston’s shitty-ass Lansdowne Street where people are absolutely wasted by 9 pm. There will be no such restriction at 'œSplit Thy Brooklyn Skull' barley wine appreciation weekend thrown by Mugs Alehouse. Choices for man-wine will include: Slyfox Odyssey, Ridgeway Lump of Coal, Great Divide Old Ruffian, Fisherman’s Tea Party, Victory Baltic Thunder, Great Lakes Blackout, Dogfishhead Immort, and my favorite, Really Old Brown Dog. At 14%, 4 times the strength of malnourished Bud, Samichlaus is the strongest and most boringly named.

When: 11am-??? Saturday and Sunday

Where: Mugs Alehouse (125 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn)

What: no cover, barley wine extravaganza with $3.50 ^ish samplers.