One of our favorite breweries from Hood River, Double Mountain, will be releasing their seasonal IPA Clusterf**k here on Thursday, May 31st at 6pm. We will also be pouring Gravity Mountain IPA a collaboration they did with Terminal Gravity and a handful of other beers for your drinking pleasure. Please take time to come on in and enjoy these delicious beverages.
We would like to take this time to say Thank you for all of your support throughout Seattle Beer Week. We had a lot of fun and hope you did too. We put a lot of effort in to making these events come together. We plan on making our way through the kegs that we still have on hand from all of the events throughout the upcoming weeks. After we make it through those we will get back to business as usual. If your liver needs a reward for surviving the week, come on down and grab a tasty beverage. Now to announce a few upcoming events:
Next Monday, May 28th at 6pm we will be tapping Crispin Oak Aged Marvin Cider made with Molasses, Honey, Dark Chocolate and Black Cherries fermented with a Stout Yeast. We have yet to try this but we hear it is delicious.
Next Thursday, May 31st at 6pm we will tap a couple Double Mountain Beers including their Seasonal Release ClusterF?!k a delicious IPA. We hope you will join us and try this delicious adult beverage.
It is almost here! What you ask? The balancing act that is Seattle Beer Week, 10 days of celebration in honor of the great beer culture here in this city. It all kicks off tomorrow at Elysian Brewing at 6pm. Our first event, Back in Black Stoutfest, starts Friday morning at 11 am when we open. I can assure you that we have been planning for this event and will have over 40 stouts on draft for your drinking pleasure. Here are a handful of the breweries we will have beers from Driftwood, Avery, Fremont, Black Raven, Port, Nectar, Firestone Walker, Emilliese, Dogfish Head, Boneyard, and many more. We can assure you this is a not to be missed event. We hope to see you here.
We’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about an event, on Saturday, May 12th, at our new bar, Burgundian, located at 2253 N. 56th St in the Tangletown area of town. Its a 5 course, $65 beer dinner with our Chef Ryan and Laurelwood starting at 7pm. You can purchase tickets through brown paper tickets.
During Seattle Beer Week at times we will be doing things out of the ordinary. We will not be offering Happy Hour throughout the 10 days. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. We will return to regular happy hour at the conclusion of Seattle Beer Week. However, throughout the entire Seattle Beer Week we will be running a Boilermaker Special with Four Roses Yellow Label, add a shot of Four Roses Yellow label to any beer for $6 dollars. As if all the beer weren’t decadent enough.
We will be closed the entire day on Wednesday, May 16th so that we can set up for the evenings 10 course dinner with the Homebrew Chef Sean Paxton. Again we are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.
We thank you in advance for your support throughout the years and over the next “week!” We will also be hosting:
Monday, May 14th 6-11 Big Sky “Ride the Bull” event…its exactly what it sounds like, we will have a mechanical bull taking up a lot of the downstairs. We will start setting up for this event by removing all the tables from downstairs at 3pm. Wear your western gear and get ready to get bucked!
Tuesday, May 15th @6pm Everybody’s favorite, Beer and Burger Battle. If you are unfamiliar with this event, the idea is simple, 5 breweries compete to see you can build the raddest burger and bring the best beer lineup. This year reigning Champs Fremont defend their title against contenders, 21st Amendment, New Belgium, Black Raven and Hair of the Dog. This is always a great event.
Wednesday, May 16th @ 6pm The Homebrew Chef /Firestone Walker ticketed event 10 course meal. Again we will be closed all day for this event. There might be one or two tickets left to this event.
Thursday, May 17th @11 am Sour Beer Fest. This is exactly what it sounds like we are replacing almost all of our taps with Sour Beer. This is a not to be missed event with lots of brewers on hand and some of the best sour beers available. Again we have been hanging on to beers from to name a few but not all, New Belgium, Cantillion, Russian River, Tilquin, Bocker, Petrus, and many more. We anticipate that this will be a great day. Again we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in advance.
We here at Brouwer’s are excited to announce a couple of projects that we have been working on that involve local distilleries and wooden barrels. We got this little beauty, from Woodinville Whiskey, pictured above and are currently seasoning it with the intention of making our own cocktail in it in the upcoming months. Suggestions on what cocktail we should pour from it?
We are pleased to announce that we opened another bar in the Tangletown area, Burgundian, located at 2253 N 56th St. open 10-12am Sunday- Thursday and 10am- 2am Friday and Saturday. 22 stellar taps and breakfast all day! What beats that breakfast all day. If that’s not enough they have an extensive Bourbon and Tequila list as well. We suggest the Chicken and Waffles, the Burgundian Burger, or the specials that have been created by Chef Ryan.
Who likes hoppy beer? Monday at 6pm, here at Brouwer’s we a will be tapping 5 Double IPAs: Russian River Pliny the Elder, Sierra Nevada Hoptimum, Silver City Whoop Pass, Firestone Walker Double Jack and Port Brewing Hop 15 for your drinking pleasure. If you are a lover of the hops this is an event for you. Come in and get punched in the mouth with hoppy deliciousness.
It’s just around the corner May 10th – 20th and we have a few events that you will not want to miss.
Monday, May 14th starting at 6pm is Big Sky Ride the Bull Night. That’s right, We are putting a mechanical bull inside. You are encouraged to wear your western outfit and join us for an evening like none other. You might want to bring some dance moves too. We will have cans of Big Sky Ipa along with 4 draft beers.
Tuesday, May 15th is one of our favorite events of the year. Beer and Burger Battle! It’s simple, Five breweries are tasked with creating a one of a kind burger recipe, bringing 4 or 5 beers to showcase and sales decided the winner. This year looks to be quite a battle with Fremont returning to defend their title against the likes of Hair of the Dog, New Belgium, 21st Amendment, and another local favorite Black Raven. This is shaping up to be a battle of epic proportions.
Wednesday, May 16th at 6pm Dinner with Firestone Walker and the Homebrew Chef, Sean Paxton. This one is a not to be missed event and almost sold out at this time, with something like 15 remaining tickets. Get your ticket here. This year Sean and our own Chef Bobby have some great ideas centered around English pub food meets Brouwer’s Cafe, held together with Firestone Walker Beer, titled “Now for Something Completely Different!”, I’m told there is a Monty Python reference in there.
Lastly, May 17th at 11am everybody’s favorite Sour Fest…think a Sour Beer from the likes of Cantillon, Cascade, Tilquin, and New Belgium to name a few.
We know it is a tough week to choose where to be, but feel that you will want to spend at least part of your days with us.
Today we remember a great friend and co-worker, Cavy, who lost a battle with cancer a year ago. I am sure we all have our favorite Cavy story. He is missed. He was certainly one of the funniest people we have had the joy of knowing and working with. We will be pouring Elysian Raconteur in his honor. We could go on and on about Chris and just spent the better part of the morning reminiscing and telling stories, we suggest you do the same.
Psst! Hey Bro, it’s 4/20. Those fun folks down at Lagunitas brewed a beer to honor this day called Waldo’s Special. They are claiming its the dankest and hoppiest beer they have ever brewed. That’s saying something cause everything they make is hoppy. Today we will be tapping it at 4:20 and there will be some treats here from the brewery. Come on in and get some!
We had those donation cans by the door all March long, and would like to thank all of you that donated to the cause. We are unsure of exactly how much you helped raise from here, but through the whole month and all the bars involved we were collectively able to raise just over $16,000 to help support Treehouse a non-profit that helps Foster Kids get their needs met. Thanks, without your support this would not be possible.
We would also like to take this time to let you know that there are about 40 tickets left to the Sean Paxton aka Homebrew Chef Collaboration dinner with Chef Bob and Firestone Walker. I assure you this is not a to be missed event. If you are thinking of coming we would urge you to make your reservations sooner than later.
We are making our lists for both Stout and Sour fest and checking it twice…we hope to have a few more details sooner than later.
We hope that all of you awake daily and prepare your spirit for what surely will be a week( a brewer’s week i.e 10days) to remember. We have a few events during Seattle Beer Week:
Friday, May 11th @ 11 am…Back in Black Stout Fest. We will be pouring 35 or more delicious dark malt beverages, including, a few Firestone Beers, Nectar Black Xantus, Green Flash Double Stout ’10, Great Divide Espresso Yeti, Evil Twin Yin Imperial Stout and Avery Mephistopheles to name a few.
Monday, May 14th @ 6pm Big Sky, Ride the Bull night. It is exactly like it sounds, we will have a mechanical bull in the middle of the floor and you will be able to ride it if you so desire. Look for cans of Ipa along with a few draft beers. We encourage you to wear your best western getup.
Tuesday, May 15th @6pm Beer and Burger Battle. 5 breweries are tasked with creating a Burger with a beef patty as the base, and bring 4-5 beers to go along with it. The winner is determined by sales. Reigning Champs Fremont Brewing take on challengers, 21st Amendment, New Belgium, Hair of the Dog, and Black Raven. We look forward to this event every year.
Wednesday, May 16th Sean Paxton collaborates with our Chef Bob and Firestone Walker for an evening not to be missed titled ‘Now for Something Completely Different.” 10 courses, with at least 12 beers. David Walker will be on hand as well. Sean and Bob have some great ideas for this English Pub Food meets Brouwer’s Cafe food. Tickets are available for $125 tax and gratuity included through Brown Paper Tickets.
Thursday, May 17th @ 11am. Sour Fest. Look for Russian River Supplication, Temptation, Several Cantillions, Cascade has something in the works, as does New Belgium, Double Mountain Devil’s Kriek, and many more.
We hope you are planning ahead and taking time off from work so that you can join us in this celebration of all things beer in Seattle.
As I am sure you are all aware, Seattle Beer Week is just a few weeks away. One of the events that we have hosted each and every year is a night with Sean Paxton, the homebrew chef, and Firestone Walker. We look forward to it all year, the event is always fabulous, Sean is an amazingly creative gentleman and a joy to be around. This year the title of the event is “Now For Something Completely Different”, think English Pub food meets Brouwer’s Cafe, meets Firestone Walker Beer, for 10 courses paired with at least that many beers, usually more. I imagine there will be plenty of game on this menu. That’s the brief description now for the details:
Here is a link to Brown Paper Tickets where you can purchase tickets for the event. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 16th @ 6pm. This is a limited event we are selling 85 tickets, it has sold out in years past and we expect the same this year. The price for the event is $125 tax and gratuity included. In past years it was $100 but wasn’t inclusive of tax and gratuity. We invite you to purchase your ticket and reserve your spot at a not to be missed event.
The above photo was taken from Seattle Beer News. Its Sean a few years ago here at his first dinner.
We are pleased to announce: Bottleworks is releasing their 13th Anniversary Beer, brewed this year by Stone, on Saturday, March 24th at 11am when they open. They will also have it on draft. Every year this a much anticipated event usually held on the Anniversary itself, this year we had to wait a little longer for the beer to get where we wanted it. We will wait to tap the beer here until 4pm. Go here for more details.
Here is a brief description of the beer:
The theme for the beer, being our 13th anniversary and all, was to use 13 Malts and 13 Hops, brewed on the 13th, in a huge strong ale. This monster of a beer took a bit longer to finish fermenting than anticipated but it’s finally ready.
Wednesday Night, March 21st at 6pm we are pleased to have Silver City in the house for a Brewer’s Night. We will be tapping 8 of their beers, including: St. Florian Ipa, Whoop Pass Double Ipa, Fat Woody Scotch Ale, and Old Scrooge Winter Bock. Please come out and show your support for Washington Beer. There will be brewery representatives on hand to answer your questions.
Thursday night, March 22nd at 6pm we will be releasing this year’s Herbert’s Ale, an ale brewed in honor of one of the pioneer’s in the Washington Craft Beer Industry, Burt Grant(pictured above). This year it was brewed by Diamond Knot. Draft beer will start flowing at 6pm. We invite you to join us.
It’s that time of year again!!!! Seattle Beer Week is just around the corner and will be here before you know it. We have some old Here is a short list of Events that we will be hosting. There will be more info in a later post, but don’t forget to mark your calenders for May 10th -20th. Now on to our dates:
Friday, May 11th at 11am: Back in Black Stout fest, think 30-40 delicious stouts.
Monday, May 14th Time to Be Determined, Big Sky “Ride the Bull” Event. That’s right we will have a mechanical bull inside. Imagine the possibilities.
Tuesday, May 15th @6pm, Beer and Burger Battle. Last year’s champion Fremont will be back to defend their title against, New Belgium, Full Sail, Black Raven and 21st Amendment. This is always a good time.
Wednesday, May 16th, An Evening with Firestone Walker and Sean Paxton the Homebrew Chef. Prices and ticket purchasing information will be coming sooner than later. For those of you that know Sean you know this is a not to be missed event.
Thursday, May 17th @11am: Sour Fest. 30-45 delicious Sour Beers on draft. This is also a not to be missed event.
We hope to have partial lists for Sour and Stout fest sooner than later, and information about the dinner with Sean Paxton sooner than later. We felt it was a good idea to provide you with the information we had about our Seattle Beer Week Events rather than wait till all the details were in. Cheers.
This Wednesday, at 6pm, we will tap two special beers from Boundary Bay that have been aged in Dry Fly Whiskey Barrels. Many months ago these two Washington Business’s got together with an idea, age Washington Beer in Washington Whiskey Barrels, so they aged Cabin Fever and Imperial Oatmeal Stout in Washington Wheat Whiskey Barrels. Representatives from both Boundary Bay and Dry Fly will be on hand to answer all your questions. We are looking forward to this great evening, and hope that you are too.
Wednesday, March 21st, at 6pm we are hosting a Silver City Brewers night. We will be pouring 8 of their delicious beers, including Whoop Pass Double Ipa, Fat Woody Scotch, Old Scrooge Winter Bock and St Florian Ipa. There will be a brewery representative on to answer all of your questions.
Herbert’s Ale, brewed every year in honor of Burt Grant a pioneer in the brewing industry was brewed by Diamond Knot this year. We are proud to host the release of this, hoppy, once a year beer on Thursday March 22nd at 6pm. We hope you come out and show your support. This beer is usually on Cask at the Cask Festival, come and try it here first.
As I am sure you are all aware Hardliver X was this weekend. We would like to thank all of you that showed up, waited in line and drank from our taps. We would also like to let you know that there are still quite a few delicious barleywines on draft currently. We would like to take this time to announce the winners:
1.Lost Abbey Angel’s Share Brandy Barrel
2. Firestone Walker Abacus
3. Black Raven Old Birdbrain
Toughest Tiger: Lost Abbey Angel’s Share Bourbon Barrel
We will take this time to let you know about a few events we have in the upcoming weeks, that we think you will appreciate…
First off, for those of you who need more Barleywine, Tomorrow Night at 6pm, Vertical Barleywine Night: We will tap Verticals of both Stone and Lagunitas starting with 2007 thru the current year.
Next Wednesday, March 14th at 6pm Boundary Bay/Dry Fly evening. Awhile back these two Washington Business’s got together and had an idea, they wanted to age Washington Beer in Washington Whiskey Barrels. On Wednesday we will be pouring the results of this project. Boundary Bay aged their Cabin Fever and Imperial Oatmeal Stout in Dry Fly Barrels. We plan on having a special cocktail as well. We hope you take this opportunity to come out and support your love of Washington.
On Wednesday, March 21st we will be hosting a Silver City Brewer’s night. There will be a brewery representative on hand to answer your questions. We will have 8 beers on draft from them. Come on out and show your support of local beer.
On Wednesday, March 22nd at 6pm we will tap this years Herbert’s ale brewed by Diamond Knot. This is a beer is brewed each year in honor of Bert Grant, one of the pioneers in the craft brewing industry. It is usually a hop monster.
We have lots of Washington Beer Events here this month. We look forward to seeing you.
Alaskan Big Nugget ‘09
Alaskan Big Nugget ‘10
Alaskan Big Nugget ‘11
Anacortes Old Sebastes ‘11
Anchor Steam Old Foghorn ‘10
Anchor Steam Old Foghorn ‘11
Anderson Valley Horn of the Beer ‘11
Avery Hog Heaven
Beachwood Annilation
Beer Valley Highway To Ale
Big Sky Old Bluehair
Black Raven Old Birdbrain
Boulder Killer Penquin
Boundary Bay Old Bounder
Deschutes Mirror Mirror ‘08
Deschutes Mirror Mirror ‘10
Dicks
Dogfish Head Olde School
Elysian Cyclops ‘08
Elysian Cyclops ‘11
Emilisse Jack Daniel Aged Barleywine
Firestone Walker Abucus ‘10
Firestone Walker Abucus ‘11
Fish Tale 10 Squared
Fremont Center of the Universe
Full Sail Old Boardhead ‘10
Full Sail Old Boilermaker ‘09
Evil Twin Freudian Slip
Great Divide Old Ruffian ‘10
Great Divide Old Ruffian ‘11
Hair of the Dog Doggy Claws ‘11
Hood Canal Barleywine
HUB Noggin Floggin ‘10
HUB Noggin’ Floggin ‘11
Lagunitas Gnarlywine
Lost Abbey Angels Share
Lost Abbey Brandy Angels Share
Lost Coast Old Fog Cutter ‘10
Mad River John Barleycorn
Ninkasi Critical Hit ‘10
Ninkasi Critical Hit ‘11
Oakshire
Pike Old Bawdy ‘11
Port Townsend
Scuttlebutt ‘09
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot ‘12
Snipes
Speakeasy Old Godfather ‘09
Stone
Terminal Gravity ‘10
First off, we just want to take the time to Thank all of you that came out last night and showed your support for Eugene. He is very appreciative, and we raised a good amount of money to help him out with some of his bills. For those of you that didn’t make it, the kegs that were tapped last night to support him are still on, so come down and help the cause. All the proceeds from each keg goes directly to him.
Hardliver X is just around the corner, on March 3rd, Doors open at 11am. We anticipate that you have been preparing your liver for this event. Our friends at Full Sail just dropped off a jem. We hope to have a majority of the list up by this weekend.
On Wednesday, March 14th at 6pm we will be hosting a very special night with Boundary Bay Brewing and Dry Fly Distillery. These two business’s got together awhile back and decided to age Washington Beer in Washington Whiskey Barrels. We will be pouring two Boundary Bay beers, BB Barrel Aged Cabin Fever and BB Barrel Aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout, both of which spent time in Dry Fly Washington Wheat Barrels. Additionally we will have a special cocktail or two that use Dry Fly liquors. There will be representatives from both business’s on hand, feel free to ask them about their products.
This Monday, February 20th at 4pm we will tap, the beer we have received numerous daily phone calls about, Russian River Pliny The Younger. We will also have Russian River Pliny The Elder, Big Time Whiny the Complainer, and Naked City Cry Me A River. These last two beers are a reaction from local brewers to the Pliny craze. Try all 3 side by side and compare!!! We expect this to be one hell of a fun time. See you Monday!! We will be limiting Pliny to 1 per person in the beginning, we feel this is best, as it allows more people to wrap their lips around this rare beer.
Who thinks Cancer Sux!!! We do!! Our friend and former Co-Worker, Eugene Koptin, is locked in battle with this ugly beast, and we feel the need to help out. We are still selling Cancer Sux buttons and on Tuesday, February 21st we are hosting an event in his honor. We will be raffling off donated gift baskets from gracious breweries both local and from afar. New Belgium has also donated the bike pictured below that we will be auctioned off sometime during the evening. We will be donating the proceeds from the kegs, buttons and raffle to Eugene. We ask that you stop in tell Cancer it Sux and hoist a pint or 3 in Eugene’s honor. We hope that he will be well enough to be in attendance.
This bike could be yours!!!! You may have to bid against our Operations Manager, Matt Bonney though.
It’s closer than we think, Saturday, March 3rd, and we are starting to get excited. Above is this years logo, It’s the 10 year anniversary. It is always a great time. We hope you are planning to be here to taste this delicious, malty adult beverage. I posted some of the Barleywines last week but here they are again:
Alaskan Big Nugget ’09 and ’10
Anacortes
Anchor Old Foghorn ’10
Big Sky Old Blue Hair’11
Deschutes Mirror Mirror ’09 and ’10
Dogfish Head Old School
Emelisse Jack Daniels Barrel Aged
Firestone Walker(beer formerly know as Abucus) ’11
Great Divide Old Ruffian ’10
Lagunitas too many years to list -we will pick one or two for the festival
Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
Pike Old Bawdy ’11
Rogue Old Crustacean’11
Speakeasy Old Godfather’09
Stone Old Guardian -too many years to list- we will pick one or two for the festival.
We were named Best Adventure Bar by Outside Magazine.
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/culinary/wine-beer-and-spirits/America-s-Best-Adventure-Bars.html
Our Cooler is filling up with this delicious, malty beverage. This will be the 10th anniversary of the event. It will be the 7th year here at Brouwer’s. We have a lot of the usual suspects and of course some special items. We are throwing around the idea doing a Vertical Night on Monday, March 5th with Stone Old Guardian (08-current) and Lagunitas Gnarlywine (08- current). Some Barleywines Currently in our cooler:
Alaskan Big Nugget ’09 and ’10
Anacortes
Anchor Old Foghorn ’10
Big Sky Old Blue Hair’11
Deschutes Mirror Mirror ’09 and ’10
Dogfish Head Old School
Emelisse Jack Daniels Barrel Aged
Firestone Walker(beer formerly know as Abucus) ’11
Great Divide Old Ruffian ’10
Lagunitas too many years to list -we will pick one or two for the festival
Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
Pike Old Bawdy ’11
Rogue Old Crustacean’11
Speakeasy Old Godfather’09
Stone Old Guardian -too many years to list- we will pick one or two for the festival
There you have it, We are trying to keep you up to date with our inventory as much as possible…Have no fear we will be keeping you posted as we get more and more in. We are very excited about this festival our 10th Anniversary of the event. Mark your calenders and get ready.