Category: Craft beer

Lucas Cates Band live and more Hardliver footage


We are please to announce that on next Saturday, March 26th we will have the Lucas Cates Band playing here at 10pm, Thanks to Dicks Brewing. Look for some newly released beers from the brewery to be on draft.

For those of you that have not gotten enough of Matt Bonney and New Brew Thursday’s here’s another clip from Hardliver about the winners.
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We would also like to take this time to apologize that the Draftlist, and Food Menu have not been updated lately online, we are experiencing some technical problems and hope to have them resolved sooner than later. We know this could be an inconvenience, and hope that you decide to come on in knowing that we will certain have something that will quench you thirst and fill your stomach.

Blind Lion Scotch and Cigar Night and New Brew Thursday Episode

Another Blind Lion Scotch and Cigar night is coming up. Saturday April 16th at 7:00 pm we will close our doors for this closed door event. Tickets cost $100 and include a buffet, unlimited Scotch tasters for 2 hours, and a hand rolled cigar. If you are interested in obtaining tickets, contact Matt Bonney at mattb@brouwerscafe.com. For those of you that have not attended it is a not to be missed event. What more could you want than great food, amazing Scotch and the chance to enjoy a hand rolled cigar.

New Brew Thursday was here during Hardliver and did an interview with Matt Bonney, watch the episode below. We hope you enjoy it.

March 17 : Brouwer’s Cafe : on location with special guest Matt Bonney from New Brew Thursday on Vimeo.

And the Winners are:

This year at Hardliver more Barleywines were judged than in years past, and the winners are:
1. Anacortes Old Sea Bass 2010
2. Anderson Valley Horn of the Beer 2009
3. Glacier Brewhouse Old Woody 2010

A crowd favorite seemed to be Firestone Walker’s Abacus as well as Lost Abbey’s Angels Share.
We would also like to thank everyone for coming out to enjoy our festival. Everyone appeared to have a great time.

If you didn’t get your fill over the weekend or were hesitant to come out, we still have quite a few barleywines on draft. Additionally Today we are also having a mini Stone Old Guardian Vertical….We will be pouring 5 years starting with 2007 thru the current year. Look for them all to be on draft around happy hour.

Thanks again, and Cheers.

Pliny the Younger!!!!


If you haven’t already tasted it, or missed an opportunity, or just want to drink more of it, We Will be tapping Pliny the Younger at 10pm tonight, Tuesday March 1st. As I am sure you are all aware it won’t last long. We will not be selling tickets.

Also don’t forget Wednesday Night at 6pm we will be pouring :
Belgium
Contreras, Valeir Extra-Belgian IPA 6.5%
t’Gaverhopke, Extra-Quadruple 12.5%
Hof Ten Dormaal, Winter-Belgian Strong 8%
De Dochter Van De Korenaar, Embrasse-Dark Strong 9%

Netherlands
Emelisse, Imperial Russian Stout 11%
Emelisse, Espresso Stout 10%

Sweden
Hantverksbryggeriet, Kosacken-Stout 7.5 %

Seven total drafts spanning three countries from six breweries.
The website for 12 percent is: 12percentimports.com

We look forward to seeing you.

Attention Beer Geeks!!!Attention Beer Lovers!!!

We received this email yesterday :
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Tell the cyber nerds to call in sick on Thursday because we have a sweet lineup of brand new, never before tasted fancyness for Wednesday night.

The beers:

Belgium
Contreras, Valeir Extra-Belgian IPA 6.5%
t’Gaverhopke, Extra-Quadruple 12.5%
Hof Ten Dormaal, Winter-Belgian Strong 8%
De Dochter Van De Korenaar, Embrasse-Dark Strong 9%

Netherlands
Emelisse, Imperial Russian Stout 11%
Emelisse, Espresso Stout 10%

Sweden
Hantverksbryggeriet, Kosacken-Stout 7.5 %

Seven total drafts spanning three countries from six breweries.
The website for 12 percent is: 12percentimports.com

Let me know if you have any more questions or need anything else. Have a great weekend!

Cheers
The event starts at 6pm this upcoming Wednesday night March 2nd.
If you don’t already know this years Hardliver list has been posted over on the site. Check it out…We expect to see you all waiting patiently in line outside on Saturday, March the 12th.
Don’t hold your breath, and please, please don’t pick up the phone and call, keep your eyes glued to this page or our facebook page for information about Pliny the Younger. Some of you wait all year round and we get so many calls about this beer, it’s in the cooler just chillin. We plan on tapping it soon, and with a little twist. In other Russian River news we also just received Sanctification a Belgian Pale with 100% Brettanomyces, 6.25%ABV and Redemption a Blonde Ale, 5.0% ABV . We find them quite delicious.

I know this is a lot of info to take in in one post, Matt Bonney had an idea to brew another beer for Bottleworks 12th Anniversary, a few months back he traveled to down to San Diego to put that idea to kettle with Patrick Rue of The Bruery. On Sunday that beer will be released on draft and in the bottle at Bottleworks. We sampled it yesterday and let me tell you we had good things to say. It is an 8% Wit that has raspberries in it, that spent some time in a barrel leaving it quite tart, and the color is this great orange/auburn color. This beer goes on draft here at 5pm on Sunday night.

Happy Hour with Rob Tod from Allagash, Wednesday, February 23 3-6pm

FEB 23 3-6PM Happy Hour with Rob Tod, Founder of Allagash Brewery. Come drink White, Curieux, Black, Hugh Malone. Also, (hopefully if it arrives in time) taste both versions of Vrienden (one brewed in CO the other in ME). Each used same ingredients but did their own twists. New Belgium family is also rumored to be in attendance. Good times. See you there.

Come out and celebrate…

We have an action packed Month ahead of us. First up, Wednesday July 15th, put on your Canadian Tuxedo and come out and celebrate with Oh Canada night. Food and Beer inspired by our friends to the North.

On Monday July 20th our neighbors from the Fremont Outdoor Cinemas will be celebrating “the Dude” by showing the Big Lebowsky as part of The Lebowsky Fest. Come on in for a Caucasian or two…

Next up, on Wednesday July 29nd its Great Scotts! night…haggis and the beers of Belhaven…

Then on Saturday August 8th the celebration of all things bike rolls in to town with New Belgiums Tour De Fat. We will be in attendance with a limited number of spoke cards that will entitle you to a free New Belgium beer here at the after party. After spending the day at Gasworks park and trading your car for a bike, roll on over for Gold Sprints (think head to head, man to man all out sprints on track bikes), a band and drink specials. This video link here gives you and idea…although we will not have the band playing at the same time as the sprints…