Our first Hopfest showcase event of October — other than having multiple fresh hops beers on draft throughout the month– is hosting our friends at Fremont Brewing and showcasing all 4 of their Field to Ferment Fresh Hop Pale Ales, as well as their Cowiche Canyon Fresh Hop. It’s an all around celebration of Fremont Fresh Hops. The event starts at 3pm. We look forward to seeing you. More info on here.
Yes this is an old logo, however we are thinking of bringing it back. Which brings us to Hopfest, our annual celebration of hoppy goodness is quickly approaching. This festival is constantly evolving, as it was originally held in August, then moved to September, and is now getting pushed even later. Why? Well, it’s pretty simple! Fresh hop beers are totally dependent on the weather and the timing of the hop harvest, and we want the freshest beers possible for your drinking pleasure.
This year we’re also trying something a little different! Instead of a week long festival, we’re going to celebrate hops and fresh hops the entire month of October! What does this mean? Well, you can count on there being at least 10 fresh hop beers on draft at all times, which we’ll tap as they become available, and constantly rotate. Plus we’ll also be holding select Hopfest events throughout the month, the first of which will be the Fremont Fresh Hop Showcase, on October 8th (see details below).
So, stay tuned, and we hope you will join us (many times!) for our October-long Hopfest!
Fremont Fresh Hop Showcase. Starts @ 3pm. Fremont Brewing is putting out a rotating series of fresh hop beers throughout September, called Field to Ferment—with a different varietal each week. We are going to hold on to one of each, and tap them on October 8th.
On Tuesday, September 13th come out and try some delicious mead and cider from Moonlight Meadery. We will be putting their Paramour and How do You Like Them Little Apples, on draft. We will also be pour 2 or 3 other meads from the bottle. What follows is a blurb about them taken directly from their website:
It all started back in 1995 when Michael, our founder and head mead maker, tried a cyser (apple and honey mead) for the first time. Since that first sip Michael has developed a passion for, and masterful skill at, making international award winning meads. Michael Fairbrother started Moonlight Meadery® with a mission to bring ultra premium meads to the market place. It is more than merely a product or a process, it’s our obsession.
Our meads will be unique and unlike anything you have ever tried – you will find it incredible! Mead and Ciders are only as good as the quality of their ingredients and the passion of the maker. This is why we use only True Source Certified™ honey, which is traceable back to the hives. We never pasteurize the honey we use, this ensures that the volatile aromatics of the honey are preserved through to the finish.
Since starting production in May of 2010, we have grown beyond our wildest dreams. We hope you will stop by to hear our story and try our meads, and tell your friends.
Be a part of the New Belgium’s and Brouwer’s Cafe VIP Crew as we cruise to CLIPS: Beer and Film Tour at Gasworks, Friday, July 29th.
We have a limited amount of tickets available for this event. If you areinterested please email us at: brouwersevents@gmail.com
The Details:
Please arrive at Brouwers Cafe by 6-6:30pm for a delicious New Belgium brew before we ride off to Gas Works Park, where New Belgium Brewing’s Annual CLIPS event is being held. There is usually a huge line for this event, but because you are riding with a VIP Crew, you won’t have to worry about it. Upon arrival to CLIPS, our New Belgium Reps would like to thank you for joining us and attending this awesome event with another delicious brew as you get settled and find a comfy spot before the clips begin.
Guaranteed to be a night of fun, laughs, and great beer!
We would like to show our love and appreciation as we thank the Brewery and our New Belgium friends for the great years of the past and cheers them to the many more years to come, with an evening of Fun with Friends!
On Thursday, July 28th at 6pm, we invite you to bring your friends to hang with our New Belgium friends and enjoy a night of remembering a couple of our favorite past times; drinking Fat Tire, and coloring!
For their 25th Birthday, New Belgium Brewing Company has asked some of their favorite breweries to put a spin on a classic NBB favorite, Fat Tire. They have collabeerated with Allagash, Firestone Walker, Hopworks, Avery, and Rhinegeist for this special occasion.
We will have all 5 of the Fat Tire spinoff creations on draft, and a special coloring piece created by our artist friend, Kevin “Sensei 23” Sullivan.
On Thursday, July 21st at 6pm, we will have The Bruery and one of their Brewers here with us for an evening of brews, including 4 unique draft offerings!
We will be tapping:
White Oak
Melange #10
Oude Tart with Cherries
Frambulous
There will be a brewer on hand to answer all of your questions.
We are hosting a Petrus Custom Blending Night, Wednesday, July 20th at 6pm, and are honored to have Yves Benoit and Albert de Brabandere from Brewery de Brabandere for this very special event.
The event will be held on the upper level of restaurant, so seating is limited. Reservations are required!
Please RSVP at: brouwersevents@gmail.com
The Event:
Cost: $25/person (includes tax and tip)
Attendees will be directed upstairs where pre-set table settings will have placemats, gradient glassware and other fun Petrus gifts.
Beers:
Bavik – Introduction beer – upon arrival. 8.5oz baby bavik glass
Petrus Pale – Sour Backbone for blending – 4oz snifter pour
Petrus Oud Bruin – Malt Backbone for blending – 4oz snifter pour
Petrus Red – Sweet Backbone for blending – 4oz snifter pour
Bonus ROUND – Wittekerke Wild – 4oz snifter pour
Come celebrate with us on June 11th when we release Fort George 3 Way Ipa brewed in collaboration with Melvin and Barley Brown’s.
SO what’cha, what’cha, WHAT’CHA WANT? (what’cha want?)
3-Way IPA is what we flaunt.
HEY LADIES…and Gentlemen,
On June 11th, This will be the scene.
There’ll be RHYMIN’ & no STEALING,
just keeping it clean.
Fort G. has the lead on this;
THE NEW STYLE, with
Barley Brown’s and Melvin added to the file.
Now let’s put this POSSE IN EFFECT!
So FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT
to keep your BODY MOVIN’,
enjoy some 3-Way Ipa while
THE BRASS MONKEYs keep you groovin’!
Let’s GET IT TOGETHER at 5 pm
to CH CH CHECK IT OUT,
it will be a SURE SHOT to see
what 3-Way IPA is all about!
Look for other beers from each of these fantastic breweries.
On Tuesday, April 26th we will be hosting Midnight Sun Brewing from Anchorage, AK. We have had some beers in the cooler for a bit and they were kind enough to send some other greats down. There will be a brewery representative on hand. We are tapping 5 Beers for this event:
Termination Dust Belgian Barrel Aged Barleywine
2/29 Vanilla Milk Stout
Tundra Wookie Belgian Dark with Tart Cherries
Brewtality Espresso Black Beer
Barfly Smoked Imperial Stout
Wednesday, April 27th, We will celebrate Kings Day, a national holiday in the Netherlands. We will be pouring 4 beers from Le Trappe, a Trappist Brewery based in the Netherlands. Those beers are: Wit, Triple, Quad and Puur. Please join us for this great celebration.
La Trappe is one of only ten Trappist breweries in the world allowed to carry the logo “Authentic Trappist Product”. This logo guarantees authenticity, recipe, tradition and, in the case of La Trappe, a thriving working relationship between monastery and brewery. These world-class beers have been brewed at the Cistercian Abbey of Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven since 1884.
F*%k Cancer! Five years ago today our friend and co-worker Chris Cavanaugh lost his battle with this horrible disease. Chris was well known in the Beer Industry and was one amazing bartender. Raconteaur has been brewed, in his honor, by Elysian Brewing every year since. Brouwer’s Café will be donating all proceeds from the sale of this porter to the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, in hopes that one day we can truly F*%k Cancer with a cure. We invite you to lift a pint to him and the many others that have lost their battle with this disease. Cavy, we miss you every day, and we wish you all the best.
Two Beers Wonderland Trail IPA
Can you believe that we are already 11? What a wild ride it has been. We couldn’t do it without your continued support. We contacted our friend Steve Luke at Cloudburst Brewing (who brewed our 9thanniversary while at Elysian) and is known for his hoppy creations. He agreed to brew our 11th Anniversary, Hu11abalo DIPA, expect this to be one hoppy ding dong!
Let’s start off with a big “THANK YOU” to everyone who came out for our 14th Annual Hardliver Barleywine Festival! We had a fantastic time, and we hope you (and your livers) did too!
We lost track of time and forgot to mention that the top 3 Barleywines at this years fest were:
Thank you all for your support over the years.
Happiest of Anniversaries to our family at Bottleworks! As a fixture of the Seattle beer community for 17 years, we’ve come to expect nothing but the best from them. As a result of many excellent relationships forged through the years, their anniversary brews are a must-have for beer drinkers everywhere. This year is no exception, so head over to Wallingford and enjoy Bottleworks 17, created by Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project!
We’ll give you 3 guesses as to who is brewing our 11th Anniversary IPA. They’re new in Seattle. You can’t get enough of their IPAs, And they really love flower prints.
Have you gotten your fill of Triple IPA’s yet? Neither have we. But even we need to change our palate every once in a while. And we know just how to do it!
Join us Thursday February 18th at 6PM for a night with Old Schoolhouse Brewing for a night of rare and exciting beers from this Winthrop Washington brewery. Their brewer Kyle will be on hand to talk about the brewery and its beers.
Beers on tap will include Whiskey Chipped Hooligan Stout, Theo Coco-nib Porter, and fresh Renegade IPA
Sorry for the radio silence. The holidays lead in to the New Year and somehow we haven’t posted since before Christmas. To catch you up on a few things, we are working on a new website that will unite all of our locations in to one informative and connected website. We have also been planning the year out and have a few events right around the corner that we would like to tell you about.
Let us tell you about Thursday, February 4th, we have not one, but two very special events planned. Hop lovers will rejoice.
First off running from 11 to 3 pm will be the first ever Melvin 2X4 day, 24 bars, 9 states 1 beer.. www.2x4man.com. We have had this beer on draft a couple of times in the past but Melvin has expanded and now we have the opportunity to have this beer a lot more. 2×4 has won the GABF Alpha King award twice, in consecutive years. Think Ninja’s, Hip Hop and Hops. Nuff said.
Next, and the Grand daddy of all Washington Hop lovers events, the Kickoff party to the Washington Hop Mob Event. This event starts at 3pm and goes until we close. Three years ago this event had 14 participants, this year we have 40 and we only expect it to grow in the upcoming years. We look forward to this event every year. This year we have an award for the winner. Come out and taste the awesome for all of these Washington Breweries. For more info on the Washington Hop Mob Roadshow check the website.
We hope that you are all having a great holiday season! So our employees can enjoy some time with their loved ones we will be closed Thursday the 24th and Friday the 25th! Normal hours will resume this weekend, some come in after and grab a beer on Saturday.
There are so many exciting things in the work for the next year! One of the hoppiest events of the year is the Washington Hop Mob triple IPA roadshow kickoff party (wow that’s a mouthful of a title).
This year the event will be on Thursday, February 4th. Of course we will have many more details for you when the event gets closer but for now mark your calendars.
Also you can check out the Washington Hop Mob website!
