Saturday, April 4, 2020

Um, hello? Is anyone out there?

Wait, hold on. Let me check my connections, we're experiencing technical difficulties. How about now...can you hear me now?

In a completely random stroke of drinky circumstances, I started writing some notes for a PL blogpost. It was weird. It felt good. It also felt awkward, but I forgot how much I enjoyed writing.

I might make it into a real post but just wanted to see if any of you crazy cats and kittens are still out there...

the pissed liBEERian

Friday, August 31, 2012

TCBF - Who's Coming?

Check out the brewery list for tomorrow's Tacoma Craft Beer Festival on Foss Waterway! There are some very exciting line items on the listola below and my mouth hole is watering in anticipation...

1. Full Sail Brewing
2. Silver City Brewing
3. Odin Brewing Co
4. Snoqualmie Fall Brewing
5. Wingman Brewers
6. Ninkasi Brewing Company
7. Hopworks Brewing
8. M. T. Head Brewing Co.
9. Mac & Jack's
10. Maui Brewing Co
11. Alaskan Brewing
12. Deschutes Brewery
13. Stone Brewing Co
14. Unibroue Brewery
15. DUO Brewing
16. Everybody's Brewing
17. Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
18. Tieton Cider Works
19. Harmon Brewing Co.
20. Airways Brewing Company
21. American Brewing Company
22. Dicks Brewing Co.
23. Pyramid Breweries
24. Ayinger
25. Fish Brewing Company
26. Iron Horse Brewery
27. Schooner Exact Brewing Co.
28. Two Beers Brewing Co.
29. Pike Brewing Company
30. Georgetown Brewing
31. Chuckanut Brewing
32. E9
33. Double Mountain Brewing
34. 7 Seas Brewing
35. Avery Brewing
36. Port Townsend Brewing
37. Lazy Boy
38. New Belgium
39. Powerhouse
40. Firestone Walker
41. Hales
42. Kona
43. Widmer
44. Redhook
45. Alpine
46. Bear Republic
47. Dogfish
48. Ommegang
49. Flyers
50. North Coast
51. Northwest
52. Port/Lost Abbey
53. Scuttlebutt
54. Hillards
55. Puyallup River
56. Great Divide
57. Belukus

Can't wait to enjoy the sunny weather with a crap ton of awesome Tacoma (& other) people doing what we do best, imbibe craft beer deliciousness!

Check out the TCBF site for all the info on where, when, how, (there is no why, there is only DO), what, etc. And if you have some idle time for reading about the awesomeness that is TCBF, check out the Tacoma Weekly Article from last week.  I totally dig their photo selection!

Cheers & see ya tomorrow!!!
the pissed liBEERian

We ARE!!!!


 Photo and additional excitement over TCBF being tomorrow provided by The Real MGD

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Tacoma Craft Beer Fest - Are you ready?


A pictorial recap of...
 
Tacoma Craft Beer Fest
2011

They came in long buses, taxis and cars.
They came from their homes, the shopping mall, bars!


They came alone and in groups, to have a wee taste.
They came in great haste; all to taste, taste, taste, TASTE!


For TCBF offered the loveliest of times!
Afterall, it inspired MGD to bust out some rhymes.

PL Disclaimer: Pictorial commentary below provided by the Real MGD...

 Seven Seas brought their Rude Parrot once again, often seen at TCBF garnished with a hop flower! Mike also brought temp tats, which you know the PL can't resist.


As you can tell from the photos, the weather was superb. If Sean Jackson's (Engine House #9) smile is a factor, it'll be sunny and warm again this year.
 
TRH's Chris Miller seemed to be having a grand time also!
  
The PL always seems to end up sailing the Schooner Exact, hmmm...
 
TCBF Co-organizer Roxi and the PL make a Kenny Zee Beerman sammy
The Park Way Tavern plied their wares (and more temporary tats!) as an event sponsor
Beer Bloggers Union meeting, with guest speaker Mike Runion
 

With plenty of grass to sit on and space to cavort, the location was a big improvement over 2010. TCBF 2012 is in the same location
The day ended too soon for most festival-goers, most likely due to an underestimation of Tacoma's ability to drink lots of craft beer!
But the party continued for Colin and other hard core hopheads at our home-away-from-home!

 
 
 
 
 


You can see with your eyes,
all the fun had last year.

From beginning to end,
folks were full of good cheer!

Won't you join us again
for some fun, sun and beer?

Beer, beer, beer, BEER!

 Round 4 of the Tacoma Craft Beer Festival will surely not disappoint so ya best come on down and join the festivities! 
More info can be found below and at tacomacraftbeerfest.com

Tacoma Craft Beer Fest
Saturday, September the 1st, 2012
11am to 8pm
50+ Craft Breweries
At the 21st Street Park on the Foss Waterway
2101 Dock Street, Tacoma WA 98402
21+ only
Tickets 
$25 pre-sale online July 15th, 2012
$30 at the door
$10 Active Duty Military discount at the door only
5.5 oz commemorative taster glass + 10 tasting tokens
Additional 5.5 oz pours: $1.50
Games
Great Food
Live Entertainment

All profits benefiting Tacoma Historical Society. This event is being held to bring together those that are passionate about craft beer, and to further build community while promoting this amazing beverage in the South Sound. Please hop on board for our 4th year! This event will surely be one to look forward to annually.
 
MORE BEER!
  Last year ticket sales shut down at 4:30pm due to the availability of beer on hand. This year, we're increasing our brewers from 41 to over 50, but plan ahead and buy your tickets online!

See ya there kids!
Stay tuned of a beer list of what's pouring at the upcoming fest!
the pissed liBEERian


Photos and random commentary courtesy of The Real MGD because he's kind of a big deal.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Happy 5th Anniversary to World Beers of Tacoma!

Happiest of Anniversaries to one of my favorite places in Tacoma: World Beers of Tacoma. They've been selling an eclectic mix of brews for 5 years now and their happy little shop has gone through many changes in the short time that I've known and loved them.

During the last year they went full into the beery goodness by putting the cigar portion of their operation in a different facility, installed several taps so they could start serving pints and filling growlers, host weekly tasting nights, and now there is even a beer garden! Oh and there is pinball. It's basically went from being great to holy effing magical.

They've put together a beer lineup for their 5th Anniversary that would be sure to give anyone some relevant wood. (Don't be sick, click on the link to see the correlation.) Hope to see all of Tacoma come out to join in on the festivities this weekend!  Bring growlers. Come early. Stay late.

Friday July 13th – Pike Brewing Tasting Night kicks it off at 5:00 with great beers and prizes galore.

Saturday July 14th – This is the day you don’t want to miss. Free Food, Live Music, More prizes and giveaways, a Beer Trivia Contest, Beer Floats, and a taplist that includes Two Beers Brewing, Schooner Exact, Sierra Nevada, Stone, Double Mountain, Boneyard, Southern Tier and Deschutes.

Sunday July 15th - Probably worth stopping by to see what the masses didn't fully demolish with their mouth holes, just sayin'.

Cheers to World Beers!
the pissed liBEERian




Thursday, June 14, 2012

Washington Brewers Festival 2012 Beer Listholio

This weekend (Friday, June 15th through Sunday, June 17th) is Washington Brewers Festival at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA. Rain or shine, fun will surely be had and delicious craft beer will most definitely enjoyed. You don't want to miss it!

Here is a recap from our 2011 Brewers Festival experience, for your reading pleasure.

For all the info on times, tickets, and other such junk you can hit up the Washington Beer Commission site.

Below you will find my Picks of Beer Awesomeness for the Washing Brewers Festival coming up this weekend. For a complete list of beers being served up this weekend, click here.

* = Beer poured on Friday only (if you go on Friday, I highly suggest getting there early)
S = Beer poured on Sat/Sun only
! = Beer I will probably end up drinking based solely on its name

192 Brewing
Granny’s Apple Ale

7 Seas Brewing
Rude Parrot IPA (So excited that this will be pouring, one of my fave 7Seas brews!)

Airways Brewing (S)
Ol’ Wooden Hag IPA
Coconut Cream Ale (!)
Rotating Cask

American Brewing
Piper’s Scotch Ale

Anacortes Brewery
Cask IPA*

Barhop Brewing
PA 7
Predecessor ESB
Six Confessions Scotch Ale
Red Neck Logger

Big Al Brewing
5 Star Chile IPA (If this was MGD's blog he would triple bold and highlight this one)
Rat City Blonde
Brewer’s Select (By 'Brewer's Select' I hope they mean one of their sours...)

Big Time Brewery
Icculus Pale Ale
Homegrown IPA

Black Raven Brewing
Pina Colada IPA
Kitty Kat Blues*

Brickyard Brewing
Brickyard IPA
Masonary Stout

Diamond Knot Brewing
Possession Porter*

Dick’s Brewing (S)
Working Man’s Brown

Dirty Bucket Brewing
XXX-Tra Filthy IPA (!) (Extra filthy, just how I like it)
Full Nelson Black Ale*

E9 Brewery (S)
Dry- Hop Tacoma Brew
Golden Berry Hefe
Rowdy & Dick amber

Elliott Bay Brewing (S)
Organic Coffee Stout
Aussie Double IPA
Three Tree Imperial Porter

Elysian Brewing
Ruin: Rosemary Agave IPA
Great Pumpkin
Zephyrus Pilsner Cask

Fish Brewing  (S)
Swordfish Cascadian Dark Ale
Leavenworth Blackbird Island Hopfenweizen

Flyers Restaurant and Brewery
Mile High Summer Rye
Pacemaker Porter
Barnstormer Brown Ale
Jet Fuel Coffee Porter*

Foggy Noggin Brewing
Chief Lightfoot (Saturday Only)
Little Chief (Sunday Only)
Big Chief (Imperial Irish Red)

Fremont Brewing
Kentuck Dark Star*

Gallaghers Where U Brew
White Knuckle IPA
Blonde in the Back

Georgetown Brewing
Craigalicious Black Lager*
Johnny Utah Session IPA (S) (!!!!!!)

Hale’s Ales Brewery and Pub
Wit (Chardonnay Barrel Aged)

Harmon Brewing (S)
Expedition Amber

Hood Canal Brewery
Big Beer Oatmeal

Issaquah Brewhouse
Frog in the Rye IPA
Rogue Chocolate Stout on Cask*

Kona Brewing (S)
Wailua Wheat (Scored a Kona beach towel last year through my powerful powers of persuasion, can't wait to see them again!)

Kulshan Brewing (S)
Bastard Kat
Good ol’ Boy Pale

Lantern Brewing
Sour Pale

North Sound Brewing
Bitter Rain
Oaked Hazelnut Goosetown Brown

Northern Lights Brewing
Solar Winds
Blue Berry Creme Ale

NW Peaks Brewery (S)
Redoubt Red
Black Blonde

Odin Brewing
Odin’s Gift- Juniper Amber Ale
Thor’s Limited Release

Paradise Creek Brewery
Dirty Blonde (!)
Paradise Hoe (!)
Hopocalypse Cascadian Black IPA*

Pike Brewing
Pike Space Needle Golden Anniversary IPA

Port Townsend Brewing
Peeping  Peater Scotch Ale (!)

Ram Restaurant & Brewery
Cask Peachy Keen Pale Ale

Riverport Brewing
Bullseye P.A.
5/5 Pepper Beer

Schooner Exact Brewing
Seamstress Union Raspberry Wheat (Don't even get me started...)
West Point Pale Ale
Latona 25th Anniversary*
Raspberry Sour Brown (Sunday only.. 1/6 bbl)

Silver City Brewery
Ziggy Zoggy
Whoop Pass Double IPA*

Skookum Brewery
Katspaw

Snipes Mt. Brewery
Vaquero
Quinceanera* (We were on a blending panel at Snipes to help create this beer in the Spring, we might be helping pour it so come say hello!)

Trade Route Brewing
Midnight Ale
Beach Blonde
Ginger Pale Ale*

Twelve Bar Brews (S)
Wicked Riff
Supertonic
Turnaround Red
Pentatonic

Twelve String Brewing
G-String Blonde (!)
C#7#5 IPA
Drop D Stout*

Two Beers Brewing
Mango and Orange Infused Evo. IPA
Ginger and LiMe Infused Panorama Wheat
Cask Evo. IPA*

Widmer Brothers Brewing
Marionberry Hibiscus Gose

Wingman Brewers
Pomegranate P-51 Porter
Peanut Butter Coconut Porter*


the pissed liBEERian 

Micah Sims of Big Al, Chad Roberts of Snipes and me enjoying ourselves at the 2011 Brewers Fest