Effing Parkway Tavern IPA Fest... you give me a dang big happy!

 

It's that time of year again, the Parkway Tavern IPA Fest (!!!!!!!!) begins this weekend. It starts (officially) at 2p on Saturday and goes until closing time Sunday, which is 2a. So technically it's Monday but WHATEVER.

BBQ & meaty goodness will be present (this nerdy vegetarian will plan on BMyOVeggieMeatz like I did for Barleywine Fest) as will the out back beer gardenness be open.

Here’s all the IPAs that will be poured at one point or another during the 2 day fest. The only scheduled brew is the Dogfish Head 120 Minute, which will be tapped at 2pm on Saturday. Sucks to be me, stuck at work til 6p. I will be making a GRAND appearance on Sunday for sure!

(IPAs that are starred are on my 'if you don't have any of these left by the time I join the fun, there may be a sad face involved' list)

Caldera
Double Mountain Hop Lava
Bear Republic Racer 5
Bear Republic Racer 5 Mach 10
Boulder Mojo
Boulder Hoopla
Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Midnight Sun Sockeye Red*
Dogfish Head 120 Minute*
21st Amendment Hop Crisis
Left Coast Trestles
Left Coast Hop Juice
Oakshire Watershed
Boneyard RPM
Laurelwood Workhorse
Fearless Mjolnir Double
Southern Oregon Nice Rack* (hahaha)
Northern Lights
Snoqualmie Powerhouse No. 1 Double*
Everybody’s Country Boy
Port Mongo
Port Wipeout
7 Seas Rude Parrot*
Laughing Dog
Fremont Interurban
Green Flash West Coast
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Lost Coast Indica*
Widmer Nelson Imperial
Airways Sky Hag*
Mac ‘n’ Jack’s Two Tun
Mad River Double
Fish Cask*
Silver City Whoop Pass
Ninkasi Tricerahops
Full Sail Elevation Imperial*
Harmon Floridian
Big Time Icculus*
Big Time Meerkat*
Black Raven Trickster
Naked City Podunk
Avery
Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’
Great Divide Titan
Pike Double
He’Brew Lenny’s
Flyer’s Afterburner
Hopworks Organic*
Chuckanut British
Georgetown Lucille
Maritime Pacific Double Dry Hop Imperial
Hale’s Supergoose
Stone Ruination
Mt. Shasta Mountain High
Beer Valley Delta 9
Schooner Exact 3 Grid
Two Beers Evolutionary
Elysian Dry Hop Immortal*
Firestone Walker Union Jack
American Breakaway
Skagit Gospel
Port Townsend Grimacing Grimace w/lavender*

Get your mouthhole ready to be rocked!

the pissed liBEERian

This is me at the 2010 IPA Fest. And yes, that IS my happy face.

 

MayHappenStances

I'd just like to say a big fat "Thank You" (also known as Suck It) to the Blogger site for having a random crash last week which erased all of my work in progress that was supposed to be a May Events posting. It was going to come out later than I wanted it to no matter what, but I did my total bestest to make the last 1/2 of May seem super eventful and exciting. This is what you get instead:

Monday 16th thru Sunday 22nd - American Craft Beer Week. Celebrate it. Organized events going on all over, CraftBeer.com is a great promoter and resource of this celebration.

Thursday 18th thru Sunday 29th - Seattle Beer Week. Title is mostly self explanatory but same deal. Celebrate it. Click here for a list of events. According to my oh-so-accurate-insight-into-all-things-beer-event-related... it's gonna be off the hook.

In both celebratory cases, I am going to try and participate in a multitude of ways. I'm a whore for themes. They make everything more fun. National Sea Monkey Day (5/16) resulted in an hour of important research during my day, for example. Note: Please don't attempt to dispute the authenticity of this event, it just IS. Mmmkay?! Kay.

I don't have the energy or the time to recreate all the events I listed but feel free to check back here, because I'll probably add some things at a later date. There ARE 15 fun filled days left in May! Random things worth checking out:

Tuesday 17th - Airways Brewing Night @ Tides Tavern (6-9p, Gig Harbor) They'll be serving their Triple Chocolate Stout, Sky Hag IPA, First Class IPA & T-Tail Blonde. The whole lovely gang (as I know it to be anyways) will be there to serve up some brews along with schwag. Sunshine optional.

Thursday 19th - 2010 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout and 120 Minute IPA will be on tap at a location in Seattle. I'm not sure I want to reveal where yet, in case it effects my chance to get some... Maybe if enough people bug me (who aren't willing to do the research themselves) I'll decide to disclose the location. (EDIT: Okay... it'll be pouring at UBER Tavern starting at 4p. I can't go now, so you might as well.)

Sunday 22nd - Iron Brewer Competition at Beveridge Place Pub (5-8p, Seattle) BPP chooses the ingredients, they brew the beer. This year will feature Elliott Bay vs. Georgetown, Fremont vs. Two Beers, & Big Al vs. Black Raven. Ingredients include: cucumber, wasabi, cedar, sesame, plum & yuzu.

Permanent - 2 extra taps @ The Red Hot. (Anytime, Tacoma) Dropped the ball on several events that Chris emailed me about. You know, events that I specifically asked him to keep me in the know on so I could add it to a blog like this. Which he did and I didn't. They had 13 taps, now they have 15. It's worth knowing & now you do.

yes please, May I have another?

the pissed liBEERian

You may have noticed that I rarely post pictures of myself that don't look good/flattering. Tonight I will make an exception but not without explanation.

I hate this picture of myself. I'm wearing my 'not amused' face.

However, it's a cutesy couple picture & it kind of makes me miss (outta town for uber long time) MGD even more.

Plus the 'not amused' look works well with my feelings toward Blogger at the moment.

Photography courtesy of Basil