Showing posts with label seattle beer week 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seattle beer week 2011. Show all posts

Monday, May 23, 2011

Seattle Beer Week - 7 more days of potential fun!

Numerous days of Seattle Beer Week left!
Here's what looks UBER awesome to me if I had like 5 clones and unlimited monies and minions to do it all....


Monday 23rd
  • Beveridge Place Pub (all day) This Is Washington Dammit! Twenty-four Washington beers, all from different breweries. $3 pints and WINGMAN BREWERS will be on tap!
  • Columbia City Ale House (6-9p) Odin Brewery will be featuring their Belgian Wit & Ruby Ale (one of my FAVES!), buy a pint and keep the glass!
Tuesday 24th
  • Big Time Brewery & Alehouse (all day) Mini (6) IPA Fest. Self explanatory event.
  • Bottleworks (3-6p) New Belgium Sensory Class. Learn common defects in beer and why you shouldn't have to drink it. Hosted by Sir Jamie Mastin.
  • Brouwer's Cafe (5-10p) Burgers n' Beers Bash. 5 burgers and 5 world class brewers. Go eat some meat, 'cause I'm sure as hell not gonna.
  • Brave Horse Tavern (6-9p) Schooner Exact Cask Night. Yet another self explanatory event.
Wednesday 25th
  • 99 Bottles (4-6p) Craft Beers of the NW with Lisa Morrison. $3 for 5 Pacific NW craft beers, come earliest for widest selection. Meet beer talk radio hostess, beer author and the beer goddess Lisa Morrison, and have her sign a copy of your book. (have not gotten my copy yet but can't wait to read!)
  •  Malt & Vine (5-8p) Oregon's HUB vs. Olympia's Fish Brewing. Self Explanatory. Oh and HUB is freakin'awesome!
  • Full Throttle Bottles (6-9p) Ladies of Craft Beer. Meetup sponsored by FTB & Pike B.C. Come network, conversate & imbibe. I'll be there!
Thursday 26th
  • Brouwer's Cafe (11a-11:45p) Sour Fest. No details needed, just show up.
  • Columbia City Alehouse (6-9p) Big Al Night. The crew will be on hand to discuss the greatness that is Big Al and serve up some of their Summer Ale & IPA.
Friday 27th
  • Super Deli Mart (all day) Plenteous Growlers: New Belgium. Hop on over to try some goodness from the Lips of Faith collection. La Folie & Le Terroir... yes please!
  • 99 Bottles (5-6p) Dogfish Head Limiteds. For $5 doll hairs come taste 5 DFHead brews and meet/chat with Bryant Goulding of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales. (SBW Events lists this event happening on Sunday, confirmed with Tiffany of 99 Bottles that it is on Friday @ 5p!)
  • Fiddler's Inn (7-11p) Night of the Living Nanos. Brewers from three of WA's smallest breweries unite.
Saturday 28th
  • Pub at Piper's Creek (3-8p) CAN-Tathalon Beer Olympics. 6 Teams. Events include: CAN-Struction, CAN-You Shotgun, CAN-You Bullseye,CAN-Putt, CAN-You Barstool Stack, CAN-Toss, CAN-You CAN CAN? Click here for more details and to sign up.
  • Duck Island (6-11p) Eve of the Apple II. Take a break from beer and enjoy some fine ciders accompanied by cheese pairings.
  • Collins Pub (7-9:30p) Sound Brewing Coursed Dinner. Sound Brewing beer paired with lovely food from Collins, can't go wrong!
Sunday 29th
  • Fremont Brewing Company (12p-2p) BBQ & Free Liver Testing. Free BBQ and "Oh Sweet Baby Jesus, What Have I Done to My Liver?" testing. Hahahahaha!
  • Old Town Alehouse (12-3p) Pliny Who? Does not specify which Pliny will be on tap (Elder or Younger) but I suggest getting their early if you want any.
  • CLOSING CEREMONY @ The Yard Cafe (all stinkin' day) Grand Opening of The Yard Cafe and the grand closing of Seattle Beer Week. Beer, tacos, sunshine... activate!

I hope everyone got a chance to celebrate Seattle Beer Week at one of these events or one of the many others that were scheduled. 

The Pacific Northwest is an amazing place to be if you are a craft beer lover like me. I feel blessed every week, including this one.
the pissed liBEERian


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Seattle Beer Week is knocking at your door. Will you answer?

Seattle Beer Week starts NOW! Like... 5 minutes ago.
Thursday, May 19th until Saturday, May 29th. 

There are loads of events to partake in, all of which can be found here. I've listed the ones that caught my eye. Get out there and have some fun in the name of Seattle and in the name of good beer!

Thursday May 19th
  • Maritime Pacific Brewery (5:30-7p) - Celebrate the Official Kick Off (#1) of Seattle Beer Week with the first tapping of the official 2011 beer week beer, brewed by Maritime Pacific. Kick Off Party #2 rolls into Brouwer's (7-8p), Kick Off #3 at Pyramid (8-9p) then Kick Off #4 at Naked City (9-11:45p). You can do it!
  • Uber Tavern (4p til close) - 2010 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout & 120min IPA on tap. No joke. (Not an official SBW event, but it's happening.)
  • Beveridge Place Pub (6-11:45p) - Cask-O-Rama! All Seattle beers, all cask conditioned, check!
Friday May 20th
  • Hopvine, Fiddler's Inn & Latona Pub (5-11p) - Attend the video release of The Fine Art of Beer Making and collaborative beer release, at one of these fine establishments.
  • Full Tilt Ice Cream (6-8p) - Pike flavored ice creams and FLOATS!!!! Hosted by Laura Stoudt.
  • Brave Horse Tavern (6-8p) - Check out this awesome new location for Silver City Night! Good times and prizes!
Saturday May 21st
  • 99 Bottles (10a-12p) - Beer & D'Oh-Nuts tasting. $3 for a fresh donut from The Donut & Muffin Factory; paired with an orange wheat, espresso stout and bacon beer. Why. Am. I. Stuck. At. Work. During. This. Time?
  • Pike Brewing Company (11a-8p) - Tour de Pints III (click here for route) Annual bike-ride-pub-crawl, Bike + Beer = Win! Again: Why. Am. I. Stuck. At. Work. During. This. Time? 
  • if you don't bike...
  • Pyramid Brewery (12-5p) - Hop On! Bus/Pub Crawl. $30, must book in advance. Details here.
  • Jillian's Billiards (5-9p) - Get Twisted. Think beer specials and a huge-normous inflatable Twister board resulting in prizes for you...
  • Leary Traveler (7-10p) - Classic Beers for Classy Ladies. Beer and networking for a great cause this evening, Washington Women In Need. $25, space is limited. Info and tickets here.
 Sunday May 22nd
  • Duck Island Ale House (4-9p) - Fire & Ice.  Chili & lagers! (they have pinball too, just sayin')
  • Beveridge Place Pub (5-8p) - Iron Brewer Triple Header! BPP picked the ingredients, they brewed the beer, you pick the winner. Japanese themed ingredients this year, portion of proceeds go to earthquake relief organizations.

I have deemed the previous events AWESOME & NOTEWORTHY in my world. You can find additional info on them and many more happenings, by clicking right freaking here.

No, I didn't get lazy and end the info at Sunday. Just not sure if you can handle much more awesomeness than this right now... Will pick & choose & tell you where you need to be at for the remainder of Seattle Beer Week, so stay tuned for a similar blog post later this weekend.


just get out there and love on some local beer in the 206!
the pissed liBEERian