just a quick one.....

The Biggest Beerfest in Washington is this weekend out at St Edwards Park in Kenmore. Those of you that haven't yet joined WABL should. One incentive, other than supporting great Washington Beer, for joining is at this festival is you get a larger, glass tasting cup, and access to a special keg of beer provided to the festival by one of the many quality Washington Breweries. We have tickets to this fantastic event.

I can not believe that I am writing this, it snowed last night at the Summit, but the following weekend is the Summer Solstice, the arrival of summer? Old Sol Wheatwine will be flowing, if this weather holds it will be the sunshine in a glass that you need to make it through until summer really arrives. I expect to see you all there snifter in hand.

We should have a few new beers on draft shortly, one should already be flowing but our friendly sign makers spelled the name wrong delaying its release.

We still have growlers available, they are very cool and since it is the first time we have ever done one everyone should be coming down to get their hands on this piece of history. Thanks so much and hope to see you soon enjoying a tasty pint or two in Seattle's Original Brewpub.

What a sucess...

The Mother of all Father's day festivals was very well run and attended. Thank you Lisa. Thank you Arlen. WABL had somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 new members sign up just before the event. They did get a really cool larger tasting glass for doing so. I really wanted one, they were pretty damn cool. While my mission was to get lots and lots of pictures it just didn't happen, there was just too much good beer to be had. That and who really wants to see a large crowd of people drinking beer. We have all been there at one time or another. Not always too much to see. I did snap a few pictures of the keg toss and a few of the attendees. I will make an effort to take more pictures at upcoming events.
Bill will be adding to this post real soon, so I won't go on and on about all the good beers what I liked, or didn't. Decade was a big hit, of course, as was the Big Dance Oaked Imperial Ale. More than once people came asking for it by name and say "it was the best, they heard and the wanted to get some before it was gone."
I am in the process of getting a flickr account up and rolling, after running around and getting the Old Sol shirts approved. They are outstanding. With help from the guys at Destee Nation, they really know what they are doing, so flexible, samples etc. If you ever need shirts these are the gentlemen to go to. Old Sol comes out in two days. I am sure I will be seeing you all there.

Awhile back I mentioned that Teri was the inspiration Kevin needed to make the Old Sol, well recently I found out that she is on a cross country journey, a vision quest of sorts, brewing her way across the country. She is documenting it here. It is worth the read, talk about having some fun.

I will leave you with a few pics from the festival, remember when attending a beer festival in the northwest, beards and utilikilts are part of the uniform.

Drew and Arlen MC the Keg toss. I don't know if you can see it but Drew is wearing his Kilt.

The last contestant in his windup for the Keg Toss.

The Trophy

The man himself Kevin Forhan


Like I said, I really didn't take many pics. Next time, next time. Hopefully Bill will grace us with his words real soon. See you Thursday for the Old Sol release.

Come celebrate Father's day...

Come on out to what I have heard is one of the best festivals, The Mother of all Fathers Day Festival at St Edwards Park in Kenmore. After last years move in to Seattle it is back to where it should be. With Brewers Games like the Keg toss and the cart race what could be a better way to spend the day. Lets all hope for sun. We have tickets available for sale, come in and see us.

We will be bringing the following beers:
The Big Dance Oaked- Imperial Amber
This was a new beer this year. We brewed it for March Madness to rave reviews. I imagine that with some oak flavor it will be a hit, don't miss it.

Decade IPA- What is there to say, for those that know, if you don't you want to have some of this batch, oh the aroma.

Firecracker Northwest Pale- Which is no longer on draft. This beer was a hit at the pub. It is very well balanced, unlike Aurora for who it is named, we still love her though. Here is the official description:

A hoppy, Northwestern interpretation of the style brewed to honor Aurora, one of our long time kitchen employees. Three hop varieties (Cascade, Mt. Hood, and Willamette) and a hefty dose of malts come together into a beer that, like its namesake, is feisty, full-bodied, and not to be messed with. O.G. 14.8, 5.5% ABV.

Trombipulator Belgian Tripel- What is there to say about this beer that has such a following. It was originally brewed to honor our 500th brew. Rumored to be named after a George Clinton album title.

In other news the Mt Rainer Hopfest is in fact on draft now.

Yardbird- an American Wheat beer was recently brewed and will be coming on in the next couple of weeks, just in time for summer.

Check out what the other breweries are bringing here.

Decade arrives

Bill has outdone himself again. Hops, Hops, Hops, oh that aroma. He wanted to have this beer for the Mother of all Father's day Brewfest out at St Edwards Park. We have tickets available for the festival at a discounted rate. Talk about killing two birds with one visit. We started pouring it last night to rave reviews. We will have 22oz bottles available as long as it is on draft. For those of you who don't know it doesn't usually stay around that long, it is a favorite among the regulars. It usually lasts about 3 weeks. Here is the official description:

Our special 10th anniversary beer is the biggest IPA we have had the nerve to make. Almost all Pale malt, with less than one percent each of Carastan and Wheat makes a beer quite pale for its size at 19 plato OG. We added Chinook, Centennial and Cascade hops just about every place and every way we could think of - giving it lots of hop flavor and aroma and enough bitterness to compliment the telltale sweetness of the malt. One patron says "It makes you smile so your mouth's big enough for the beer". 6.25% alcohol by weight 7.8% by volume.

So come on in and put a smile on your face, it works every time.

I will leave you with these words of wisdom written on the back of a coaster: "You don't have to watch Dynasty to have an attitude." Who'da thunk.