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Thursday, July 12th at 6pm we are pleased to announce that Sea Cider from Victoria, BC will be joining us.  We will be pouring all 5 of their cider offerings by the glass for $7.  There will be a representative from Sea Cider on hand to answer questions, chat with or just lift a glass with.
Flagship 6%
German-style ultra dry cider, notes of star anise and cinnamon, 100% organic, no sulfites added.

Kings & Spies 8.5%
Italian-style, off-dry, autumn notes, tart, ripe flavors, sales benefit non-profit local food advocates.

Wild English 7.2%
English-style, ultra-dry, robust, earthy, made with brettanomyces, reminiscent of an apple lambic.

Pippins 9.5%
New-England style, off-dry, pineapple notes, aromatic, refreshing, made with Newton Pippins.

Prohibition 12.5%
Aged for 6 months in rum-soaked bourbon barrels, brown sugar notes and deep rum overtones

Friday, July 13th at 6pm we are pleased to release for the first time in Washington on draft Gigantic Brewing, from Portland.  Gigantic Brewing is owned and operated by Van Havig (Master Brewer and Ben Love (Brewmaster).  We will be pouring their IPA and The City Never Sleeps (Imperial Black Saison) and the Gigantic Brewing + Three Floyds Collaboration beer- Axes of Evil (Coal Fired Anitipodean Pale Ale)  Ben Love and Van Havig will be spinning records starting at 9pm.  This will make for a great way to celebrate Friday the 13th.

Sorry for the late notice, this was just information was just passed off to me.  Tonight, June 6th at 6pm at all 3 locations, Bottleworks, Burgundian and here we will be tapping a great beer HUB Brouwer’s XI Anniversary Imperial Stout.  We love this beer!  10.5% with the body of Robitussin, what more could you want on a hot day in June.  We hope your Friday is open enough to come in and enjoy this delicious beverage at one of our locations.  The Burgundian will also have Galacitc Imperial Red and a few other HUB beers on draft.

Next week is a busy one here for sure.  On Thursday, July 12th, our friends from Sea Cider in Victoria will be joining us for the evening.  We have been pouring quite a bit of their Prohibition which is a 12% barrel aged cider, and we thought it would be a great idea to provide an opportunity to try their other offerings.  We will be pouring Prohibition,  Flagship, Pippins, Kings and Spies and Wild English.   We look forward to seeing you.  There will be a representative from Sea Cider on hand to answer questions etc.  We hope you choose to join us.

Friday, July 13th at 6pm we are pleased to release for the first time in Washington on draft Gigantic Brewing, from Portland.  Gigantic Brewing is owned and operated by Van Havig(Master Brewer) and Ben Love (Brewmaster) We will be pouring their IPA and the City that Never Sleeps Imperial Black Saison and The Axis of Evil( a delicious stout).    Ben Love will be spinning records starting 9pm.  This will make for a great way to celebrate Friday the 13th.

And last but not least, We will be closed all day on Monday, July 16th  for an employee appreciation event.  We hope you enjoy the day.

                                                    photo courtesy of newschoolbeer blog.

 We are excited!  Gigantic Brewing is new to the market, in fact they just shipped beer to Seattle yesterday, so it is yet to hit the shelves. On Friday, July 13th at 6pm we welcome you to join us for the initial draft release of Gigantic Beer:  IPA, City that Never Sleeps (Imperial Black Saison) and maybe a 3rd yet to be determined beer.  Click here for a little history on Gigantic courtesy of Brewpublic.   Brewer/Owner Ben Love will be on hand to answer questions and hang out.  Starting around 8:30 or 9 he will be spinning some records for your listening pleasure.  This is sure to be a great evening, please join us.  It is Friday the 13th after all we might have some great old movies playing on the tv too.

The night before Sea Cider, from Victoria is in the house.  They don’t do draft cider, we will be offering bottle pours of their 5 ciders that are in the market, Flagship, Pippins, Prohibition, Kings and Spies, and Wild English.  There will be a representative on hand to answer questions and hang out. 

Also just a friendly reminder.  We will be closed tomorrow July 4th so that your employees can enjoy the holiday.  Don’t lose a finger.  We will also be closed on Monday, July 16th for an employee appreciation event.  Thanks and we hope you enjoy your days.

Our friends from Sea Cider in Victoria are coming to town on Thursday, July 12th, and we are please to host them for an evening, the event kicks off at 6pm.  We will be pouring all 5 of their ciders from the bottle.  They do not do draft cider.  We love their cider, our boss, who is not a big cider drinker, drank Prohibition their 12% Barrel aged cider that we have been pouring for awhile and it changed his opinion of what cider could be.  What follows is a list of their ciders.  We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, July 12th for this event.

Flagship: (7.1%) Very Dry, and free of sulphites with smokey, citrus, and herbaceous flavors.
            Suggested Food Pairings:  Lingcod and Fries
Kings and Spies: (8.0%) Reminiscent of Prosecco, and delicate and off dry.
            Suggested Food Pairings:  Brouwer’s salad and traditional mussels with frites.
Wild English:  (7.2%)Sharp, phenolic, earthy and grassy, fermented with yeast present on the apple skin.
            Suggested Food Pairings:  Apple blossom, frites with curry ketchup and Falafel sandwich.
Pippins: (9.5%) Citrus, apple, lemongrass, and pineapple flavors.
           Suggested Food Pairings:  Lamb burger and frites with dragon sauce
Prohibitions (12.5%)  Molasses, apple butter and rum flavors.
          Suggested Food Pairings:  Stoovlees, steak with bleu cheese, and Gaufre Liege

Also just a reminder we have a couple of upcoming closures.  We will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th so that our employees can enjoy the holiday, and we hope you do to.  We will also be closed on Monday, July 16th for an employee appreciation event.  Thank you for your cooperation.

This is a friendly reminder that this Thursday, June 21st at 6pm we will be hosting the boys from Astoria, OR for a Fort George Brewer’s Night.  They are pulling some beers from the cellar.  What follows is a list of what they are bringing:
South:  A strong Summer Fruit Ale with raspberries aged in Pinot Noir Barrels.
Magnifera Indica Belgae: aka a Mango Beer.
Quiet Rye-it:  A pale ale with a heavy dose of Rye malt and Zythos hops.
Bad JuJu: An IPA with Centennial and Summit Hops.
Spruce Budd Ale: exactly what it sounds like a beer made with Spruce tips, and 2 Row malt.
Quick Wit and Oatmeal Pale will be available as well.

We will also be closed on the Fourth of July so that all of our employees can enjoy the holiday.  We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause you.  We hope you have a BBQ planned.  We hope that you make it through the day without losing a finger.  We know just how fun it is to blow stuff up.

Attention!! Attention!!!  We are pleased to announce that this years Hopfest will start on Thursday, September 27th at 11am when we open, and run through the weekend.  We moved the date to a little later in September in hopes that the hop harvest coincides better with this date and we are able to have a few more fresh hop beers on the menu. 

We have a very special keg that we are tapping this evening.  Brewed for the 2nd Anniversary  of our friends at Apex in Portland by Bear Republic, Double Apex a 10% Double IPA.  Come down and try this limited release, I am sure that you hop heads will not be disappointed, we just tried it and all of us were very pleased.

Our friends from Fort George in Astoria, OR will be in town on Thursday, June 21st at 6pm for a Brewer’s Night.  We will have more details on the exact draft beers that they are pulling from the cellar, but we have been told they have some goodies.   There will be a representative on hand from the brewery, and we will raffle off some shwag.  We invite you to join us.

One of our favorite breweries from Hood River, Double Mountain, will be releasing their seasonal IPA Clusterf**k here on Thursday, May 31st at 6pm.   We will also be pouring Gravity Mountain IPA a collaboration they did with Terminal Gravity and a handful of other beers for your drinking pleasure.  Please take time to come on in and enjoy these delicious beverages.

We would like to take this time to say Thank you for all of your support throughout Seattle Beer Week.  We had a lot of fun and hope you did too.  We put a lot of effort in to making these events come together.  We plan on making our way through the kegs that we still have on hand from all of the events throughout the upcoming weeks.  After we make it through those we will get back to business as usual.  If your liver needs a reward for surviving the week, come on down and grab  a tasty beverage.   Now to announce a few upcoming events:

Next Monday,  May 28th at 6pm we will be tapping Crispin Oak Aged Marvin Cider made with Molasses, Honey, Dark Chocolate and Black Cherries fermented with a Stout Yeast.  We have yet to try this but we hear it is delicious. 

Next Thursday, May 31st at 6pm we will tap a couple Double Mountain Beers including their Seasonal Release ClusterF?!k a delicious IPA.  We hope you will join us and try this delicious adult beverage.

It is almost here!  What you ask?  The balancing act that is Seattle Beer Week, 10 days of celebration in honor of the great beer culture here in this city.  It all kicks off tomorrow at Elysian Brewing at 6pm.  Our first event, Back in Black Stoutfest,  starts Friday morning at 11 am when we open.  I can assure you that we have been planning for this event and will have over 40 stouts on draft for your drinking pleasure.  Here are a handful of the breweries we will have beers from Driftwood, Avery, Fremont, Black Raven, Port, Nectar, Firestone Walker, Emilliese, Dogfish Head, Boneyard, and many more.  We can assure you this is a not to be missed event.  We hope to see you here.

We’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about an event, on Saturday, May 12th, at our new bar, Burgundian, located at 2253 N. 56th St in the Tangletown area of town.  Its a 5 course, $65 beer dinner with our Chef Ryan and Laurelwood starting at 7pm.  You can purchase tickets through brown paper tickets.

During Seattle Beer Week at times we will be doing things out of the ordinary.  We will not be offering Happy Hour throughout the 10 days.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.  We will return to regular happy hour at the conclusion of Seattle Beer Week.  However, throughout the entire Seattle Beer Week we will be running a Boilermaker Special with Four Roses Yellow Label, add a shot of Four Roses Yellow label to any beer for $6 dollars.  As if all the beer weren’t decadent enough.

We will be closed the entire day on Wednesday, May 16th so that we can set up for the evenings 10 course dinner with the Homebrew Chef Sean Paxton.  Again we are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

We thank you in advance for your support throughout the years and over the next “week!”  We will also be hosting:

Monday, May 14th 6-11 Big Sky “Ride the Bull” event…its exactly what it sounds like, we will have a mechanical bull taking up a lot of the downstairs. We will start setting up for this event by removing all the tables from downstairs at 3pm.  Wear your western gear and get ready to get bucked!

Tuesday, May 15th @6pm Everybody’s favorite, Beer and Burger Battle.   If you are unfamiliar with this event, the idea is simple, 5 breweries compete to see you can build the raddest burger and bring the best beer lineup.  This year reigning Champs Fremont defend their title against contenders, 21st Amendment, New Belgium, Black Raven and Hair of the Dog.  This is always a great event.

Wednesday, May 16th @ 6pm The Homebrew Chef /Firestone Walker ticketed event 10 course meal.  Again we will be closed all day for this event.  There might be one or two tickets left to this event.

Thursday, May 17th @11 am  Sour Beer Fest.  This is exactly what it sounds like we are replacing almost all of our taps with Sour Beer.  This is a not to be missed event with lots of brewers on hand and some of the best sour beers available.  Again we have been hanging on to beers from to name a  few but not all, New Belgium, Cantillion, Russian River, Tilquin, Bocker, Petrus, and many more.  We anticipate that this will be a great day.  Again we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in advance.

We here at Brouwer’s are excited to announce a couple of projects that we have been working on that involve local distilleries and wooden barrels.  We got this little beauty, from Woodinville Whiskey, pictured above and are currently seasoning it with the intention of making our own cocktail in it in the upcoming months.  Suggestions on what cocktail we should pour from it? 

We are pleased to announce that we opened another bar in the Tangletown area, Burgundian, located at 2253 N 56th St. open 10-12am Sunday- Thursday and 10am- 2am Friday and Saturday.  22 stellar taps and breakfast all day!  What beats that breakfast all day. If that’s not enough they have an extensive Bourbon and Tequila list as well. We suggest the Chicken and Waffles,  the Burgundian Burger, or the specials that have been created by Chef Ryan. 

Who likes hoppy beer?  Monday at 6pm, here at Brouwer’s we a will be tapping 5 Double IPAs: Russian River Pliny the Elder, Sierra Nevada Hoptimum, Silver City Whoop Pass, Firestone Walker Double Jack and Port Brewing Hop 15  for your drinking pleasure.  If you are a lover of the hops this is an event for you.  Come in and get punched in the mouth with hoppy deliciousness. 

 It’s just around the corner May 10th – 20th and we have a few events that you will not want to miss.

 

Monday, May 14th starting at 6pm is Big Sky Ride the Bull Night.  That’s right, We are putting a mechanical bull inside.  You are encouraged to wear your western outfit and join us for an evening like none other.  You might want to bring some dance moves too.  We will have cans of Big Sky Ipa along with 4 draft beers.

Tuesday, May 15th is one of our favorite events of the year.  Beer and Burger Battle! It’s simple, Five breweries are tasked with creating a one of a kind burger recipe, bringing 4 or 5 beers to showcase and sales decided the winner.  This year looks to be quite a battle with Fremont returning to defend their title against the likes of Hair of the Dog, New Belgium, 21st Amendment, and another local favorite Black Raven.  This is shaping up to be a battle of epic proportions.

Wednesday, May 16th at 6pm Dinner with Firestone Walker and the Homebrew Chef, Sean Paxton.  This one is a not to be missed event and almost sold out at this time, with something like 15 remaining tickets.  Get your ticket here.  This year Sean and our own Chef Bobby have some great ideas centered around English pub food meets Brouwer’s Cafe, held together with Firestone Walker Beer, titled “Now for Something Completely Different!”, I’m told there is a Monty Python reference in there.

Lastly, May 17th at 11am everybody’s favorite Sour Fest…think a Sour Beer from the likes of Cantillon, Cascade, Tilquin, and New Belgium to name a few. 

We know it is a tough week to choose where to be, but feel that you will want to spend at least part of your days with us.  

Today we remember a great friend and co-worker, Cavy, who lost a battle with cancer a year ago. I am sure we all have our favorite Cavy story. He is missed. He was certainly one of the funniest people we have had the joy of knowing and working with. We will be pouring Elysian Raconteur in his honor. We could go on and on about Chris and just spent the better part of the morning reminiscing and telling stories, we suggest you do the same.

Psst! Hey Bro, it’s 4/20. Those fun folks down at Lagunitas brewed a beer to honor this day called Waldo’s Special. They are claiming its the dankest and hoppiest beer they have ever brewed. That’s saying something cause everything they make is hoppy. Today we will be tapping it at 4:20 and there will be some treats here from the brewery. Come on in and get some!

We had those donation cans by the door all March long, and would like to thank all of you that donated to the cause. We are unsure of exactly how much you helped raise from here, but through the whole month and all the bars involved we were collectively able to raise just over $16,000 to help support Treehouse a non-profit that helps Foster Kids get their needs met. Thanks, without your support this would not be possible.

We would also like to take this time to let you know that there are about 40 tickets left to the Sean Paxton aka Homebrew Chef Collaboration dinner with Chef Bob and Firestone Walker. I assure you this is not a to be missed event. If you are thinking of coming we would urge you to make your reservations sooner than later.

We are making our lists for both Stout and Sour fest and checking it twice…we hope to have a few more details sooner than later.

We are pleased to announce: Bottleworks is releasing their 13th Anniversary Beer, brewed this year by Stone, on Saturday, March 24th at 11am when they open. They will also have it on draft. Every year this a much anticipated event usually held on the Anniversary itself, this year we had to wait a little longer for the beer to get where we wanted it. We will wait to tap the beer here until 4pm. Go here for more details.

Here is a brief description of the beer:
The theme for the beer, being our 13th anniversary and all, was to use 13 Malts and 13 Hops, brewed on the 13th, in a huge strong ale. This monster of a beer took a bit longer to finish fermenting than anticipated but it’s finally ready.

Wednesday Night, March 21st at 6pm we are pleased to have Silver City in the house for a Brewer’s Night. We will be tapping 8 of their beers, including: St. Florian Ipa, Whoop Pass Double Ipa, Fat Woody Scotch Ale, and Old Scrooge Winter Bock. Please come out and show your support for Washington Beer. There will be brewery representatives on hand to answer your questions.
Thursday night, March 22nd at 6pm we will be releasing this year’s Herbert’s Ale, an ale brewed in honor of one of the pioneer’s in the Washington Craft Beer Industry, Burt Grant(pictured above). This year it was brewed by Diamond Knot. Draft beer will start flowing at 6pm. We invite you to join us.
It’s that time of year again!!!! Seattle Beer Week is just around the corner and will be here before you know it. We have some old Here is a short list of Events that we will be hosting. There will be more info in a later post, but don’t forget to mark your calenders for May 10th -20th. Now on to our dates:
Friday, May 11th at 11am: Back in Black Stout fest, think 30-40 delicious stouts.

Monday, May 14th Time to Be Determined, Big Sky “Ride the Bull” Event. That’s right we will have a mechanical bull inside. Imagine the possibilities.

Tuesday, May 15th @6pm, Beer and Burger Battle. Last year’s champion Fremont will be back to defend their title against, New Belgium, Full Sail, Black Raven and 21st Amendment. This is always a good time.

Wednesday, May 16th, An Evening with Firestone Walker and Sean Paxton the Homebrew Chef. Prices and ticket purchasing information will be coming sooner than later. For those of you that know Sean you know this is a not to be missed event.

Thursday, May 17th @11am: Sour Fest. 30-45 delicious Sour Beers on draft. This is also a not to be missed event.

We hope to have partial lists for Sour and Stout fest sooner than later, and information about the dinner with Sean Paxton sooner than later. We felt it was a good idea to provide you with the information we had about our Seattle Beer Week Events rather than wait till all the details were in. Cheers.

Alaskan Big Nugget ‘09

Alaskan Big Nugget ‘10

Alaskan Big Nugget ‘11

Anacortes Old Sebastes ‘11

Anchor Steam Old Foghorn ‘10

Anchor Steam Old Foghorn ‘11

Anderson Valley Horn of the Beer ‘11

Avery Hog Heaven

Beachwood Annilation

Beer Valley Highway To Ale

Big Sky Old Bluehair

Black Raven Old Birdbrain

Boulder Killer Penquin

Boundary Bay Old Bounder

Deschutes Mirror Mirror ‘08

Deschutes Mirror Mirror ‘10

Dicks

Dogfish Head Olde School

Elysian Cyclops ‘08

Elysian Cyclops ‘11

Emilisse Jack Daniel Aged Barleywine

Firestone Walker Abucus ‘10

Firestone Walker Abucus ‘11

Fish Tale 10 Squared

Fremont Center of the Universe

Full Sail Old Boardhead ‘10

Full Sail Old Boilermaker ‘09

Evil Twin Freudian Slip

Great Divide Old Ruffian ‘10

Great Divide Old Ruffian ‘11

Hair of the Dog Doggy Claws ‘11

Hood Canal Barleywine

HUB Noggin Floggin ‘10

HUB Noggin’ Floggin ‘11

Lagunitas Gnarlywine

Lost Abbey Angels Share

Lost Abbey Brandy Angels Share

Lost Coast Old Fog Cutter ‘10

Mad River John Barleycorn

Ninkasi Critical Hit ‘10

Ninkasi Critical Hit ‘11

Oakshire

Pike Old Bawdy ‘11

Port Townsend

Scuttlebutt ‘09

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot ‘12

Snipes

Speakeasy Old Godfather ‘09

Stone

Terminal Gravity ‘10

Who thinks Cancer Sux!!! We do!! Our friend and former Co-Worker, Eugene Koptin, is locked in battle with this ugly beast, and we feel the need to help out. We are still selling Cancer Sux buttons and on Tuesday, February 21st we are hosting an event in his honor. We will be raffling off donated gift baskets from gracious breweries both local and from afar. New Belgium has also donated the bike pictured below that we will be auctioned off sometime during the evening. We will be donating the proceeds from the kegs, buttons and raffle to Eugene. We ask that you stop in tell Cancer it Sux and hoist a pint or 3 in Eugene’s honor. We hope that he will be well enough to be in attendance.
This bike could be yours!!!! You may have to bid against our Operations Manager, Matt Bonney though.
It’s closer than we think, Saturday, March 3rd, and we are starting to get excited. Above is this years logo, It’s the 10 year anniversary. It is always a great time. We hope you are planning to be here to taste this delicious, malty adult beverage. I posted some of the Barleywines last week but here they are again:
Alaskan Big Nugget ’09 and ’10
Anacortes
Anchor Old Foghorn ’10
Big Sky Old Blue Hair’11
Deschutes Mirror Mirror ’09 and ’10
Dogfish Head Old School
Emelisse Jack Daniels Barrel Aged
Firestone Walker(beer formerly know as Abucus) ’11
Great Divide Old Ruffian ’10
Lagunitas too many years to list -we will pick one or two for the festival
Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
Pike Old Bawdy ’11
Rogue Old Crustacean’11
Speakeasy Old Godfather’09
Stone Old Guardian -too many years to list- we will pick one or two for the festival.

We were named Best Adventure Bar by Outside Magazine.

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/culinary/wine-beer-and-spirits/America-s-Best-Adventure-Bars.html

Our Cooler is filling up with this delicious, malty beverage. This will be the 10th anniversary of the event. It will be the 7th year here at Brouwer’s. We have a lot of the usual suspects and of course some special items. We are throwing around the idea doing a Vertical Night on Monday, March 5th with Stone Old Guardian (08-current) and Lagunitas Gnarlywine (08- current). Some Barleywines Currently in our cooler:
Alaskan Big Nugget ’09 and ’10
Anacortes
Anchor Old Foghorn ’10
Big Sky Old Blue Hair’11
Deschutes Mirror Mirror ’09 and ’10
Dogfish Head Old School
Emelisse Jack Daniels Barrel Aged
Firestone Walker(beer formerly know as Abucus) ’11
Great Divide Old Ruffian ’10
Lagunitas too many years to list -we will pick one or two for the festival
Lost Abbey Angel’s Share
Pike Old Bawdy ’11
Rogue Old Crustacean’11
Speakeasy Old Godfather’09
Stone Old Guardian -too many years to list- we will pick one or two for the festival

There you have it, We are trying to keep you up to date with our inventory as much as possible…Have no fear we will be keeping you posted as we get more and more in. We are very excited about this festival our 10th Anniversary of the event. Mark your calenders and get ready.