As many of you in the Pacific Northwest know Elysian is always serving up some of the best and innovative pumpkin brews around. We are excited to bring the Pumpkin Roadshow back again for another round of awesome pumpkin beers that will make you say “Good gourd, this is delicious!”
Stop by this Thursday, October 22nd, at 6pm!
For all of you who were lucky enough to get tickets before they sold out this a a quick reminder! Our chef worked hard on these pairings and we are excited to share these desserts with you and Society ambassador Phoebe Brooks. We are very thrilled on how fast this event sold out, thanks to everyone who bought tickets! Remember the event starts at 6:30, see you there.
On Tuesday, October 20th, we will be hosting the Scotch Malt Whisky Society Desserts & Drams. Our chef is creating 3 mini desserts to pair with 5 drams. Society ambassador Phoebe Brooks will be traveling all the way from Edinburgh to host the event! This will be an exciting event so grab your tickets quick before they sell out!
FOR TICKETS CLICK HERE! *SOLD OUT*
We are celebrating all week long with the hoppiest of creations. This Thursday and Friday will be hosting an infusion night featuring Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Fremont Brewing Company and Reuben’s Brews will be brewing two special infusions of Triumvirate, our house IPA.
Be sure to check out events at Bottleworks and Burgundian as well!
Hopfest starts Sunday, October 4th*! Come help us celebrate the start of the hoppiest week of the year! To kick off the week we will tap as many hoppy (many fresh hop) beers as we can, we will keep the beer rotating all week. On Thursday and Friday (10/8 & 10/9) we invite Ballast Point, Reuben’s and Fremont Brewing for infusions each brewery will make original variations on their hoppy creations for the public to enjoy so head down!
Click here for more info on the happenings at Burgundian and Bottleworks.
*We will be closed October 3rd for a private event and then set up for Hopfest
Lets start with Hopfest, this year we’re mixing things up. Instead of a short burst of fresh hop beers and other hoppy offerings we decided to spread it out over the week of Sunday October 4th thru Saturday October 10th!
During this hop week we will have events here and at Bottleworks and Burgundian. Including a Infusion Night with Ballast Point, Reuben’s, Fremont and other awesome breweries here at Brouwer’s Cafe and a Fresh Hop, Fresh Art event at Burgundian with Bale Breaker and Sensei 23 at Burgundian!
Click here for more info on Hopfest!
Lets jump to Halloween, not only are we teaming up with Fremont, HUB and New Belgium for the spookiest night of all we’ve paired with Seattle Public Library to host Ales from the Crypt: Spooky Stories n’ Suds!
Now I know you might not be planning your November quite yet but we always like to keep you on alert, especially when it comes to the crowd favorite Firestone Walker’s Ugly Sweater Party. We’ve set the date Thursday November 19th, so mark your calendar!
And right when the days start to get short and the air is crisp and cold we have the festival to warm you, Big Wood. This years festival of wood aged beers runs Friday December 4th thru Monday the 7th.
Help us finish this year off right, with a beer in our hands.
As many of you wild beer heads know Zwanze day is a once a year event that happens all over the world, this year Seattle gets to celebrate again here at Brouwer’s Cafe. Brasserie Cantillon is gracing us with their Wild Brussels Stout and some other wild bottles and kegs. We’ll also be tapping some other amazing wild ales that day so even if you don’t get a chance to try the wild stout there will be plenty of great beers to write home about.
Get here early as it is guaranteed to sell out.
Here is how the day will go:
– Line forms early (as to be expected)
– We will hand out pins before 11am to people in line until we are out of pins, a pin means you will be able to purchase a pour of zwanze.
– Zwanze will pour at noon and it will be time to celebrate with not only Zwanze but other offerings from Cantillon and other delicious Shelton Brothers offerings.
Click here for Facebook event page.
Summer is over but I don’t think mother nature got the memo, with highs close to 80 this week it becomes a challenge to find a good refreshing drink of choice. Luckily, the end of this week marks the beginning of Washington Cider Week. One way we are celebrating this week is by having 8 rotating ciders on starting this Thursday, September 10th! We will be showcasing the best ciders we can find and will have a special showcase of Finnriver (click link for Facebook event page!) next Tuesday, September 15th!
Follow us on Facebook for more updates as the week progresses.
One of our favorite cider makers, Finnriver, will be here September 15th. This will be a great chance to try some new favorites and celebrate Cider Week. If you’re a fan of ciders, sours, brett, peaches, ginger, or just apples in general this is the night for you.
Taplist:
Brett Country Peach
Blueberry Sour
Apple Blueberry Wine
Sour Peach
Forest Ginger
Fire Barrel
Sidra (cask)Farmstead
As you are all likely aware, I am a cycling enthusiast! I’m also an avid mountain biker, frequenting the Northwest’s amazing trail systems each and every week. One of the groups building, maintaining and advocating for mountain bike trails here in Washington is the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, a non-profit, volunteer-based organization. They do amazing work, and I’ve wanted for some time to host an event at Brouwer’s Cafe on their behalf. So, it’s now on our calendar for Thursday, August 27th.
We have beer from Oskar Blues Brewery, GoodLife Brewing, New Belgium Brewing and Fremont Brewing Company, and Hopworks Urban Breweryand all proceeds will go directly to Evergreen for ongoing trail work. So, come meet the Evergreen folks, mingle with the beer folks, and join us in celebrating and supporting a great cause!
This is an all day event so come in whenever it fits in to your schedule.
Click here for Facebook event page!
Usually scheduled during Seattle Beer Week, we decided to switch things up this year and host this event in July, as it’s a crowd favorite!
For those of you unfamiliar with the event the formula is simple. We invite 5 breweries to attend, and ask that each craft a special burger to be paired with 1 of the 4-5 beers they send us. Two of those beers should be less widely distributed (somewhat rare).
Reuben’s Brews – First time at the competition—Head Brewer Adam Robbings and company are excited to be part of this. I have heard that they are vegetarian—that would be a first.
Breakside – Ben Edmunds and his Portland crew have been coming up with some very creative beers, and food to go along with it.
Ballast Point – These guys have been putting Grapefruit and other spices etc in their beers for awhile now, we are looking forward to what they come up with for this event.
Saturday, July 25th – Beer and Burger Battle
Usually scheduled during Seattle Beer Week, we decided to switch things up this year and host this event in July, as it’s a crowd favorite!
For those of you unfamiliar with the event the formula is simple. We invite 5 breweries to attend, and ask that each craft a special burger to be paired with 1 of the 4-5 beers they send us. Two of those beers should be less widely distributed (somewhat rare).
We have invited:
Beardslee Brewing – New brewery in Bothell, Drew Cluley who previously worked at the Big Time and won the last two years with them, moved on to this new brewery.
Big Time Brewing – Now with a new head brewer, and owner. The brewery has won the competition the last two years. Now they have some big shoes to fill if they are to win for a third year in a row.
Reuben’s Brews – First time at the competition—Head Brewer Adam Robbings and company are excited to be part of this. I have heard that they are vegetarian—that would be a first.
Breakside – Ben Edmunds and his Portland crew have been coming up with some very creative beers, and food to go along with it.
Ballast Point – These guys have been putting Grapefruit and other spices etc in their beers for awhile now, we are looking forward to what they come up with for this event.
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Is your liver ready? Have you provided it with sufficient punishment, or are you waiting for the festival? We are really close to finalizing the list, but most of the Barleywine is in the cooler and awaiting next Saturday’s event. How early will someone line up this year? How long will the line be? What is going to be the crowd favorite? We are full of questions… Only time will tell. On March 14th we will kickoff the 13th Annual Hardliver, it is older than we are, as our 10th Anniversary is just around the corner, on March 28th. There will be more details on that event in a few as well.
Lets get back to Hardliver, we are going to post the list here in a few, remember as with all things in life this is not to be taken as the law, things change, we make last min changes, but you can count on most if not all of what we post today to be on the draft at the festival. We are hoping to have some surprises for you as well. Without any more chatter here is most of what will be on draft..
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A Celebration of Washington’s Biggest and Hoppiest Brews
The Washington Hop Mob Triple IPA Roadshow celebrates hoppy beers and showcases the talents of Washington’s breweries
The 2nd Annual Washington Hop Mob Triple IPA Roadshow (Hop Mob) is a two-week celebration of the hoppiest of all Washington-brewed beer styles. Over 30 Washington breweries signed up to produce special batches of Triple IPA to pour at a series of events around the Puget Sound region during February.
Hop Mob begins with the official Hop Mob Kickoff at Brouwer’s Café in Seattle (400 N. 35th Street) on Friday, February 6 and concludes with the Hop Mob Finale at Pike Brewing in Seattle (1415 1st Avenue) on Saturday, February 21. Sandwiched between those dates, various beer-focused bars around the Puget Sound area will host Hop Mob Roadshow events.
The Hop Mob Kickoff and the Hop Mob Finale will each feature over 30 Triple IPAs on tap—all of the Hop Mob beers. Each Hop Mob Roadshow event features at least a dozen of the beers on tap. Locations currently signed up to host Hop Mob Roadshow events include Flatstick Pub in Kirkland; the Red Hot in Tacoma; and Naked City Brewery and Taphouse in Seattle. More locations and events will be added in the coming weeks. A complete calendar of events is available on the official Hop Mob website, www.wahopmob.com.
The event showcases Washington-brewed Triple IPAs, perhaps the most boldly hoppy of all beer styles. Typically this style of beer weighs in at more than 9 percent Alcohol by Volume and features profound hop character, whether in the form of bitterness, aroma, or both.
“Triple IPA is a difficult style of beer to master and breweries that do it well are highly revered,” says Kim Sharpe Jones of the Washington Beer Blog, which is helping organize and promote the events. “Some out-of-state Triple IPAs get an enormous amount of attention and cause beer enthusiasts to swoon like preteens at a One Direction concert. Our goal with Hop Mob is to show that Washington’s brewers can produce beers that stand shoulder-to-shoulder with any of those ballyhooed, out-of-state beers. Also, it’s a great excuse to drink some really excellent stuff.”
Beyond the beer, Hop Mob is a celebration of hops and the relationship between hop farmers and brewers. To brew a good Triple IPA, brewers use a substantial amount of malted barley, which provides the elevated alcohol content. To balance-out the malty sweetness and give the beer its requisite hoppy character, brewers rely on substantial quantities of hops.
In Washington, hops are more than an ingredient, they’re a way of life. The Yakima Valley produces between 75 and 80 percent of the nation’s hop crop each year and some of the farms are operated by families that have grown hops for four and five generations.
For more information about Washington Hop Mob Triple IPA Roadshow, visit the official website at www.wahopmob.com or contact Kendall Jones at kjones@wahopmob.com.
We are currently working on a list of the participating breweries…we do know that Fremont Brewing brewed theirs a couple of days ago.
Mark your calenders, we will be closed on December 24th and 25th so that our employees can enjoy the holiday. We will also be closed on January 1st, so that we can recover from the holidays. That said what follows is a rough idea of the next few months:
Wednesday, January 21st @6pm- “Off the Wagon” art show with local artists Kevin “Sensei 23” Sullivan and Solace Wonder. I bet you can guess the theme of the show. We are hoping to have a one of a kind mini pint glass for sale at the event, as well as many pieces from these two artists. The art will be up till the end of February.
Wednesday, January 28th- @6pm East vs West, Victory Brewing vs Elysian Brewing, the breweries will battle for best in show in 5 different beer styles. We are hoping to have a DJ on hand as well.
Friday, February 6th- @3pm Washington Hop Mob Triple Ipa kickoff party. Last year this event was on the Monday of President’s weekend and we had a total of 16 Washington Triple Ipas on draft. This year it has been moved to an earlier date, and has grown from 16 to 30 plus. We will be starting at 3pm, we will offer 6oz and 12oz options.
Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15 –13th Annual Hardliver Barleywine Fest– Get your livers ready.
Saturday, March 28th- 10th Anniversary Celebration– We will have a couple of Anniversary beers released this day as well as lots of special beers on draft from around the world.
That gets us through till April, we have some Seattle Beer Week plans in the works, but expect that Back in Black Stout Fest will be Friday, May 8th and Sour Fest will be Thursday, May 14th.
Here ye! Here ye! It’s Monday, this Thursday we are celebrating our 8th Annual Bigwood-Wood Aged Beer Fest. The doors open at 11am. This is one of our favorite festivals all year, maybe thats why we save it till the end. We feel that this years list is going to be very well received, we have worked over the years and especially over the past year to amass a wide variety of awesome. We will be doing some special tappings at 2pm, 6pm, and 8pm, they will be announced 15 mins before the time of tapping. Here you go:
There are a few changes from the last time this was posted—due to errors on our side– There will be no Tilquin, and we have changed the Almanac to the Sour Porter, we also added Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwhal.
Alameda Bbl-Aged Ol’ Alger Barleywine Nitro (11%) Portland
Almanac Farmers Reserve Sour Porter (%) San Francisco
Avery Tweak No. 1 Bbl-Aged Coffee Imp. Stout (18.5%) Boulder
Bainbridge Island Broadhead Bbl-Aged Red (8.5%) Bainbridge Island
Boneyard Barrel-Aged Suge Knight Imperial Stout (14%) Bend
Boulevard Rye on Rye ’13 (12%) Kansas City
Cantillon Cuvée Saint Gilloise (5%) Anderlecht
The Commons Putin from the Wood (8%) Portland
Crux Fermentation Oud Bruin Cake/Freak Cake (10.5%) Bend
De Struise Blackberry Albert Imp Stout (13%) Oosvleteren
Deschutes Abyss ’14 (12%) Bend
Destihl Dekerra Strawberry Sour (7.5%) Normal
Elevation Rum Bbl-Aged Horchata Imp. Porter (8.5%) Breckenridge
Elevation Chardonnay Bbl-Aged Imp. Farmhouse Ale (9.86%) Breckenridge
Elevation Breckinridge Bourbon Quad (11.73%) Breckenridge
Elysian Gourdfather Bbl-Aged Pumpkin Barleywine () Seattle
Engine House #9 NEFILIBATA (5.8%) Tacoma
Finnriver Rye Fire Barrel Cider (8%) Chimacum
Firestone Walker Parabola ’11(12.5%) Paso Robles
Fremont Bourbon Bbl-Aged Darkstar Coffee Edition ’14 (11%) Seattle
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (12.5%) Chicago
Full Sail Top Sail Bourbon Bbl-Aged Imperial Porter (11%) Hood River
Hale’s Gold Rush ’13 (10%) Seattle
Hair of the Dog Ardbeg Adam from the Wood (10%) Portland
Iron Fist Rum Barrel Dark Day Imp Stout (14.3%) Vista
Logsdon Oak Aged Bretta (8%) Hood River
Lompoc Port Bbl-Aged Big Bang Red ’14 (8%) Portland
Lost Abbey Cuvée De Tomme ’13 (11%) San Marcos
LoverBeer Madamin Italian Sour (6.2%) Marentino
Midnight Sun Berserker (11.4%) Anchorage
New Belgium Coffee Sour () Fort Collins
North Sound BBL Imperial Red () Mt Vernon
Odin O&S Cabernet Barrel-Aged Saison (8%) Seattle
Old School House Oaked Imp Porter (9%) Winthrop
Pelican Mother of All Storms (13%) Pacific City
Perennial La Bohème Bbl-Aged Cherry Sour (6%) St. Louis
Pike Bbl-Aged Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale (8.5%) Seattle
Port Older Viscosity ’14 (12%) San Marcos
Propolis Prunus Malbec Aged Cherry Flanders Red (8.2%) Pt Townsend
Reuben’s Brews Bbl-Aged Imperial Stout (12%) Seattle
Russian River Supplication ’11 (10%) Santa Rosa
Schooner Exact Whiskey Dick Bbl-Aged Pumkin Beer (10%) Seattle
Seven Seas Bbl-Aged Imperial Stout () Gig Harbor
Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwhal Imp. Stout (10.4%) Chico
Silver City Fat Woody ’14 (9.7%) Silverdale
Sound Brewery Barrel-Aged Ursus Spelaeus Stout (10%) Poulsbo
Surly Eight (???) Minneapolis
Surly Pentagram (6.66%) Minneapolis
Stone Barrel-Aged Arrogant Bastard (7.2%) Escondido
‘T Hofbrouwerijke Anarkriek (8.5%) Beerzel
The Bruery Bottleworks XII 2.0 Raspberry Sour (8%) Placentia
Victory White Monkey Bbl-Aged Belgian Golden (9.5%) Downingtown
Are you salivating? Get on over to the Big Time for an Old Wooly Barleywine that is getting released today!
