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We do!!! The Underberg Back in Black Stout Fest kicks off today at 11 am when we open.  We are happy with this years line up and hope that you are too.   We hope to see you soon.  Here is the full list…as of this moment the two items in bold are not in our cooler, but I have been assured they will be here by the time for the opening of the doors.
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Today, is the release of our 7th Anniversary Old Bridge Rider Barleywine brewed by Fremont Brewing, in wax dipped bottles, at Bottleworks (1710 N. 45th st Suite #3 in the Wallingford neighborhood).  They open at 11am.  The image above is the label.  There is a bit of a story behind this bottle release, if you are thinking “didn’t they just have their 8th Anniversary?”  You are correct.  We made this beer with the intention of releasing it last year, but then just felt that it wasn’t quite ready, so we waited and waited and waited and finally the collaborative minds here and at Fremont Brewing decided that it was ready.  Today is your first chance to purchase bottles of this delicious barleywine at Bottleworks….it will not be on draft, only available at this time in bottles, we have a few kegs stashed for later dates.  We invite you to stop by Bottleworks and pick up some bottles to age and drink now!

This is the last Tuesday in April, and we have 3 more beers that we are pulling from the Cellar for your imbibing pleasure.  With out further adieu here they are:
Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti
Deschutes Abyss ’11
Fort George Roses on Roses
We would also like to let you know that some how we still have Stone Double Bastard and Deschutes Black Butte XXI still on draft as I am typing this…no telling how much longer they will last, but as of this moment they are still on tap.

Tonight from the cellar we are tapping:
Sierra Nevada/ Dogfish Head Life and Limb #2
Deschutes XXI
Big Sky Centaur Ale (Noel Aged in Four Roses Bourbon Barrels)

A few things are happening.  Right now we wish we were in Olympia protesting the proposed beer tax. 

We are finally releasing our 7th Anniversary Barleywine!  On Tuesday, April 30th at Bottleworks.  ( located at 1710 N. 45th st #3)  We’ve got a little story to tell, it goes a little something like this.  We brewed this beer going on 16 months ago, thinking that we could bottle and release it quickly.  Then we tasted it, aged some of it in Bourbon Barrels and waited, and waited.  We blended it, bottled it and waited again.  We decided that it is now ready to be released, after our 8th anniversary but before our 9th Anniversary.  Bottleworks will be hosting the release party on Tuesday, April 30th.  The bottles are wax dipped and we feel will age well for a long time, or taste great right now. 

We have a few upcoming events we would like to share with you:

Every Tuesday in April we are tapping beers from the Cellar.  We announce these beers the day of and they are on draft at 5pm.

Thursday, April 25th @6pm we are hosting the release party for a new Washington Cidery, Schilling Cider.

I hope everyone is liking our From the Cellar Tuesday Nights in April.  Tonight we are pulling out some goodies.  Instead of dragging this on I will just list them here right now, so you can start planning your trip here later this afternoon.  Tonight we will be tapping:
New Belgium La Folie 2011
New Belgium Tart Lychee
New Belgium Brett Beer
Russian River Sanctification
De Dochter Peated Oak aged Embrasse

All these will be available by 5pm. 

Wednesday, April 17th at 6pm we are hosting a Bison Brewer’s night.  Daniel, the head brewer and owner will be joining us.  We will have a couple of food specials, and are pouring their Chocolate Stout, The Belgian Tramp (a belgian Quad), Honey Basil, Hop Cuvee (a hoppy pale), and Cocoa Bretta (a collaboration with Logsdon). 

Thursday, April 18th we are hosting Pike Brewing for the release of their Morning After Pale Ale.  We are donating $1.00 from the sale of each pint to Planned Parenthood.

Thursday, April 25th we are proud to be hosting the launch party for a new Washington Cidery, Shilling Cider.  We will be pouring 5 unique offerings from them.

First off I’d like to say there has been a lot of talk about the upcoming beer tax and there are many interpretations of it.  The way we see it, taxes are going to happen, but this one seems to be putting a huge burden on the little guy.  It seems to us that it has the potential to stagnate our industry and the bottom line is as the cost of doing business increase so does the cost of a bottle/pint of beer.  The current tax seems fair, my understanding is its about $4.85 per barrel right now for Breweries producing under 60,000 barrels. If this passes that price will raise to about $21 per barrel, a giant increase.  Since the details are a little murky, we suggest you email your representative and express your concern with the upcoming tax and the effects it will have on the craft beer industry.  Again the details are a little murky, Washington Beer Blog has a couple of good posts about the tax.  We are sure if this passes it will effect our industry and urge you to voice your concerns. 

We have a few events on the horizon:
First off every Tuesday in April we are tapping beers from the cellar, and I promise that this week we will be ahead of the curve and announce the beers before 5 pm, we are shooting for by noon.  We still have Dogfish 120 on draft as I write this and it was tapped on Tuesday this week.  We have a few sours that will make an appearance, and some stouts and other gems.  Stayed tuned here and on the book of faces for information.

We have an upcoming Bison Brewing Event, Wednesday, April 17th. Daniel the owner and brewer will be in town and we thought it would be fun to put an event together.  We plan on having some food specials that will pair well with his beers.  We will be pouring 5 of his beers: Chocolate Stout, Honey Basil, Hop Cuvee(a new hoppy pale), Belgian Tramp (a quad with figs and dates) and Cocoa Bretta (a collaboration with Logsdon).  We plan having 3 food specials that will use and be paired with his beers. 

Pike brewed a beer called the Morning After Pale, of which a portion of the proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood.  On Thursday, April 18th Pike Brewing will be on hand for a party here.  Please join us for this beer release.

On Thursday, April 25th @6pm we are please to be hosting the release of a new Washington Cidery, Schilling Company.  They will be bringing us 5 unique offerings, there will be glassware, and the owner’s will be on hand to talk and drink with you.  We have tried some of their first batches and really like what we have tasted. 

As I am sure you are all aware, Seattle Beer Week, now in it’s fifth year, is just around the corner in May.  It kicks off Thursday, May 9th and runs through May 19th.  You may have already tried the Seattle Beer Week Beer brewed by Fremont Brewing.  Its a session Ipa, and pretty darn delicious.  We have a few events during the brewer’s week that is Seattle Beer Week.

Friday, May 10th UNDERBURG BACK IN BLACK STOUT FEST, we will have a minimum of 40 stouts on draft for your imbibing pleasure. 

Tuesday, May 14th BEER AND BURGER BATTLE, this year there are 6 breweries invited to the party and we will be making burgers all day long not just after 6pm.  The formula is simple, we invite the winner from last year back to defend their title.  The idea is each brewery pulls some beers from their cooler and designs a burger recipe around a 1/3 to 1/2 pound beef burger.  Winner is decided by sales.  This year 21st Amendment is back to defend their title against contenders: Big Time, Maui, Double Mountain, Snipes and Green Flash.  We have most of the recipes already and they are looking really good. 

Thursday, May 16th SOUR FEST, we tap about 30 sours from around the world for your imbibing pleasure. 

Sorry for the late update:

Tonight we are tapping for our From the Cellar Event:
Dogfish Head 120 Min
Double Mountain Oaked Triple( this one has been in the cooler for a while)
Lost Abbey 10 Commandments

We also have a few events this week that we would like you to know about:

Tomorrow night we are celebrating our 8th Anniversary.  We are tapping a Strong Scotch Ale brewed by Flyers Brewing out of Oak Harbor.  They did Bottleworks VIII Anniversary and we thought it would be a great idea to recreate the same recipe for our VIII Anniversary.  I think we will be aging some of it for a later date. 

04/04/13–Thursday–We will be tapping Stone Vertical Epic 04/04/04. 

04/17/13–Wednesday–Bison Brewing Night.  Look for some food pairings.

04/25/13–Thursday–Schilling Cider Launch.  A new cidery here in Washington is launching their ciders here at our fine bar.

On Wednesday, April, 3rd at 6pm we will start the festivities by tapping  a  Strong Scotch Ale brewed by Flyers for our 8th Anniversary.  Tony from Flyer’s will be in the house to celebrate with us.  We hope that you join us.

Here ye here ye!  We mentioned it a ways back and then Hardliver happened and now we are on track for an event that will run every Tuesday through the month of April.  From the Cellar, the concept is quite simple, we will provide a list of 18 or so beers, every Tuesday we will draw from a hat 3-4 beers that will be tapped that day.  We will announce the kegs being tapped that day around noon every Tuesday, and tap have them on tap by 5pm that day.  Here is the list of possible beers:
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We hope this is an event that you find fun.  We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday nights in April.

Thank you to all that joined us in making this weekend a success!  We hope you enjoyed yourselves and are fully recovered.  We should have done this a couple of days ago…well the barleywine got the best of us. For those of you not in attendance the winners, determined by our esteemed judges are as follows:

1. Big Al Ol #1
2. Firestone Walker Abacus ’11
3. Anchorage Deal with the Devil ’13

Next up on the Agenda:
We are putting the finishing touches on our From the Cellar event that will be every Tuesday in the month of April.  Details to come really soon.

Thursday, April 3rd at 6pm.  Come and celebrate our 8th Anniversary with a Strong Scotch Ale brewed by Flyers Brewing in Oak Harbor.  We will be pouring some other options from Flyers as well.  Please come join us in celebrating our 8 years!

Thursday, April 4th:  We will tap Stone Vertical 04/04/04, we saved a small amount of Stone’s Vertical Epic series to tap throughout the year.

Wednesday, April 17th @ 6pm: Bison Brewer’s Night. Daniel, the owner and brewer will be in town for a couple of days and wanted to put together an event, we will have 5 beers on draft and food pairing suggestions to go with them.  This should be a fun evening.

Thursday, April 25th @6pm: Schilling Cider Launch Party:  We are excited about this event.  Schilling is a new Cidery based in Auburn, that has yet to pour any cider in this state.  They have been coming in frequently for adult refreshments, and keeping us up to date with their progress.  We got to talking and thought it would be great to host the launch party here.  Colin is putting together 5 special ciders for us and we will start pouring them at 6pm on Thursday, April 25th.

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We are also very excited about tonight’s Washington Release of pFriem Brewing from Hood River.  Please join us in welcoming them to the Washington Market.  Known for their Belgian inspired beers we will be pouring 7 offerings from them:  Belgian IPA, Belgian Stout, Belgian Strong Blonde, Belgian Strong Dark, Blonde IPA, Mosaic Pale, and Super Saison.  We hope you plan on attending.

If you have been following us at all you know that Tuesday, March 12th at 6pm we will be hosting the Washington launch of pFriem Brewing.  We are very excited about this event, and hope that you are planning on joining us.  Haven’t heard of this brewery?  Here’s a simple answer:  Josh Pfriem is the Brewmaster and Owner, and is brewing  up some amazing Belgian inspired beers, he’s also a Washington native and very excited about launching his own beer here in Washington.   We will be showcasing 7 of their offerings: Belgian Strong Dark, Belgian Strong Blonde, Blonde IPA, Belgian IPA, Super Saison, Belgian Stout and Mosaic Pale Ale. 

All of you know, or should know that Hardliver Barleywine Fest is coming.  All the fun starts on March 23rd at 11am when we open the doors.  We are putting the finishing touches on the draftlist as I write this.  We had hoped to have this done a week or so ago, and you know what they say about good intentions….We hope to have a preliminary list sooner than later, and apologize for not getting it out sooner.

We are also in the process of putting together a month long From the Cellar event for April.  We recently went through the cooler and found some gems that we feel we should pour.  We hope to have that list finalized by early next week as well.  The idea we had goes a little something like this:  We will post a list of all 15 to 20 beers, in the next week or so,that we are planning on tapping for the month of April, then on each Tuesday in the month of April we will announce what 3-5 beers are being tapped that day.  We hope you plan to join us.  Kinda like beer gambling, each and every Tuesday!  We will be announcing the beers on our app, the facebook and here on the blog.

Another event coming up on April 17th, right around Earth Day, is an evening with Bison Brewing.  Daniel ( the brewer and owner) will be in town and we thought it would a great opportunity to have an event that focused on organic beer.  We have some special beers to pour that we think you will like.

On Thursday, April 25th we are excited to announce we will be hosting the launch of a new local Cidery, Schilling Cider.  We are planning on tapping 4 or 5 different offerings from this new start up.  As we get more details we will post them.

Soon after those events it is time for Seattle Beer Week.  We have planned 3 events so far they are:

Underburg Back in Black Stout Fest:  Friday, May 10th at 11am.

Beer and Burger Battle: Tuesday, May 14th ( this year this will be an all day event)  We have confirmed most of the breweries.  So far the contestants will be :
21st Amendment ( the defending champ)  lets hope Shaun doesn’t use his birthday again to garner votes…
Double Mountain
Big Time
Green Flash
Maui Brewing

Sour Fest:   Thursday, May 16th at 11am.

Start making your plans now!

 We currently have an app in the itunes store, at this time it is only available for iphone 4 and 5, sorry no windows phones or android phones just yet.  We started working on this a while back and while it is not perfect right now, we feel it is better to release it in to the world and get it in the end users hands, than to get it perfect.  So the information is 95%, if a draftlist or bottlelist is not complete or  has changed in the last day or so, the information may be imperfect.  We apologize for any trouble this may cause you.  Please send your  comments/concerns/compliments to info@brouwerscafe.com. 

With that said, we hope that you are prepping your liver for Hardliver Barleywine fest which is Saturday and Sunday March 23 and 24.  We hope to have a tentative list up by mid next week.  We are making a concentrated effort to get more information about all that we do in front of you here and on the book of faces.

We have an Upright brewers night on Wednesday, February 27th @ 6pm.  We will be pouring:

We are please to announce that we will be hosting the Washington launch of pFriem Brewing from Hood River, on Tuesday March 12th @ 6pm.  Josh Pfriem and his partners will be in the house.  Josh has been making some amazing Belgian inspired beers, we are excited and honored to be chosen as the first bar in Washington to pour pFriem beers.  We are working on having some food pairings as well for the evening, as we all know food and beer just go together.  We will be pouring the following beers:  Belgian Golden Strong, Belgian Dark Strong, Super Saison, Blonde IPA, Belgian Stout, and Mosaic Pale.   Please join us on this special evening. 

First off I would like you all to know that we have seen that folks eat a little later on Thursdays.  In an attempt to make those of you that desire eating a little later we have extended the kitchen hours on Thursday nights from 10 to 11.  Now you can all get your frites fix on for one more hour.

We have lots of events planned for the upcoming month, just about one a week, if not two, till Hardliver Barleywine fest on March 23rd and 24th.

First off we will be hosting New Belgium Brewing for a Lips of Faith evening.  We will be pouring La Folie(sour), Tart Lychee(sour), Shift Belgian Pale Lager, Trip XV ( dark Saison with date sugar, dandelions and an Orval yeast), Imperial Chocolate Coffee Stout, and two new offerings, one a collaboration with Du Decil called Heavenly Feijoa Tripel, and the second Cascara Quad an ale brewed with date with coffee and cherries added.  We hope you plan to join us.

As some of you are aware a few years ago with partnered with Four Roses and bought an entire barrel and release a Brouwer’s Bourbon.  The time has come again, and we have again partnered with Four Roses and bought a second barrel, this time we partnered with Burgundian(same owner) and are releasing a Brouwer’s/Burgundian Bourbon.  The second is not quite as hot as or as high in alcohol as the first, and delicious.  On Tuesday, February 19th at 6pm we will be releasing the bourbon to the public, we plan to have a least one special cocktail.  We hope you plan to join us for this fun event.

We have a Goodlife from Bend, OR event on Thursday, February 21st @ 6pm.  We will be pouring
Descender IPA, Sweet As, Pass Stout, 29er Brown Ale and the hopefully Comatose IIPA

We have an Upright brewers night on Wednesday, February 27th @ 6pm.  We will be pouring,

We will have more information as it becomes available. 

 

 

Everybody’s favorite weekend, Hardliver Barleywine Festival is March 23rd@ 11am and 24th.  We hope that you are prepping your liver as we speak.  We plan on getting the list in front of you sooner than later.

 

Ancient Aleiens-Deep mahogany hued and fermented with an Alt yeast strain, it has a clean toasted malt profile that finishes with a bright citrus and floral hop presence. This beer was conditioned on 80 pounds of Chocolate Nibs (from Theo Chocolates in Seattle) with the addition of Guatemalan Coffee (from Water Avenue Coffee in Portland). Ancient Aleiens has a deep dark cocoa taste up front that warms into a sweet coffee expression, finishing with a fruity hop aroma. Smooth toasted malt flavor balances the rich cocoa bitterness. It has the brown hue of iced coffee with a tan head. The coffee sweetens the beer in the middle, lending to nutty, caramel, and chocolate coffee flavors.
IBU’s: 60
ABV: 7.1
Hops: Nugget, Summit, Amarillo and Crystal.

2013 ReNEWale: E.S.B. – ReNEWale Extra Special Bitter has smooth caramel malt notes upfront and fruity esters contributed by the yeast. Kent Goldings and Northern Brewer Hops add a deep earthy and grassy hop flavor and aroma.
IBUs: 44
ABV: 5.8
Hops: Nugget, Northern Brewer and East Kent Goldings

Sasquatch Legacy Wheatwine– A Wheat Wine is a Barley Wine strength beer that is made with a large amount of wheat in its grist. Wheat Wines are typically smoother than their Barley Wine cousins with the wheat exhibiting toasted, bready, and Bock-like malty richness. The Falconer’s Flight hops used for bittering are balanced with the earthy and grassy Willamette and Brewer’s Gold Hops. Elegant, full-bodied maltiness with a balanced finish, this is a big beer with a little bite!
IBUs: 80
ABV: 9.0
Hops: Falconers Flight, Brewers Gold and Willamette

On Wednesday, January 23rd at 6pm we welcome Coronado Brewing to the market.  There will be a brewery representative on hand to answer all of your questions.  They make some really good ipa’s.  We hope you choose to join us and welcome this brewery to the market.

On another note Hardliver Barleywine fest starts on Saturday, March 23rd this year.  Mark your calenders and plan accordingly.

We hope everyone had a great New Year, and is primed and ready for a great 2013.  In the middle of all the holiday craziness we had a computer go down, and it had to be rebuilt.  In that process we lost our ability to update the draftlist, menus etc in the side bar.  We are currently working on reestablishing this ability but for the time being most of the information in the side bar will not be up to date.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing you. 

As I am sure some of you are aware Russian River is no longer going to be available here in our great state, for a couple reasons.  We will give you a quick run down of the major reasons:  1. they can’t keep up with current demand in their home state, why ship it 800 miles when you can sell it right at your pub  2. they don’t have as much control over their brand when it is in our state due to the way some of the liquor laws are written.  While this is unfortunate news, and Pliny the Elder, Damnation and their Sour beers will be missed, it is not the end of the world.   Geoff Kaiser over at Seattle Beer News, who is much better versed in the prose than I am wrote a couple of nice articles speaking exactly to this point, in one of them you can even read the letter that we are paraphrasing. We have one last keg that we will be tapping soon, it will be announce here, on Facebook, and Twitter.  Keep your eyes peeled for that!  There will be no shortness of Ipa’s have no fear.

First off we need to say thank you to all of you for your support over the past year(s), for without you we would not be able to do what we do.  Here’s to more continued visits in the upcoming year!

We invite you to join us this evening for New Year’s Firkin Eve!  We contacted Fremont, Reuben’s, Big Al’s, and American to fill our firkins which we are tapping at 6pm tonight, there will a complementary toast at midnight as well.  Here are the beers that are in the firkins:

Fremont:  Sister IIPA with Thai Basil, Buddha’s hand and dry hopped with Simcoe
Reuben’s:  Roasted Rye PA
Big Al:  Nutwarmer Winter Ale
American:  Impaler Pale Ale

We have already started planning events for January.  We will be hosting a Ninkasi  night on Tuesday, January, 22nd @ 6pm.  We will be pouring, Ancient Aliens, Wheat Wine, Imperiale Stout, Allies Win the War, and ESB.  We may even design a beer cocktail or two just for the evening.

On Wednesday, January 23rd starting at 6pm we are pleased to announce the arrival of Coronado Brewing from San Diego to the Seattle market.  This will be your first opportunity to try their delicious brews on draft, there will be a brewery representative on hand to answer questions etc. 

The Holidaze are in full effect!  Thank you each and every one of you for your support over the past years, we would not be able to do what we do if it wasn’t for all your support.  I am sure most of you have very full social calenders, I know we do.  Sometimes I just want to escape it all, sit on the couch and relax, but that’s what January is for….We just put on 4 events in 7 days and the next one on the agenda is New Year’s Eve.  We bought a few firkins awhile back, and were trying to decide what to do on New Year’s Eve ( we need to plan ahead in case the world doesn’t end on 12/21/12), and had a great idea.  We contacted Four local breweries, Big Al’s, Reuben’s, American, and Fremont, provided them with a Firkin, ( to pour starting at 6pm) and a 3L bottle(to be used as the toast at Midnight), and that the event. We invite you to join us to ring in the New Year in style.  We wish you all a safe and happy New Year.

We would also like take this time to announce our holiday closures, we will be closed the following days, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you:

Monday, December 24th Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 25th Christmas

Monday, January 1st New Year’s Day

Monday, January 14th Employee Appreciation
Tuesday, January 15th Employee Appreciation

Are you worthy of such an evening!  We welcome you to join us for an amazing event tomorrow night, Wednesday, December 12, starting at 6pm.  We will be pouring Stone’s Vertical Epic series years 2003 thru 2012, if that’s not enough for you we will also be pouring Vertical Epic years 2007 and 2009 that have been aged in wine barrels.  We will be pouring them in individual 6oz serving sizes.   For those of you collectors out there we know that Bottleworks has 4 cases that are the entire vintages years 2002- 2012 for sale starting tomorrow.