Events

Who loves Washington? and Washington Beer? We are all well aware that Washington brews some of the greatest beer in the nation, and for that matter the world. Tomorrow we invite you to come on down and hoist a pint in honor of our great state. Lets all say a big thank you to the great brewers that have decided to call Washington home, for without them the long winter would be that much longer. See you tomorrow.

Listen up!!!!

The month of October is near, I know this because, this weekend is the Fremont Oktoberfest.

We have a few other events in the Month of October that I’d like to tell you about:

Thursday, October 6th at 6pm is a Bayern Brewing. We will have 5 wooden casks on the bar, The beers pouring will be Dopplebock, Dark Hefe, Pils, Oktoberfest, and Amber.

Saturday, October 8th: We will be closing at 3pm for a private event.


Wednesday, October 12th, its our Washington Beer Fest, we replace all our taps with Washington, and celebrate this great state. Brewers please get in touch with us and let us know what beer you’d like to showcase at this festival.


Saturday, October 22nd, at 2pm the Seattle Weekly Homebrew Awards. The beer will be brewed by Big Al. This is the 3rd year of this event.

And I know its a ways off, BigWood, our festival of wood aged beers, will start Thursday, December 8th. Mark your calenders and get the day off or at least get the next day off so you can recover.

Thanks!!!

Thank you all for coming out for Hopfest. We still have quite a few hoppy selections on draft, so if you didn’t get your fix over the weekend come on back for some more.
The Hopfest winners, chosen by popular vote, were:
1. Founders Devil Dancer
2 HUB Bourbon Ace of Spades
3.Left Coast Hop Juice

Thank you to those who voted.


Tonight we are hosting Big Al Brewers Night starting at 6pm. Big Al, the original Local Hero,will be in attendance. We are pouring their Big Hoppa IPA, Pale Ale, Brougham Bitter, Smoked Porter, Mixed Berry Sour, Kolsch, Local Hero #10 Haynerweizen, and Irish Red. We hope to see you here.

Vote for us!!!

Who thinks we have the best beer selection in the city? I think you do, we think we do. Its that time of the year again. King 5 is asking people to vote for their Best Of Western Washington, and we are in the running for the Best Beer Selection. Please take the time to vote for us by going to their website. I’ve made it easy…(Follow the link here .) Thanks in advance for your support.

Who loves hops? We do!!! The cooler is filling up as we speak, and we are getting ready for lupulin to fall from the heavens and descend upon us all. Hopfest starts Friday September 9th at 11am. We expect their to be a line. So plan accordingly.



I hate to admit it, but fall is coming. But lets admit, Fall just happens to be a great season for cycling endeavors of the Cyclocross variety. Cyclocross just happens to be a favorite of the Belgians. For the past couple of seasons we have been a sponsor of a great local Cross series, MFG. On Tuesday September 6th the upstairs will be closed and we will be hosting the series annual opening party upstairs starting at 7pm.



If thats not enough for you. Right after Hopfest on Tuesday September 13th, at 6pm we are having a Big Al Brewers night. We will be pouring their Ipa, Pale, Irish Red, Brougham Bitter, Smoked Porter, Kolsch, Weissbier, and a sour beer of their choosing. Come on down and sample some of White Center’s finest.

We got some events coming up…



For one Hopfest is just around the corner. It starts Friday, September 9th and runs through the end of the weekend. The cooler is filling up with delicious hoppy goodness. The image above is one of the possible t shirt logos for this year. As we have in past years there will be a special menu, we will be serving Frog legs, Kangaroo, and Rabbit, hoppy animals to compliment the hoppy beers.



Thursday, October 6th we are having a Bayern Brewing night starting at 6pm. The brewery will be bringing in 5 beers in wooden casks and tapping them on the bar top. The beers pouring will be Dopplebock, Dark Hefe, Pils, Oktoberfest, and Amber.



Wednesday, October 12th Washington Beer Fest. We will be replacing all of our taps with Washington Beers. More info to come.

Attention!!!Attention!!!


I have an announcement. I just got off the phone with a one Mr Tomme Arthur, shortly after that I received an email with the list of the beers that he is sending our way. I am not going to list all of them here and now, but you can expect to see some of his year round beers on draft like, Lost Abbey Devotion, Lost and Found, Port Wipeout and Mongo Double Ipa, Port Summer Pale and Shark Attack . You can also expect to see Serpents Stout, Old and Older Viscosity, and Angels Share. I will tell you that Tomme did dig deep in to his cellar and sent Anit Ox ( it was here very shortly for Sour Fest), his Framboise, and Saints Devotion an all Brett version of Devotion. I hesitate to list all the beers cause that just isn’t fun…come on down and see what else he has sent our way, I promise you will not be dissappointed.

Who loves hops?


Really in this city, not liking hops is more of an issue. We just tapped our keg of Black Raven’s Wisdomseeker Double Ipa. I just had a glass and it is delicious. I assure you this one will not last very long. So let your boss know you are leaving early, or get a sudden case of the Tuesday’s, find some way out of the office, or the house.

In other news…. Mark your calenders for Wednesday, August 10th, 5pm, its Port/Lost Abbey night here, we will be tapping 25 different Port/Lost Abbey beers. Tomme Arthur will be here to celebrate with all of us.

and Hopfest starts Friday September 9th.

We will be closed…

We will close on Monday, July 4th so that our staff can enjoy the fireworks.
We will close on Tuesday, July 5th from 2:30-6:30 for a private party, we will be open for lunch and then reopen for regular business at 6:30.
We will close on Monday, July 11th for an employee appreciation party.
AND……

On July 7th we are having a Four Roses Bourbon night, starting at 6pm. We will be pouring:
Yellow Label
Single Barrel
Small Batch
and Brouwer’s Single Barrel
We are offering a signature cocktail made with each, and a 1oz flight of all four. We are really looking forward to this night. Mark your calenders now.

The sun is shining…


It’s the Solstice today, the longest day of the year, and its sunny hope you get outside and enjoy it.
A while back we received some barrel samples from 4 Roses Whiskey. Matt and Matt got together and sampled them all and decided on one. Well a week or so ago we received the bottled version of the barrel they decided on. It comes in at 61.2 percent alcohol and spent 8year and 8 months in the barrel, we have all decided that it is best with a few cubes added to bring out the floral notes. We are also in the planning stages of a 4 Roses event that is tenatively scheduled for Thursday, June 7th. More details to come. We also have plans for the barrel itself….look for something special down the road, possibly Big Wood.

We will be closed on the 4th of July, hope you enjoy the fireworks.

On July 5th we will be open for lunch, but closed from 3-6:30 for a private event and then open for regular business after that.

Beer and Burger Battle Tonight at 6pm

Step right up! Come on in to see who will dominate this years Beer and Burger Battle…One of a kind Burgers created by the Brewer and cooked here for the masses to enjoy. Come eat and drink the creations from Fremont Brewing, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Port/Lost Abbey, Skagit Brewing and Sierra Nevada Brewing. See you tonight for the ultimate battle….The gloves come off at 6pm….

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!!!! You won’t want to miss this!!

Attention, Attention!!!”I already tried that” , (you haven’t), “Give me something new!!!” (no problem) and “What would you drink?” (This One) People….
Brouwer’s Cafe will be tapping the only two kegs from the Evil Twin Brewery that came to Washington State.
We will have:
Soft Dookie Imperial Stout
Before, During and After Christmas Imperial IPA
In addition we will be offering Yin and Yang a blended black and tan that is sure to make you say Holy Crap!!!
All of these beers are rare and I can say most of you have never had them. So come on down on Sunday, we will be tapping them at 6pm.

Bring Out the Stunt Liver

Seattle Beer Week is upon us! It starts in just 2 days. Are you ready? Have you been training your liver? We have many, many events plannned…Starting with Kulture Freaks, brought to you by Shmaltz Brewing, on Friday, May 20th. This is the third year that Donny Vomit will be here to meet all your Freak Show needs. Show starts around 10.
Back in Black Stout Fest courtesy of Underberg, Saturday, May 21st, starts when the doors open. Look for Green Flash Silva Stout, Hair of the Dog Matt, Fremont Kentucky Dark Star, Hales Machete, HUB Brouwer’s 6th Anniversary and many more.

Sunday Night, May 22nd we have a special treat, stay tuned for more info on that.

Monday, May 23rd, We will be closing at 3pm for the The Firestone Walker and Sean Paxton Dinner. Tickets are going fast and available through Brown Paper Tickets. Dinner starts at 6pm.

Tuesday, May 24th, It’s the Beer and Burger Battle. Fremont, HUB, Port/ Lost Abbey, Skagit River and Sierra Nevada battle for beer and burger supremacy. Event starts at 6pm.
Wednesday, May 25th, Hopworks Urban Brewing teams up with Brewing up Cocktails for a special event exploring the art of crafting unique and original cocktails with craft beer as a prime ingredient. Brewing up Cocktails mixologists will present a special menu highlighting various Hopworks beers and premium spirits. Hopworks beers will also be available standalone on draft.

Thursday, May 26th Sour Fest…Sour Beers all day long.
Friday, May 27, we breath for the first time in a bit…

Saturday May 28th, Industry Vinyl Night with Ben Love from HUB and Jamie Mastin from New Belgium…These two bring in their records and turntables.

Another Beer Week Event

Seattle Beer Week is just around the corner and we added another event:

Hopworks Urban Brewing teams up with Brewing up Cocktails for a special event exploring the art of crafting unique and original cocktails with craft beer as a prime ingredient. Brewing up Cocktails mixologists will present a special menu highlighting various Hopworks beers and premium spirits. Hopworks beers will also be available stand alone on draft.

Seatt;e Beer Week


Seattle Beer Week is about a week away. 10 or is it 11 days of celebrating Seattle’s fantastic beer culture. We have a lot of events planned. We hope to see you here and out enjoying all that this city has to offer.

Seattle Beer Week

May 19th-29th

Friday May 20th

Kulture Freaks courtesy of Shmaltz Brewing

Saturday May 21st

Back in Black Stout Fest brought to you by Underburg

Monday May 23nd

Firestone Walker and Home Brew Chef Sean Paxton Dinner

$100 per Ticket via Brown Paper Tickets

Tuesday May 24th

5 Guys Burger Battle

Thursday May 26th

Sour Beer Fest

Saturday May 28th

Industry Vinyl Night Brought to you by

New Belgium and HUB

Seattle Cigar Expo Comes to Seattle

In the heart of the city and at the home of the famed Space Needle – for one day Seattle Center will be transformed into Seattle’s Biggest Cigar Lounge benefiting CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA.

Adults will converge for a weekend of on site indulgence, lifestyle vendors, cigar retailers, fine cuisine, Pacific Northwest wine sampling, premium spirits sampling with a large portion of all of these elements hailing from right here in the Pacific Northwest. Cigar enthusiasts from around the Pacific Northwest will converge to ply their passion for cigars, reunite with old friends, make new friends, and celebrate the cigar culture. You are invited to join us in this year’s premier Cigar Event.

When: Saturday, August 20th 2011
What Time: Noon – 1pm VIP entry for meet and greet (Limited to 100 Tickets)
What Other Times: 1pm – 8pm General Ticket
Where: Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, 305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA. 98109
What: Cigars, spirits, wine tasting, fine cuisine, boutique coffee roaster, cigar retailers, lifestyle vendors
What Else: music, burlesque performance, panel discussion, CRA seminar, Cigar rolling
What? Opening Party: Friday August 19th @ Brouwer’s Café (VIP’s, Retailers and Manufacturers)
What? Closing Party: Saturday August 20th @ The Vertigo Club (VIP’s, Retailers and Manufacturers)


Tickets are limited so buy your tickets today at www.seattlecigarexpo.com