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Starting tomorrow, the next month is going to be a whirl-wind of good beer:
REAL Strong Ale Festival at Collins Pub - 2/22 to 2/28
Elysian Winter Beer Festival - 2/23
Barleywine Bacchanal at Beveridge Place Pub - 2/29 to 3/8
Hard Liver Barleywine Festival at Brouwer's - 3/15
Washington Cask Beer Festival - 3/22
Throw in the Seattle releases of Full Sail Bourbon Aged Porter(Mar 1), Oskar Blues Ten Fidy(Mar 1) and the Bottleworks Anniversary Ale from Russian River(Apr 1), and we've got one of the biggest WA beer months ever.
You'd better get your drinking shoes on.
Kicking it all off tomorrow (Friday, Feb 22) is the 4th Annual REAL Strong Ale Festival at Collins Pub on 2nd and James downtown. There will be more than twenty beers rotated throughout the week, along with a special food menu. While the main focus is vintage barleywines, owner Seth Howard does a great job of mixing in some other strong ales. You can get them one at a time, or trays of three large samples will be available for $15.
Some barleywines you'll see at Collins this year are Bridgeport Old Knucklehead(2004 vintage), Stone Old Guardian(2004), Rogue Old Crustacean(2004), Sierra Nevada Bigfoot(2005), Hales Rudyard's Rare(2005), Full Sail Old Boardhead(2005), Pike Old Bawdy(2006), Anchor Old Foghorn(2006 & 2007), Great Divide Old Ruffian(2006), Avery Hog Heaven(2006), Moylans Old Blarney(2006), Boundary Bay Old Bounder(2007), Left Hand Widdershins(2007, and Hair of the Dog Fred(2007). Holy crap. 9 of those beers have the word "Old" in their name; maybe it's time to get more original.
Other strong ales will include Oskar Blues Ten Fidy(Doesn't have the hype the Abyss had, but it's just as good), Deschutes The Abyss, Rogue Imperial Pilsner, Avery The Reverend Quadrupel, Stone Double Bastard and probably a few other surprises.
We're thinking we need to prep ourselves tonight. Now, does that mean we should take the night off from drinking, or that we should get a few barleywines in us to lay a good base?
Find out more about Elysian's Winter Beer Festival on Saturday after the break. We'll detail the other events as they approach.
Image thanks to brewer on Flickr.
Following up the start of the REAL Ale Festival is the Winter Beer Fest at Elysian on Capitol Hill on Saturday, Feb 23 from 12pm to 10pm. This mini-fest lets Elysian feature some of their favorite winter beers of the year. There will be 2 sampler trays available that include six beers each.
Sampler 1
Elysian - Bifrost
Elysian - Jackfrost (JD barrel aged)
Great Divide - Hibernation
Deschutes - The Abyss
Sierra Nevada - Celebration
Full Sail - Wreck the Halls
Sampler 2
Elysian - Bete Noel
Brasserie d¹Achouffe - N¹ice Chouffe
Brouwerij Het Anker
Gouden Carolus Noel
Brouwerij Huyghe Delirium Noel
Brasserie St. Feuillien Cuvee de Noel
Brasserie Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux
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> at Elysian on Capital Hill on Saturday
Ack! :( We live on *Capitol* Hill.
Also, on a more serious note, thanks for the beer update! I was already planning on Collin's tonight with some friends.
jdavin, no idea what you're talking about. I spelled it correctly;-) yeah....sometimes I'm lucky if I spell my own name right. Thanks for the heads up.
As far as Collins tonight, can't vouch for what they'll have on tap(Always worth going, though). The festival doesn't officially start until tomorrow, but they may have a few of these beers flowing already.
Oh, oops. I meant I'm going tomorrow. I'm already feeling like it's Friday. :(
I'll be there, and I'll be WASTED!
Would this face lie?
I was at Elysian this weekend for the winter beer fest, and I'm definitely in the mood. I haven't had their barley wines yet, but the Avery and Moylan's Imperial stouts are about the best in the business. Stone Brewey doesn't mess around, either. Thanks for the tip...