We understand that between Sasquatch!, SIFF, and Folklife, you may have forgotten that it's also still Seattle Beer Week. And being that it is finally Friday, we recommend you reconnect with your old friends (hops and barley), and get together for a pint or three.
Seattlest Recommends: Beer Week Events
Drinking this Weekend: Hale's Pepsi Challenge & Cigars at the Bar
Legally sticking a thumb downward to the smoking ban, Brouwer's shuts down to the public and hosts a cigar and scotch tasting. $100 gets you one complimentary cigar, the opportunity to sample of over 50 different scotches, and access to both a cigar roller demonstration and a dinner buffet.
Give the Man Cake: Brouwer's & Bottleworks' Matt Bonney
Today marks his 36th birthday on this rotating orb, and although 36 is no 21 or 50, it still deserves recognition.
This Weekend in Beer
Snoqualmie Falls Brewing is having a party to celebrate another year in the business of giving you a buzz. With some resurrected recipes poured alongside their regular lineup, the event is one not to miss.
Brown-Bagging It, Bottleworks
Over on 45th in the Wallingford neighborhood and just a few blocks from Big Time Alehouse is the beer equivalent of a bottleshop. Since 1999, Bottleworks has been providing guidance to those that gravitate to its stellar selection of beer from around the world.
Neighborhood News and Local Blog Round-Up
- Find the closest (and cleanest) jug near you. The newly remodeled beer lovers heaven, aka Bottleworks, has tricked out their store and added five taps and growler service. Now grab your growler and run.
- The Southlake blog can't seem to figure out what the new (and mysterious) street sign spotted in SLU stands for. Clearly not for the S.L.U.T., it looks like an urban cowboy crossing. Hmmm?
12 Days of Christmas Shopping Left
Wow! Today's Friday the twelfth, and that leaves you all of twelve shopping days till Christmas. Which sort of sucks, since you're probably a little nervous about the state of the economy and whatnot and thinking that maybe fattening up the old savings account is a wiser move than buying a new Wii Fit. But insofar as gifts are an unavoidable fact of the holidays, we here at Seattlest thought we'd offer you some clever gift ideas for the holidays with an emphasis on both your budget and what you can do to help grease the wheels of the local economy just a bit.

