Featuring over 40+ sour beers with aromas like vinegar, dog hair, cherry, or vanilla (and so much more), this is an event that will wreck your palette and inspire downing prilosec otc like tic-tacs. more ›

This weekend, if you are one who after plenty of warning (a couple of months at least) still didn't buy a ticket to Cask Fest, you are in luck. Today we are proud to point you towards a place with kegs on the bar and another that'll drown you with mead. more ›

This is your last reminder that if you have a penchant for punishing thy liver, we suggest a couple of 'time-outs'. more ›

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. more ›

Show up tonight to yell in joy or anger as Black Raven's Beaux Bowman and company give away swag and answer questions on the new house beer. more ›

Today marks his 36th birthday on this rotating orb, and although 36 is no 21 or 50, it still deserves recognition. more ›

You will get that opportunity to not just have a sip with old Saint Nick, but quite possibly Jesus, Baby Jesus, or some other oversized and entertaining character from X-Mas lore. A pub crawl for beer geeks, the event is entertaining--and with the pictures you take, you save a ton on photo inserts for those unmailed cards. more ›

December 16th, Brouwer’s Cafe is teaming up with Emerald Sprints to have a bike off. The idea makes perfect sense for Brouwer’s, since both the general manager (Ian Roberts) and the bar manager (Nat Pellman) cycle around town before and after work. Registration with a chance to win over $100 in swag is free and starts at 10:00 PM. Those of us with less enthusiasm to participate in this two-wheeled event are welcome to stop in and watch while sipping on some discounted Cazadores Tequila or New Belgium brew. more ›

Periodically a stabbing at your frontal lobe will occur in the form of events throughout the year. It's appropriate with the weather being deplorable that Hump Day (Wednesday) be the day of choice this week. more ›

NUCLEAR WASTELANDS: And they're in Washington! Tonight is your last chance to see lauded local doc Arid Lands, winner of the Best Film award at the 2008 Local Sightings Festival. The film explores the economic, environmental, and social impacts of, well, Hanford, the superfund site to end all superfund sites, replete with leaking nuclear waste containers, buried train cars full of radioactive animal poo, and countless other horrors of the nuclear era. more ›

So the recession has got everyone rethinking how they spend their spare change, even beer lovers. Seattle, much like Portland, is a town overwhelmed with craft beer options at bars and brewpubs, but despite the welcoming waft of citrus, pine, and toffee, there is still a pang of pennypinchers' remorse when you drop six bucks on a pint. Adding happy hour to your craft beer craving solves that problem, so here's the first installment of our craft beer happy hours series. (If your local bar is missed, speak up in the comments, and we will make sure to get it in.) more ›

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