For those of you that like a little funk in your beer, the Brouwer's Cafe Sour Beer Festival kicks off tomorrow. Now, sour beer definitely is not for everyone. Okay, sour beer isn't for most people. Even the hardest of beer geeks likely said, "What the hell was THAT?" after having their first taste of a sour treat. One Seattlest recently described the Russian River Deviation (Bottleworks Anniversary beer) as tasting of human sweat,......

When it comes to good beer, brews made in Belgium are usually the cream of the crop. So, no one should be surprised that American brewers often try to emulate their success by brewing their own versions of Belgian styles. And you know what? Some of them are fantastic (And some, not so much...) Starting this Friday at The Collins Pub, they'll be rotating about 15 taps of Belgian-style goodness brewed right here in the......

This Seattlest had some family visiting this weekend and felt it was his duty to show them some of his favorite beer spots in town, even if they could probably care less. There were quite a few beers of note that were on tap and should still be around. We also found a few bottles of Lost Abbey Judgement Day at Esquin Wine this weekend. We didn't realize the Seattle market was getting this......

We stopped in at the Bellevue Whole Foods today to pick up a breakfast burrito with bacon (best on-the-go $5.49 breakfast in town) and a salad for lunch (to balance out the bacon) when we happened to walk past the beer aisle at 8am. OK, so maybe we didn't walk by on accident; we check out their beer selection every time we stop for breakfast and often end up buying a few bottles next......

At most traditional Thanksgiving gatherings this week, the average person will be holding a wine glass when it comes time to wash down the turkey and trimmings. As we said last week, there is nothing wrong with that. But, before making the choice for wine, you should consider the argument for beer. Beer styles that would go well with turkey and the trimmings include Biere de garde, dunkel, dubbel, marzen and any good old......

Seattle is now one of the lucky few markets in the US to be getting beer from Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey in southern California. If you have not yet tried any of their beer, you have no idea how lucky we are....If you have tried their beer, there is a good chance you are likely rushing out your door to the nearest bottle shop right now. Tomme Arthur is the mastermind behind the wonderful beers......

Oh, baby...what a weekend. This Seattlest may have drunk more great beer in the past 4 days than we have in the preceding year since the last Great American Beer Festival. Well, maybe that's a stretch...but not by much. After flying to Denver on Thursday afternoon, we headed to check-in to our rooms at The Curtis hotel. Just one block from the beer festival, it turned out to be a prime base for the......