Black Raven Brewing 4th Anniversary Party This Saturday

April 30th, 2013 · Events, Washington Breweries

If you haven’t heard, Black Raven Brewing is making some of the best beer in the state, if not the country. They will be celebrating their 4th anniversary this Saturday, May 4, from Noon to 8pm with a party at the brewery featuring rare beers, casks, live music and plenty of good times. The weather looks to be shaping up just fine for this outdoor party.

BEER LIST 
 
POURING ALL DAY
Sunthief
Totem Pale
Trickster IPA
Tamerlane Brown Porter
Second Sight Scotch
Morrighan Stout
 
LIMITED AND RARE
 
Old Birdbrain 2012 Barleywine 
2012 Wheatwine
Nothing but Flowers SIPA
White Raven Wit
Tri-berry Pie
Sour Cherry Scotch
2013 Possum Claus
2013 Feral Saison
2012 Grandfather Raven Imperial Stout 
Gunpowder Plot Nitro Stout
Kitty Kat Blues Nitro Pale
2012 Bourbon La Petite Mort
2012 Sort Sol
2012 Pour Les Oiseaux Saison

CASKS
CASK – La Petite Mort with toasted pecans, vanilla black tea, figs, maple syrup and coffee
CASK – Bourbon Oaked Jerk Scotch Ale
CASK – Hefeweizen with lemongrass, szandria berries, rose & cloves
CASK – Bourbon soaked oak blend of Old Birdbrain & Ravenous Imperial Stout
 
LIMITED, RARE AND CASK BEERS CAN POUR AT RANDOM TIMES.
MOST OF THESE BEERS ARE ONLY 1 OR TWO KEGS.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE 3-4 POURING AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

NO GROWLERS WILL BE AVAILABLE OF LIMITED BEERS OR CASKS.

SAMPLE TRAYS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THIS EVENT.

LIVE MUSIC
12:45 – 1:30PM
“Four on the Floor”
Classic rock from Kendall of Washington Beer Blog and his band.

2:50 – 3:45PM
“Georgetown Orbits”
Local ska/reggae band for some island sounds.

4:00 – 5:45PM
“C-Leb and the Kettle Black”
Local blues based rock that is sure to please.

6:00 – 7:00PM
“Dirty Pots”
Seattle rock.

Please note times are approximate!

FOOD KIOSKS
Black Raven Grill 
Brewery brats and chips
(cash only)

Where Ya at Matt
New Orleans style food truck

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Event is 21+
ATM will be on site
Retail merchandise booth
Please note that many of the booths and beer pouring stations are cash only for this event.
 
Last call at 7:15 PM
Event promptly ends at 8:00PM

Black Raven Brewing Company
14679 NE 95th St.
Redmond, Washington 98052

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Sierra Andina Brewing from Peru

April 29th, 2013 · Beer Travels

Welcome to random picture month! April is going to be dedicated to posting random pictures of people and places in the beer industry.

If you haven’t figured it out, I’ve been travelling for the past few weeks. The wife and I just returned from an unforgettable trip to Peru. There are very few craft breweries in Peru (maybe 3?), so beer surely was not a focus on this trip. Light lagers dominate the beer market, but I was lucky to find bottles from Sierra Andina Brewing, located in Huarez, Peru, at a shop in Lima. The pale ale was a very solid, hoppy American-style pale. The dose of hops was very welcome after a couple of weeks without drinking anything approaching hoppy.

I know this is a beer website, but as I love traveling I’ll be sharing some pics and trip reports from Peru here sometime soon. To say it was an amazing trip is an understatement.

And, a huge thanks to +Russ for taking over with some posts over the past couple of weeks in my absence.

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Georgetown Brewers Night at Beveridge Place Pub

April 27th, 2013 · + Russ, Events, Random Beer Pics

Welcome to random picture month! April is going to be dedicated to posting random pictures of people and places in the beer industry.

Here we see Gary from Beveridge Place Pub and Manny from Georgetown Brewing toasting the 5 year anniversary of the new pub location. Five years ago on opening night, The Bev hosted a Georgetown Brewer’s night and that tradition continues on. Apparently, it’s also a tradition to have a toast in the guy’s restroom! Cheers to five years.

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Bridge Road Brewers

April 26th, 2013 · Random Beer Pics

Welcome to random picture month! April is going to be dedicated to posting random pictures of people and places in the beer industry. Some of these you may have seen up on Seattle Beer News previously, but many will not have been posted here.

We encountered plenty of good beer on a trip to AU/NZ a few years ago. Bridge Road Brewers in Beechworth, Victoria was one of our favorite spots.

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The Sixgill Is Now Open

April 25th, 2013 · + Russ, Bar Reviews, Beer & Food, General Beer News, Random Beer Pics

Last night Fremont’s new beer bar, The Sixgill, opened its doors to the public. Brought to you by Rick & Ellen, the owners of the Noble Fir, The Sixgill offers 36 taps of craft beer, a full bar and a good looking food menu. We checked it out on Tuesday for the soft opening where everything looked ship-shape, the beers were flowing and the flank steak sandwich & the clam dish were tasting great. Stop in and hoist a pint. Congrats, guys.

Here is a previous post announcing the endeavor: “Owners of Ballard’s The Noble Fir to Open The Sixgill in Fremont”

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Garrett Oliver & Vinnie Cilurzo

April 24th, 2013 · Random Beer Pics

Welcome to random picture month! April is going to be dedicated to posting random pictures of people and places in the beer industry. Some of these you may have seen up on Seattle Beer News previously, but many will not have been posted here.

Lots of people will recognize rock star brewers Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery and Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing. This was taken at the 2010 Craft Brewers Conference in Chicago.

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Double Mountain Bottle Release

April 23rd, 2013 · + Russ, Beer Releases, Events, Random Beer Pics

After years of waiting, bottles of Double Mountain will soon be available on the Seattle market. Starting about May 1st, these fantastic beers should be available at your local bottle shop. To celebrate the release, Bottleworks will be holding a special event with the folks from Double Mountain present to share some special draft beers and talk shop.

Here is more info from the Bottleworks blog

Be the first one on your block to have have bottles from Double Mountain Brewery. We will debut their bottles in Washington on Wednesday May 1st. Bottles will be available as soon as they get delivered that day but for maximum enthusiasm, stop by after 5 when we have some special draft on, and ultra cool swag to giveaway/raffle. The Double Mountain team will be here then to talk beer and celebrate their bottles entering the market.

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Chris Miller

April 22nd, 2013 · Random Beer Pics

Welcome to random picture month! April is going to be dedicated to posting random pictures of people and places in the beer industry. Some of these you may have seen up on Seattle Beer News previously, but many will not have been posted here.

This shot is of Chris Miller at Snipes Mountain Brewery. Chris brewed at Snipes from 2008 to 2011 and is now Brewmaster down at Berryessa Brewing in Winters, CA. He’s a hell of a nice guy, and Seattle area beer fests aren’t quite the same without him around. I’m still waiting to sample some of his beers from the new brewery one of these days…

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: The North Fork Brewery

April 19th, 2013 · Random Beer Pics

Welcome to random picture month! April is going to be dedicated to posting random pictures of people and places in the beer industry. Some of these you may have seen up on Seattle Beer News previously, but many will not have been posted here.

The North Fork Brewery isn’t just a brewery. It’s a “beer shrine”, pizzeria, and wedding chapel. It’s also a very friendly place to grab beers. I’m lucky enough to have friends that live just down the road from there, and a visit to them always means a stop at the North Fork. If you’ve been to Mt. Baker before, chances are you’ve stopped in for a pint yourself. If you haven’t, it’s worth the trip.

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Epic Ales in SODO

April 18th, 2013 · + Russ, Beer & Food, Random Beer Pics, Uncategorized, Washington Breweries

Welcome to random picture month! April is going to be dedicated to posting random pictures of people and places in the beer industry.

Epic Ale’s newly remodeled Gastropod has been up and running for a couple of months now. This picture was taken at their third anniversary party in January. As you can see, they’ve got plenty of beer flowing. You can see their taplist and menu at gastropodsodo.com. The food is great and on Wednesdays they offer $1 oysters.

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