Congratulations are in order for Redmond’s Black Raven Brewing. At this past weekend’s Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival, they won 1st Place for their vintage 2010 Old Birdbrain Barleywine. This is actually the second year in a row that Black Raven has taken top honors at this prestigious festival; they won with their [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Barleywine'
Black Raven Brewing Wins Top Honors at Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival
January 23rd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Washington Breweries
Brouwer’s Hard Liver Barleywine Festival Kicks Off This Saturday
March 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Events
Let the craziness begin. Brouwer’s Cafe is known for throwing great festivals, and this Saturday’s Hard Liver Barleywine Festival is the most popular of them all. Now in its 9th year, Hard Liver is a gauntlet of 60+ barleywines all on tap at once. The updated full list is below, as well as some highlights [...]
Tags: Barleywine·Brouwer's
Glacier BrewHouse Big Woody Takes Top Honors at Brouwer’s 8th Annual Hard Liver Barleywine Festival
March 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Events
Matt Bonney of Brouwer’s Cafe announces this year’s winners at the Hard Liver Barleywine Festival. Congratulations to Glacier BrewHouse, located in Anchorage, Alaska, for taking 1st place in the judges rankings at Brouwer’s 8th Annual Hard Liver Barleywine Festival. Their Big Woody beat out 50+ other barleywines for the top honors. Big Woody is a [...]
Tags: Barleywine·Brouwer's
Beveridge Place Pub Barleywine Bacchanal Kicks Off Today
February 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Events
This is it. The official launch of Barleywine Season starts today with the first day of the Beveridge Place Pub Barleywine Bacchanal. 50 barleywines will rotate through 24 dedicated taps starting today and ending March 6. They will pour older vintages from the cellar, rare offerings, and various special events will be spread throughout the [...]
Collins Pub Real Strong Ale Festival Lineup
February 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Beer & Food, Beer Releases, Events
It’s more than just barleywines! Collins Pub will be pouring some seriously good, and seriously strong, ales during the annual Real Strong Ale Festival taking place March 3 to March 7. Beers will be available in sample flights or in full glasses. Beers will be tapped for the festival at 4pm on Wednesday and then [...]
Tags: Barleywine·Big Beers·Collins Pub
Brouwer’s Hard Liver Festival Pics
April 8th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Events
I finally got around to uploading a few photos from what was another great year of barleywine drinking at the Hard Liver Festival….click through on any of these pics to check out the rest (there aren’t too many more). To look at that group shot in more detail, use this link to look at the [...]
Brouwer’s Hard Liver Fest Gets Filthy
March 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Events
Bring your drinking shoes this Saturday….here’s most of the lineup: Alaskan Big Nugget ’07 Alaskan Big Nugget ’08 Anacortes Old Sebastes ’07 Anchor Old Foghorn ’08 Anderson Valley Horn of the Beer Anderson Valley Horn of the Beer Bourbon Barrel ’08 Avery Hog Heaven Barlywine ’08 Avery Samaels ’06 Big Sky Barleywine Bourbon Barrel Old [...]
Hoppin’ Around Town
March 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Beer & Food, Beer Releases, California Beer, Events, Oregon Breweries, Washington Breweries
While it’s more useful to all you locals when I talk about upcoming events, it’s just too much damn fun talking about all the great beer I drink over the weekends. Friday started off at Naked City Taphouse trying all three Russian River IPAs (Pliny the Younger, Pliny the Elder, and Blind Pig). The Younger [...]
On Tap for the Weekend: BPP Barleywine Bacchanal, Elysian Winter Beer Festival and Water 1st – Beer 2nd Fundraiser
February 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Events
There is plenty to keep you busy for the weekend…I know I won’t be searching too hard for good beer. Beveridge Place Pub Barleywine Bacchanal: Beveridge Place Pub 6413 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98136 www.beveridgeplacepub.com Beveridge Place Pub’s 6th annual Barleywine Bacchanal is the time of year to come celebrate the world’s biggest, boldest [...]
Tags: Barley Wine·Barleywine·barrel aged·Beveridge Place·Elysian
Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wine
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Beer Reviews, Washington Breweries
For yesterday’s bi-weekly beer review in the P-I (which may soon be ending, as many of you know), my submission was for the Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wine: For those not familiar with barley wine, the name is derived from the high alcohol content found in these beers. The Pike Brewing Co. (in the Pike [...]
