Coming up in less than two weeks now, the Washington Brewers Festival is set to be held Father’s Day Weekend from June 17 to June 19 at the beautiful Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore. The full lineup can be found below, as well as on the festival website. But, here are just a few beers on the list that got my attention:
Mac & Jack’s C U Lator Barleywine – A barleywine by the makers of the uber-popular African Amber….at a summer beer fest? Sure, why not? Always good to see special release beers from the Redmond brewery.
Silver City Ziggy Zoggy Summer Lager – Fantastic unfiltered lager from Silver City. A bready malt base is backed up by a spicy hop bitterness. Easy drinking and perfect for summer.
Skookum Murder of Crows – You can sign me up for just about any bourbon barrel-aged stout.
Boundary Bay Ginger Peach – I remember a Ginger Peach combo from Diamond Knot at the fest a couple of years back that was a pleasant summer seasonal. A welcome return, but from a different brewery.
Black Raven Wisdom Seeker – Get there early for this rare release.
7 Seas Cascadian Dark Ale – One of the best examples of the style I’ve had.
Fremont Summer Solstice – This has become my go-to summer pale ale. Light and sessionable, with plenty of hop flavor and not too much bitterness. I can’t get enough of it.
Big Time Makisupa Stout – 6% ABV stout with Jamaican jerk spice. Hey Makisupa Policeman… (WABL members only beer.)
(List subject to change)
| Brewery Name: | City/Beer Type | * Designates Friday Beer Only |
| 192 Brewing Co. | Kenmore | |
| Shticky Blonde Ale | Blonde/Kolsch | |
| Apple Ale | Fruit Ale | |
| Kenmore Gold | Pale Ale | |
| Another IPA | IPA | |
| Nilla Stout* | Stout | |
| 7 Seas Brewing | Gig Harbor | |
| Cascadian Dark Ale | CDA | |
| British Pale Ale | Pale Ale | |
| Ballz Deep Double IPA | Double IPA | |
| Alaskan Brewing Co. | Juneau, AK | |
| Alaskan Raspberry Wheat | Wheat | |
| Alaskan Summer Ale | Summer Seasonal | |
| American Brewing Co. | Edmonds | |
| Breakaway IPA | IPA | |
| American Blonde | Blonde Ale | |
| Breakaway Caboose | Outmeal Stout | |
| Hop, Skip & Go Natural – Organic Pale Ale* | ||
| Anacortes Brewery | Anacortes | |
| Anacortes IPA | IPA | |
| Anacortes Hefeweizen | Hefeweizen | |
| Helles Lager | Helles Lager | |
| Locomotive Breath | Imperial Stout | |
| Baron Brewing / Three Skulls Ales | Seattle | |
| Blood Orange Wit | Wit | |
| Imperial Red | Red Ale | |
| Big Al Brewing | Seattle | |
| Summer Ale | Blond Ale | |
| Big Hoppa | IPA | |
| Brougham Bitter | ESB | |
| Brewers Choice | TBA | |
| Big Time Brewery | Seattle | Sat and Sun Only |
| Decade IPA | Imperial IPA | |
| Cherry Trombipulator | Belgian Style Triple | |
| Black Raven Brewing Co. | Redmond | |
| Wisdom Seeker | Double IPA | |
| Citrus Hefeweizen | Hefeweizen | |
| Barrel Aged Farmhouse IPA | IPA | |
| Possum Claus Bourbon Pecan Ale* | Nut Ale | |
| Boundary Bay Brewery | Bellingham | |
| IPA | India Pale Ale | |
| Ginger Peach | Fruit Flavored Blonde | |
| Tripel | Belgian | |
| Cascadia Dark | CDA | |
| Ski to Sea ESB* | ESB | |
| Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen | Bellingham | |
| Kolsch | Kolsch | |
| Vienna Lager | Lager | |
| Deschutes Brewery | Bend, OR | Sat and Sun Only |
| Twilight Summer Ale | Blonde | |
| Hop In The Dark CDA | Cascadian Dark Ale | |
| Diamond Knot Brewing Co | Mukilteo | |
| Blonde Ale Blonde | Blonde | |
| Indian Pale Ale | IPA | |
| “666” Industrial Bavarian* | Bavarian | |
| Elliott Bay Brewing Co. | Burien | |
| Organic Demolition Strong Pale | Pale Ale | |
| One Hop Pale Ale w/citra | Pale | |
| West Side Brown Ale | Brown Ale | |
| Black Ops Belgian-style CDA | Cascadian Dark Ale | |
| Elysian Brewing Co. | Seattle | |
| Loser Pale | Pale Ale | |
| Prometheus | IPA | |
| Avatar | Jasmine IPA | |
| Rhubarbarella | TBA | |
| Emerald City Beer | Seattle | |
| Dottie Seattle Lager | American Amber Lager | |
| Firestone Walker | Paso Robles, CA | |
| DBA | British Style Pale Ale | |
| Union Jack | American IPA | |
| Hemp Ale | Brown Ale | |
| Nectar IPA | CA IPA | |
| Fish Brewing Co. | Olympia | |
| Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkel | Dunkelweizen | |
| Fish Tale Organic Blonde Ale | Blonde | |
| Spire Mountain Dry Cider | Spire Mountain Dry Cider | |
| Swordfish Double Cascadian Dark* | CDA | |
| Flyers Restaurant and Brewery | Oak Harbor | |
| Pacemaker Porter | Robust Porter | |
| Afterburner IPA | American Strong Pale Ale | |
| Humbles Blonde Ale | Blonde Ale | |
| Barnstormer Brown Ale | English Dark Mild | |
| Daybreak Breakfast Stout* | Stout | |
| Foggy Noggin Brewing | Bothell | |
| Bit O Beaver | English Bitter | |
| Christmas Duck | Porter | |
| 2011 Anniversary Ale-English Old | English Ale | |
| Fremont Brewing Co. | Seattle | |
| Universale Pale Ale | NW Pale | |
| Interurban IPA | IPA | |
| Summer Solstice | Summer Ale | |
| Dark Star | Imperial Oatmeal Stout | |
| The Brother Double IPA (Dry Hopped) | Double IPA | |
| Gallaghers’ Where U Brew | Edmonds | Sat and Sun Only |
| The Magic Bus | IPA | |
| The Counterfeit Rye | Light Rye | |
| The Monk | Belgian wheat w/ orange | |
| Georgetown Brewing Co. | Seattle | |
| Manny’s Pale Ale | Pale Ale | |
| Lucille IPA | IPA | |
| Brewer’s Choice | TBA | |
| Golden Hills Brewing Co. | Reardan | |
| Clem’s Gold | Marzen | |
| Lizzy’s Lager | Red lager/vienna | |
| Ben’s Brown | Dark lager/swartzbier | |
| Em’s Easy | Lager | |
| Grove Street Brewhouse | Shelton | Sat and Sun Only |
| Rye-rish Red | Irish Red with Rye | |
| IPAcalypse | IPA | |
| Hale’s Ales Brewery | Seattle | |
| Hale’s Supergoose IPA | IPA | |
| Hale’s Kolsch | Kolsch | |
| Hale’s Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | Sat and Sun Only |
| Harmon Brewing | Tacoma | |
| Rajah’s Royal IPA | IPA | |
| Vanilla Porter | Porter | |
| Hood Canal Brewery | Kingston | |
| Walker Wheat | Wheat Ale | |
| Dabob Bay IPA | IPA | |
| Big Beef Oatmeal Stout | Stout | |
| Howe Sound Brewing Co. | Squamish, BC | Sat and Sun Only |
| King Heffy Imperial Hefeweizen | Bavarian Style Hefeweizen | |
| Howe Sound Lager | Dortmunder Style Lager | |
| Total Eclipse of the Hop | Imperial IPA | |
| Pothole Filler | Imperial Stout | |
| Iron Horse Brewery | Ellensburg | |
| Quilter’s Irish death | Dark Ale | |
| IPA | IPA | |
| High Five Hefe | Wheat Beer | |
| Issaquah Brewing/Rogue | Issaquah | |
| Kolsch | Kolsch | |
| Hop Bomb IPA | IPA | |
| Blue Square | Oatmeal Stout | |
| Kona Brewing Co. | Kailua Kona, HI | Sat and Sun Only |
| Longboard Lager | Lager | |
| Wailua Wheat | Wheat | |
| Mac & Jack’s Brewing Co. | Redmond | Sat and Sun Only |
| African Amber | Blackcat Porter | |
| IPA | Serengeti Wheat | |
| C U Lator Barleywine Ale | ||
| Maritime Pacific Brewing | Seattle | |
| Decompression Ale | American Strong Ale | |
| Extra Pale Ale (X.P.A.) | Pale Ale | |
| McMenamin’s | Seattle | Sat and Sun Only |
| Terminator | Stout | |
| Copper Moon | Pale | |
| Naked City Brewery & Taphouse | Seattle | |
| Hoptrocity | Rye IPA | |
| Yankee Drifter | Blonde Ale | |
| New Belgium Brewing | Fort Collins, CO | |
| Ranger IPA | IPA | |
| Fat Tire Super Cru | Strong Ale | |
| Somersault | Summer Ale | |
| Ninkasi Brewing | Eugene, OR | Sat and Sun Only |
| Brewer’s Choice | TBA | |
| North Sound Brewing Co. | Mount Vernon | |
| Hop Chops IPA | IPA | |
| Baffing Spoon Scottish Ale | Scottish | |
| Bitter Rain ESB | ESB | |
| Northern Lights Brewing Co. | Spokane | Sat and Sun Only |
| Solar Winds | Single Hop Pale Ale | |
| Chocolate Dunkel | German Style Dark Ale | |
| Blue Berry Ale | Fruit Ale | |
| Odin Brewing Co. | Seattle | |
| Thor’s Equinox | Strong Ale | |
| Odin’s Pearl | Belgian Wheat | |
| Odin’s Gift* | Ruby Ale | |
| Old School House Brewery | Winthrop | |
| Ruud Awakening IPA | IPA | |
| Hooligan Stout | Stout | |
| Pike Brewing Company | Seattle | |
| Pike Monk’s Uncle Tripel | Tripel Belgium | |
| Pike Dry Wit | Wheat Beer | |
| Pike IPA | India Pale Ale | |
| Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale | Scotch Style Ale | |
| Port Townsend Brewing Co. | Port Townsend | |
| Oaked Scotch Ale | Scotch Ale | |
| Triple Dry Hopped Hop Diggidy | IPA | |
| Green Tea Gold | Golden Ale | |
| Pyramid Brewery | Seattle | |
| Live Wire | Imperial Hefeweizen | |
| Uproar | Imperial Red | |
| Pyramid Hefeweizen | Hefeweizen | |
| Apricot Ale | Wheat Ale with Apricot | |
| Ram Restaurant & Brewery | Seattle | |
| Berry White | Belgian White Ale | |
| CoConut Porter | Porter | |
| Redhook Brewery | Woodinville | |
| Redhook Pilsner | Pilsner | |
| Redhook Wit | Belgian Style Wit | |
| Copperhook | Copper Ale | |
| Dunkleweizen | Dark Wheat | |
| Rock Bottom Bellevue | Bellevue | |
| Brewer’s Choice | TBA | |
| Roslyn Brewing Co. | Roslyn | |
| Roslyn | German Style Dark Lager | |
| Brookside | German Style Pale Lager | |
| Schooner EXACT | Seattle | |
| 3-Grid | India Pale Ale | |
| Seamstress Union | Raspberry Wheat | |
| Schoon Lyte | American- style Pilsner | |
| King Street | Brown Ale | |
| Bravehorse Pale Ale* | Pale | |
| Scuttlebutt Brewing Co. | Everett | |
| Gale Force IPA | IPA | |
| Nitro Tell Tale | Red Ale | |
| The Dirty Blonde | Blonde Ale | |
| Scuttlebutt’s Tripel 7* | ||
| Silver City Brewery | Bremerton | |
| Ziggy Zoggy | Zwickelbier (unfiltered lager) | |
| Ridgetop Red | Irish Red Ale | |
| Whoop Pass | Double IPA | |
| Skookum Brewery | Arlington | Sat and Sun Only |
| Murder of Crows | Bourbon Stout | |
| Jackass IPA | IPA | |
| Effenheffen | Hefeweizen | |
| Hooskal Stout (Barrel Aged) | ||
| Snipes Mountain Brewing | Sunnyside | Sat and Sun Only |
| Moxee Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | |
| The Letter “C” | American IPA | |
| Lil’ Chief | American IPA | |
| Dos Borrachos | American Pilsener | |
| Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company | Snoqualmie | |
| Plant 1 Powerhouse IPA | IPA | |
| Steam Train Porter | Porter | |
| Summer Beer | Pre Prohibition Style Pilsner | |
| Dry-Hopped Plant 1 Powerhouse IPA* | IPA | |
| Sound Brewery | Poulsbo | |
| Kristal weizen | bavarian kristalweizen | |
| Bevrijder | belgium double ipa | |
| koperen ketel | belgium pale ale | |
| O’Regans Revenge | irish red ale | |
| Stone Brewing Co. | Escondido, CA | Sat and Sun Only |
| Stone Smoked Porter | Porter | |
| Stone IPA | IPA | |
| Trade Route Brewing | Pacific | Sat and Sun Only |
| Mango Weizen | Fruit Beer | |
| Jet Stream | Blonde/Cream Ale | |
| Hoppy Bitch IPA | American IPA | |
| Two Beers Brewing Co. | Seattle | |
| Ginger and Lime Panorama Wheat (Wheat Beer) | Wheat Beer | |
| Immersion Amber | Amber | |
| Father’s Day Festival Exclusive Infused Evo. IPA | IPA | |
| Trailhead ISA (India Session Ale) | Session IPA | |
| Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. | Portland, OR | Sat and Sun Only |
| Black IPA | Black IPA | |
| X114 Rotator IPA | IPA | |
| Citra Blonde | Blonde Ale | |
| Wingman Brewers | Tacoma | |
| Bourbon Barrel Porter* | Porter | |
| British Table Beer* | Ale | |
| Pocket Aces Double IPA* | IPA | |
| Pomegranate Porter (Sat) | Porter | |
| Belgian Sour Ale (Sat) | Sour Ale | |
| North West Red Ale | Red Ale | |
| P-51 Porter (Sun) | Porter | |
| Blue Beards Espresso Roast Porter (Sun) | Porter | |
| Pin-Up Pale Ale (Sun) | Pale Ale | |
2011 Washington Brewers Fest WABL Beer
Big Time Brewery Makisupa Stout 6% alc./vol.
Medium bodied stout, dry rubbed with Jamaican Jerk Spice.
Available exclusively to WABL members at the WABL/Merchandise Booth
I see that Double Mountain got left off the list. We are bringing IRA, Hop Lava, Vaporizer, and Pilsner.
Cheers,
Kyle
Don’t miss your last chance to try 2011 Annuversary Ale from Foggy Noggin. Friday only beer and this English Old Ale is Fn awesome!