Goose Island Brewing makes some pretty fantastic beer that doesn’t get a whole lot of focus in this competitive Seattle market. They offer some great specialty releases, though, with the highlight of their lineup being the Bourbon County Stout. Beer geeks (myself included) go crazy for this bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. 2013 was the first year since about 2010 that Seattle received any allocation of that great beer, and it was very limited. There are also multiple variants of Bourbon County that I’m not sure we’ve ever seen in Seattle.
This year, Goose Island has embarked on a migration across the country to visit many of the markets where their beer is available. They are spending a week camped out in one city at a time, and they are bringing a whole bunch of great beer with them. According to a quick press release, they will be in Seattle the week of September 2nd. They’ll be “hosting several events all week long – including tap takeovers, beer tastings and more.” You can expect the events to be hosted at several beer bars across the city.
Goose Island has not communicated any specifics, yet, but Brouwer’s Cafe has posted that they will be one of the event sites. They’ll be pouring some pretty awesome beers on September 3.
We are pleased to announce that Goose Island Brewing out of Chicago has chosen us to host a Goose Island Migration event. What is the Goose Island Migration you ask? The simple answer is this: Goose Island sends brewers, and many rare beers and host events in multiple locations in a market. This is the first time that our market has been included in The Migration and we are one of those chosen locations. We will be hosting a Migration event on Wednesday, September 3rd starting at 6pm. As we mentioned before there will be brewery representatives on hand. What rare offerings are we talking about? The brewery digs deep for these events they are sending us:
Bourbon County Proprietors
Bourbon County Coffee 2012
Bourbon County Backyard Rye
Juliet
Sofie
Matilda
Gillian
Lolita
Ipa
312 Wheat
I’ll post more info on other events as it becomes available.
shibby // Aug 20, 2014 at 6:45 pm
Keep your Chicago Budweiser in the Midwest. They practically give it away just to get bars to take it.
Greg beed // Aug 25, 2014 at 10:55 am
They give away the ales, not the the craft which is still brewed exclusively in Chicago.
R // Sep 2, 2014 at 11:14 pm
They were at Chuck’s tonight with a few bottles of BCBS for sale, BCBS on tap, and bottle pours of something else aged on cherries. There was also Honkers, 312 Wheat, two IPA’s, and Pepe Nero sasion on tap. The BA beers were great, the other stuff wasn’t anything special. They were’t shy with the schwag, I came home with a free shirt and pint glass.
R // Sep 2, 2014 at 11:16 pm
Just looked more carefully at my bottle, it is BC Coffee Stout, lucky me. Now I need to find a good bottle share to take it to.
Nate // Sep 4, 2014 at 8:31 am
Any word on other events in the Seattle area?
Kaiser // Sep 4, 2014 at 8:40 am
Following is the only other info I received:
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, from 5-10pm
NFL Kickoff Party, Seahawks vs. Packers
Location, TBD
FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, from 3-6PM
Off-Premise Sampling
Quality Food Center, QFC Capitol Hill (417 Broadway E, Seattle, WA 98102)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, from 8-11PM
Do206 Event
Goose Island Presents: The Stone Foxes
The Crocodile (2200 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA 98121)
Beer Menu: IPA, 312 Wheat