Okay all you fans of Elliott Bay Brewing, it’s time to cast a vote for your FAVORITE BREWPUB.
King 5 is now running its “2010 Best of Western Washington” contest and we need your support!
Surf over to the King 5 site and cast your ballot NOW. It just takes a few seconds and doesn’t hurt one bit.
While your there, search for some of your favorite businesses in other categories and show them some voting love too.
Look for the final results in mid-October.
West Seattle is getting its own batch of ‘Organic Mashing Pumpkin Ale‘ thanks to the capable hands of Brewer Dan Ashley. Today he’s whipping up ~200 gallons of this VERY popular fall seasonal beer.
Spiced with ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg, this beer makes for a tasty treat that, at a hefty 8% ABV, will warm your innards too .
A bit of the batch brewed in Burien is destined for an extended stay in a freshly-emptied Heaven Hill bourbon barrel, which should arrive at our door in the next week.
If you like all manner if beer made with gourds, check out the “Great Pumpkin Beer Festival” at Elyisan Brewing on October 16-17. Stay tuned for further details as they emerge.
We’ll be serving a version of our Organic Mashing Pumpkin Ale blended with Bourbon barrel aged Stout and maybe even a wee dram of sour beer, just ’cause we can!
Tonight (08.24.10) at Naked City Taproom there’s a rare opportunity for local beer enthusiasts to taste at least 10 examples of beers made by Washington brewers based on award-winning home brew recipes.
The fruits of the “Pro-Am” project will pour and be judged at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO from Sept. 16-18, but you can taste them here first!
Here’s some more info about the event tonight and the Pro-Am project from Mark Emiley, coordinator of the Puget Sound Pro-Am Competition:
Thanks to the hard work of Naked City, for the first time ever, all homebrewers and beer lovers have a chance to sample from the largest assembly of Pro-Am beers available to the public in the history of Washington. Over ten homebrew recipes that were scaled up for commercial production will be on tap at Naked City starting on Tuesday, August 24th. These award winning homebrew recipes were selected from the Puget Sound Pro-Am homebrew competition in April after careful selection from Washington craft brewers. Many of these beers will be sent on the Great American Beer Festival’s Pro-Am Competition in September.
There is only a limited amount of each of these beers available so come down to Naked City for your chance to try these beers side by side and celebrate the tie between homebrewers and craft brewers. Here are some of the beers that will be featured:
-Baron: ‘Maui Wowie Coconut Porter’
-Big Al: ‘Uber Alt Dusseldorf Alt’
-Big Time: ‘Baltic Porter’
-BJ’s: ‘Rod and Todd Flanders’
-Elliott Bay: ‘Black Pepper Porter’
-Elysian: ‘Polecat Porter Baltic Porter’
-Naked City: ‘Imperial Wood Aged Porter’
-Big Horn/Ram: ‘Blackened Hops Cascadian Dark Ale’
-Rock Bottom-Bellevue: ‘Achtung Baby Berliner Weisse’
-Rock Bottom-Seattle: ‘May the Schwartz be with You Schwarzbier”
-Schooner Exact: ‘Scottish Wee Heavy’As a special offer, in the evening AHA members can renew their memberships for a reduced rate ($33 – find Mark Emiley). Come on down, bring your friends, and have a great time enjoying the products of the finest homebrewers and Puget Sound craft brewers!
See ya there!
We’re brewing a new beer in West Seattle today: One Hop Ale
The recipe has a Pale Ale malt base, featuring Caracrystal Wheat from Briess Malting, and uses only one hop variety throughout the brew: Crystal
Brewing with just one variety allows the unique characteristics of that particular hop to shine.
Crystal is know for its “flowery and perfume-like” character that complements pale beers.
Look for it on tap at both pubs in just a few weeks.
Howdy Y’all,
It’s that time of the month again…
On Thursday, Aug. 19th we’ll tap another CASK-CONDITIONED keg at our West Seattle pub.
This month’s selection, the Imperial von Boorian, was brewed in Burien and dry-hopped for your added drinking pleasure.
The keg will be tapped at 3:00 PM
Yep, we’re getting a bit of a head start this year on brewing our popular seasonal recipe, Organic Mashing Pumpkin Ale.
We have specific plans for some 50 gallons of the spiced strong ale, namely sending it into a freshly-emptied Heaven Hill bourbon barrel.
Additionally, we’re going to experiment with blending some with a couple of our aged dark, strong, and maybe even sour barrel-aged beers.
The ultimate showcase for these projects will be the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival at Elyisan Brewing on October 16-17. Stay tuned for further details as they emerge.
Given that we’re making twice as much this year as last, we should be able to spare some for sale at a few of our favorite “better beer” bars in the Seattle area.
Today in Burien we’re emptying another Heaven Hill Bourbon barrel into kegs.
This time we aged our Three Tree Imperial Porter for just over three months in a charred oak barrel hailing from Bardstown, Kentucky.
BIG VANILLA aroma and flavor!
It will take us a couple of weeks to get it carbonated, but look for the first kegs to be released on Sept. 1st at both of our pubs.
We sent out kegs this week to the following retail accounts. If you’re out and about in the Seattle area, look for Elliott Bay beer at these fine “better beer” establishments:
Über Tavern : Organic Riot Ale
Barking Dog : Organic Hop Von Boorian
Latona Pub : Organic Hop Von Boorian
Endolyne Joe’s : Organic Demolition
The Cask : Imperial Von Boorian (Cask)
The Dray : Organic No Doubt Stout + Organic Demolition
Stumbling Monk : Organic Demolition (Cask) + Imperial Von Boorian
Red Door : Organic Demolition (Cask)
Summit Public House : Imperial Von Boorian
Chaco Canyon : Organic Demolition + Organic Luna Weizen
Ravenna Ale House : Organic Hop Von Boorian
Wedgwood Ale House : Organic Highline IP
Steelhead Diner : Organic B-Town Brown
Super Deli Mart : Organic Hop Von Boorian + Organic Riot
