The Beer Retard

With Seattle Beer Week three months away, the Beer Gang of Four planning committee is working feverishly to add new events to the calendar. There’s still a lot to be done and, as Geoff at Seattle Beer news pointed out, there’s a need for breweries, bars, restaurants, etc. to hop on board and contribute in some way. There’s a lot to live up to with both SF and Philly Beer Weeks looking impressive, but I’m confident that Seattle’s week will be a memorable one.

Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself, but for today’s Friday Five I’m listing my Top 5 Most Anticipated Seattle Beer Week Events (so far):

1. Sour Beer Festival (Thurs 05/14 at Brouwer’s) – Over 30 sour beers on tap, with most being one-off creations or rare beers. If that wasn’t enough, Adam Avery (Avery Brewing) and Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River) are scheduled to attend.

2. Elysian Beer Fest (Sat. 5/09 at Elysian Fields) – Elysian is one of Seattle’s strongest breweries and they plan on having around 40 of their beers on tap for this. I’m guessing several will be ones we haven’t seen before.

3. Stout Night (Fri. 05/08 at Brouwer’s) – No firm details on this one yet, but you can bet Brouwer’s will have interesting stuff that you don’t normally get a chance to try.

4. SBW Kickoff Party (Thurs. 05/07 at Pike) – This event kicks things off, with Pike brewer Drew Cluley making a Double IPA as Seattle Beer Week’s Inaugural Beer.

5. Squirreled Away at The Dray (05/10-05/16) – All week long, Jamie and Travis at The Dray will bring out special cellared kegs. Not sure what they might be, but I’m betting a couple will be ones you won’t want to miss.

This entry was posted on February 6, 2009 at 6:15 pm and is filed under Uncategorized . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.