Lunar New Year celebrations at Lucky Envelope Brewing – Jan. 21-28



Seattle’s Lucky Envelope Brewing will once again ring in the Lunar New Year with more than a week of special events and special beer releases. Say hello to the Year of the Water Rabbit.

Lucky Envelope Brewing’s owners don’t shy away from their Asianness. They are proud Asian Americans and happily embrace Asian culinary and cultural traditions into what they brew and what they do.

This year’s Lunar New Year’s beer releases include a couple of collaborations brewed with other breweries that have Asian-American ownership. See all the details below, about the beers and about the events.

Lucky Envelope’s 8 days of Lunar New Year

EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Saturday, January 21st-Saturday, January 28th


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Food Trucks: 1/21 & 1/28 – Panda Dim Sum 3-9pm, 1/22 & 1/27- Panda Dim Sum 4-9pm

Beers: Water Rabbit Yuzu Pilsner, White Rabbit Milk Stout, Metal Ox Juicy IPA, 2023 Chai Spice Double Happiness Imperial Stout, Lucky Orange IPA, Mijiaya Historic Chinese Beer

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Special Offerings: Red envelopes giveaways will be handed out at noon on 1/21, 1/22, & 1/28. Year of the Water Rabbit t-shirts ($18), Very Asian & Team Very Asian t-shirts ($25, all profits go to the Very Asian Foundation) will be for sale beginning 1/21. New Lucky Envelope bandanas will be available beginning 1/25.

Schedule:

Saturday 1/21

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Beer Releases: Water Rabbit Yuzu Pilsner, White Rabbit Milk Stout, and 2023 Chai Spice Double Happiness.

Merch Releases: Year of the Water Rabbit t-shirts, Team Very Asian t-shirts, restock of Very Asian T-Shirts.

Other: Red envelope giveaways at noon. Panda Dim Sum 3-9pm.

Sunday 1/21 – Red envelope giveaways at noon, Panda Dim Sum 4-9pm.

Monday 1/23 – Industry Night 5-9pm

Wednesday 1/25 – Lunar New Year is for the Dogs! 6-8pm featuring Puddles BarkeryFur Fighters Nail Trims, Pet Photographs, Merch Release: Zodiac Race bandanas

Friday 1/27 – Makers & Bakers Night 5-8:30pm with The Bun HausSweet Dream Bakes, & Miki’s Ceramics.

Panda Dim Sum 4-9pm.  

Saturday 1/28

Beer Releases: Metal Ox Juicy IPA re-release, Mijiaya Historic Chinese Beer, and Lucky Orange IPA.

Other: Red envelope giveaways at noon. Panda Dim Sum 3-9pm.

LUNAR NEW YEAR BEER RELEASES:

Beer: Water Rabbit Yuzu Pilsner (5.5% ABV) collaboration with Highland Brewing

Availability: Saturday, January 21st Release on Draft and 4-pack Cans ($18)

Description: Gong Xi Fa Cai and Happy Year of the Water Rabbit from Lucky Envelope and Highland Brewing! This refreshing west coast pilsner featuring real yuzu citrus fruit marks our fourth annual zodiac beer collaboration. Cheers to the new year with this traditional all-malt American Pilsner brewed with noble hops and fry hopped with Citra and Mosaic.

Beer: White Rabbit Milk Stout (6.3% ABV) collaboration with Ladd & Lass Brewing

Availability: Saturday, January 21st Release on Draft and 4-pack Cans ($18)

Description: We had so much fun with our first collaborations (Bob’s a Lucky Ladd for Latona Pub’s 35th anniversary), we decided to do it again! With the Year of the Water Rabbit upon us, we decided to brew with actual White Rabbit vanilla candies, an internationally-beloved candy that conjures up all sorts of warm and nostalgic fuzzies for those that grew up in the Chinese community (us, included!).

The milk candies and lactose lend a creamy smoothness while the dark malts create a delicious chocolatey profile. Like a warm hug from a loved one, this stout is percent for the cold winter months. Here’s to long-lasting friendships and a very Happy New Year!

Beer: 2023 Chai Spice Double Happiness Imperial Stout (12% ABV)

Availability: Saturday, January 21st Release on Draft and Single Cans ($12)

Description: Our 2023 Double Happiness marries two vintages of Westland Whiskey barrel-aged Imperial Stouts with a chai spice blend of cardamom, cinnamon, peppercorn, ginger, orange peel and cloves. The resulting limited release beer has a warm spiciness that complements our Imperial Stout’s deep notes of caramel, cocoa powder, and boozy toasted oak.

Beer: Metal Ox Juicy IPA (6.5% ABV)

Availability: Saturday, January 28th Release on Draft and 4-pack Cans ($18)

Description: The Metal Ox Juicy IPA returns! This celebratory Chinese Zodiac IPA is brewed with Seattle’s own MarketSpice Lychee Rose Black Tea and double dry-hopped with Citra, Simcoe Cryo, and Loral hops. This 2021 Chinese New Year release marked our second cross-country collaboration with Asheville, NC’s Highland Brewing.

Beer: Lucky Orange IPA (6.3% ABV)

Availability: Saturday, January 28th Release on Draft

Description: This West Coast IPA features Strata and Idaho 7 hops  and brewed with zest of oranges. Oranges are traditionally honored in Chinese Lunar New Year festivities as a symbol prosperity and wealth—often appearing in Lunar New Year decorations and presented as gifts.

Beer: Mijiaya Historic Chinese Beer (5.6% ABV)

Availability: Saturday, January 28th Release on Draft

Description: Named after the 5,000 year-old Mijiaya archaeological site in Shaanxi, Northern China. We brewed this special Chinese New Year release based on the starch and grains found in various brewing vessels excavated from the dig site. Brewed with barley, Job’s tears, millet, Chinese squash, lily flowers, and yam, the resulting beer is flowery, light, and clean.



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