Big Wood approaches at Brouwer’s Cafe in Seattle, looming on the horizon like a big wood thing full of beer. Brouwer’s annual celebration of all things barrel-aged starts on Thursday, December 4th and runs through the weekend. Expect a line when doors open on Thursday and, likely, at prime times during the weekend; this is one of Seattle’s most popular beer events. The list of beers (below), is impressive. Note that this is just a partial list. More will be added by showtime.
In addition to what they’re telling us about, Brouwer’s has some extra-special beers on deck. “This year we are also doing three special tappings,” says Nat Pellman, General Manager at Brouwer’s Cafe. “The first one will be at 1:00 PM, the last one will be at 7:00 PM. We are still deciding on when the other will be tapped. These beers will not be listed anywhere, but I will tell you they are going to be great selections. I’ll leave it at that.”
Brouwer’s opens at 11:00 daily. Big Wood starts on Thursday, December 4th.
Partial Beer Lineup:
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Almanac Farmers Reserve Citrus (7%), San Francisco
Bainbridge Island Old Broadhead, Bainbridge Island
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Black Market Black Hole Sun BBL Stout (15%), Temecula
Black Raven Great Grandfather (12%), Redmond
Boneyard Barrel Aged Suge Knight (14%), Bend
Boulevard Rye on Rye ’13 (12%), Kansas City
Cantillon Cuvee Saint Gilloise (5%)
Commons Puttin from the Wood (8%), Portland
Crux Fermentation Oud Bruin Cake/Freak Cake (10.5%), Bend
De Struise Blackberry Albert Imp Stout (13%), Belgium
Deschutes Abyss ’14 (11%), Bend
Destihil Dekerra Strawberry Sour (7.5%), Normal, Illinois
Elevation Rum Barrel Horchata Imp Porter, Breckenridge
Elevation Chardonnay Barrel Imp Farmhouse Ale, Breckenridge
Elevation Breckinridge Bourbon Quad, Breckenridge
Elysian Gourdfather BBL Pumpkin Barleywine, Seattle
Engine House #9 NEFILIBATA (5.8%), Tacoma
Finn River Rye Fire Barrel (8%), Chikamin
Fremont Coffee Darkstar (11%), Seattle
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (13.7%), Chicago
Full Sail Top Sail BBL Imperial Porter (11%), Hood River
Hale’s Gold Rush (10%), Seattle
Holy Mountain Barrel Fermented Gose (4.6%), Seattle
HUB Bourbon Barrel Motherland Stout, Portland
Logsdon Oak-Aged Bretta (8%), Hood River
Lompoc Port BBl Aged Big Bang Red ’14 (8%), Portland
Lost Abbey Cuvee De Tomme ’13 (11%), San Marcos
LoverBeer Madamin Italian sour (6.2%)
Midnight Sun Berserker (11.4%), Anchorage
New Belgium Coffee Sour, Fort Collins
Odin O.S. Cab Barrel Aged Saison (8%), Seattle
Pelican Mother of All Storms (13%), Pacific City
Perennial La Boheme 2 year wine bbl with cherries (6%), St Louis
Pike BBl Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale (8.5%), Seattle
Port Older Viscosity (12%), San Marcos
Propolis Prunus Malbec Aged Cherry Flanders Red (8.2%), Port Townsend
Reuben’s Bbl Imperial Stout (12%), Seattle
Schooner Exact Whiskey Dick BBL Pumpkin Beer (10%), Seattle
Silver City Fat Woody ’14 (9.7%), Silverdale
Surly Pentagram (6.66%), Minnesota
Surly Smoke (8.2%), Minnesota
Stone Barrel Aged Arrogant Bastard (7.2%), Escondido
‘T Hofbrouwerijke Anarkriek (8.5%), Belgium
Tilquin Oude Quetsche a L’Ancienne (6.4%), Belgium
The Bruery Bottleworks XII 2.0 (8%), Placentia
