Today I want to share information about three upcoming events at The Pike Brewery and Pub. One of the things I appreciate about events at Pike, they typically offer a discount for members of WABL (Washington Beer Lovers). Yet another reason why local beer lovers should joint that group.
First, December 31 marks the annual release of Old Bawdy, which is just part of the celebration. Spend New Year’s Eve with Pike this year and be one of the first to experience Old Bawdy 2013. Enjoy live music and a prix fixe dinner.
Next, Pike will host a vertical Old Bawdy Tasting event on Friday, January 10. Along with tastes of Old Bawdy dating back to 2007, you will also have the opportunity to purchase bottles of 2006 Old Bawdy.
Finally, Chocofest. If you’ve experienced this event, you don’t need me to tell you about it. Suffice it to say that it is one of the sweetest, most decedent food and drink experiences of the year. Dubbed Foreplay Before the Big Day, the event is a precursor to Valentines day and takes place on Sunday, February 9.
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Below, three separate press releases provide more details about each event.
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CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH THE RELEASE OF 2013 OLD BAWDY BARLEY WINE
Join us for an OLD BAWDY TOAST at midnight.
PRIX FIXE DINNER SERVED 4PM – 11PM | $45 INCLUDES BEER PAIRING | RESERVATIONS APPRECIATED 206-622-6044
WABL and Pike PUB CLUB members enjoy dinner for $35. WABL and PUB CLUB passports required.
Please contact Tara for details: 206.812-6604
Music by the Darian Asplund Trio FROM 8PM – MIDNIGHT
THE PIKE PUB WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 1:00 a.m.
FIRST COURSE
Oysters on the half shell served with an Old Bawdy Mignonette. Beer: Pike XXXXX Stout
or
Organic butter lettuce, arugula and radicchio salad topped with braised pork belly Mountain Lodge Farm “Wonderland” cheese, candied walnuts and honey-basil vinaigrette. Beer: Pike Naughty Nellie
SECOND COURSE
Anderson Valley Rack of Lamb
Marinated in Pike XXXXX Stout mustard, garlic, rosemary and olive oil; grilled and oven roasted. Served with roasted root vegetables, potatoes, and a side of garlic-butter braised greens; finished with Parmigiano Reggiano. Beer: Pike Octopus Ink
or
Alaskan King Crab Legs
Steamed and topped with butter, shallots, garlic and parlsey. Served with wild mushroom risotto cakes and garlic-butter braised greens and finished with Parmigiano Reggiano. Beer: Pike Space Needle Golden IPA
DESSERT
Gelatiamo XXXXX Stout Gelato. Beer: Pike XXXXX Extra Stout
or
New York Bye and Bye Cheesecake garnished with crackled chocolate malt and espresso barley-wine crunch. Beer: 2012 Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wine.
OLD BAWDY BARLEY WINE VERTICAL TASTING FEATURING SEVEN ARCHIVED VINTAGES
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013
THE MUSEUM ROOM AT THE PIKE PUB
1415 1st Avenue, Seattle
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Each year, following the release of the current vintage on New Year’s Eve, Pike brewers dive into our archives of prior vintages to host Pike’s Old Bawdy Vertical Tasting.
This year you have the opportunity to sample SEVEN vintages: 2007-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013!
This is a rare treat for Barley Wine lovers: an opportunity to taste and understand how barley wine, a beer that can be aged like fine wine, develops over the years. If you’ve been collecting and aging Old Bawdy Barley Wine, you can enjoy a sneak peak at how those aging bottles are tasting!
$20 – reserve your space by January 9th
$25 – at the door
$15 – for WABL and PIKE PUB CLUB MEMBERS (with passport)
2006 OLD BAWDY BARLEY WINE
Pike is pleased to be able to offer a limited number of bottles of 12oz.
2006 Old Bawdy Barley Wine bottles available for sale at $10 per bottle
OLD BAWDY BARLEY WINE GOLD LOGO STEMWARE
Old Bawdy is at its best when savored in its own distinctive glass. Pike is offering this elegant collectible Old Bawdy stemmed glass with its distinctive gold logo as an event special at a 50% discount.
PIKE CHOCOFEST 2014 – FOREPLAY BEFORE THE BIG DAY
Sunday, February 9, 2014
FIVE DAYS BEFORE VALENTINE’S
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Pike Pub – Pike Brewery – Pike Museum Room and Pike Atrium
Enter at 1st & Union Street
TO BENEFIT: Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
The Pike Brewing Company is celebrating our Sixth Annual Pike Chocofest on Sunday, February 9, 2014, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. We hope you will join us.
We started Pike Chocofest in 2009 as a romantic experience, to expose the sensual relationship between chocolate and beer, as Seattle is a love-nest for both. Wine, spirits, cider and mead also pair deliciously with chocolate, though perhaps they are not as orgasmic a combination as with beer.
“Au contraire” you say! Pleasurably answer that question at Pike Chocofest 2014 where a wide variety of potables will be paired with chocolate and savory comestibles… a tasting from, as they say, “soup to nuts” and “sweet to savory.” In 2013, over 500 people attended and experienced food and drink from over 70 vendors; an orgy for food and drink lovers!
This year Pike has expanded Chocofest and is targeting 600 guests, with 80 vendors. For Pike Chocofest, the Pike Pub will only be open for Chocofest guests who will be able to enjoy food and drink in Pike’s Microbrewery Museum; each of the rooms in the pub; in the brewery, as well as in the main 1st Avenue entry level and the new Pike Place Market atrium.
Pike Chocofest is a pleasure for vendors and guests alike; a Valentine’s gift for everyone involved, including Puget Sound Keepers Alliance for helping to keep local waters pristine for another love potion featured at Pike Chocofest, oysters on the half shell.
Tickets will go on sale next week via Brown Paper Tickets. This is the perfect holiday gift for the food/beer/chocolate lover in your life. This event usually sells out. $45 in advance / $50 at the door. For information, please contact Pike’s Event Manager, Tara Shuttleworth 206.812-6604
