HCB Halloween Potluck/Hale's Month at the Harbor Public House

Hi All,
Two local beer events popped up and I figured a good number of you will be interested. -Alan

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Halloween Potluck
Saturday, October 25th
4pm->

Carved Pumpkin Contest
(...carved in advance please.)

Costumes are welcome, but are quite optional.

Hood Canal Brewery
360-297-8316
Open Daily 12-8pm
www.hoodcanalbrewery.com
hoodcanalbrewery@gmail.com

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I hit the Harbor Public House last night to visit Linda and to check out the Hale's month events. If you've never been to Hale's brewery in Seattle now you can get almost all of their beers on Bainbridge and save the cost of the ferry/bus/gas, etc. The Harbor House has Hale's 3 nitro taps-Cream Ale, Cream Stout, and Cream HSB (Hale's Special Bitter). They also have a couple rotating cask engines, last night I had an awesome cask pour of O'Brien's Harvest Ale. Their barley wine, Rudyard's Rare, is also on tap and is tasting mighty fine, if surprisingly hoppy when first served a bit cold. Other than those they have Hale's American Pale Ale, El Jefe Weizen, Red Menace Amber, Troll Porter, Mongoose IPA, Wee Heavy Winter Ale, and even the Kolsch. Sorry, the tripel blew before I got there. All of Hale's ales are open fermented the old English way, most with the same original strain of yeast that Mike Hale brought back from England circa 1980 (from Gale's Brewery of Gale's Prize Old Ale fame). Mike Hale is also a long time Kitsap resident. Head on in to the pub and enjoy the fruits of his labor and love for real ale. Our clubmate Linda generally works Thurs-Sun evenings and Wednesday evenings too.