January 2008

Master excruciating beer words like: gueze, oud bruin, Goudenband,
Huyghe, et al.
Audio files in Flemish and French...

The On-Line Guide to Belgian Beer - Pronunciation Guide
http://www.belgianstyle.com/mmguide/pronounce/speak.html

ed. note: Some of the recordings reflect regional variants so you may not be pronouncing your favorite beers wrong even if your pronunciation doesn't agree with these recordings. Keep in mind whether your favorite brewery is from Flanders or Wallonia before choosing which recording to begin with. The tricky ones are Flemish beers with French names and vice versa.

Tuesday, January 8th, 6-9 p.m.
Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Co.
8032 Falls Ave. SE
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
(425) 831-2357
www.fallsbrew.com

Where! Magazine at The Pike Pub (Tuesday, January 8th, 5-9 p.m.)
The Pike Pub
1415 1st Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
www.pikebrewing.com
Eat, Drink and Celebrate the start of a "hoppy" new year! The event features local, sustainable and delicious Pike Pub fare, a selection of award winning Pike ales including a preview of Old Bawdy Barley Wine along with local hand crafted wines! Owner, Charles Finkel will offer informative brewery tours. Join at Pike's Place Market "The Museum Room at The Pike Pub, named "best place in Seattle to learn about beer." This is a Where Magazine sponsored event. Last minute RSVPs are welcome so they can get a head count for food. Email louise.smith@morris.com, Group Publisher, or call 206-826-2672.

???? Friday is the 11th, you might want to call first about this one.
Snoqualmie Brewers Night (Friday, January 9th, 5-7 p.m.)
Elephant and Castle
1415 5th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
www.elephantcastle.com
Come join Janelle, Hilary and Kevin at this amazing downtown bar for giveaways and great beer.

Pike XXXXX Stout Cask @ Beveridge Place Pub (Thursday, January 10th, 6 p.m.- )
Beveridge Place Pub
6451 California Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98136
www.beveridgeplacepub.com
This beer is as dark as scientifically possible. It WILL warm you up from the inside.

Beginning Homebrewing Class (Thursday, January 10th, 6-8 p.m.)
Ice Harbor Brewing Co.
Kennewick, WA
www.iceharbor.com
This is a beginning-level class designed to introduce the novice brewer the beer making process. A 5-gallon batch of beer will be made in the class, and we will go over the use of specialty grains, hops, yeast, malt syrup, sanitation and fermentation during the class. The class is free. Grab a brewing buddy and join us for a fun and informative time. Call to reserve your spot (509) 582-5340.

Collins Pub Hair of the Dog Brewer's Dinner
Saturday, January 12, 7PM+, $70
http://www.thecollinspub.com/upcoming_events.html
They're quickly running out of seats, call today to have a chance of getting in.

Northwest Brewing News Best of the Region Awards Ceremony
Sunday, January 13, from 2:00pm – 5:00pm Open to the public. Come applaud your favorites, as voted on by NWBN readers.

Rock Bottom Chef & Brewers Dinner (Wednesday, January 16th, 6 p.m.- )
Rock Bottom Brewery
550 106th Ave. NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
www.rockbottom.com
Join Rock Bottom for four courses of perfectly paired, handcrafted food & beer. Please RSVP to secure your spot. $35.00 per person (tax and gratuity not included).
Menu
Appetizer
Braised Mussels in a stout butter broth. Served with a garlic focaccia crouton Soup Vegetable Consume
Paired with Saison du Pont
Soup
Vegetable Consume
Paired with Big Batch Wheat
Entrée
Tournedos Vert-Pre - Two fillet tournedos sautéed to perfection and topped with a sweet shallot butter and a Buerre Rouge sauce. Served with Duchesse potatoes and roasted pepper medley
Paired with Lumberjack Red Ale
or
Broiled Mako - Tender Mako shark steaks grilled in a garlic wine oil and topped with a garlic vinaigrette. Served with Duchesse potatoes and roasted pepper medley
Paired with Liquid Sunshine Lager
Dessert
Chocolate Anglais Roll - 2 genoise style cake rolls with a chocolate French butteram filling. Topped with Creme Anglais and mint.
Paired with a Belgian Trippel Ale
Finale
Nightly Elves Bourbon Barrel Reserve

Rock Bottom Bellevue Special Beer Tappings (Thursday, January 17th, 6-7 p.m.)
Rock Bottom Brewery
550 106th Ave. NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
www.rockbottom.com
Once a month the Rock Bottom brewmaster makes something special and picks a Thursday night for the unveiling. Here’s your chance to meet the brewer and enjoy $1 pints of this specialty brew from 6pm-7pm. January beer: Naughty Scot - Strong Scottish Style Ale

Elliott Bay Cask Thursday (Thursday, January 17th)
Elliott Bay Brewery & Pub
4720 California Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 932-8695
www.elliottbaybrewing.com
Featuring Coffee Stout.

Georgetown Promo @ Anthony's Woodfire Grill (Thursday, January 17th, 7-9 p.m.)
Anthony’s Woodfire Grill
1722 West Marine View Drive Everett, WA 98201
(425) 258-4000
Georgetown crew will be in the bar from 7-9pm, giving away some swag and enjoying drink specials on some of GT brews. Good food, good beer, good times.

Dick’s Best Bitter Cask @ Beveridge Place Pub (Thursday, January 17th, 6 p.m.- )
Beveridge Place Pub
6451 California Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98136
www.beveridgeplacepub.com
True to its name, this is one of the best examples of the bitter style you’ll find anywhere, and it’s cask-conditioned!

January 18–19
Anchorage, Alaska
Great Alaskan Beer & Barley Wine Festival
More info: showpros@alaska.net
Sounds like Linda will bring us back a report from this great fest.

Schooner Exact Anniversary Party @ Beveridge Place Pub (Saturday, January 19th, 7 p.m.- )
Beveridge Place Pub
6451 California Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98136
www.beveridgeplacepub.com
West Seattle biggest little brewery turns one, so Matt, Heather, and Marcus will join us just as they did a year ago for their world release party. We’ll have as many beers on tap as they can brew.

Ellensburg’s 4th Annual WinterHop BrewFest (Saturday, January 19th, 12-5 p.m.)
Downtown Ellensburg, WA
(509) 925-2002
www.ellensburg-chamber.com/events/
On January 19th ten Ellensburg historic downtown businesses will be hosting 20 of Washington’s finest microbreweries. Wander through venues, listen to live music, and sample some of the finest microbrews the Northwest has to offer. Some of the participating breweries include: Diamond Knot Brewery, Fish & Leavenworth Breweries, Rocky Coulee Brewery, Elk Head Brewery, Georgetown Brewery, Hale’s Ales, Laht Neppur Brewery, Ice Harbor Brewery, Rattlesnake Brewery, Redhook Brewery, Snoqualmie Falls Brewery, Snipes Brewery, Roque Brewery, Methow Brewery, Whistran Brewery, Anacortes Brewery, and Kittittas Counties own Iron Horse Brewery and Roslyn Brewery. Tickets are limited, and the event has sold out the past three years! Tickets are $15.00 and include a commemorative glass and 5 tasting scrip. For more information on this Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event, please call us at (509) 925-2002.

Beginning Homebrewing Bottling Class (Thursday, January 24, 6-7:30 p.m.)
Ice Harbor Brewing Co.
Kennewick, WA
www.iceharbor.com
This is a followup class that will demonstrate how to properly bottle the beer brewed at the first homebrewing class. The class is free. Call to reserve your spot (509) 582-5340.

Water Street Brewing’s 4th Annual Strange Brewfest (Saturday, January 26th, & Sunday, January 27th)
Water Street Brewing & Ale House
639 Water St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 379-6438
www.waterstreetbrewing.com
This year’s theme is Alice in Wonderland! Sample beers from over 35 NW breweries under the big top tent, complete with dance party with Lucky Brown and the Funk Revolution. There will be games, food, and many other Wookie surprises. Score on the Wookie… and other magical merriments. Tickets will be on sale at the brewery starting January 15th.

February WABL event @ Pike Brewing (Saturday, February 2nd, 3-6 p.m.)
Pike Brewing Co.
1415 1st Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 622-6044
www.pikebrewing.com
WABL celebrates Groundhog Day (Saturday, Feb 2nd, 2008) with a vertical tasting of 4 distinct Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wines.

Where: The Pike Pub, 1415 1st Avenue (underground) Seattle, WA 98101
When: Saturday, Feb 2nd, 2008 from 3pm til 6pm.
For WABL members only : A vertical tasting of four six ounce glasses of Old Bawdy 1997, 2006, 2007, and 2007 Old Bawdy Wood - $10.00 including Pike’s new abbey style glass ($7.95 value.) (limit one per customer.) Afterward, Old Bawdy 2006/7/ and 07 Wood $4.00 (non WABL members $4.75) per 12oz. glass. Extra special offer to WABL Members only, 15% off on all Pike bottled beers to go including 2006 and 2007 Old Bawdy.

Question: How much Old Bawdy Wood would you recommend?
“As much Old Bawdy Wood as a woodchuck would if a wood chuck could chuck Old Bawdy Wood.”
Note to WABL members – A woodchuck is another name for a ground hog.

Georgetown Brewers Dinner @ Sport Restaurant (Thursday, February 7th, 6 p.m.- )
Sport Restaurant
140 4th Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98109
www.sportrestaurant.com
Sport Restaurant & Bar is hosting GT for a Brewers Dinner. Now that GT has four brews to offer, they can use one for every course of the meal! They pair the food items very carefully with each beer, creating a specific menu for the event. It sounds like a blast, and it sounds like all of their previous dinners have sold out. Please check Sport Restaurant’s website for details and tickets (probably around $50).

February 9-17, The Celebrator's various Beerapalooza events leading up to their 20th anniversary bash.
http://celebrator.com/features/beerapalooza/2008/
SCHEDULED EVENTS
-February 9
Double IPA Fest
Saturday, February 9, noon to ??
The Bistro, Hayward, Calif.
Call 510-886-8525 for info.
More info: the-bistro.com
February 13
-Beer & Cheese Tasting
Wednesday, February 13, 7 pm to ??
Rogue Ales Public House, San Francisco, Calif.
Call 415-362-7880 for info.
More info: rogue.com
February 15
-Chocolate & Belgian Beer Dinner
Friday, February 15, 6:30 pm to 10 pm
Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
Call 415-776-8200 ext. 7785
More info: 415-776-8200 x7785
February 16–22
-Celebrator Beer News' 20th Anniv. Bash
Sunday, February 17, 4 pm to 8 pm
Media-VIP session starts at 3 pm
Oakland Conv. Center/Marriott Hotel, Oakland, Calif.
More info: celebrator.com

Toronado Barley Wine Festival, San Fran
Saturday, February 16th through the end of the week and then some.
This is the mother of all barley wine festivals. If you haven't made it before, try to make it sometime. And get there before opening time on that first Saturday if you hope to find a seat, or even elbow room. Last year there were maybe 2-3 overlap beers between this fest and the Beveridge Place BW Bacchanalia and the Brouwer's Hard Liver. Judging takes place on that first day and by the end of the day the winning BWs will be sold out. But don't worry, as the week goes on blown BW kegs are replaced by other amazing beers, often including lambics or imperial stouts. Also, some years owner David Keene has a rare vintage bottled beer list which has featured barley wines as far back as the '80s.

Real Strong Beer Festival (February 22nd-28th)
Collins Pub
526 2nd Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
www.thecollinspub.com
Showcasing over twenty five barley wines and other strong ales and a special menu to complement these wonderful, full bodied beers.

12th Annual Winter Beer Festival (February 23rd, 12-10 p.m.)
Elysian Brewing Co.
1221 E Pike St.
Seattle, WA 98122
www.elysianbrewing.com
Every year the brewing team at Elysian picks their favorite winter beers to showcase during the end of Winter.

Hard Liver Barleywine Fest (Saturday, March 15th)
Brouwers Café
400 N. 35th St.
Seattle, WA 98103
www.brouwerscafe.com

Washington Cask Beer Festival (Saturday, March 22nd, 12-4pm & 6-10pm)
Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion
305 Harrison St.
Seattle, WA 98109
www.washingtonbeer.com

Issaquah Brewhouse Beer Dinner (Tuesday, March 25th)
Issaquah Brewhouse
35 Sunset Way
Issaquah, WA 98027
(425) 557-1911
www.rogue.com
Details to follow soon…

Hops and Props: An Elegant Craft Beer Tasting Experience (April 5, 2008, 7-10 p.m.)
The Museum of Flight
9404 East Marginal Way S.
Seattle, WA 98108-4097
www.museumofflight.org/hopsandprops
Fifty craft breweries from eight states and five countries will once again converge on The Museum of Flight to share their specialties. Gourmet food will be provided by McCormick and Schmick’s. The general event ticket price includes live music by Seattle’s Dudley Manlove Quartet, unlimited beer tastes, food selections, an educational tasting guide, souvenir glass, and access to the Museum’s galleries. Some tickets will be available at the door, but space is limited and advance reservations are strongly recommended. Tickets can be purchased after Dec. 15, 2007 online at museumtix.com or at the Museum Store. Tickets are $50 before March 5, 2008 and $60 after. All attendees must be 21 years of age and identification in the form of a valid photo ID will be required for entry.

Laugh, smile, or cry, you decide. I guess Nathan and Mackenzie give us hope.

OK, for the easily offended, here are some guy equivalents of the dumb blond video:
http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/4657

Man eats underwear to beat breathalyzer

The Advocate
By D'Arcy Rickard

STETTLER -- An 18-year old Stettler man tried to eat his
underwear in the hope that the cotton fabric would absorb
alcohol before he took a breathalyzer test, provincial court
heard this week.

David Zurfluh was subsequently acquitted of a charge of
impaired driving because he blew .08, the legal limit.

But the testimony broke up people in Judge David
MacNaughton's provincial court here Thursday afternoon.

Mr. Zurfluh was collared by RCMP Const. Bill Robinson
after he ran from his vehicle, which had been seen weaving
down the highway.

While sitting in the back of the patrol car, Mr. Zurfluh
tried to eat his shorts, Const. Robinson told the court.

Mr. Zurfluh said he ripped the crotch out of his shorts,
stuffed the fabric in his mouth and then spit it out.

A class of law students from William E. Hay Composite
High, in court as observers, was removed by the teacher when
testimony enlivened the proceedings. The Grade 11 and 12
students had difficulty maintaining composure.

"People were leaving the courtroom with tears in their
eyes, trying not to laugh," said RCMP Const. Peter
McFarlane.

"Did you know," says the cop, "that a few intersections back, your wife fell out of your car?"

"Oh, thank heavens," sighs the drunk. "For a minute there, I thought I'd gone deaf."

Down in the bayou, Bubba called an attorney and asked, "Is it true they're suin' the cigarette companies for causing people to get cancer?

"Yes, Bubba, sure is true." responded the lawyer.

"And now someone's suin' them fast food restaurants for making 'em fat and cloggin' their hearts with all them burgers and fries, is that true mister lawyer?"

"Sure is Bubba. But why you asking?"

"Cause what I want to know is, I was thinking, can I sue Budweiser for all them ugly women I've slept with?"

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer."
-Abraham Lincoln

"We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old."
-Martin Luther

"Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into."
-Don Marquis

"Whoever serves beer or wine watered down, he himself deserves in them to drown."
-Medieval plea for pure libations

"May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead."
-Old Irish Toast

"A bar is better than a newspaper for public discussion."
-Jim Parker, on the importance of a healthy pub culture

"God made pot. Man made beer. Who do you trust?"
-Restroom in The Irish Times, Washington DC

"...there is only one game at the heart of America and that is baseball, and only one beverage to be found sloshing at the depths of our national soul and that is beer."
-Peter Richmond

"Beer needs baseball, and baseball needs beer - it has always been thus."
-Peter Richmond

"Brewers enjoy working to make beer as much as drinking beer instead of working."
-Harold Rudolph

"This is grain, which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord intended a more divine means of consumption... Beer!"
-Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Friar Tuck

"Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire."
-David Rains Wallace

"I'm going to buy a boat... do a little travelling, and I'm going to be drinking beer!"
-John Welsh, Brooklyn bus driver who won $30 million in the New York lottery

Artist: Warren Brothers
Song: Sell a Lot of Beer
Album: Well Deserved Obscurity

My name ain't up in lights,
But I'm a hero in this bar.
An' I play four big shows a night,
With just me and my guitar.
I don't make a lot of money,
An' I don't have a lot of gear.
I don't sell a lot of records,
But I sure sell a lot of beer.

Whoa, c'mon now, sing it up.

If you wanna hear Bob Dylan,
Then I'll play "Like A Rollin' Stone."
If you wanna hear Bob Wills,
I'll sing "The Rose Of San Antone."
I'll even play "Happy Birthday",
If that's what you wanna hear.
'Cause I don't sell a lot of records,
But I sure sell a lot of beer.

So it's hey, hey, what's your favorite song?
An' hey, hey, everybody sing along.
We're just one big redneck family,
Aw, at least while we're in here.
'Cause I don't sell a lot of records
But I sure sell a lot of beer.
Aw, sell us some beer now.

I wake up every Sunday mornin',
So I can go to church and pray.
But after some of my Saturday nights,
Things just don't turn out that way.
I think even the Good Lord, he understands,
That I'm at that point in my career.
They I don't sell a lot of records, (No I don't, tell 'em.)
But they sure sell a lot of beer.

Hey, hey, what's your favorite song?
Hey, hey, everybody sing along.
We're just one big redneck family,
Aw, at least while we're in here.
'Cause I don't sell a lot of records
But I sure sell a lot of beer.

I don't sell a lot of records
But I sure sell a lot of beer.
Yeah, I do.

Come by you have come far
All I had I lost in the flood
Come sit with me at the bar
Tell me of progress strengthen my blood
No one here knows my name
I have traded my memories for things
But I remember you clearly
Do you remember that I used to sing

Why have you waited so long

Come by you have come far
Long since I saw you so how have you been
Come sit with me at the bar
How long since they told you that they had found him
No one here knows my name
I gave up my worries for one good thing
But I remember you clearly
Do you remember that I used to sing

Was it because I never told you
I was going away
That you waited so long
Was it because your fucking dreams
Meant nothing to me
That you waited so long

It runs from the top of my fingers
Into my hands
What is it I have been drinking
I do not understand
I thought I'd lost you my brother
I'm so glad you came
My regards to the ones that I love I miss them
Tell them I love them I miss them

Alcohol on my hands
I got plans
to ditch myself and get outside
dancing woman
throwing plates
decapitating their laughing dates
swirling chickens caught in flight
out of focus
much too bright
coming down
shiny teeth
game show suckers trying to bleed
but I got a drug and I got the bug
and I got something better than love

How you like me now
pretty good
going on
feeling strong

I quit my job blowing leaves
telephone bills up my sleeves
choking like a one man dustball
freedom rock slimeball
talking in code, i went down
lit up the shack
grab me a beer out of the sack
everybodys been over twice
painting the walls throwing some dice
leaping up into the air getting juiced up beyond belief

and they were singing like this

why go throwing Frisbees at the sun
put my soul between the bun
now I wandering now I'm drunk
now I'm running like a flaming pig

oh yeah
scraping off the attitude
old man eating all my food
don't be kind
don't be rude
just shake your boots and let it all get loose

oh yeah
my goodness

fluffy clouds
jumping rainbows

fluffy clouds
I'm sad
jumping rainbows
A soft and snuggly place

[repeat]

[chorus]

oh that's cold
somebody put a flame-thrower on me

oh yeah
I like it like that

somebody bring me a plate of sassafrass

You've got your hair permed
You've got your red dress on
Talkin' bout how second gear was such a turn on
And the fog forming on my window tells me that the morning here
And you'll be gone before too long
Who taught you those new tricks?
Damn I should'nt start that talk,
but life is one big question when your starin at the clock
And the answers always waiting at the liqour store, 40 oz to Freedom,
so I'll take that walk.
And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back
Ohh not going back
God knows not going back
You look so fine when you lie it just don't show,
That I know which way the wind blows
40 oz to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good,
even though I feel bad
And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back
Ohh not going back
God knows I'm not going back.(2x)