Ninkasi in Bellingham

Hey B-hammers!  Ninkasi is heading up I-5 to pay you a visit.  Check them out.

My Seattle Beer 2/7 of a Week

Heading up to Seattle Wednesday to spend two nights in the Emerald City. Let's take a look at my past brewery visits and scope out what I should hit this time.
Baron Brewing - if I head that way, have to make sure I call for an appointment!
Georgetown Beer - I've tasted the Manny's Pale Ale before, excellent session beer.
Pacific Rim Brewing Co - has closed, and reopened as Big Al Brewing.

Big Time Brewery - visited Thanksgiving 2009 with Jonah and Caleb Riley.  An excellent spot.

Elliott Bay Brewery Pub - The original, city-based Elliot Bay pub, which is has organic beer.
Elysian Brewing Co - With 3 locations, I visited the Tangle Town pub with Jonah, Caleb, Molly and David Wolf Thanksgiving 2009.  Maybe I will try to hit up the Pike Street location this time.

Hale's Ales - This brewery is housed in an awesome building, I got to see it with Jonah and Caleb for Thanksgiving 2009.

Maritime Pacific Brewing Co - We tried to find this brewery before but they were in the midst of a move, I would love to see their new place.
Naked City Brewery -  looks to have quite a few beers and a kick ass logo.
Pike Brewing Company - I have been wanting to visit this brewery for awhile, maybe this time I'll remember to bring my ID.
Pyramid Brewery -  the original location of this large craft brewery.

Are there any I missed?

Ninkasi Brewing Co Taproom Pics?

272 Van Buren Street, 

Eugene, Oregon 97402

(541) 344-2739

http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/

Does anyone have good pictures of the new Ninkasi Taproom?

February 2011 Review

Boston Beer Works - Canal St, Boston MA
Cambridge Brewing Co. - Cambridge, MA
John Harvard Brew Pub - Cambridge, MA
Sebago Brewing Co - Portland, ME
Black Bear Brewery - Orono, ME
Migration Brewing Co. - Portland, OR

Go to Coalition Brewing Company Tonight!

Hey guys! If you haven't been to Coalition Brewing Company, go tonight!!! If you have been there, go again!!!  Since a lot of people have tomorrow off they are having $10 pitchers tonight!

Boston Beer Works

 

Canal Street Location

112 Canal Street

Boston, MA 02114

Near North Station

617.896.BEER

http://www.beerworks.net/ 

This is my second visit to Boston: both visits have been in February, where both times I stayed within walking distance of a Boston Beer Works, and my first nights on both trips including a stout seasonal. Even better, they have been different locations of this stream-lined brewery.  

Jonah and I made it to Boston, even though the 2011 Winter Storm tried to prevent us.  I've always imagined New England snow covered so it's such a treat to see it that way.  After we found our way to the Boston Garden area, Boston Beer Works was our number one destination of the evening.  We walked in the snow to find a valentine themed brewery.  BBW changes their theme every month and February's is, of course CHOCOLATE!  Chocolate beer, chocolate sprinkled food and stouts, all their February beers were stouts.  I had a Curley's Irish Stout (Boston = Irish, made sense to me), which was dry, very very dry.  Jonah won the 'beer choice of the night' award with the Black Rider, a terrific black lager.

I need to go back a take a picture of the brewery covered in snow, the only pictures I could find online were sun-filled with people enjoying the outside the porch.  Not this weekend!  Brrrrrrrrrr!

 BOOM!!! There it is!


On a side note:  Happy BIRTHday to Lucas Kinan Getty-Sasaki!  I can't wait to buy you a beer in 21 years!

January 2011 Review

Arbor Brewing Company - Ann Arbor, MI
Black Star Co-op Brewery - Austin, TX
Coalition Brewing Company - Portland, OR
Jolly Pumpkin - Ann Arbor, MI
Portlandia Brewing Company - Portland, OR
Rochester Mills Beer Company - Rochester, MI
North Coast Brewing Co - Fort Bragg, CA