Every Wednesday taste 2 beers for $1 at 99 Bottles. Pouring begins at 4:00 p.m. with last call just prior to closing time at 8:00 p.m. Present ID to sample.

 

Featured on Wednesday, August 4 are Great Divide Claymore Scotch Ale from California and Belhaven Scottish Ale from Scotland. Try 'em both for a buck, 4-8PM.

 

Every 1st Tuesday discover a style of beer at 99 Bottles. Did you know, that according to the Beer Judging Cerfification Program,  there are 28 styles of beer? Have you tried all 28 styles? Join us every 1st Tuesday as we explore a new style.

 

Featured on Tuesday, August 3 are five variations of the India Pale Ale (IPA). Pouring will be a black, a wild, a Belgian, a barrel-aged and a total hop bomb of an IPA. Get your tongue ready!! 1st Tuesday's tasting begins at 5:00 p.m., with last call at 7:30 p.m. Try FIVE for $5, with ID

 

 

 

Are you afraid that "organic" means bland and sub-par? This is far from true at the Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB). Christian Ettinger, brewmaster, worked alongside his dad, Roy Ettinger, to co-design and turn a 1948 diesel fuel depot and Caterpillar Tractor showroom into a sustainable brewery and restaurant where reduce, reuse and recycle was truly a focus. The old-growth Douglas Fir posts of the original building take on new life in the pub as booths, bar and other furnishings. Pesticide-free and fertilizer-free ingredients are part of every one of the HUB's organic beers. They also recycle heat from the restaurant's pizza oven to heat the pub's water.

 

Organic Crosstown Pale Ale bridges east and west with a lane dedicated to riders who aren't afraid to get dirty. Three kinds of organic caramel malts and a 24-pound whirlpool hop bomb keep things interesting while the wheels go round and round. 5.3% ABV · 45 IBU

DOA - Deluxe Organic Ale is "strong like bull, but sweet like your momma." This unique beer is a trifecta of bold flavors. Hops, malt and alcohol bully the taste buds on the organic playground while the monitor blows the whistle! 6.9% ABV · 55 IBU

Organic Survival Seven Grain Stout is a "Beer of the Ancients," using Egyptian Barley, Mesopotamian Wheat, Egyptian Oats, Aztec Amaranth, Incan Quinoa, Mesopotamian Spelt, and Egyptian Kamut -- so you can sustain your soul with nutrients cultivated through the millennia. Finished with 15 pounds of cold-pressed Stumptown Hairbender espresso. Unlock the mystery entombed in darkness. 5.3% ABV · 35 IBU

Rise Up Red NW Red Ale is a full*-bodied NW Red that's hopped to the rafters with locally grown Cascade and Centennial hops. The brewery says, "Raise your pints in the air, Rise Up, gather round, Organic Beer from the ground." Summer Release. 5.8% ABV · 60 IBU

 

Cody Morris and his new Seattle brewery, Epic Ales, were featured in the January/February issue of Mutineer magazine. What intrigued me most was Cody's take on beer -- that beer has limitless possibilities and is only bound by the brewer's imagination. This is why we see ingredients such as szechuan peppercorns, shitake mushrooms, green tea, chamomile and cinnamon as commonplace on his beer labels.

 

While Epic Ales can be drank alone, each has an ideal food pairing that is called out on the brewery's website. The Solar Trans-Amplifier is a twist on the Belgian classic witbier, with major changes being from wheat and oats to rice, and from coriander and bitter orange peel to ginger and chamomile. This beer pairs great with fish and salads.

 

New to 99 Bottles are Epic Ales's Beatrice and Lyli.

 

Lyli is based on green tea. Like wine, teas contribute a tannic undertone and green tea adds nutty, roasty, brothy flavors that pair well with chicken and vegetables. Cody mentioned goat cheese as a pairing option for Lyli, which I liked once I added a few sundried tomatoes to the mix.

 

Beatrice is a sensory experience, bringing together Szechuan peppercorns and cinnamon to create a Cajun delight of a beer, reminiscent of jumbalaya spices. Pair this beer with some Louisiana-style barbeque shrimp, dirty rice, and crawdads.

 

 

The Blackwater Series have are a lot more than water blackened with dark, roasty malts. These are serious imperial stouts, with alcohol by volume ranges of up to 11%. To me, this series is like comparing the coffee you get from a roadside stand to the rich, robust, full-roast of a Starbucks coffee -- where the Blackwater Series is likened to Starbucks.

 

Returning to 99 Bottles are Mokah, Oat, and Creme Brulee.

 

Mokah is the result of a blend of two acclaimed Blackwater Series imperial stouts: Jahva and Choklat (spring releases). Alone each is perfect, but together as Mokah they are an inimitable expression of two of the world's most sought after flavors. Enjoy Mokah stout with -- or as -- your favorite dessert! 11% ABV

 

Oat begins in spring when oat seeds are sown as soon as the soil can be worked. Meanwhile, select types of barley are planted with hopes that Mother Nature will be kind. Southern Tier brewers then wait patiently until the legumes are mature and ready for the scythe. Upon delivery to the brewery, these ingredients are mixed together in the mash tun where they steep, creating a rich molasses-like liquid. Spicy hops are boiled with the thick brew, giving balance and complexity. Brewers yeast feasts upon the rich sugars, concluding its transformation into oatmeal stout. Pour Oat into a snifter, allow its thick tan head to slowly rise, releasing unbridled aromas. The color of Oat is as dark as a moonless night. The first sip reveals Oat's thick and nourishing taste. Like a haversack to a horse, a bottle of this stout is a meal in itself. Enjoy responsibly. 11% ABV

 

Creme Brulee is brewed with a combination of two-row malt and dark caramel malt, lactose sugar, and a hop mixture of Columbus (kettle) and Horizon (aroma) to create a giant vanilla stout. The aroma is of coffee and creme brulee dessert, the flavor is intensely roasted coffee-like malts with big notes of vanilla. This big beer is truly dessert in a glass. 10% ABV

 

Wildfire Ciders is a certified organic orchard and cidery in Port Townsend, Wash. 2010 marks their second year of production and their orchard delivered 15 bins of incredible apples full of tannins, acids and complex flavors similar to those of Europe.

Spark Bittersweet is hard yet sweet, sweet yet hard! This beautiful bottle-conditioned sweet cider is bursting with the flavor of these traditional bittersweet apples: Vilberie, Dabinette, Muscadet de Dieppe, Reine des Pommes, Golden Russet and Porters perfection, Sweet Coppin and others. 7.5% ABV

Pirate's Plank Bone Dry Organic is a special "scrumpy style" cider. It's bold, brash and tannic -- a no apologies cider! It'll rob you of your misconceptions. Made with Kingston Black, Vilberie, Babinett, Yarlington Mill, and Granny Smith apples. 6.9% ABV

Wildfire Ciders contain no sulfates and are gluten free.

Loads of new and returning beers at 99 Bottles 

 

Gosser and Gosser Dark Lager from Austria

 

Coedo Ruri and Shiro are new premium beers from Japan

 

Rio Bravo Pilsner and Special Dark from Mexico

 

Troubadour Magma Triple IPA from Belgium, for those whose tastebuds normally fear the IPA but adore Belgian ales

 

Dogfish Head Theobroma from Delaware, based on chemical analysis of Honduran pottery chards believed to once hold an ancient chocolate beer

 

Great Divide 16th Anniversary Wood-Aged IPA, limited avail.

 

1809 Berliner Weisse from Germany, tastes like a lemon spritzer

 

Eel River Triple Exultation, an old ale from California

 

Full Sail Spotless IPA from Oregon

 

Liefmans Kriekbier, a re-release of the 2007 vintage from Belgium

 

Moylan's Danny's Irish Red Ale from California

 

Klein Duimpe Erik de Noorman Barleywine from The Netherlands

 

Southern Tier Un*Earthly IPA from New York

Great Divide Belgica, a yet another Belgian-style IPA but this one's from Colorado

Mississippi Mud, a pre-mixed black and tan...in a cool jug...brewed in New York

Whistler Black Tusk Ale, though the brewery changed this to a winter seasonal our distributor was able to get a little more for us to get to you this summer