|
|
|
99 Bottles newsletter
Monday, August 16, 2010 |
Taste the best cider...
...try the 2009 People's Choice Award-Winning Cider this Saturday at 99 Bottles!
Yep, that's right. We'll be pouring the people's choice from the 2009 Annual Ivar's Fall Cider Festival, plus three other handcraft artisanal ciders from Red Barn Ciders.
Meet master cider maker Drew and sample his ciders:
Burro Loco (dry), Fire Barrel (aged in fire-charred Kentucky white oak barrels, with bourbony notes), Sweetie Pie (made with Gravenstein apples), and Jonagold (7% apply goodness!). Saturday, August 21st at 99 Bottles
Pouring begins at 4:00 with last call at 6:00 p.m.
Tasting Fee: $2.50 to try 4. Must be 21+ years and present valid ID to participate. 99 Bottles Club Members pay just $1. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 | |
Caldera Kettle Series
You know Caldera from their cans. Now get to know their bottles. Previously only available in Oregon, the Caldera Kettle Series is now available at 99 Bottles in Federal Way. Come in soon if you don't want to miss out, the series is a small batch release.
Hopportunity Knocks Ale: 6.8% ABV IPA brewed with 100% Centennial hops. Big round mouthfeel, very perfumey. Different from their canned IPA. Gotta love the Pacific NW!
Lawnmower Lager: 3.9% ABV American Light Lager brewed with flaked barley and flaked rice. This lager is clean and easy!
Ginger Beer: 4.7% ABV brewed with light Belgian candi sugar and ginger root. Quite refreshing on your palate! Light in color.
Vas Deferens Ale: 8.1% ABV Belgian-Style Strong Ale brewed with blood orange zest, orange bitters, and dark Belgian candi sugar. This ale is not meant to reproduce! Limited availability.
Rauch Ur Bock: 7.4% ABV Smoked Lager brewed with Cherry and Beechwood smoked malts. Smoke it if you got it!
Rose Petal Imperial Golden Ale: 6.7% ABV This Belgian-style golden is brewed with real rose petals and Bulgarian rose water. With the intense aromatic of roses, it's like a party at Grandma's house!
 |
 |
|
More new & returning beers on the 99 Bottles wall...
Fall Seasonal releases...
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Shiner Oktoberfest
Rogue Maierfest
Washington breweries...super-fresh!
Old Schoolhouse Ruud Awakening IPA
Old Schoolhouse Imperial India Pale Ale
Yakima Craft IPA, rated A+ by BeerAdvocate magazine
Yakima Craft 1982 Amber Ale, mellow and delicious
Yakima Craft Heather Ale, brewed with heather and honey, refreshing!
More craft beer...
Dogfish Midas Touch, handcrafted ancient ale with honey & grapes
Rogue XS Younger's Special Bitter, now in 7-oz'ers
Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale
Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale, 1st pumpkin beer of the season*
Bayern Dragon's Breath, dark hefeweizen ale
Drink like the Vikings...
Dansk Mjod Viking Blod (mead)
*More pumpkin beers arriving soon! |
|
|
| The Men's Room
 ...not the actual room, not the radio show, but the beer that honors the radio show! Laura Stoudt of Elysian Brewing will be at 99 Bottles on Wednesday, August 25th and the beer will start pouring at 5:00, with last call at 7:30 p.m.
Yep, next week's Weekly Pick is cancelled, so we can party with the Men's Room Original Red Ale from Elysian Brewing. This bottle release party will also feature four other beers from Elysian. All five samples for just $1.
Bring a buck and ID --and prepare to please your tastebuds! |
| |
Beer news & blogs
Blue Moon: Steven Slater's Escape Beer of Choice
Blue Moon by the bottle: $6 on Jet Blue. $1.49 at 99 Bottles.
Beer Prices on the Rise
A poor barley harvest and wheat export bans could drive European and Russian beer prices up 40%.
The iPad-controlled keg knows how much you've been drinking
Techno-geeks, discover who's the functional alcoholic in your group of friends
An apple a day...
Raise a glass for Oktoberfest
Give a "Prost!" toast with a German beer glass
|
|
|
Turtle, turtle, turtle!
Black & tan turtles are available at 99 Bottles. Both cute and functional, the turtle's mouth is a bottle opener and his back operates as the "spoon." His little legs balance him atop your glass so you can focus on pouring layered beer concoctions instead of juggling the spoon, glass, and bottle.
Try these layered beer recipes...
Black & Tan: bottom layer Bass, top layer Guinness
Half & Half: bottom layer Harp, top layer Guinness
Patriot: bottom layer Samuel Adams Lager, top layer Guinness
Snapper: bottom layer Redhook ESB, top layer Murphy's
Black Velvet: bottom layer champagne, top layer Guinness
Try this using the Aspall Cuvee Chevalier apple cider champagne!
Snakebite: bottom layer hard cider, top layer Guinness
Use Magner's Irish Dry Cider or Strongbow English dry cider.
Bumble Bee: bottom layer Dundee Honey Lager, top layer Murphy's
p.s. You should get a turtle to make your wife
happy. She doesn't like it when you bend her good kitchen spoons making
black & tans!
|
|
|
|
99 Bottles
35002 Pacific Hwy S, A102
Federal Way, Washington 98003
(253) 838-2558 · www.99bottles.net
99 Bottles beer store hours
Monday 12-8PM
Tuesday thru Saturday 10AM-8PM
Sunday 12-5PM ORDER CASES & KEGS FOR PARTIES. ORDER BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR FRIDAY ARRIVAL, SUBJECT TO DISTRIBUTOR AVAILABILITY. CHECK OUT THE KEG LIST -- 1,200+ CHOICES AT HTTP://WWW.99BOTTLES.NET/BEER/KEGS.HTM |
|
 |  |  |
|
Fall Festivals
Sept 11 at the South Lake Union Discovery Center in Seattle
Sept 25 at the Des Moines Beach Park
Sept 25 at the Mary Olson Farm in Auburn
Sept 24, 25, 26 at Riverfront Park in Spokane
Sept 24 & 25 at Fremont Studios in Seattle
Oct 1 & 2 at the Foss Waterway Seaport in Tacoma
Oct 2 at the Millennium Arts Plaza in Yakima
1st three weekends of Oct in Leavenworth
ADVANCE TICKETS:
$20 CASH. $21 DEBIT/CREDIT. POVERTY BAY BLUES & BREWS TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT 99 BOTTLES.
|
|
| | |
|
What is I-1100?
Sure it allows liquor to be sold in non-state run stores, but what else does it do? I-1100 repeals the three-tier system, removing nearly 40 laws that dictate how beer & wine is distributed and sold. Is this good? Probably not.
Learn about I-1100's impact on beer...
|
Also on the ballot is I-1105, which also allows liquor to be sold via private businesses and retains the majority of laws relating to beer & wine distribution. It keeps the playing ground fairly consistent for all sizes of retailers, but doesn't have promotional funding from the big box retailers.
We hope you take time to review the pros & cons of each initiative prior to voting. CHEERS!
|
| | |
|
Light reading available now at 99 Bottles
|
|
| | |
|
We had a great time!
Special thanks to Mutineer magazine's Ashley Routson and Brian Kropf for tasting beer with 99 Bottles fans last week! A good time was had by all and the beers were great...
The beers poured:
Bridgeport Stumptown Tart
Epic Solar Trans-Amplifier
Caldera Rose Petal
Ninkasi Maiden the Shade
Beer Valley Leafer Madness
Southern Tier Creme Brulee
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
