beernesday

if you'll be in seattle this weekend, pike brewing can help you celebrate green day: Time marches to its own drummer and St. Patrick's Day is but a wee week away. With the big day falling on a Tuesday, Pike Brewing will begin celebrating St. Paddy's this coming Friday and continue the festivities through the 17th. Tis a stout brew we've aged in a Woodinville Whiskey barrel to welcome the  Stout Pounders , a  Celtic Folk band. They will perform from 6-9 pm this Friday, March 13 . Come tap your toes, dance a jig, and join in the fun. The Pike Pub has some delectable food specials too: our superb Corned Beef and Cabbage, luscious Irish Stew and Pike Pretzels (baked with spent grain and Pike Naughty Nellie). Top it all off with Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale. All Irish (and everyone else's) eyes are smiling each time The Elliott Bay Pipe and Drum Band plays at The Pike Pub. For more than ten years, this 22-piece band has entertained our guests on St. Patrick...

on march 22nd i attended the pike brewing  dinner at rogue kitchen and wetbar. the menu was fabulous as ever, the company convivial and the beers delicious! the menu charlie finkel began the evening with a talk on the history of craft beer the highlight for me was when he compared the yellow beers of the big boys to spam, velveeta, wonderbread... and twinkies! from there he moved to a lesson in malts and brewing at first it was very interesting but then, as it kept on going through the first couple of courses it became just too much charles and rose ann finkel, steve case of pike naughty nellie golden artisan ale course one: the naughty nellie is crisp and refreshing with mild fruity esters and soft malt character it faired really nicely with the fruity and soft crab and apple the arugula emulsion was almost too overpowering, but the toasted brioche was buttery goodness! dungeness crab salad arugula emulsion, toasted brioche, green apple c...