2008 Washington Brewers Festival

Event Type: Beer Festival

Location:
St. Edward's Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE
Kenmore Washington 98028
United States

When:
Jun 13th, 2008 - Jun 15th, 2008

Contact:

http://www.washingtonbeer.com/wabf.htm

Description:

2008 Washington Brewers Festival

“The Mother of All Fathers Day Beer Festivals”

Beer Lineup

Washington Beer Commission is proud to present the 3rd Annual Washington Brewers Festival at Saint Edward State Park this Fathers Day Weekend, June 13th-15th! This year’s beer lineup will feature nearly 200 beers from over 60 breweries, including some smaller batch Friday-exclusive beers for the newly added Friday night event. Here are some of the beers you can find at the Festival:

NW classics We cannot call it the “Washington Brewers Festival” without some classic Northwest style brews. There will be a lot of hoppy beers to satisfy die-hard hop heads. There will be over 30 varieties of IPA’s alone, including Elysian’s award-winning Avatar Jasmine IPA, Port Townsend’s Hop Diggidy, Rock Bottom’s appropriately named Hop Bomb, a rare, dry-hopped version of Scuttlebutt IPA and Boundary Bay’s classic IPA (Inside Passage Ale).

Summer seasonals Now the sun is out more often and temperature is soaring, so is the demand for refreshing summer seasonals. There will be many thirst quenchers such as crisp and clean lagers, Hefeweizens, Blondes and other summer seasonals. Try Pilsners by Alpine, Anacortes and Baron, or other summer-appropriate brews include The Golden Nugget Blonde by Gallaghers, Honey Wheat by Big E Ales, Light Rail Ales by Iron Horse and Blueberry Weizen by McMenamin’s.

The dark side While many people opt for something light and refreshing there are always some that want to rebel and prefer darker beers regardless of the temperature outside. For those rebels there will be plenty of dark, robust beers including Quilter’s Irish Death by Iron Horse, 5X Stout by Pike, Big Beef Oatmeal Stout by Hood Canal and Organic Alder Smoked Coffee Stout by Elliott Bay.

Rarities Since the Festival’s extensive beer lineup is designed to offer something for everyone with varying degrees of knowledge and experience with beer, there will be some hard-to-find or brand new beers that you can’t easily find in the market. Such beers include Lemondipity by Snoqualmie Falls, Ryenoceros by Big Time, Raspberry Wheat by Schooner Exact, Scuttlebutt’s 12th Anniversary Scotch Ale and Triplett’s Triple, a very rare Belgian Triple by Redhook. And those who are curious what Welcome Back Armstrong is all about, you’ll just need to go check out the Lazy Boy booth during the Festival.

Cask Friday This year’s new addition of Friday evening brings a welcome trend for those die-hard cask beer fans. About a dozen of Washington breweries are going to serve Friday-exclusive beers and many of them are cask-conditioned beers. Diamond Knot, Snoqualmie Falls, Hale’s and Skagit River will all bring their cask IPA’s, as well as Ram Restaurant & Brewery who will serve the Herbert’s Legendary Cask Festival Ale, which was brewed collaboratively by a number of Washington brewers for the Washington Cask Beer Festival earlier this year, and won the 2nd place for the People’s Choice Awards. Also non-cask honorable mentions for Friday evening include Chili Pepper Pilsner by Lazy Boy and Beth’s Honey Ale by Water Street.

New comers Every year the Festival introduces new breweries to thousands of beer aficionados and this year’s no exception. Laughing Buddha Brewing who specializes in unique modern Asian-style beers and Two Beers Brewing (Seattle), one of the newest and smallest breweries in the state will make their debut at this year’s Festival.

For a printable beer list (as of 5/19) click here.

2008 Washington Brewers Festival

Fathers Day Weekend!

Friday, June 13th, 5 - 9pm- 21+ only

Saturday, June 14th & Sunday, June 15th, 11am - 8pm- All Ages

Saint Edward State Park

14445 Juanita Dr. NE

Kenmore, WA 98028

Rain or shine

Tickets are on sale now online and at local ticket outlets.

Friday $15 advance tickets/at the door. (Friday advance tickets available online only)

Friday admission includes a tasting cup and FOUR tasting tokens

21+ only

Sat & Sun $15 advance tickets or $20 at the door

Admission includes a tasting cup and SIX tasting tokens

All Ages. Those under 21 admitted free (must be accompanied by a parent)

Designated driver admission is $8 and available at the door only.

Tickets are non-refundable and good for one day only.

Group Discount

Buy tickets for your friends & family and save money! When you buy 9 tickets you’ll get one ticket free

($135 for 10 tickets- a $15 saving!). Group discount tickets are available online for advance purchase only.

Sign up for WABL now and receive exclusive bonuses!

WABL benefits include:

Ÿ Special WABL tasting glass (GLASS, not plastic cup)

Ÿ An extra tasting tokens

Ÿ WABL Beer, a WABL-exclusive beer brewed specially for the Festival

Ÿ WABL express lane at the entrance during the first hour on both days

Volunteer and receive free admission!

Volunteers are needed in the following areas. Volunteers will receive a Volunteer T-shirt and complementary admission to the Festival. For more information please visit the Volunteer page of our web site.

* Set-up—help build the event before everyone gets there!
* Ticket booth—help welcome the guests and move the lines quickly at the Ticket Booth
* Merchandise/WABL booth—help with merchandise sales and also sign up new WABL members and serve the WABL Beer.
* Brewery help—make sure to collect tokens for every taste serve and occasionally help brewers pour beer
* Token booth—help with token & water sales
* Kids Playground—help kids be creative and have fun with the craft projects
* Rootbeer Garden—serve rootbeer & soda to kids, designated drivers & anyone thirsty for tasty rootbeer in the unique Washington Beer Rootbeer Garden