Take a small break, during the Brouwer's Cafe Big Wood Festival with some Burial Beer.
If you find yourself in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, the first Saturday in December, then why not stop into Brouwer's Cafe for the limited-engagement with Burial Beer Company of Ashville (North Carolina). What makes this special is the fact that co-owners Tim Gromley, Doug Reiser, and Jess Reiser first cut their teeth in Seattle before moving 3,000 miles away. Not quite ready to distribute to the Pacific Northwest, more reliably, Brouwer's Cafe is the latest draught house to release a limited number of beers from Tim and the Reisers.
For Brouwer's Cafe, the recipient of this batch of beers, this is more another exhibition not only award-deserving beer but also the work that goes into producing and releasing beers in an highly-competitive market. Brouwer's Cafe General Manager, Nat Pellman, put it like this.
Naming beers might be one of the most difficult parts in the logistics process. They need to be unique, stand out just enough, and stand out for the right reasons. It also helps if they reference something local and familiar. It often goes unnoticed, but a beer name can make or break the sale.
There are, of course, breweries that don’t care how local, familiar, or pleasant the names are. One of our favorite breweries subscribes to this principle. We are talking about Burial out of Asheville, NC. You might not be totally familiar with them, but they have been making outstanding beers of all styles on the east coast for quite a few years now. Doug and Tim, the owners, are products of the PNW brew scene, and into giving their beers rad names. They’ve been friends of the restaurant for a while now and were gracious enough to send some delicious treats our way, not just for festivals, but to have a bunch on at once. Bottleworks will also be getting some package, so you can enjoy them at home, at someone else’s home, in the woods, or at a ritual sacrifice.
The first Saturday in December, during the Brouwer's Cafe Big Wood Festival, look for the following beers to be on draught on a first-ask-first served basis.
image sourced from Burial Beer Co.’s Instagram page
To Wear the Feathers of Slain Beasts Mixed Culture Saison w/second use peaches. 6.5% ABV. 10 IBU.
This began its journey as a sour wheat, made with 50% malted wheat from @riverbendmalthouse and aged for several months in our taproom oak puncheons with mixed culture. It was racked into steel upon 2000# of Carolina peaches that were used for this harvest vintage of Separation of Light and Darkness. The resulting aromas are peach rings, white peach lacroix, minerals, and prickly wine.
This Earthen Helix of Death DIPA
When You Lay in Your Grave DIPA
image sourced from Burial Beer Co.’s Instagram page
Hellstar Dark Lager. 4.8% ABV. 18 IBU.
Cast into the clutches of eternal damnation. And crucified by all the noise. It’s dark lager. You need to have it but you don’t know it yet. You're infested with deceit. Someone told you that all black beer is heavy. Well that's just stupid. Oh we're as heavy as the chains of Hell. But this beer ain't. Open your heart to evil. Sip on the depths of our black souls.
Contrition Pilsner
image sourced from Burial Beer Co.’s Instagram page
Surf Wax IPA. 6.8% ABV. 65 IBU.
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. But are you crazy enough? Show those guys that are inching their way on the freeways in their metal coffins that the human sprit is still alive. Mosaic. Citra. Centennial. Columbus. Lots of barley. Touch of wheat. The sea swallows the Sun. And who knows if it rises again. Vaya con dios.
Brouwer’s Cafe is located at 400 North 35th Street in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. For more information, including other events, food, and drink menus, visit https://www.brouwerscafe.com/
About Brouwer’s Cafe
We have 64 craft beers on draft, a selection of over 400 bottles from both the U.S. and abroad, an exceptional selection of Scotch and American Whisk(e)ys and a full service bar, and Belgian-inspired cuisine.
Our Belgian-inspired cuisine includes our versions of Belgian classics such as pommes frites (true Belgian fried potatoes), stoofvlees (a thick Belgian stew served on Frites), and the Belgian staple of moules-frites. We also serve a variety of sandwiches, such as our very popular lamb burger, which is ground in house. We also have a selection of salads, desserts, and a rotating specials menu.
We serve Seattle's Fremont neighborhood seven days a week, opening at 11 am. Our "Power Hour" is from 3 pm to 6 pm everyday and boasts a delicious selection of small plates and $1 off all draft beers and well cocktails.
