Surly Brewing night at Brouwers!?!?

Awesome! ALso digging some of that Bigwood list. Vanilla B-Bomb?! I'll take 6

 

well, looks like my saturday plans are set. been looking to try darknes and abrasive for awhile.

stoked for bigwood, but i'm out of town until Friday night. any chance berserker sticks around until the weekend?

 

I would say probably a decent chance. No guarantee, but would be worth looking saturday

 

Can't make it but would someone please kidnap Todd from Surly and hold him ransom until they agree to distribute to Washington?

Of course, I'm kidding.............................. just distribution to Seattle would be fine.

 

where's the big wood lineup?!

 

On the page linked in the first post

Bigwood
Alaskan Rough Trade Barrel Aged Smoked Porter
Allagash Curieux #1409
Alameda Barrel Aged RIS Nitro
Almanac Barrel Noir
American Stupid Sexy Flander
Anacortes Dubbel Bourbon Critters
Avery Samael’s Oak Aged
Ballast Point Victory at Sea Rum Barrel Aged
Ballast Point Barrel Aged Sea Monster
Big Al Jupiter’s Blood Sour
Big Sky Four Roses Barrel aged Old Bluehair.
Big Time Sour Trombipulator Belgian Tripple
Black Raven Cognac Barrel Aged Birdbrain Barleywine
Black Raven Gunsmoke Porter Nitro
Bokor Cuvee Des Jocobins
Boneyard Barrel Aged Suge Knight
Boulevard Rye on Rye
Boulder Mortimer
Breakside Rye Barrel Aged Fresh Hop IPA
Cascade Barrel Aged Karma Citra Cide
Cascade Sang Noir
Cascade Vlad the Imp Aler
Deschutes Black Butte XXIV.
Dogfish Head Burton Baton
Double Mountain Experiment 16 IRA
Elysian Dry Fly Aged Split Shot
Epic Big Bad Baptist
Finn River High West Rye Barrel Aged Cider
Firestone Hat Trick Sour
Flyers Barrel Aged Brouwers 8
Fort George Roses on Roses
Fremont Vanilla B Bomb
Fremont Old Bridgerider Barleywine
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti ’12
Logsdon Cerusus
Lost Abbey Deliverance ’12
Lost Abbey Angel's Share '13
Mad Viking Cognac Imperial Stout
Midnight Sun Berserker ‘13
Midnight Sun/Black Raven BEAK
New Belgium La Folie ’13
North Sound Sucellus BBL Porter
Pike Entite ’13
Schooner Exact Imperial Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter
Snipes Mountain Terror ’13
Sound Brewing G’Indescretion (Gin Barrel Aged)
Speakeasy Syndicate #1
Stone Vertical Epic 09.09.09 aged in Red Wine Barrels
Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10 aged in Bourbon Barrels
Surly Misanthrope
Surly Pentagram
The Bruery Bottleworks XII ’13

 

good grief.. I'm going to be hammered. Theres about 15 beers on that list that I can't live without.

 

I would dare say this is the BEST Big Wood line-up in years...damn..I need to move North, AGAIN

 

Oh man, I LOVE me some Surly. My wife is from MN and my father-in-law sent me a 2013 Darkness recently and it honestly lived up to the hype. Fucking fantastic beer. Also, Coffee Bender is my favorite low ABV coffee beer by a long shot. SO GOOD. Def going to this.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do distribution laws come into play when a brewery that's not distributed in a state brings its beer to that state to sell? This isn't exactly an under-the-radar event; do special arrangements need to be made? Backs scratched? Palms greased? Tails wagged?

I don't want to be a wet blanket here, just wondering how they get around the byzantine labyrinth of laws and regulations that determine what beer can and can't be sold in a given market.

 

I often wondered this myself.. Fuckin Brouwers.. not complaining about the kegs of fresh hop Alpine IPAs -- just curious.

 

I'm not sure if this is the full answer, but it looks like they have a license to accept direct shipments of wine/beer from out of state.

http://lcb.wa.gov/taxreporting/licensee-list

 

Good Call. Surly is a COA holder apparently. So in the event they wanted to sell Surly beer in WA they can..

 

Elysian had their Overrated IPA on tap during SBW 13, so there is a way...

 

As a Minnesota BA who is slated to be in Seattle on 12/5 I'm excited for this!

 

Here's a thought. Try some Washington beers you can't get in Minnesota while you're out here. You can get Surly whenever you want. Just sayin'.

 

Or just bring us all some surly cans!!!!

 

Wha-? Alpine from San Diego County? That's impressive. I couldn't even get Alpine in Los Angeles, except very rarely.

 

Oh don't worry, I won't be coming all the way to Seattle to drink Surly that I can get at home. I have my eye on some of those delicious Cascade Sours, Fremont B-Bomb Vanilla, Bridgerider, etc. Just seeing the name Surly in the NW thread got me to read it where I discovered the event listing...might not have made the trip from Bellevue to Brouwers otherwise simply for lack of awareness.

I may be able to make some room in a suitcase for some MN goodness....