Tacoma Beer Week 2015 takes place from Aug 2-Aug 8, culminating in the Brew Five Three Blues & Brews festival. This year’s Tacoma Beer Week is presented in partnership with Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts.
Sunday Aug 2:
TBW Opening Toast @ The Red Hot, featuring the first four kegs of Engine House no. 9’s Ferme Agrume Fruit Farmhouse series:
#1 Tangelo
#2 Lemon
#3 Ugli Fruit
#4 Golden Mandarin
Monday Aug 3 :
Giant Jenga Tournament @ Narrows Brewing Company.
Beer of Fortune at the Ale House Pub
Featuring Narrows Brewing and Northwest Brewing Co. Brewers play, patrons win!
Randall Night @ The Parkway Tavern
Featuring Pacific Brewing & Malting Co.’s Citra Pale
Tuesday Aug 4:
Pin the beer on the brewer @ Pacific Brewing and Malting Co.
Featuring 2 one-night-only beer releases
Hollywood Squares Brewer Edition @ Edison City Alehouse
Featuring Odd Otter Brewing Co., Wingman Brewers and Tacoma Brewing Co. Two people from each brewery are the celebrities in this Brewer’s edition on Hollywood Squares.
Ballast Point Brewing night @ The Red Hot
Featuring 5 styles of Sculpin IPA
Lagunitas Night @ The Parkway Tavern
Wednesday Aug 5:
Randall night @ the Harmon Tap Room
All Tacoma IPA Invitational Championship @ The Parkway Tavern
Many IPAs will enter; only one will win. The champion brewery in this blind tasting will receive bragging rights for the year to come!
3-Way Event @ The Copper Door (5-8 pm)
Featuring beers from this year’s Three Way collaborators: Fort George Brewing, Pfriem Family Brewers and our northerly neighbors Georgetown Brewing.
Mac & Jack’s event @ Hank’s Corner Bar
Gigantic Brewing Ume Umai & Solid Launch party @ The Red Hot With Ben Love
Thursday Aug 6:
Red X release @ Wingman Brewers.
Brewed with the pilots of BRAVO 1-214th GSAB who fly the Chinook aircraft out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Outliers Night @ Pint Defiance
A celebration of breweries not quite inside the city limits. Featuring 7 Seas Brewing, M.T. Head Brewing, Wet Coast Brewing and Rainy Daze Brewing.
Battle of the Gorge @ The Parkway Tavern
It’s Washington vs. Oregon in this head to head blind tasting. Featuring Backwoods Brewing (Carson, WA), Everybody’s Brewing (White Salmon, WA), Double Mountain Brewing and Pfriem Family Brewers (Both of Hood River, OR).
Friday Aug 7:
Special IPA release @ Odd Otter Brewing Co.
Match Game (Tacoma Brewery Edition) @ Copper Door feat. Pacific Brewing and Powerhouse Brewery.
Patrons and brewers work together in this homage to the popular game show.
Sling load Pils release @ Wingman Brewers.
10% of weekend taproom proceeds will be donated to BRAVO 1-214th GSAB’s Family Relations Group at JBLM
National IPA Day @ The Harmon Taproom
Saturday Aug 8:
Closing Ceremony for Tacoma Beer Week 2015 at Brew Five Three