The Washington Brewers Guild presents
2015 WINTER BEER FESTIVAL
December 4 & December 5 – Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park
(Seattle, WA) Washington Brewers Guild will celebrate the season with a wide variety of winter seasonal beers at its annual Winter Beer Festival on Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5 at the Hangar 30 in Magnuson Park. The event is a fundraiser for the Guild, a non-profit organization whose mission is to build a community of Washington brewers, advance their common interests through the legislative process and promote the quality and value of Washington Beer.
Winter Beer Festival is known for its extensive seasonal offerings from local breweries and this year’s event is no exception. The beer lineup includes many big, dark, robust and well-aged beers. In addition with the beer names like Party like it’s Winter 2009! and Old Toe Jam Barleywine, it is undoubtedly one of the most fun, high-spirited beer festivals around. The brewers get to show their playful side by using holiday-inspired ingredients such as candy canes, cranberries, nuts, and molasses in their beers, and also by embellishing their booths with over-the-top decorations, turning the humble Hangar into a dazzling holiday spectacle.
Here are some of the highlights of this year’s Winter Beer Festival:
Beer—the event will feature over 160 beers by 54 Guild member breweries, mostly winter seasonal brews. There will be PNW winter classics such as Cabin Fever (Boundary Bay Brewery), Old Scrooge (Silver City Brewery), Winterfish (Fish Brewing) and Industrial Ho!Ho! (Diamond Knot Brewing) and many Winter Warmers, Stouts, Barleywines, barrel-aged and imperial versions that are full-bodied and flavored, designed to keep us warm during the cold months. A complete beer list is available at www.washingtonbrewersguild.org/Events.html.
Booth decorations—at this event the brewers are known to take their booth presentation just as seriously as their beer. Expect them to go all out with colorful decorations, bright lights, whimsical animated figures and even some brewers in costumes. They are perfect accompaniments to the festive winter beers.
