Everett Craft Beer Festival

Everett Craft Beer Festival
Sat. August 19th Noon-8pm
Downtown Everett (Hewitt Ave. & Hoyt Ave.)

Saturday, August 18th, the Washington Beer Commision will host their first ever Everett Craft Beer Festival featuring 26 local Washington breweries. Over 60 different ales will be poured with names by the likes of Caboose Oatmeal Stout, “Bedraggled” Irish Red Ale & Ziggy Zoggy Summer Lager etc. We’re tellin’ ya, these beers won’t disappoint!  Boundary will be spicing it up with some of our own specialty seasonals…we’re bringing a Ginger Peach Blonde and our newest concoction: Thai-PA.

Ginger Peach Blonde: as a straightforward lighter bodied ale, this Blonde is brewed with generous amounts of German pilsner and Vienna malts that balance with a crisp yet cleansing Noble Saaz hop finish. We added Fresh Hawaiian ginger and natural peach extract creating a just hint of sweet & spicy flavor. OG 1.070

Thai-PA: A honey-ambered colored India Pale Ale with good body, fairly strong alcohol content and an aggressive “fresh hop” quality. Heavily dry hopped with kaffir lime leaves and lemon grass, this beer has a zesty citrus taste. OG 1.052

 

Additional Details

• Entry to the event includes a tasting glass and five tokens (each good for a 5oz. taste).
• Additional drink tokens can be purchased at $1.50 each or four for $5.
• Tickets are $15 in advance online, $20 on the day of at the entrance gate.
• Designated Driver admission will be available for $5 and includes free water and soft drinks.
• Band headliners of the day include Jr. Geezer, Bucula, and Wild Snohomians.

Breweries Expected to Attend

American Brewing Anacortes Brewery

Boundary Bay Brewery Chuckanut Brewery

Brickyard Brewing Diamond Knot Craft Brewing

Dirty Bucket Brewing

Elysian Brewing

Emerald City Beer

Fish Brewing Company

Foggy Noggin Brewing Fremont Brewing

Gallaghers’ Where U Brew

Georgetown Brewing

Harmon Brewing

Hood Canal Brewery

Lazy Boy Brewing

Maritime Pacific Brewing

North Sound Brewing

Odin Brewing

Ram Restaurant & Brewery

Roslyn Brewing Company

Scuttlebutt Brewing Company

Silver City Brewery

Sound Brewery

Twelve Bar Brews

Two Beers Brewing

Celebrate Autumn With Our Brewmasters Dinners!

Do you love great craft beer and incredible food?  Then come celebrate Autumn with us by enjoying local beer and local food at one of our most beautiful local resorts!  This month, we’ll be hosting a Brewmasters Dinner each week at Semiahmoo Resort!

Semiahmoo’s Executive Chef, Kasey Dubler and the brewers of Boundary Bay Brewery have teamed up to bring you a delicious five-course dinner—each one paired with an award-winning craft beer.

During the Hors D’oeurves Reception, enjoy our ESB paired with Fanny Bay Mahogany Clams (from Taylor Shellfish) cooked in Boundary Bay ESB with garlic, shallots and organic herbs.

The second course will feature the Boundary Bay IPA paired with hot smoked Bellingham Bay King Salmon with sun dried tomato hollandaise and spinach and caramelized onion quinoa.

During the third course, our Harvest Rye will be paired with rack of lamb with house-made apple sauce and fall harvest risotto with a trio of Whatcom County squash.

The fourth course features our Imperial Oatmeal Stout paired with a boneless short rib (braised for 12 hours!) with Kiska Farms Yukon Gold potato and horseradish “fondue.”

Finish off the feast with the Boundary Bay Brewery Barley Wine paired with caramel and anise panna cotta with Barley Wine poached pears and oat crumble.

These Brewmasters Dinners will take place on three Saturdays in October: the 8th, 15th and 22nd – each at 6:30pm.  You can make reservations for just the pairing dinner (at $59 per person) or make a weekend out of it and purchase the Hotel & Dinner Package which includes a classic room and the Brewmasters Dinner for two ($249).  To make your reservations, please call Semiahmoo’s front desk at 360-318-2000 or 800-770-7992.

Semiahmoo Resort is located 25 minutes north of Bellingham in Blaine Washington and the seaside hotel features a full-service spa, various dining options, plus two of Washington’s top public courses; Loomis Trail Golf Club and Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club. Nestled on the northern Puget Sound shoreline, overlooking Semiahmoo Bay and Drayton Harbor, the resort offers a multitude of activities for the whole family in an exceptional setting.

Husky Season Again!

If you know us at all, you know that here at Boundary Bay Brewery we are big fans of the UW Huskies!  For a number of years now, we’ve partnered up with the College Inn Pub in Seattle to offer Huskies fans a great way to celebrate Home Game Saturdays!

The College Inn Pub was established in 1974 and is located at 4006 University Way NE. It’s a great place to drink whomever you are.  They’ve got pool tables (free on Sundays), real darts, vintage pinball and a rockin’ jukebox…not to mention sweet deals on Boundary Bay Brewery beer during these Home Game Saturdays.  During each Huskies home game, a different Boundary beer will be featured for just $3.50 a pint – through the duration of the game.  Come early for the special pre-game prize drawings too!

The first of these special events is this weekend, September 3rd as UW goes up against Eastern.  We’ll be featuring our Pilsner, so come try this light, honey colored lager with a beautiful hop aroma and flavor that’s always a favorite brew for summer!

9/3 – Pilsner (our summer seasonal)

9/10 – Single Hop (Sorachi Ace)

9/24 – Fresh Hop ESB

10/15 – Harvest Ale (our fall seasonal)

10/29 – Scotch Ale

11/5 – Cabin Fever (our winter seasonal)

Brewmasters Dinner at Semiahmoo Resort

During October, we’re pairing up with Semiahmoo Resort to bring you Boundary Bay Brewery Brewmasters Dinners!  Join us October 1st, 8th or 15th in Stars Restaurant for a perfectly paired five course dinner featuring craft-brewed beers from our award winning brewery.  Dinner only is $49 per person or hotel and dinner package available at $219.

Semiahmoo Resort is located 25 minutes north of Bellingham in Blaine Washington.  The seaside hotel features a full-service spa, various dining options, plus two of Washington’s top public courses; Loomis Trail Golf Club and Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club. They have deluxe guest rooms and suites that capture the unique charm and style of the Pacific Northwest and feature breathtaking views of snow-capped mountains, Drayton Harbor, Semiahmoo Bay and the Gulf Islands. Many guest rooms include wood-burning fireplaces, patios or balconies. So, why not make a weekend out of it?!

For the Brewmasters Dinner itself, the evening begins with an hours d’oeuvres reception.  Sample profiteroles filled with beer braised beef shortrib, chanterelle mushrooms and roasted shallots, local oysters poached in white cheddar-beer fondue and gratinéed with berkshire bacon and spiced apple-pear compote in puff pastry with warm brie all paired with the Boundary Bay Best Bitter (ESB).  Enjoy crispy spice cured duck leg with mizuna greems, comté, toasted hazelnut, and ale vinaigrette paired with our Harvest Ale for the 1st course.  Then Grilled Sturgeon with beluga lentils, curry cream sauce , spicy stone-fruit compote, and  crispy russet potato paired with the infamous Boundary Bay IPA for the 2nd course.  The 3rd course, designed to be a social intermezzo, features a Boundary Bay Blonde Ale sorbet as well as local artisan cheese, Ralf’s  bavarian pretzels, fruit, and mustards.  Our Imperial Oatmeal Stout makes it grand entrance in the 4th course when paired up with Malted Beef Tenderloin – a chocolate malt encrusted fillet, rogue blue cheese, and roasted acorn squash, with wort infused demi.  Finish your meal with our Old Bounder barley wine and a Fig Tart with chèvre filling in a walnut crust with caramelized figs and  grand marnier.  Call Semiahmoo Resort to make your reservations for the Brewmasters dinner!  360-318-2000 or 800-770-7992

Oktoberfest with Solace

Boundary Bay Oktoberfest poster by Solace Wonder

Join us next Thursday, September 30th, in our Beer Garden for the Boundary Bay Brewery Oktoberfest Celebration!  The party will get started around 4pm and the event is free and family friendly! We’ll have live music, beer trivia, hand made Bavarian pretzels by Ralf’s Pretzels and a special German menu.  Not to mention, an art show by Seattle guest artist Solace Wonder and a Firkin Keg (or 2!) of fresh-hopped Harvest Ale!  Our Harvest Ale is akin to an “Oktoberfest” style.  Our popular fall seasonal features Dark Crystal, Carastan and Munich malts giving this ale a rich malt character and a beatuiful red-orange hue.

Here’s what Solace Wonder has to say about himself and Oktoberfest, in general:

“As long as I can remember, Oktoberfest posters have always caught my eye.  True, there are usually pretty girls and big beer steins on them-which may play a big part, but it’s more than that.  The more I thought about it, the more I realized it’s because of the fall season, it’s colors, and what it brings that has connected me to these posters for so many years.  Being that I’m a beer-loving German fella, I figured it only appropriate to have an art show based on the Oktoberfest season.  Boundary Bay Brewery was kind enough to play along with my vision and host the show as part of their celebration.  I tapped into my roots, (as well as many beers,) for inspiration for this collection.  It is playful, colorful, and at times a humorous way of seeing a season that is well known for its traditions.  I’ve captured everything from lederhosen wearing lads to pretzel wielding ladies and much more!  Bring the family down to enjoy the festivities and the art!”

Solace – Urban Artiste at Large and for Hire!

sol·ace [ sólləss ]

1. relief from emotional distress: comfort at a time of sadness, grief or disappointment
2. source of comfort: somebody or something that provides comfort at a time of sadness, grief or disappointment

I call myself an urban artist or street artist because my work is influenced by street culture and highly inspired by graffiti. While graffiti is normally rooted in letterforms, I lean towards the character design element.  My pacific-northwest surroundings instill a respect for nature that is personified in my work.  Via organic textures, vibrant colors, and a graphic painterly approach, I attempt to meld city life with the tranquility of uninhabited lands.  Through a blend of mediums, aerosol propelled and acrylic, I concoct my background landscapes and finish them with the character design. I call my characters “wanders.”  The wanders are unique in perspective and rely on body language over facial expression to tell their story.  I am always looking to progress my style and increase my stable of characters while challenging conventional mediums.  The mediums most utilized at this time are canvas, large-scale mural production, custom vinyl toys, original plush toys, live painting, graphic design, and t-shirt design.

Some of the venues that have been most gracious in showing my work include:

In Seattle– 35^th North Skateshop, 619 Western, Artifakt, Artoleptic Urban Arts Festival, Bauhaus Coffee and Books, Bherd Studio, Brand Vibes Studio, Café Flora, Capitol Hill Block Party, DB Clay, Deli, Evo, Flatcolor Gallery, Form Space Altier, Fremont Solstice Parade, Goods, Graphic Display Sign and Awning, Greenwood Collective, Halogen Gallery, the Henry Art Gallery, Jones Soda Co., King Cobra, Kristo’s, Laced Up, the Little Red Studio, LoFi, Mackie, Mad Pizza, Market Street Shoes, Mercury Cloud, Moksha, Nectar Lounge, NW Throwbacks, Olivo Doce, the Pioneer Square Saloon, the Purple Razors Studio, Rio Pacific Gallery, the Robert Daniel Gallery (Tacoma), the Satellite Lounge, the Seattle Center, Showbox, Skatebarn West, Sneaker Pimps, Snowboard Connection, Sonny’s, Thread, Trickwood Skateshop, Twilite Collective, Upper Playground/24sea, Urban Light Studio, Vera Project, and the Zebra Club.

In Bellingham (Wa)- Boundary Bay Brewery.

In Oregon: Brian Marki Gallery (Portland)

In Massachusetts– Now Here Fast (Boston)

In California– Alpha Cult (Long Beach), Lost Souls Café (Los Angeles), Da Festicon (San Diego), Munkey King (Los Angeles), Ronin Gallery (Los Angeles), UnitedState (Sacramento), and Sk8ology (Long Beach).

In Florida– Sk8ology (Miami)

Questions, comments, and inquiries are always welcome- feel free to contact me via Email: solacewonder@gmail.com or facebook.com/solacewonder

Dawgs Love Beer Too!

Summer is wrapping up and fall is in the air.  It’s bittersweet, sure…but there’s good news too. This time of year also means the return of Home Game Saturdays at the College Inn Pub!!

The Huskies Season is kicks off September 4th and we’ve teamed up with the College Inn Pub to reward those UW fans who also just happen to love Boundary Bay Brewery beer.

Head down to the College Inn Pub, in the U District, on any day the Huskies are playing a home game.  During the game, you lucky fans can score a Boundary Bay Brewery beer for just $3.  Each Home Game Saturday will feature a different BBAY beer for the game day special.  First up, on September 11th, is our infamous summer ale: The Pilsner.

Boundary Bay Pilsner

Our Pilsner is a light, honey colored lager with a beautiful hop aroma and flavor.  We brew our lager in a traditional manner using only the finest ingredients like Saaz and Gr. Hallertau hops with Munich, Pilsner an Vienna malts. This beer is fermented at lower temperatures than an ale, which creates a drier body in the Boundary Bay Brewery Pilsner with less fruity esthers.

And, as if the sweet deal on pints wasn’t enough, we’ll also be giving away stuff in special pre game prize drawings each week.  Don’t miss out!  Check out the schedule for our featured beers:

Saturday, September 11^th:  Pilsner

Saturday, September 18^th: Fresh Hop ESB (made with hops right out of our beer garden!)

Saturday, October 9^th: Harvest Rye

Saturday, October 16^th: Imperial IPA (for $3?! Unheard of!!)

Saturday, October 30^th: Scotch Ale

Thursday, November 18^th: Cabin Fever (long awaited!!)

Special Menus at Boundary Bay Brewery

It’s a big, busy day today here at Boundary Bay Brewery!  We’re welcoming October in with two special menus.  Upstairs, in our bistro and taproom, you can Eat Local all day long.  We’re participating in Sustainable Connections‘ Eat Local Every Week program.  Eat Local Every Week is your chance to take an extra step—or ten—in eating local. There are major environmental, economic, and social benefits of buying food from local farms.  Doing so says you believe in the importance of keeping our farmland in agriculture and knowing that your dinner had a positive effect on the land, water, and people from whence it came.  In our global food system, it can be a big challenge to change our habits and eat local.  Eat Local Every Week is an opportunity to try it on, just once or twice a week for the growing season—to go a little further into our local foodshed than you’ve been before!

So join us today, here at Boundary Bay Brewery, and treat yourself to our special Eat Local Menu sure to please your tastebuds and your conscience!  For our appetizer (available all day), we’re serving Caprese Salad: heirloom tomatoes sliced and layered with fresh basil and house made ricotta cheese, served with garlic baguette toasts (tomatoes: Cloud Mountain Farms, ricotta: Breckenridge Dairy Milk, garlic: Red River Farms and bread: Breadfarm).  For lunch, you can grab an Oyster Po’Boy: breaded pan fried oysters served with mesclun greens and a sweet pepper remoulade on Parisian Rolls, served with choice of salad or roasted potatoes (oysters: Taylor Bay Shellfish, peppers: Cloud Mountain Farms, potatoes: Red River Farms, bread: Breadfarm and dairy: Breckenridge Dairy).  If you’re coming for dinner (only available after 5pm), you’ve got to make the tough choice between salmon or spaghetti with clams!  We’ve got Grilled Salmon with an Heirloom Tomato and Ground Cherry ‘Salsa’ with mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and Seasonal Veggies (salmon: Barleans, tomatoes: Cloud Mountain Farms, potatoes & veg: Red River Farms, cherries: Holistic Homestead Farms and dairy: Breckenridge Dairy).  Or try Spaghetti Vongole: Taylor Bay Manila Clams sautéed with garlic and tomatoes with a lightly spiced white wine broth over fresh pasta (clams: Barleans, tomatoes: Cloud Mountain Farms, garlic: Red River Farms and pasta: Bellingham Pasta Co.).

But that’s not all folks!  Nope, we’ve got even more special treats for you today here at the brewery.  Down in our beer garden, at 4pm, we’re kicking off our Oktoberfest celebration!  Not only do we have a FIRKIN keg of our Harvest Ale that’s been fresh hopped with hops from our very own beer garden, but our brewers decided this morning to pull out a keg of Dunklesbock to really make it a party!

We’re serving up a special Oktoberfest menu too.  We’ve got The Best of the Wurst: Your choice of Brat, Bock or Knockwurst served with sauerkraut and mustard on freshly made buns from Ralf’s Bavarian Pretzels.  Served with German potato salad.  Of for the vegetarians and vegans: Your choice of Tofurky Polish Kielbasa or Tofurky Beer Brat served with sauerkraut and mustard on freshly made buns from Ralf’s Bavarian Pretzels.  Served with potato chips.  And, if you’re not really in the mood for wurst, try our Ploughman’s Lunch: Ham, aged cheddar and Gruyere served with a freshly made bun from Ralf’s Bavarian Pretzels.  Served with pickled onions and German potato salad.

Who Gives A Hoot About Oktoberfest?

Oct. 1st in the Boundary Bay Brewery beer garden

We’re gearing up for our own Oktoberfest celebration here at Boundary Bay Brewery and we were wondering how many other people out there loved this awesome beer celebration like we do?  As it turns out, lots and lots and LOTS of people give a hoot about Oktoberfest!

Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September (and running to early October.) It is one of the most famous events in Germany and the world’s largest fair, with some six million people attending every year.  The Munich Oktoberfest, traditionally, takes place during the sixteen days up to and including the first Sunday in October and is an important part of Bavarian culture.

The original “Oktoberfest” occurred in Munich, on October 18, 1810 and by 1960, the Oktoberfest had turned into an enormous world-famous festival.  Today, the idea of Oktoberfest has spread like wildfire – with festivals happening in Argentina, Colombia, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Palestinian territories (to name just a few!).  It’s even inspired fictional festivities…in World of Warcraft there is a “Brewfest” event that takes place in early October each year.  What can we say?  People know a good idea when they see one!

For our Boundary Bay Oktoberfest, we’ve planned festivities in our Beer Garden to celebrate craft beer.  It all kicks off at 4 pm on Thursday, October 1st when we’ll be tapping a very special Firkin Keg of Harvest Ale that has hops from our very own beer garden in it!  The Boundary Bay Harvest Ale is a red-orange beer with rich malty flavors. This is our Autumn seasonal beer that bears only a distant connection to the German “Oktoberfest” style from which it gets its inspiration.  Our take on the Oktoberfest style results in a  full bodied beer with maltiness as the predominate flavor…perfect for our cool fall evenings.  We’ll be serving up a special Oktoberfest menu too, so dust off your Lederhosen and get on down here.

This is the kind of celebration where families are welcome and costumes are encouraged.  To prove our point, here are a couple pics from last year’s Oktoberfest right here at Boundary Bay Brewery:

Join us on Thursday, October 1st for Oktoberfest…Boundary Bay Brewery style!  The show starts at 4pm with the tapping of the Firkin Keg.  Maybe you can be the one to shout out “O’zapft is” (Angezapft ist) or “It’s tapped!”, the cry that goes up every year when the Lord Mayor of Munich hammers a spigot into the very first keg of Oktoberfest beer.  See you there!  

Big Week at Boundary Bay Brewery!

Alright all you fans of Boundary Bay Brewery…get ready to clear your calendars for the end of THIS week.  You better just plan on moving in here at the brewery!  This Wednesday, September 16th, is the official 14th Birthday of Boundary Bay Brewery.  Some of you loyal fans have been right there along with us since we opened our doors in 1995 and we can’t even begin to explain to you how much that matters to us.

parking at Boundary Bay Brewery!

We’re celebrating our birthday on Thursday, September 17th down in the Beer Garden.  Come join us for free cake and ice cream during our Happy Hour (4-6 pm) and stick around for Happy Hour Music brought to you by Robert Sarazin Blake.  We chose to delay the celebration by one day so we could all celebrate this momentous occasion by raising a glass of this year’s very first Harvest Ale.  Making it’s debut as our Thursday Cask Ale this week, this Autumn seasonal ale comes once a year and is brewed in limited quantities so don’t miss this chance to taste this beautiful red-orange beer with rich malty flavors. This is our Autumn seasonal beer that bears only a distant connection to the German “Oktoberfest” style from which it gets its inspiration.  Our take on the Oktoberfest style results in a  full bodied beer with maltiness as the predominate flavor…perfect for our cool fall evenings.   Get here by 4 pm to get your first taste.  But, if you miss out on Thursday’s cask, it will be officially on tap here at the brewery Friday, September 18th.

movies in our Beer Garden

And speaking of Friday, the 18th…here’s what so many of you have been waiting all summer for!  It has been a summertime tradition for Boundary Bay and the Pickford Theater to join forces and show movies in the beer garden.  Sadly, this summer, it didn’t happen.  But, we just couldn’t let a whole summer go by without at least ONE movie in the garden.  And, if we can only show ONE movie…it’s gotta be The Big Lebowski!  Come dressed in costume if that’s your thing and bring blankets or pillows for comfy movie viewing.  The movie will start around 9 pm, but come early to score a sweet seat and grab some beer battered rockfish and chips from our Beer Garden grill to satisfy your munchies before the movie starts.  The grill – and our Garden Bar – will be open at 4 pm!

On Saturday, September 19th, if you’re still  looking for a little Boundary Bay Brewery action, you’ve got a couple options.  The Bellingham Traverse starts and ends right here at Boundary Bay Brewery so come get an eagle eye view of this area’s best racers!  All teams gather to finish the last leg together as they “trek” the last 1/2 mile to the finish line at the Depot Market Square and Boundary Bay Brewery where they are awarded a nice cold Traverse Ale.  Each year we brew the Traverse Red Ale and welcome the racers to the finish line with open arms right here at our brewery!  A generous amount of Vienna, Crystal, and Chocolate malts give this ale a big malty body with a deep ruby color.  The addition of Centennial, Mt. Hood, and Liberty hops provide a smooth refreshing finish, creating a perfect summer session beer to cool off with after a long “Traverse.”  The awards ceremony for the racers begins at 6 pm and then live music from The Special Purpose kicks off at 7pm!

September 19th is also, strangely, Talk Like A Pirate Day and you can be sure of a little pirate party here at the brewery to celebrate such a strange and silly holiday.  Costumes are welcome all day long and we’ll be sportin’ our pirate attire and talkin’ like a pirate whenever we can.  As the Traverse awards ceremony wraps up, our Pirate Party will be moving down into the beer garden with our own Master of Ceremonies (David Ney of Pirates R Us!) will be taking the stage at 9pm.  There will be a costume contest (with prizes!) and awards given for Best Pirate Joke and Best Pirate Haiku!

Boundary Bay Brewery Birthday!

It’s our birthday Wednesday, September 16th…but we’re celebrating it on Thursday the 17th this year.

Come down to the Boundary Bay Brewery beer garden and celebrate our 14th anniversary with us here at the brewery!   We’ll have free cake and ice cream, happy hour music from Robert Sarazin Blake.  Our BBQ will be up and roaring too, so plan on getting a Wildcatch Salmon burger or a Bratwurst and onion rings to go with your favorite Boundary Bay brew.  And, since it’s Thursday, we’ll have a cask ale during happy hour and…best of all…the release of our Harvest Ale!!!

The Boundary Bay Brewery Harvest Ale is a beautiful red-orange beer with rich malty flavors which were “harvested” from an extra long boil in the kettle and balanced with the addition of both Simcoe and Crystal hops. This is a full bodied beer, which is perfect for our cool fall evenings. This autumn seasonal has only a distant connection to the German “Oktoberfest” style from which it gets its inspiration. Maltiness is the predominate flavor component of any true Oktoberfest style and also really stands out in our Harvest Ale.