Seattle Beer Week 2012 – Pike Brewing Events

Seattle’s 4th Annual Beer Week begins Thursday, May 10th and Pike beer will be flowing at numerous beer week events at different venues across the city including:

May 12 – Tour de Pints #4: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

This year’s Tour begins at Pike Brewing in the heart of downtown Seattle and will take us past some of Seattle’s iconic locations as we bike 20+ miles to and from some of the most defining pubs, taverns and taprooms Seattle has to offer. Click here for more details.

May 13 – Bring Mom Out for a Beer, Pike Pub & Brewery: all day

Mother’s Day is the perfect time to bring your ale-wife or mom to dine, tour, and enjoy a Beer at Pike…She deserves it! We have some special treats for moms: Tours at 2pm & 4pm; “Ale-Wive’s Ravioli”; $5 growler fills; Pike bottle-cap jewelry on sale along with everything red or pink. Top it off with our gift of a tulip for Mom! Click here for more details.

May 14 – Meet the Brewer’s: Pike, Scuttlebutt & Alpine at Emmer and Rye (Queen Anne)

Rub elbows and taste a selection beers from our great locals breweries paired with bites from Chef Seth. $20. Please call (206) 282-0680 for reservations, or just drop in. Straight from it’s World Beer Cup win, try some Pike XXXXX Extra Stout!

May 15 – thirstysisters, NW Women in Beer at Pike’s Microbrewery Museum 6:00 – 8:30 pm

Women brewed beer or favorite beers to sample. Women owned food businesses, small bite samples. Come learn about the historic significance of women brewers. Raffle, food, beer and the proceeds benefit, Planned Parenthood! Not just for women, guys should come too!!

May 16 – Tap Your Lunch Elliott Bay Pizza, Mill Creek 12:00 – 2:00 pm

Elliott Bay Pizza Company presents “Tap Your Lunch” with Pike Brewing Company. Join Laura Stoudt and Rose Ann and Charles Finkel for a luncheon at Elliot Bay Pizza Company in Mill Creek. PIZZA SPECIAL: Lifted Kilt Pizza (Kilt Lifter Braised Onions and Peppered Hempler’s Bacon pieces on a base of Mt. Townsend Off-Kilter Cheese)…Yes please!!

May 16 – Charles and Rose Ann Finkel, Legends Night at Schultzy’s in the U. District 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Join Rose Ann and Charles Finkel for a Q and A of their history in the beer industry. Shultzy’s will feature all of the Pike beers and the Finkel’s will be on hand to answer any questions.

May 17 – An Intimate Pike Beer Dinner at Carmelita on Phinny Ridge 6:00 – 10:00 pm

Join Carmelita vegetarian restaurant & bar and Pike Brewing Company for a five course pairing dinner. The evening begins with a social gathering in the bar with conversation, local beer and delicious snacks from Chef Carlos and beer banter with Seattle icons in the industry, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel. Following the social hour we will meet up for a communal gathering for a five course dinner with notes from the brewer and the chef to accompany each course. Weather permitting, this event will take place in Carmelita’s garden. Menu will be forth coming, expect only the freshest, seasonal offerings. Price per person, $65 and is limited to 25 people. It’s an event not to be missed. Book now at Carmelita. Menu

May 18 – Beer Flights at the Historic Flight Foundation, Payne Field in Everett

A comparison of several different craft beers is called a beer flight.

The inaugural event, “Beer Flights”, as envisioned by event sponsor, Pike Brewing Company, is a festive celebration of flight and spring, with all proceeds supporting the Historic Flight Foundation’s Education Fund. This unique fund provides training opportunities to students of all ages interested in aviation, restoration and the history of flight, some of whom you’ll meet throughout the evening.

Climb on board to taste your way through flights of craft beers, fine wines and a variety of cuisines provided by elite restaurants and specialty food producers. Explore a superb collection of beautifully restored aircraft from 1927-57. Bid for one-of-a-kind aviation experiences and paraphernalia.

*1940’s Period Music by Elizabeth Hott and the Sugar Daddies

*Authors, Reenactors

*A Special Ale Delivered by a Special Plane

For more information: www.beerflights.org

Tickets: Beer Flights

We hope you will join us at these and other Seattle Beer Week events!