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Pyramid and Bottleworks

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 | Beer | 2 Comments

On day two of our Seattle beer excursion, we all woke up a little worse for wear.  The highlight of the morning involved Erik realizing he did not bring enough clothes and running to the store to buy new pants.  After a rejuvenating greasy breakfast, we headed for Safeco field to buy some Mariners tickets for a future trip.  There we found Pyramid Alehouse and what choice did we have but to stop in?  I can’t say I felt like drinking more beer and I don’t think anyone else did either.  That didn’t stop us from ordering their tasting rack of five sample size glasses.  I found their beer enjoyable (a feat that morning), but not overly interesting.  I think their wheat beers would make great summer sippers.

We next visited Bottleworks, a beer store of which there is no comparison in Vancouver.  Brewery Creek is great and I love it, but they have to deal with our pesky socialist liquor system.  Bottleworks has many great beers that I just can’t get here.  When I first walked in from the sunshine, I found the store so contrastingly dim that I couldn’t see.  While walking into shelves, I realized that Bottleworks was protecting their beers from harmful light.  Good on them.  I wish I could have stayed there for hours, but the wives were getting anxious for the Seattle Premium Outlets (worst place on earth).  I ended up leaving with:

• Fullers 1845
• Westmalle Trappist Dubbel
• Achel Trappist Brune 8
• Port Townsend Hop Diggidy
• Iron Horse Brass Ass

I can’t wait to drink them.  Pictures of our excursion below:

Cheers,

Chris

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