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Northwest Breweries October 4 & 5

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from local vendors. We’d like to thank the following list of businesses that have generously contributed a fabulous weekend for two: Anacortes Cinema Anacortes Ship Harbor Inn Apothecary Spa Gere-a-Deli H2O Mystic Sea Charters Nantucket Inn Zip San Juan You’ll see a lot of folks this weekend getting into the spirit of things with variations on Bavarian costume, and you’ll have a chance to vote for your hen we dreamed this idea up a Some reasons why: 30 breweries, favorites during our Best Dressed couple of years ago we had no over 60 beer styles, German food, Competition. This year we’ve even idea it would become so successful. good and old fashioned oom-pah added a yodeling competition! So and a location on the Guemes Year One was a Saturday – only Channel that can’t be beat. It’s also gentlemen, dust off your favorite pair event and despite the challenging of lederhosen, and ladies, your most the biggest Oktoberfest in terms of weather conditions, the people festive Dirndl, warm up your vocal came: so many that we maxed the brewery participation in the state. chords and meet us down on the occupancy on the Port Building. In Plus the brewers are here giving you an opportunity to talk about the pier for Oktoberfest, Anacortes-style. year two, we expanded to a two-day While you’re here we hope you take beer and the business. One of our event and incorporated the entire the time to “eat, play, shop and stay” participating breweries will win the dock area. Even with the expanded by visiting the many great shops, rescoveted People’s Choice Award, so area, we were challenged to get taurants and attractions Anacortes don’t forget to vote for your favorite everyone in. Today, the Anacortes beer of the weekend. By voting, you’ll has to offer. Prost!

Oktoberfest has developed a be entered to “Win a Trip Back to reputation for being an event for Rick Star Anacortes” featuring fabulous prizes Oktoberfest Bier on the Pier Chair which you need to get tickets early.

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Welcome to our 4th annual Anacortes Oktoberfest dubbed “Bier on the Pier!”

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7 Seas Brewing Company Big E Ales

Brickyard Brewing

CASCADIAN DARK ALE

OATMEAL STOUT MASONARY

Gig Harbor

Woodinville

Lynnwood

OOMPAH ALE Style: German Style Oktoberfest

Style: Oatmeal Stout 6.8%

Style: IPA

Style: IPA

Style: Belgian Fruit Beer

Limited Availability

Edmonds

Birdsview Brewery

Style: Stout

Concrete

CARDIACK ARREST

Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen

Style: Strong Brown Ale

CHUCKANUT FEST BIER

Style: Belgian Wit

RAUCH

Style: Black IPA

HARVEST ALE Style: Oktoberfest Style Ale

American Brewing Company CABOOSE OATMEAL STOUT HARVEST MOON MARZEN German Style Marzen

Anacortes Brewery

BIG “E” IPA

RASPBERRY HEFEWEIZEN

WITLESS

BRICKYARD IPA

SURPRISE 3RD BEER

Bellingham Style: Fest Bier Style: Rauch

Style: Oktoberfest Lager

Boundary Bay Brewery & Diamond Knot Craft Bistro Brewing Bellingham

Style: Fresh Hop

Style: IPA

VIENNA ALE

Style: Harvest Rye

BROWN ALE

Anacortes

ANACORTES OKTOBERFEST FRESH HOP PALE ALE

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BOUNDARY BAY IPA HARVEST RYE

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Mukilteo

Style: German Style Beer Style: Brown Ale

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AMERICANS LOVE BEER

he U.S. is a beer-loving nation first and foremost. Sales figures show 2011 U.S. beer sales surpassed sales of wine and liquor combined. American craft brewers, defined as small, independent and traditional by the Brewers Association, have seen continued growth, yet in 2012 have only captured approximately 10 percent of overall national beer sales. Craft brewers, against many odds, have been a successful business sector despite a decrease in national beer sales.

To put things into perspective, sales for craft brewers ($8.7 billion in 2011) were similar to sales of champagne in the U.S. at that same time.

— Brewers Association The Anacortes Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring this year’s Anacortes Oktoberfest!

BARREL

Birch Equipment

KEG Shell Puget Sound Refinery Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company

GROWLER       

Anacortes American Cap Sante Court Retirement Community Golden Services, LLC

Lynne M Lang Accounting and Business Services Co Rockfish Grill/H2O/ Anacortes Brewery Swinomish Casino & Lodge

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Anacortes Ship Harbor Inn Brown Lantern Ale House Nantucket Inn Peoples Bank Trident Seafoods

Barnett Implement Bayside Specialties Business Bank Fidalgo Country Inn Island Rental and Supply KWLE 1340AM The Whale

PINT  

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Dick’s Brewing Company Foggy Noggin Brewing Centralia

Bothell

Hale’s Ales Brewery & Pub

Style: Dark Ale

Style: English Strong Ale

O’BRIENS HARVEST ALE

Style: IPA

Style: English ESB Dry Hopped

Fish Brewing Company Olympia

Fremont Brewing Company

Style: Hempseed Pale Ale

INTERURBAN IPA

DANGER

KASTRATED DAWG

IPA

SWOOP

HERBAN LEGEND DARK & DRY

Style: Fall Seasonal

Flyers Restaurant and Brewery

Style: IPA

ENGLISH PALE ALE

Redmond

Style: Farmhouse Saison

Oak Harbor

Style: American Style Oktoberfest

FULL SAIL LTD

PACEMAKER PORTER Style: Robust Porter

Style: Double Pale Ale

Hi-Fi Brewing Company

Full Sail Brewing Company

PROPTOBERFEST

HALE’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE PALE ALE

Seattle

FREMONT HARVEST ALE

Style: Molasses Apple Cider

Seattle

Hood River

Style: ESB

MIX TAPE FOR BERNADETTE Style: IPA blend

Iron Horse Brewery Ellensberg

IRISH DEATH

Style: Marzen/Oktoberfest

Style: Dark , Smooth Ale

Style: Black Lager

Style: Hop-forward Pale Ale

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Serving Western Washington Since 1968

310 Commercial Avenue • Anacortes

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Island Hoppin’ Brewery

PAIRING FOOD AND BEER

Eastsound

ELWHA ROCK IPA Style: NW IPA

LIME KILN LAGER Style: Lager

Kulshan Brewing Company Bellingham

DOUBLE BROTHER Style: Double IPA

TRANSPORTER Style: Porter

Lazy Boy Brewing Company Everett

LAZY BOY OKTOBERFEST Style: Oktoberfest

LAZY BOY BAVARIAN HEFEWEIZEN Style: Hefeweizen

Leavenworth Biers Olympia OKTOBERFEST Style: Oktoberfest

DUNKELWEIZEN Style: Dark German Wheat

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ith beer, it may be said heavy food, heavy beer — light food, a lighter beer. In some ways it is a good rule of thumb, especially if you are new to the pairing idea.

• Dry Stouts and porter: These are excellent with a hearty soup/ stew or a meat dish with brown gravy. Try making pancakes with stout — just replace some or all of the water with beer.

• Light ales, light lagers, blond or gold ale, lighter wheat beers: These go well with spicy food.

Once you torch your palate, you probably will not be able to taste the nuances and subtleties of the more complex brews.

• Imperial stout and sweet stout: Try these for an interesting dessert combination. Pair these with chocolate to bring out the flavors in the beer. I would suggest a chocolate raspberry dish or a chocolate fondue. Recommended for heavier desserts.

• Wheat, weiss, witbier: With these beers, it is best to stick with lighter more subtle fare.

There is a reason there are yeast remnants in the beer - so you can taste them. These can also go well with dessert. A German hefeweizen with a banana custard or a Belgian white with an orange dessert would be good matches.

Citrus style desserts bring out the lemon/orange and spice from these beers.

• Pilsner: A hoppy pilsner can enhance the flavor of a firm fish or shellfish. A pilsner can be good with fried or spicy food. Pilsners also serve well as an aperitif.

• Pale, IPA: Beef dishes fare well with the more full-bodied ales such as the IPA or pale. Buffalo wings or blackened chicken would be nicely complemented with an IPA, though they can enhance the spicy heat. The pales can complement shrimp, crab, and other light fish.

• Brown ale: Brown ale goes quite well with a brown mushroom gravy over chicken. If your particular brown is somewhat — www.brew-monkey.com hoppy, then it will make a nice pair with a more gamey dish.

Brown ale and nut brown ale tend Craft brewers currently to go well with beef entrées.

• Amber: You can partake of this with pizza, medium spicy foods or even as a substitute for brown ale. Amber can be quite malty and somewhat hoppy, so stay away from sweet items with this beer.

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provide an estimated 108,440 jobs in the U.S., including serving staff in brewpubs.

— Brewers Association

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Maritime Pacific Brewing Old Schoolhouse Brewery Triplehorn Brewing Company Winthrop Company Seattle

RUUD AWAKENING IPA

Style: Oktoberfest Lager

FRESH HOP IPA

WINDFEST

Style: IPA

IMPERIAL PALE ALE

Company

Port Townsend

Eugene

Style: IPA

Style: Dortmunder Style Lager

PEEPING PEATER SCOTCH ALE

BELIEVER

Style: Scotch Ale

Style: Double Red Ale

Mount Vernon COLD BEER

Mount Vernon

ROUNDABOUT CONFUSION HARVEST ALE RHYTHMIC RYE Style: Rye

DON’T FRET PORTER Style: Whiskey Barrel Aged Porter

Style: Pilsner

FRESH HOP IPA

Twelve String Brewing Company Style: Fall Seasonal

Skagit River Brewery

North Sound Brewing Company

Style: IPA

Spokane Valley

HOP DIGGIDY IPA

OKTOBERFEST

Style: IPA

LANDWINK IPA

Port Townsend Brewing

Ninkasi Brewing Company

SAXON RAUCH BIER Style: Rauch Lager

Style: IPA

Style: IPA

Snoqualmie

HUNTSMAN OKTOBERFEST

BAFFLING SPOON SCOTTISH ON NITRO

Style: Oktoberfest

Style: Scottish Ale

SLAINTE STOUT Style: Stout

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