Category: Brewery Tour

A concise brewery bio

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Sail the 7 Seas

7 Seas Brewing
3207 57th Street Ct NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
United States
phone: (253) 686-3703

Here are their brews!
Cutt’s Ale

This Northwest style Amber Ale, named in honor of our local Cutt’s Island AKA “Dead Man’s” Island, displays a brilliantly clear reddish hue, an intense nose of pine and citrus, a medium body, malt notes of fresh toasted bread, and a pleasant lingering hop bitterness. Quite assertive for an Amber Ale, Cutt’s remains well balanced yet truly Northwest in its audacity.

Cutt’s Ale – Brewing Specs:
Original Gravity: 14.8 Plato
Terminal Gravity: 2.5-3.0 Plato
Alc. by Volume: 6.15%
IBU’s=Approx.: 44

Ballz Deep Double IPA

A mash tun packed mostly with Pale Ale Malt and several different varieties of Crystal malt provide a firm, slightly sweet malt flavor while copious amounts of resiny Yakima Valley hops go berserk on bitterness, flavor and aroma.

Ballz Deep Double IPA – Brewing Specs:
Original Gravity: 19.0 Plato
Terminal Gravity: 3.25-3.75 Plato
Alc. by Volume: 8.0%
IBU’s=Approx.: 82

7 Seas British Pale Ale

A very approachable, versatile Pale Ale, our 7 Sea’s version draws inspiration from the venerable traditions of proper British brewing. Brewed with generous amounts of imported Golden Promise malt, noble hop varieties, and a slightly warm fermentation, this ale displays aromas of fresh fruit, earthy hop notes, and a clean, snappy finish. Ah, nothing like a proper pint!

British Pale Ale – Brewing Specs:
Original Gravity: 12.9 Plato
Terminal Gravity: 2.2-2.7 Plato
Alc. by Volume: 5.4%
IBU’s=Approx.: 30

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Horsetooth Brewing

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As if I need another beer to try when I am at GABF. Here is a list of beers for this fledgling entry to the Fort Collins scene.

1. Old Town Ale
2. Cache la Porter
3. Stimulator Ale

We will also be doing some fun stuff in-between these batches as special releases.

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I missed at Stone 13 – Boo

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Here are their offerings…
Papago Orange Blossom Wheat Beer
Our most popular beer. A light American Wheat Ale flavored with Mandarin Orange and Vanilla. Like a liquid old fashioned creamsicle. 4.5% ABV

Papago El Robusto Porter
An Imperial Porter. Dark as night, rich and flavorful. One of our original beers since day one. A Bronze medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival. 8% ABV

Churchill’s Wheatwine
Strong like a barleywine but smooth because of the golden wheat used to brew it. Another one of our original beers. 9.6% ABV 60 IBU’s

Ryan’s Red Ale
An Irish Red Ale but really more of an Anglo-Irish Red Ale. Red and Malty like an Irish Red Ale but with a light dose of American hops. Named for our managing partner before she married a brewer and changed her name. 6% ABV

Papago Oude Zuipers
A truly authentic Belgian Tripel. “Old Drunk” is brewed for us in Belgium. Rich golden color, lots of Belgian yeast character. Very strong. 11% ABV

Papago Elsie’s Irish Coffee Milk Stout
An Irish car bomb in a glass. A rich milk stout with 1 pound of Irish Cream flavored coffee beans added per barrel. 5.5% ABV

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Central Waters Brewing

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A brewery that makes great beer and is enviromentally conscious? Excellent. Central Waters has just released “Shine On” an easy drinking red ale, made to commemorate our solar hot water system and our partnership with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). Enjoy a pint, and GET YOUR SHINE ON!

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Southern Tier Brewing

The awesome Beer America folks brought this brewery to my attention and now I pay it forward to you…

Southern Tier Brewing is not, I repeat, not in the south. Their home is in Lakewood, New York. They have quite the line-up of beers.. Year-round | Seasonal | Local | Imperial | Ltd Imperial | Seasonal Imperial | Blackwater | Cuvée Series. What intrigued me the most was the Creme Brulee Imperial Milk Stout.

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Beer Co-Op

The Black Star in Texas has taken the owned by thing seriously.

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Owned by and for themselves, not some conglomerate of breweries they are close to being up and running and I applaud them.

I also thought this tidbit from their website was interesting…”Drinkability is a term that comes up frequently when we’re talking about our future Black Star beers, and with the majority of our recipes, I’ve tried to tweak them to be more “drinkable.”

From a recipe standpoint, this usually means lower finishing gravities, slightly higher carbonation levels (although this is debatably more drinkable), use of wheat, and a balance of maltiness, hoppiness, and alcohol. I would say drinkability is made up of mouthfeel, refreshinicity (yeah, you heard me), and inebriatability.”

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more Alabama brew info

Today’s first post concerned a new beer column in Alabama and the first column written was about Good People Brewing.

Snake Handler Double IPA is one of their offerings and lagers are proposed for the future. But what I like most is that they have the typical story of how they brewed for the passion of it and fell into brewing as a business (or as they put it, “the business found us”).

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Alamo Brewing Company

from Draft magazine…
Alamo Beer Company, a microbrewery near San Antonio, Texas, began selling its Alamo Golden Ale out of founder Eugene Simor’s minivan in 2003. Now, the brewery is upping the ante by calling on Dallas-based Ben E. Keith Beverages to distribute the brew throughout San Antonio.

The brewery describes Alamo Golden Ale, which is brewed with a self proclaimed “fiercely independent spirit,” as “a full-bodied, refreshingly lighter style ale with a smooth, velvety finish.”

“Our little beer now has a big distributor,” Simor says. Look for the beer on shelves in San Antonio now, and possibly all over Texas in the next few months — if it’s following the rags-to-riches musician example.

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Six Points Brewery

Laboring under the shadow of the Brooklyn Brewery is the SixPoint Craft Ales.
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They do a wide variety of styles. Belgian IPA to saison to Hop Obama (since retired).
Their beers are available mostly in New York but they are worth looking for when you need to try something new.