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Stuart Stout

The mountain: Mt Stuart is the second tallest non-volcanic peak in WA and can be identified from nearly any high summit… The Beer. Stuart Stout a rich, full bodied, deeply roasty interpretation of the style. A fine beer to drink anytime, but best enjoyed in front of a fire on a cold rainy winter evening.

Early Morning Stout

Early Morning Spire is set in a magical location of the Eldorado, Inspiration, and Mcallister glaciers… The name derives itself from a group that had to bivy near the summit (cold, unprepared), which caused them to summit just after first light. What better of a beer style to have at first light than a stout? … The Beer. An “American stout,” it has a nice roast and chocolate aroma/flavor but also includes a significant amount of NW hops…

Porter vs Stout

As a prelude to “stout month” and our releasing Picket porter back in December we thought it would be fun to write a “discussion” between stouts and porters.  Rest assured, if you asked 100 different brewers and/or connoisseurs to write this you’d get a 100 different responses, so take it with a grain of salt. [...]

Maude’s mild

Mt Maude is the 13th tallest peak in WA and helps comprise the cirque where the Entiat river starts its seaward journey…. Maude’s mild is our interpretation of a winter session beer. Milds are, by definition, a lower strength beer and this one gets it’s subtle warming from notes of dark fruits: prunes and raisins.

Esmeralda Ale

The name. The mountain. Esmeralda is located in the Teanaway River drainage just S of Ingalls peak and SW of MT Stuart – one of our favorite areas…. While the mountain is great, this beers namesake comes from our tale of two experiences that parallel the brewery…. The Beer. Compared to Maude’s mild, Esmeralda has a higher alcohol level… with some dark sugars allowing notes of molasses and dark sugar to complement the extra alcohol.

Triumph 2011

Along with our party at Naked City, we also brewed up a small batch of special beer for our anniversary.  We’ll let the label describe the mountain, the route, the beer. After a little more than a year in business, we’re still having a blast and owe much of that to our awesome customers.  It [...]

Picket Porter

The name. The mountain (range). The rugged Picket Range is located in the North Cascades National Park and so named for its resemblance to a picket fence… The Beer. We attempted to make picket porter a perfect partner to the Snowfield winter: A very flavorful beer but yet easy drinking with a lower alcohol content. It is very drinkable and has a lower alcohol content that would be similar to the historical versions of the entires…

Snowfield Winter 2011

The name. The mountain. With a name like Snowfield, we couldn’t resist naming our winter beer after it. …Washington’s 90th highest peak, it stands 6,500′ above the Pyramid Lake trailhead with multiple ‘ups and downs’ and glaciers en route… The Beer. This is our second season of the Snowfield. We made this year’s version based on previous batches, but changing things up to hit a new season. … a slightly more bitter and hop forward beer that is nicely balanced by the chocolaty, sweet malt backbone and higher alcohol %.

Annapurna Black Ale

The mountain. The N Cascades has its own version, Little Annapurna, named because of the similar appearance to its Himalayan counterpart. The Beer. We wanted to make a darker beer that had a lot of hop character blending the recent harvest with the upcoming winter. We’ll call it a NW Black ale…

Spickard Spiced Ale

The mountain. Spickard is juxtaposed to Mt Redoubt and is a great alpine destination, although accessibility is limited to put it mildly. The Beer. We went towards Thanksgiving spices. We started with a base that includes more than 25% maize… then added some spruce, rosemary, and thyme…

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