Atwood Ales Announces Unique Opportunity to Tour Farmhouse Brewery, Beer Releases

[caption id="attachment_63823" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Photo by Sarah Climaco[/caption] Atwood Ales Farm Brewery, located in Blaine, WA, has announced an opportunity to tour their brewery on May 20, 2018. There are three different time slots, and visitors can sign up for 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Check out the site for how to sign up, the registry for the tour is mandatory. Details are here. There are also three new beer releases. Here are the upcoming beer releases:

Bowlegged - ABV 4.2%

Sour Ale w/ Blueberries 750ml Bottle Conditioned Pairings: salads, poultry, lighter seafood dishes; goat and blue cheese; fruit compote, cheesecake This beer is... purple. Brewed with Lactobacillus, Brettanomyces, organic blueberry juice from Bow Hill Blueberries, and aged in oak barrels for four months. The resulting purple beer has mild berry, funk and oak flavors and an approachable level of sourness. Brewed in Whatcom County with 100% estate hops, 100% Skagit Valley malt and 100% Skagit Valley blueberries.

Brownton Morning - ABV 7.1%

Brown Ale w/ Coffee 500ml Bottle Conditioned Pairings: BBQ shrimp with smoked cheddar polenta; Flourless chocolate Torte with dark fruit compote; Salted caramels Is it the beer, or is it the coffee? That is the question. A big, balanced, brown ale with roast, toast and caramel flavors from the... malts? Or are they from the coffee? What about the light, fruity notes from the... yeast? Or the coffee? Whatever the case may be, it tastes like a good morning. This beer features cold brewed “Bellingham Bay Blend” from Bellingham Coffee Roasters.

1918 Dubbel Centennial ABV 7.1%

Abbey-style Ale 750ml Bottle Conditioned Pairings: substantial salads, poultry, richer seafood dishes; very nice with bloomy-rind soft cheeses Our family farmhouse was built in 1918. This beer marks our 100th batch, brewed in March of 2018. To celebrate the "hundreds" of accomplishments of both our farmhouse and our brewhouse, we brewed this "dubbel centennial" abbey-style ale, using Belgian and Skagit Valley malts, our estate-grown Centennial hops and a fresh pitch of Trappist ale yeast. 1918 is a malt-forward beer with dark fruit and caramel notes, light fruity esters and phenols, and a light, dry finish. Cheers to another 100 years and another 100 beers!

We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.