HAPPY PLACES: Pike Street Beer and Wine
Nine hundred varities of beer from around the world plus a few good wines.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Oct 13, 2009 at 04:00PM
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Beer geeks flip for Pike Street’s collection of rare and limited brews.
View Slideshow » Illustration: View Slideshow » Illustration: View Slideshow » Illustration:The store is set up to help brewsky newbies find beers they like. Exhibit A: the shelf in the front that displays selections—McChouffe, St Bernardus Abt 12—from Michael Jackson’s Rare Beer Club. You can’t go wrong.
View Slideshow » Illustration:Owner Tony Yap is always happy to share his beer expertise.
View Slideshow » Illustration:Tony loves these baby beers from Kiuchi Brewing, a Japanese craft brewery. I love how cute their labels are ($5.99 each).
View Slideshow » Illustration:Tony stocks specialty glassware for the connoisseur.
View Slideshow » Illustration:Scuttlebutt from Everett. I just can’t get enough.
View Slideshow » Illustration:Beware the St Bernardus monk. He’ll make you drunk.
The Place Pike Street Beer and Wine
The Deal A dizzing collection of global craft beers, plus a nice selection of wines, ports, and select glassware.
Owner’s Pick Dubuisson Scaldis Prestige Ale from Belgium ($44.99 for 750ml). “It’s aged in oak for at least six months and is more than 13 percent alcohol!” says owner Anthony Yap.
Our Picks Pliny the Elder from Russian River Brewing in California (limit three per customer). Dussek Cellars 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon ($37.99).
The Scoop There’s a free tasting featuring three to six beers every Friday from 5-7pm. This week’s brewery: Sierra Nevada.
Do I love beer? I love beer so much it makes me freak out! If you do too, you gotta get over to Pike Street Beer and Wine. Owner Anthony Yap traveled the world during his corporate days as a marketing exec, and when he got bored at night he’d head down to the local pub and try whatever was on tap.
Two years ago he decided to settle down and turn his beer passion into a way of life. Lucky us. Yap stocks his shop with his own favorite local and farflung beer, plus a small selection of wines. Since Yap isn’t much of a wine drinker, he decided to select bottles from small wineries that aren’t available at the supermarket, you’ll find everything from Famega vinho verde ($8.99)—one of my favorite cheap weekday wines—to the lovely 06 viognier from Cougar Crest and the inimitable Dussek Cellars 04 cab.
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Read about Pike and Western, another one of my happy places, here.
Tags: Capitol Hill, Beer, Happy Places
Tony really listens to your recommendations and he will try to stock beers you are looking for. The Friday tastings (notified each week via email) are a great way to sample new beers and his recommendations are usually bang on! Many of the eastern european beers in Tony’s shop are fun to try, and they are usually fairly cheap.
Good tip, Michael. Would you be willing to share the email address so readers could get on that list? Thanks!
For anyone interested in getting on the mailing list, contact pikestreetbeer@gmail.com. Thanks Michael!