Epic Ales Brewery visit

So Jeff and I are excited to keep trying all of the many, many breweries in the Seattle area - at the same time as being embarrassed about how many we haven't tried!! I listed several we want to try a few months ago in this post.

Recently, we visited Epic Ales brewery in SODO with some friends from my program. We showed up on a Friday evening, and were greeted by a TINY tasting room, but it felt really intimate and friendly. The owner and brewmaster was behind the counter and immediately offered some of his crazy beers for us to try (in 8 oz. samplers, mind you!) - Wow!

We had one brewed with the Mexican spice "epazote" and it tasted spicy, earthy, and peppery - really unique, and would have been great paired with a nice Mexican meal. The last beer we tried was called the Solar Trans Amplifier. It was light and summery, and by far the most unique and complex of the 3 we tried. It's brewed with ginger and cammomile! You can imagine how interesting it tasted! Yum.

After we tasted these beers, we made the trek back up into downtown for dinner at Pike Place Brewery & Pub. One of our favorite places to eat and drink in Seattle. I had the Scotch ale (Kilt Lifter) as usual, and Jeff enjoyed his favorite "Monk's Uncle" Tripel Ale.