On Saturday, November 19th Beer Church raised over $5,500 in cash and 2,700 pounds of food for the West Seattle Food Bank. Participants at the 13th Annual Beer Church Turkey Bowl included a total of 199 bowlers and dozens of spectators. Beer Church is the charitable arm of the Washington Beer Blog. We organize and operate the events but it is the participants, volunteers and sponsors who actually make a difference.
Two competitions took place within the larger Beer Church Turkey Bowl event. First of all, eight breweries fought it out for the Beer Church Battle of the Brewers trophy. This year Naked City Brewing walked away victorious. The breweries involved in the Battle of the Brewers included Two Beers Brewing, Elliott Bay Brewing, Odin Brewing, Emerald City Beer Co, Schooner Exact Brewing, Pike Brewing, Elysian Brewing, and Naked City Brewing.
The Washington Beer Blog wants to thank all of the breweries that worked with us over the past couple months. This was the third charity fundraiser that we have organized in the past eight weeks: Craft:Beer+Food, BitterSweet:Beer+Chocolate, and now Turkey Bowl. Our participating breweries generously donated time, beer, swag and creative energy. We very much appreciate their support.
The other competition within Turkey Bowl involved seven local bars competing for the Beer Church Bar Brawl trophy. Elliott Bay Brewery Pub won an incredibly close race, ending West 5′s three-year run as champs. The top three finishers in the Bar Brawl ended up within one point of each other. The bars involved in the Bar Brawl this year included Beveridge Place Pub, Feedback Lounge, West 5, Mission, Latona Pub, Dog & Pony, and Elliott Bay Brewing (the pub’s team).
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West 5 was the undisputed food champion again this year, bringing over 600 lbs. of food. Their contribution to the annual Beer Church food drive is always an inspiration. Also, big thanks to our sponsor who donated prizes for our Target Raffle and helped us raise over $4,000. We also want to extend our thanks to the crew of Turkey Bowl volunteers: Chelsea Asplund, Shannon and Nancy Sharpe, Mark and Barb Vadakin, Darol Hinton, and Allen Maxwell. It was also great to see the West Seattle Food Bank bring a group of bowlers to enjoy the event.
This year Turkey Bowl participants enjoyed a special treat – a sneak preview of Beer Church Midnight Mass Holiday Pale Ale, a beer brewed by Two Beers Brewing. The beer was very well-received and absolutely delicious. Best described as a northwest-style Winter Warmer, Midnight Mass weighs in at 6.8% ABV. It is dark and rich with a notable spiciness and a sharp hoppiness. We will have more information about Midnight Mass Holiday Pale Ale in the coming days. Expect to start seeing it in better beer bars around Seattle after Thanksgiving.
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Here are some pictures from Saturday night.
