Bellingham Beer Week Starts Friday

Heads up Bellingham beer lovers! Bellingham Beer Week is just around the corner. In fact, the week-long festivities are kicking off this Friday at Kulshan Brewing with the 2016 Bellingham Beer Olympics. In honor of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the inaugural Kulshan Beer Olympics will mark the beginning of this year’s Bellingham Beer Week in grand Olympic fashion.

Bellingham Beer Olympics

There will be 10 teams of four; 5 breweries and 5 teams of patrons competing in a number of “Beerlympic” style events. Expect to see an obstacle course, life-sized Jenga, dizzy bat, ping pong and more! Prizes will be awarded to Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, but no team will go unrecognized!  Special points given to best collective team beard. During the event, patrons can spectate while enjoying beer specials as well as live music and food.

Bellingham Beer Week 2016

This year marks the 4th Annual Bellingham Beer Week celebration. An entire week’s worth of local Washington microbreweries coming together to create amazingly great brew creations and hold celebration events. Every year there are more new local breweries to get to know as well as established favorites to enjoy. Be sure to check out the official Beer Week events calendar to plan your week accordingly.

Collaboration Brews

Every year for Beer Week, local Washington brewers get together to create a special, one-time batch, collaboration brew. One of the collaborative brew creations made in honor of this year’s Beer Week is the Raspberry Lager. This limited release brew used 1,200 lbs of raspberries from Samson Farms in Everson to give it it’s unique raspberry flavor. It was created as a brilliant collaboration between Wander Brewing and Kulshan Brewing. This delicious lager can be acquired at both Wander and Kulshan on tap or in locally canned six packs while they last.