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[Travel] Bad Jimmy’s Brewing Co., Seattle – Habanero, Blood Orange and Carrot Cake, What?

Posted in Beer, Brewery, Craft Beer Series, Drinks, Joyce, Patio, Restaurants, Seattle, Travel, U.S., tagged Bad Jimmy's Brewing, Ballard, beer, beer flight, Beer Tasting, craft beer, Seattle on May 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Before we did our brewery walking tour in Ballard, Bad Jimmy’s was actually the first brewery we visited during our recent trip to Seattle. It’s not quite in the cluster of breweries in Ballard but it’s close to that area.

The Beers

Here they have a list of Year Round beers and a list of Seasonals. It’s $9 for a flight of Year Round or Seasonals, or $10 to mix them up (stout costs extra $2), or simply $2.50 for a 5oz taster. So naturally, wanting to try more, we ordered a flight off each list. (more…)

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[Travel] Self-Guided Walking Tour of Seattle’s Ballard Brewery District

Posted in Beer, Brewery, Craft Beer Series, Drinks, Joyce, Restaurants, Seattle, Travel, U.S., Washington, tagged Ballard, beer, Beer Tasting, Brewery District, Brewery Tour, craft beer, IPA, Lucky Envelope Brewing, Populuxe Brewing, Porter, Reuben's Brews, Seattle, Sours, Stoup Brewing, stout, Triple IPA, Washington on May 1, 2018| 1 Comment »

Mr. and I had a few days off in April, so we decided to head down to Seattle for a quick getaway. It’s been a couple of years now since we last headed south of the border thanks to the weak Canadian Dollar.

Instead of hanging out in the downtown area, we chose to stay in the Ballard district, which is known for its ever growing share of breweries. Where we stayed was within walking distance to a cluster of craft breweries, so we did a self-guided brewery tour.

And that means we just hit the street and started walking towards the first stop from our temporary home. When I was looking up the breweries, Lucky Envelope caught my eyes because its logo is the red envelope 利是 we hand out during Chinese New Year and to no surprise, looks like it’s Asian owned. LE it is.

Stop #1 – Lucky Envelope

Seattle Ballard Brewery Stop 1 - Lucky Envelope

Lucky for us, it was the release day of their sours. And we are big sour fans!! There were 6 on the menu, so we opted for the lighter ones (it’s only our first stop!) plus a couple of other brews: