Brouwer’s Cafe Hard Liver Fest 2021

One of the country’s best barleywine and strong ale events will happen in 2021. Seattle, Washington’s great gastropub Brouwer’s Cafe will host a paired down Hard Liver Fest on Thursday, February 25th. This years event will be different, with 12-16 barleywines on tap for in-person pours, and to-go beer packs also available for the first time ever.

More info from the Brouwer’s Cafe staff directly:

Last year if you would have told us that the next event we’d hold after Hard Liver would be Hard Liver again, we’d have to have cut you off from service. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened and soon after last year’s festival we all entered into a pandemic lifestyle that made
such events impossible for us to host. Well, though things remain tentative, we can see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Should phase restrictions currently in place remain in place, we feel confident in being able to put on an abbreviated version of one of our most popular events. To spread out the seekers of “life”, we are going to hold this event over four days instead of two, meaning the beers will be
tapped and ready to go on Thursday, February 25th. Remember, party sizes are limited to six people from a max of three households and our capacity is capped at 25%. As an extra precaution, we are limiting indoor dining to parties of five (5). Parties of six will be seated outside. We are placing an extra restriction this year as well – glass sharing between households will be prohibited. We know there is a lot of sharing that happens at our festivals as people aim to try as many of the offerings and this year. We simply cannot allow that to go on this year; don’t hesitate to ask for an extra glass or two.

For those that will choose to fest at home, we will be offering limited mixed packs of 6-8 barleywines so you can play Hard Liver: The Home Game. That pack will be posted and put in our webstore for pre-order on Sunday, February 21st. Pickup will begin on Thursday the 25th.
We know it isn’t ideal and we wish we could burst open the doors like we used to, but this is the best we can offer right now. We hope to see some of you that weekend for one of our favorite events! https://www.brouwerscafe.com/