Brouwer’s Cafe presents 21st annual HardLiver Barleywine Festival

The pacific northwest’s longest running barleywine festival returns to a post-COVID format as Seattle, Washington’s Brouwer’s Cafe presents the 21st annual Hardliver Fest this Frebruary 25th and 26th, 2023. Originally held at the Phinney Center in 2003, HardLiver was moved to Brouwer’s Café for their grand opening on St Paddy’s weekend in 2005.

Barleywines have a long life, even if the style isn’t as popular as it once was, it’s experiencing a mini resurgence now. Whether you’re a hardcore Hardliver attendee or you haven’t been in a decade; whether you’re a barleywine aficionado or just started your exploration of beer this is the event for you. No tickets are required, there is no required glassware or drink tickets and each beer is served in it’s own vessel in two different size options.

Brouwer’s promises 30+ barleywines on tap, from up and down the west coast. This is your opportunity to mix and match, taste and critique, and really wet your palette for what could easily become a barleywine obsession. Your liver has been warned! Let the training begin!

The Beer List:

1.     Alesong Meastro ’23 (13.5%) Eugene 

2.     Anchor Old Foghorn ’12 (9.4%) San Francisco

3.     Away Days Bucket Head Bobby (9%) Portland

4.     Big Time Old Wooly ’16 (10.3%) Seattle

5.     Block 15 Hypnosis ‘22 (12.5%) Corvallis 

6.     Boneyard Wooden Femur Rye (11.5%) Bend

7.     Chuckanut BA Barleywine (10.3%) Mt Vernon

8.     Dual Citizen Mayhem and Mischief ’21 (11.5%) Minneapolis 

9.     Dual Citizen Mayhem and Mischief ’22 (12%) Minneapolis 

10.  Ecliptic Rye Barrel-Aged Orange Giant ’21 (15%) Portland

11.  Engine House #9 Sekiu BA Barleywine Batch 2 ‘21(10%) Tacoma

12.  Ex Novo Nevermore ’21 (12.1%) Portland 

13.  Ferment BA Barleywine (11%) Hood River

14.  Firestone Walker Sucaba ’14 (12.5%) Paso Robles

15.  Fort George Etym BA Barleywine (15.1%) Astoria

16.  Fort George Etymology BA Barleywine (14.7%) Astoria

17.  Fort George Ology BA Barleywine (14.9%) Astoria

18.  Fremont Brew 5000 (12.2%) Seattle 

19.  Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws ’12 (11.5%) Portland

20.  Holy Mountain/Cellarmaker Beyond Spacetime Beyond Self (12%)

21.  Lagunitas Port Barrel Aged Kveik Barleywine (13.7%) Seattle

22.  Lumberbeard BA Barleywine ‘22 (16.2%) Spokane 

23.  Machine House Barleywine (10%) CASK

24.  Matchless/North Fork Where is my Barleywine (12.7%) Tumwater 

25.  North Fork Dad of Son of Frog (11.5%) Deming

26.  Oakshire Barleywine ’15 (10.4%) Eugene

27.  pFriem Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine (11%) Hood River 

28.  Pint Size Off the Trail Batch #   (10%) Seattle

29.  Ravenna Maple/Bourbon BA Barleywine (12%) Seattle

30.  Reuben’s Brews Lions Share American Barleywine (12%) Seattle 

31.  Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine ’14 (9.6%) Chico

32.  Sig/Bottleworks While my Otter Gentle Weeps (12.8%) Tacoma 

33.  Varietal To The Point Whiskey BA Barleywine (12.4%) Sunnyside