Skagit Wine and Beer Festival: Drink wines, beers and spirits from regions throughout Washington at the fourth annual Skagit Wine and Beer Festival Nov. 21 at the Best Western Plus Skagit Valley Inn &Convention Center. General admission is from 4 to 8 p.m., with VIP hour from 3 to 4 p.m. There will also be appetizers, chocolate and cheese samples. General admission tickets are $50 per person or $90 per couple. VIP tickets are $70 per person or $130 per couple. For a list of participants and more information, visit www.mountvernonchamber.com/events.
The 10 Below Show: Scuttlebutt Brewing and the Everett Music Initiative will celebrate the release of Scuttlebutt’s winter ale, 10 Below, with a live music show Nov. 28 at the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 2802 Hoyt Ave, Everett. Music will be provided by The Hollers, I Will Keep Your Ghost and a special guest. Advance tickets are $10 or $15 at the door. The show is 21-and-over. For more information, visit Everett Music Initiative’s Facebook page. Tickets are sold at Brown Paper Tickets.
Stout Day at Middleton: Everett’s Middleton Brewing will host Stout Day on Nov. 28 at the brewery, 607 South East Everett Mall Way 27-A, Everett. Try 12 different stouts on tap, including collaborations with Marysville’s Whitewall Brewing and Snohomish’s Sound to Summit Brewing. Here’s a tentative list of what will be pouring: Peanut butter oatmeal stout, raspberry stout, coffee stout, black licorice dry stout, brownie stout, mint/chocolate/coffee stout, oyster stout, Sriracha stout, cheesecake stout, candy cane imperial milk stout (collaboration with Whitewall Brewing), Oreo milk stout (collaboration with Sound to Summit), Mocha Death (Iron Horse Brewing) and Campfire Stout (High Water Brewing). For more information, visit www.middletonbrewing.net.
Winter Beer Festival: More than 50 Washington breweries, including Mukilteo’s Diamond Knot Brewing, will be pouring bold and tasty winter seasonals at the Winter Beer Fest Dec. 4 and 5 at Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. The first session is 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 4, with sessions two and three from noon to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Advance tickets are $30 and tickets at the door are $35. Tickets can be purchased at thestranger.boldtypetickets.com, and include a commemorative tasting glass and 10 4-ounce tasters. For more information, visit washingtonbrewersguild.org.
Howl-iday Pawty: Arlington’s Skookum Brewery is hosting its annual Howl-iday Pawty Dec. 13 at the brewery, 17925 59th Ave NE, A, Arlington. There will be an ugly holiday sweater contest for dogs (and you), prizes, and more. For more information, visit skookumbrewery.com.
Brewers Nights
Nov. 23: Aslan Brewing at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m.; Wander Brewing at The Collective on Tap (Camano Island), 6 p.m. Nov. 25: Diamond Knot Brewing at Kalakala Mercantile Co., 6 p.m.; Fremont Brewing at The Anchor Pub, 7 p.m. Nov. 30: Hellbent Brewing at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m. Dec. 7: HUB at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m. Dec. 8: Skookum Brewery at The Collective on Tap (Camano Island), Laurelwood Brewing at Route 2 Taproom and Grazing Place, 6 p.m. Dec. 14: New Belgium at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m. Dec. 17: Diamond Knot Brewing at Anthony’s Woodfire Grill, 6 p.m. Dec. 21: Hop Valley at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m. Dec. 28: Lagunitas at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m.
Dec. 29: Diamond Knot Brewing at Route 2 Taproom and Grazing Place, 6 p.m. Jan. 12: Diamond Knot Brewing at Fiddler’s Inn, 6 p.m. Jan. 20: Dreadnought Brewing at Diamond Knot Brewery (Mukilteo), 6 p.m. Jan. 25: Lucky Envelope at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m. Jan. 26: Postdoc Brewing at Route 2 Taproom and Grazing Place, 6 p.m. Feb. 1: Paradise Creek at The Collective on Tap (Woodinville), 5 p.m.
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