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Pub Night #1 (02-11-2007): Brouwer’s Café
I was quite impressed with this place; heck, how could I not when they have one of my favorite Belgium beers – Delirium Tremens – in three different varieties (330ml bottle, 750ml bottle, and on draught)? With regards to their overall beer selection, that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Food consisted of typical Belgium eatery such as frites, croquettes, cheese platter, etc.. I tried both the frites and croquettes; both were awesome!

No doubt I’ll be visiting this place again…

Pub Night #2 (02-25-2007): People’s Pub
This night there was a conflict with the Oscars but who cares the show (pub night) must go on! Anyways, this place was kind of small but definitely had an interesting atmosphere. One thing I liked is at the entrance there’s a bookshelf full of board games (Scrabble, Life, Operation, etc.) that you can enjoy during pub visit; we didn’t really partake in these however at one point we did have a conversation about how cool a “pub version” of Operation would be, the only difference is the tweezers emit an electrical shock rather than the traditional buzzer/lights.

Their brew selection was decent with primarily German and English beers. I was however quite surprised that they didn’t have Hoegarden (something about removing it to make room for a rotating tap), even though there was a huge Hoegarden banner hanging behind our table. The food is tailored towards the German cuisine; I had the Jagerschnitzel which was served exactly as I had it in Germany several months ago.

In summary this place wasn’t bad though it does have a couple flukes; if in the neighborhood I would stop in again.

Pub Night #3 (03-11-2007): Issaquah Brewery (Rogue)
To be honest I can’t remember much from this pub night as it fell on a Sunday and I had spent both Friday and Saturday nights partying it up good (I don’t think I got to bed until at least 4am both nights). I do recall that they had a good Belgium style beer though I forget the name of it and that they had an appetizer called the “Bleu Balls” which were meatballs with blue cheese crumbles mixed in…. tasty!

Based on what I remember this place has a lot going for it except for the fact it’s in Issaquah.

Pub Night #4 (03-20-2007): White Horse Trading Company
Kind of funny we even call this a pub night as not many folks even showed up (Greg, Clodagh, Kevin, Erin, and myself) which is probably a good thing too as this place was closed (there was a note in window stating they went on holiday for the week).

We ended up two doors down at one of my local hangouts (Kells) and listened to some of the live Irish music for a bit. Not much else to mention except for that Kells had Hoegarden on tap… in your face People’s Pub!!!

Pub Night #5 (04-01-2007): Big Time Brewery & Alehouse
Right from the start I liked this place. As you walk in and you know exactly where you stand. You want food then go to the kitchen counter and get it, you want a drink well then get up to the bar and get it; what I would call a self-service pub.

They have a fine selection of brews, most of which they brew themselves; their pale ale especially tasty and ended up sticking with it for the remainder of the evening. Related to their brew selection, the brew master must have had some sort of IPA fetish as they three different kinds on the menu… craziness!

The place looked liked it could serve up a mean pizza but I only went with the nachos, which by the way exceeded my expectations.

I can guarantee I’ll be back, but given its location to the University it’ll likely be on a school night to avoid the mass drunkenness of the kids. Oh yeah, for clarification this is the “Big Time Brewery” and shouldn’t be confused with the “Big Horn Brewery”; I’m not saying someone got these confused, but it could happen.