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| Courtesy of Redhook Brewery |
SEATTLE – July 11, 2017 – Redhook
Brewery is opening the doors of its new brewery and pub, called Redhook
Brewlab, in the Pike Motorworks Building at 714 E. Pike Street in
Capitol Hill on August 17, 2017.
A Grand Opening Party with Redhook’s radio partner KEXP will take place on August 17 from 3:00 to 10:00 p.m.,
with live music and a one-of-a-kind taplist featuring 16 collaboration
beers brewed with some of Redhook’s friends in the industry.
The Beer
Redhook
Brewlab will feature 16 taps of rotating small-batch beers, brewed on
site by Redhook Head Brewer Nick Crandall, an eight-year brewing veteran
who has spent his time at Redhook focused on innovation and new beer
development, including two pub-favorite IPAs in Redhook’s line-up, the
reformulated Big Ballard Imperial IPA and the hazy Bicoastal IPA.
Crandall
will bring his recipe ideas to life at Redhook Brewlab through a
state-of-the-art eight-barrel brewhouse. The brewhouse is a High
Efficiency Brewing System (HEBS), which is unique in that it uses a mash
filter instead of a lauter tun, enabling significant water and grain
conservation, quicker brewing times, and easier batch-to-batch turnover.
The flexibility and efficiency of the brewhouse will allow Crandall to
experiment with a wide variety of beer styles and recipes, and brew more
than 100 different small-batch beers every year.
Redhook
Brewlab is a beer-focused working space. The brewery will be a test
ground to experiment and create new small-batch beers primarily for the
pub, and to develop recipes that will eventually come to life on a wider
scale in Washington and beyond. Examples include Crandall’s new
Bicoastal IPA, and a few others planned for 2018: My Oh My Caramel
Macchiato Milk Stout, Mothers of the Sun Raspberry Saison, Peaches for
Me IPA brewed with peach and mango, and Tangelic Halo Tangerine IPA.
“Redhook
was built on experimentation and taking risks back in the early 80s,”
said Crandall. “Redhook Brewlab will allow us to experiment and test
brewing boundaries, as well as get feedback directly from our guests.
We’ll see what works and what might not. Ultimately, the next generation
of Redhook’s core and seasonal beers will be born at Brewlab.”
With
the launch of Brewlab, Redhook is also introducing its new Washington
Native series, a rotating line-up of house IPAs that will feature
ingredients exclusively sourced from the State of Washington. The
Washington Native series will be a permanent fixture at Redhook Brewlab,
and Crandall plans to brew the first release in the series with
ingredients from two of his favorite sources, hops from Roy Farms in
Moxee, Wash., and malts from Skagit Valley Malting in Burlington, Wash.
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| Courtesy of Redhook Brewery |
The Space
Redhook
Brewlab’s concept is an intersection of Seattle history and culture, a
place where the city’s eclectic influences mix – art, science, brewing,
food, and music.
Housed
within the Pike Motorworks Building, Brewlab’s space is an open modern
brewery and pub concept with an abundance of natural light. Large
skylight windows above the front entrance on Pike street saturate the
main bar and seating area with light, and floor-to-ceiling windows
between the pub and brewery space give patrons a close-up view of the
latest small-batch beers being brewed.
Redhook Brewlab
space was designed by Graham Baba Architects and Arup Engineering, and
brought to life by R|Miller Inc. Construction. The space and menu
concept were created with input from famed Seattle restaurateurs James
Weimann and Deming Maclise, who intentionally worked to emphasize the
industrial features of the Pike Motorworks space while incorporating
historic elements such as a 1930s bar salvaged from a Greyhound Bus
Station in Soap Lake, Wash., and vintage lighting fixtures.
A
focal point inside the brewpub is a custom mural by Grammy-nominated
Seattle illustrator and Sub Pop Records Art Director Sasha Barr. The
prominent mural on the wall near the front bar is a colorful collage
celebrating the city, people, beer, architecture, and the neighborhood.
Large
patios in the front and back of the space increase the seating capacity
from 171 to 258, making Redhook Brewlab’s total outdoor patio space the
largest in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The back patio features two
firepits for a cozy beer drinking experience, and both patios will be
open as weather allows.
In
addition to developing Redhook’s latest small-batch beers, Crandall
will take the lead on the music front, playing music from his extensive
collection of vinyl records for guests to enjoy while he’s brewing beer.
There are also plans to ramp up a local live music program, with an
ongoing series of shows held at Redhook Brewlab.
The Food
Redhook
Brewlab will offer a specially curated menu featuring ingredients from
local Seattle purveyors. While the heart of the brewery is the
eight-barrel brewing system, the heart of the kitchen is a stone-hearth
oven from WoodStone in Bellingham, Wash.
From
Executive Chef Adam Stevens: “I’d describe the menu concept as
unabashedly good bar food, the kind of food we like to eat while
drinking great beer. Our stone-hearth oven, the seasons, and local
ingredients will dictate the menu, which will rotate throughout the
year. In this way, the food aligns with our beers -- we won’t limit
ourselves, we’ll be experimental, and we’ll always be having fun.”
About Redhook Brewery
Redhook
was born out of the entrepreneurial spirit of early 1980s in the heart
of Seattle. While the term didn’t exist at the time, Redhook became one
of America’s first craft breweries with its focus on creating a better
beer. From a modest start in a former transmission shop in the Seattle
neighborhood of Ballard, to a Fremont trolley barn that housed The
Trolleyman brewpub, to its current home of brewing experimentation,
Redhook Brewlab, located in the Pike Motorworks Building in the heart of
Capitol Hill, Redhook has become one of America’s most recognized craft
breweries.
Redhook’s
beer lineup includes ESB, Long Hammer IPA, Bicoastal IPA, Big Ballard
Imperial IPA, Extra Special Lager (ESL), American Pale Ale, and a
variety of seasonal beers, including Blackhook, Summerhook, and
Winterhook. Redhook beers are available on draught and in bottles and
cans around the country.
Redhook Brewery, Est. Seattle, WA 1981
