Wreck yer palate with Palate Wrecker!

San Diego's Green Flash Brewery has released with I think may be the hoppiest beer I have ever tasted.  Sweet Jesus, there is no joke here.  With 9.5% ABV and 100+ IBU's, 6 pounds of hops in every barrel and hopped wort during the second brewing process of this double IPA makes this one hell of an aggressively hopped beer.  No wonder there is a boxer on the packaging.  What a wallop for your taste buds!  Anybody wonder what chewing on a mouthful of hop cones would taste like?  Find out with a pint of this memorable, memorable IPA.

Currently Pouring at the Duck and Jackie's Picks!

Beers of note on draft right now...


Eel river Earth Thirst Double IPA-dry, astringent hoppy goodness at 8.5%.
Timmermans Strawberry Lambic-so fruity and yummy... smells like strawberry jam but doesn't taste as sweet as it smells. No other strawberry lambics on the market.  Bring on summer!
Alpine Hefeweizen-German Brewing in Oroville, WA? Jah!  Bavarian style Hefe with all the spiciness and flavor you love with a wonderfully smooooth finish.  Try this one, even if you don't typically like the style.  It's worth exploring.  Prepare to be pleasantly surprised.
New Belgium La Folie-Enough said.


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Beer Week Events

Seattle Beer Week Events

May 10^th – 20^th

The 4 Seasons-

Friday – Sunday, May 11^th 12^th 13^th

This event at the Duck will be a lubricated stroll down beer memory lane as we revisit some of the wonderful beers we’ve had this past year.  We will feature at least two beers to represent the seasons past.  Spring: Stillwater Of Love and Regret Saison and Snoqualmie Spring Fever Grand Cru. Summer: Anderson Valley Summer Solstice and Unibrou Raftman (Peat-Smoked Whiskey Malt Belgian-Style Pale).  Autumn:  Kostritzer Oktoberfest and Southern Tier Pumking.  Winter: Deschutes Abyss Imperial Stout and Delirium Noel Belgian Dark Ale.  Cheers!

Sausagefest/Strong Ale Night-

Thursday May 17^th

Fire-grilled specialty sausages?  Nom, nom, nom…

High octane, super-complex, hard-to find Strong Ales?  Yum, yum, yum…

Duck Island welcomes you to a night of meat and mayhem. Sausage flights will include four different kinds of meat, each accompanied with a sauce.  Enjoy samplers of our featured strong beers: Samichlaus Doppelbock (14%), Double Mountain Goliathon Belgian-Style Dark Ale (11%), Boneyard Hop Venom IPA (10%), Gulden Draak Belgian Quad (11.3%).  Come prepared with cab fare! 

4pm-9pm

Fire and Ice -

Saturday May 19th

It’s a lazy Saturday and nothing says casual like a steaming bowl of fresh homemade chili and a cold beer.  Come and try some of the more interesting examples of the lager style of brewing: Dogfish Head My Antonia Imperial Pilsner, Anchor Bock, Kostritzer Marzen, Kulmbacher Schwarzbier or Samichlaus Dopplebock (14%).  Or sit back with some old favorites, Radeberger German Pilsner or Belgium’s Bavik Lager in a can.  Three different kinds of chili, cornbread and all the fixin’s means that dinner is done for you and at a price that will make you smile.  

4pm-9pm

• Hey all! New promo!! 

  PBandJ Mondays! Come in on Mondays and get a 

  pint of Pabst, 

  two pieces of Beth's amazing Bacon 

  and 

  a shot of Jameson 

  for only $8.50 ($7.50 for happy hour 3pm-6pm). 

  It's the trifecta of drunken deliciousness!

Shrink VS Bartender

EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEAR OF SOMEONE UNDER MY BED AT NIGHT. SO I WENT TO A SHRINK AND TOLD HIM: 

'I've got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there's somebody under it.  I'm scared.  I think I'm going crazy.'

'Just put yourself in my hands for one year,' said the shrink. 'Come talk to me three times a week and we should be able to get rid of those fears..'

'How much do you charge?'

'Eighty dollars per visit,' replied the doctor.

'I'll sleep on it,' I said.

Six months later the doctor met me on the street. 'Why didn't you come to see me about those fears you were having?' he asked..

'Well, Eighty bucks a visit three times a week for a year is an awful lot of money! A bartender cured me for $10. I was so happy to have saved all that money that I went and bought me a new pickup!'

'Is that so!' With a bit of an attitude he said, 'and how, may I ask, did a bartender cure you?'

'He told me to cut the legs off the bed! - Ain't nobody under there now!!!'

 

$4 pints of Elysian Nibiru Belgian-Style Trippel

Today, all day, it's $4 pints of Elysian's Nibiru: A Belgian-style trippel brewed with yerba mate, which is a South American tea-like herb used as a stimulant and which contains moderate amounts of caffine.  The 2nd installment in their 'Twelve Beers of the Apocolypse' series this beer is interestingly herbal with grassy tones and definitely a must try.

Think and Drink Limerick!

Think and Drink Trivia tonight at the Duck!

Winner's pick limerick!!!

There once were some kids from Astoria
Who went searching for gold and gloria
They followed the map
Navigated the trap
And saw one final phantasmagoria

Come down and spill out yer brains-8pm!

New Belgium Taps Takeover!

Next Event!!! New Belgium taps take-over!!! Thurs. April 12th, open to close, we will have at least 6 New Belgium beers on draft... La Folie (yummy sourness), Fresh Hop IPA, Farmhouse Saison, 1554 Black Ale, Dig Pale Ale, The Trippel... and more! We will also be offering the opportunity to buy a New Belgium Chalice Glass for $1 with the purchase of a beer! Mark your calendars!

Today!!!! Blue Dot IPA on DRAFT!!!

TODAY!!!  Dog and dogs at the Duck!  Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Double IPA- ON DRAFT and fresh grilled dogs to fix how you like!  German Brats, Hebrew National Kosher Dogs, Aidelle's Spicy Mango Jalapeno, Homestead Creek Spinach and Artichoke Chicken Sausages w/Fontina and Mozzarella Cheese and Tofurkey Dogs!  $3.75 trips to the hot dog bar and $7 pints of Blue Dot!  Beer at 3pm... Dogs at 4pm!  Come and get it!