In honor of Ocean Grounds’ one year anniversary, Slow Boat is teaming up with Ocean Grounds once again and Sonos to bring you Beer n’ Bass this Wednesday December 5th from 4-8pm! Sonos, the Wireless HiFi System, will be hooking up their new wireless subwoofer to set the mood with rockin’ bass music while the [...]

Slow Boat wants YOU to be the brewer! This month, you get to choose between five different options for beers, and we’ll make the beer with the most votes at the end of the month. Some of our unique brew recipes include a Black Butte IPA, a Sea Anchor Vanilla Stout, and more! All voters [...]

As we prepare to ship the last keg of our experimental Crazy Ivan Cream Ale, here are few facts —  Let’s get some nomenclature aside first; an American Cream Ale is a sub-set of the Blonde Ale, and ale more closely associated with a Pilsner.  In the UK, however, a Cream Ale often refers to [...]

I often get a chance to return to my old stomping grounds in the Pacific Northwest, frolic through the hop fields and try new beers from the ever widening array of new and local establishments.  There are always new beers, new techniques, and even more exciting, new hops (at least new to me).  I came [...]

Beijing had a real spring this year.  We’ve enjoyed introducing several experimental beers (Bottlescrew Blonde, Dead Reckoning Honey Ale) to the Beijing scene.  At the same time our seasonal brews – All Hands Amber and Monkey’s Fist IPA have been enthusiastically received.  Production for both seasonal brews was extended for an additional two months (thus [...]

As an experimental beer we only made a limited quantity of the blonde.  Little did we know it would be so popular.  Sold out in 2 weeks!  Today we shipped the last of the lot to Home Plate BBQ for tonight’s event, The Little Easy received one keg and Terra will get the last of the lot. [...]

Our next Experimental beer -  Dead Reckoning Honey Ale – went into secondary fermentation last week so it’s about 2 weeks away from your pint glass.  I’ve poured it straight from our huge fermenting tanks and it’s really, really good; perfect for the hot days and nights ahead.  In another 2 weeks it can only [...]

The newest in our series of experimental beers is now on tap at The Little Easy.  This one follows our trend of making lighter beers to match the warmer weather.  You can find the description below: Bottlescrew Blonde A full blooded American Blonde Ale that is easy to drink.  Straw blonde in color, this beer [...]

The weather is turning and it looks like we will have use of the space outside Home Plate BBQ.  That’s great for beer aficionados because for one night only we have two new beers to show off!  Our Monkey’s Fist IPA (6%) is like nothing you’ve tried before.  A unique beer, we mixed some of [...]

Our new All Hands Amber Ale is an experimental beer meaning we produced an extremely limited amount just to see how it would turn out. Golden in color, light bodied and almost resembling a filtered beer, we are very pleased with the results. Here is a sneak peak of the beer. “All Hands Amber ale [...]