Hey kids! Want to casually obliterate your palate, disorient your soul, and maybe meet a demon or two without ever leaving Tacoma’s cozy North Slope? Excellent news: Avery Brewing is in town and they’ve brought the end times in a glass.
Tonight at the ever-lovable Parkway Tavern, it’s “Avery Demons of Ale” Night, which, if the name didn’t clue you in, is less “flight of fancy” and more “high-octane hop-fueled descent into a syrupy abyss of barrel-aged darkness.” First on the altar: Mephistopheles’ Stout, Avery’s notorious 14.5% ABV sipper/summoner, originally brewed in 2005 as the third part of their “Demons of Ale” trilogy. It pours like midnight, tastes like espresso-drenched sin, and finishes with a whisper of “text your ex and blame the Devil.”
But wait! The underworld has more to offer:
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Samael’s Oak-Aged Ale – A super-caramelly English-style strong ale, oak-aged and deceptively silky. It tastes like if a Werther’s Original had a midlife crisis and joined a biker gang.
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The Beast Grand Cru – A Belgian-style behemoth oozing dates, plums, raisins, and molasses, designed to mimic the mouthfeel of a fruitcake possessed by the ghost of a rum-soaked monk.
Also gracing the taps tonight:
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The Maharaja (because imperial IPAs deserve turbans)
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The Kaiser (big, burly, and oddly authoritarian)
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Ellie’s Brown Ale (a brief moment of emotional calm)
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Tweak (a bourbon barrel-aged coffee stout with the kind of buzz that could power a city block)
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Rumpkin (yes, that’s a 17.5% ABV pumpkin beer, because subtlety is for session ales)
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And something Avery just calls “India Pale Ale,” which seems adorably understated next to Mephistopheles himself.
This all happens Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 6–9 p.m. at the Parkway Tavern, a place already haunted by the ghosts of beer flights past and the occasional out-of-town Uber driver who arrives late and leaves broken.
So come. Sip. Swirl. Embrace the dark fruits. Be roasted in the depths of the Slor.
Many Shuvs and Zuuls will know what it is to drink Avery tonight. And that, dear reader, is a damn good time.
Parkway Tavern
313 N. I Street, Tacoma
(253) 383-8748
Wednesday, Oct. 14 | 6–9 p.m. | Darkness encouraged
