On October 17, 1989, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel open the Pike Place Brewery with The World’s Shortest Non-Motorized Uphill Parade.
The first keg of Pike Pale Ale, is crafted by head brewer, Jason Parker, and officially tapped by Franz Inselkammer, the Braü von Aying, following a parade from The Pike Place Brewery, then located at 1432 Western Avenue, to Cutter’s Bay House, two blocks away (uphill).
2nd World’s Shortest Non-Motorized Uphill Parade
On October 17, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. friends and supporters of Pike Brewing will kick off the 25th anniversary celebration with a parade from Jason Parker’s Copperworks Distillery (located two blocks south of Pike on Alaskan Way) uphill to Pike Brewery’s Post Alley entrance.
About Pike Reunion 25, Alumni Collaboration Brew
Through America’s Craft Beer renaissance, Pike and its sister company, Liberty Malt Supply, has fostered some of the nation’s top craft brewers. Pike Head Brewer, Dean Mochizuki, has invited Pike alumni brewers to collaborate on a special reunion beer for the party. Participating brewers include: Jason Parker, Copperworks Distillery; Dick Cantwell, Elysian Brewing, Kevin Forhan, RAM; Bill Jenkins, RAM; Kim Brusco, Pyramid; Janelle Pritchard, Spinnaker Bay; Manny Chao, Georgetown; Larry Rock, Click Distributing (all of Seattle); Drew Cluley, Beardslee Alehouse, Bothell, WA; Skip Madsen, American Brewing, Edmonds, WA; Shawn Loring, Lazy Boy, Everett, WA; Frank Helderman, Terminal Gravity, Enterprise, OR; Geoff Deman, Free State, Lawrence, KS; Dean Priebe, Icicle Brewing, Leavenworth, WA., and Fal Allen, Anderson Valley, Mendocino, CA.
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The Pike Brewing Company is a family owned brewery located 1/2 block South of the entrance to the historic Pike Place Public Market. It is owned by Charles and Rose Ann Finkel, who founded the brewery in 1989.
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