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Pike Brewery gears up for 5th Annual Chocofest

BY Alyssa Kleven  on January 25, 2013 @ 1:25 pm (Updated: 1:29 pm - 1/25/13 )

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When you order a stout beer, you're getting a brew with chocolate and coffee overtones. And as Valentine's Day approaches, the 5th annual Pike Chocofest will marry that chocolate flavor with drinks and desserts.

The event highlights the affinity between chocolate and beer, Pike's Charles and Rose Ann Finkel tell KIRO Radio's Let's Eat Show.

"As the years have passed we've added a number of other things - foods and beverages alike," says Rose Ann.

Charles says Seattle has the highest per capita consumption of craft beer. "We have more varieties, and more people drink them here than in any other place."

The Finkels got into the beer business because they are food enthusiasts. "We love flavor and taste and character."

When the Finkels determined that people can't live by chocolate alone they started to involve some of Seattle's best restaurants to purvey savory items along with with the sweet in their annual festival that raises money for the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance.

That stout with notes of chocolate in it - that won't be the only beverage offered. Pike Brewery will also proudly boast a selection of wine, meads and ciders too.

On Feb. 10, sixty-nine participating local wineries, distilleries, cider makers, brewers, and importers along with restaurants, brewers, bakers, creameries, and a coffee roaster will sample their wares alongside Pike Brewery. Owners and representatives will be there to share their stories.

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Alyssa Kleven, MyNorthwest.com Editor
Alyssa Kleven is an editor and content producer at MyNorthwest.com. She enjoys doting over her adorable dachshund Winnie - named for Arcade Fire front-man Win Butler.


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  • CH wrote...
    that would make good -
    January 27, 2013 3:59 am
    pasties on cup cakes. ;-)
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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    you can do all this
    January 27, 2013 7:22 am
    on a bitter cold crowded rainy day and pay for parking...it will be wonderful!
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  • Country_Dog wrote...
    It is events like this that cost society too much
    January 27, 2013 7:23 am
    As our society gets ever more obese, it is the corporate greed of conglomerates like Pike Brewery that are costing our society huge expenses in health care. The city government needs to step in and regulate what people can eat and drink at this event, and all the proceeds should be taxed to help the children of the future.
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