IPA Festival at the Parkway

This past weekend 2 friends and I went to the Parkway Tavern in Tacoma for the annual IPA Festival. The Parkway is a 70 (+) year old landmark — some say it is "the gem of the Stadium District"! We agree, especially since it is a few blocks from another historic 50's Tacoma landmark, Frisko Freeze! If you have never eaten, or rather, experienced their cheeseburgers (...lovingly placed, or jammed into the 50s style wax paper bag) (nice touch, btw) I highly recommend them! The next time I am in T-town, I am getting a malt as well!

Also, for those curious about which IPAs were served, here is the list of what we chose from: Caldera, Double Mountain Hop Lava, Bear Republic Racer 5, Bear Republic Racer 5 Mach 10, Boulder Mojo, Boulder Hoopla, Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial, Southern Tier 2XIPA, Midnight Sun Sockeye Red, Dogfish Head 120 Minute, 21st Amendment Hop Crisis, Left Coast Trestles, Left Coast Hop Juice, Oakshire Watershed, Boneyard RPM, Laurelwood Workhorse, Fearless Mjolnir Double, Southern Oregon Nice Rack, Northern Lights, Snoqualmie Powerhouse No. 1 Double, Everybody’s Country Boy, Port Mongo, Port Wipeout, 7 Seas Rude Parrot, Laughing Dog, Fremont Interurban, Green Flash West Coast, Lagunitas Hop Stoopid, Lost Coast Indica, Widmer Nelson Imperial, Airways Sky Hag, Mac ‘n’ Jack’s Two Tun, Mad River Double, Fish Cask, Silver City Whoop Pass, Ninkasi Tricerahops, Full Sail Elevation Imperial, Harmon Floridian, Big Time Icculus, Big Time Meerkat, Black Raven Trickster, Naked City Podunk, Avery, Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’, Great Divide Titan, Pike Double, He’Brew Lenny’s, Flyer’s Afterburner, Hopworks Organic, Chuckanut British, Georgetown Lucille, Maritime Pacific Double Dry Hop Imperial, Hale’s Supergoose, Stone Ruination, Mt. Shasta Mountain High, Beer Valley Delta 9, Schooner Exact 3 Grid, Two Beers Evolutionary, Elysian Dry Hop Immortal, Firestone Walker Union Jack, American Breakaway, Skagit Gospel, Port Townsend Grimacing Grimace w/lavender...whew!

A few of our favorites were the Mt. Shasta Mountain High, the Port Wipeout and the Beer Valley Delta 9. But, after reviewing this list (written pre-festivities) I don't recall seeing the Elysian Dry Hop Immortal, huh!? Perhaps we can go directly to the source for that one...