Redhook's 25th Anniversary - The Barely Audible Music Festival

Pros

• Beautiful Brewery and Grounds
• Really Good Beer
• The Ruby Doe was a talented band with well written songs

Cons

• The headlining band, Harvey Danger was a disappointment

Description

• 25th Anniversary Ale is dark and smooth
• Woodinville Brewery is beautiful and tranquil
• The Ruby Doe stole the show

Guide Review - Redhook's 25th Anniversary - The Barely Audible Music Festival

First, naturally, let's talk about the beer. On tap for this event was the dark and smooth 25th Anniversary Ale, Redhook’s flagship ESB, and their light summer brews, Sunrye and Blonde. Brian says that they were all really good beers but the Anniversary Ale was far and away his favorite. Andrea agrees, adding that Redhook had a wide variety of beers, "each able and willing to please an entirely different set of taste buds."

Andrea goes on to say that the brewery and grounds were equally impressive. The brewery was "architecturaully impressive" and was quite at home in tranquil Woodinville, home to many Washington wineries.

As for the music, Brian reports that he was most impressed with The Ruby Doe. He says, "The songs were better written and I was very impressed with the guitar player's ability. They had a great sound, mixed with equal bits of punk and harder rock with great guitar solos and vocals." In a word: awesome.

Next up was IQU which consists of a drummer and a "chain smoking guitar player who, at the same time, did turn table record scratching while playing DJ at a laptop sitting in front of him." Their sound was heavily techno with generous servings of space and galactic sound effects.

Slender Means took the stage after IQU. Their softer, alternative sound failed to win the crowd over but they held their own.

Harvey Danger was the final band to play. They only played four or five songs and failed to impress with those.

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