A roll-up garage door greets the thirsty with metal chair-clad bistro tables along the ramp leading up to the tasting bar, with exposed, distressed wood beams and concrete floors that encase the rustic, working brewery. Putting his most innovative yet quintessentially Seattle beers on his opening draft list, Luke’s Cloudburst Brewing opens next weekend to the public, in a centenarian building outside of Pike Place Market. Beers like the Space Dust IPA, Gourdgia On My Mind and Split Shot stout were all built with Luke’s blueprints and direction. Luke’s “thing” is a pretty big deal, considering the breadth of Elysian’s original beers and the impact he had on the brewery as a whole. But this is my thing and I’m going to do my thing.” “I don’t have to tell anyone about decisions, but I certainly ask them for advice,” he says, self-effacing in his business adeptness. Today, Cloudburst has 18 investors, many who came on board because of who Steve Luke is to the Seattle brewing scene. Six months later, Luke cut his ties with the new Elysian management and fully committed to Cloudburst in July. With only a handful of initial investors in Cloudburst, Elysian’s sale to InBev encouraged Luke to go after the support he needed in a more timely fashion. Luke began to spread the gospel of Cloudburst, a brewery where the brain behind some of Seattle’s most celebrated beer recipes could flex its brawn. I didn’t really have anywhere else to go with Elysian, I had already done everything I wanted to with them.” I told him this could never happen but now is the time to try. “Honesty and transparency is key with Dick, he’s always been so great to me. “I came to Dick (Cantwell) and told him my plan but I didn’t have any money or a business plan so it would take me a while,” Luke says of when he came to the Elysian founder to inform him of his endeavor. We had heard grumblings, we knew s- was going down, especially when you have your distributor saying ‘I think we’re gonna buy you guys!’ and you think ‘What the f-, we would never!” But in the end, they knew.”įull of candor, Luke’s affable and mindful personality shines through in his Cloudburst Brewing, from conception to current status. “I formed the LLC for Cloudburst Brewing back in January 2014, way before the sale happened,” Luke says. Luckily for Luke, his back-up plan was already in motion. This entry was posted in All Grain, Commercial Clones, Extract Brewing, Great Deals, Kits, More Beer,, Recent MoreBeer, Recipes on Apby admin.When Seattle’s Elysian Brewing was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev earlier this year, Elysian Fields head brewer Steve Luke was as blind-sided as everyone else. Stop by the tasting room the next time you are in Seattle until then, you’ll just have to brew up some Flashing Lights! Cloudburst brews up a constantly rotating selection of flavorful and unique brews. If you are not familiar with the amazing Cloudburst IPAs he makes, you might be familiar with another IPA of his, Elysian Space Dust. Steve, being an ex-homebrewer, was happy to help MoreBeer! with one of his famous IPAs. After tasting every beer at the festival, there was no question that the Cloudburst Wet Hop IPA was best in show. We met Steve Luke (owner and head brewer) up at the Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival and were thoroughly impressed with his beer. Beautifully aromatic and very easy drinking, this is a definite crowd pleaser! Flashing Lights is one of the many innovative rotating beers brewed by Cloudburst Brewing.Ĭloudburst Brewing in Seattle Washington is one of our favorite craft breweries. From the product description, check product page for current description, price and availability:įlashing Lights is a delicious IPA that is bittered with Chinook and heavily dosed with Citra®, Mosaic® and Cascade.
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