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Construction

Despite our landlord’s best efforts to make it appear otherwise, we are open during construction. September is going to be a huge month of events for us.

We want to fill the bar, come on down to one of our fantastic events. Wine, Beer, Food, Music, Photography, we have it all!

Beer

Lots of beer stuff including Pliny. Check out the Beer page.

Anacortes Tasting Thursday 9/2

  • Porter
  • Barley wine
  • Amber
  • Pilsner
  • Red Ale

Thursday, September 2nd. 5 beers. Flights for $10.

Saturday Sept 5th Zinfandel tasting

Line up is TBD, but how can yo go wrong. Lots of Wine stuff, including an upcoming dinner.

Live Music this Weekend:

Thursday, Koleen Klan 9-11, Friday 9-12 Tony Grant Band. Saturday 9-12 Ryan Laplante.

Check out the Calendar

*New Staff Selection

Jon – Beer: Left Hand Imperial Stout, for when you can only have just one. Wine: Cune Tempranillo Rose. Trust me, try it. I felt the same way about Rosé at one time, but it goes perfectly with tapas, and the tempranillo makes it so big and bold, it’s a real taste treat.

Alex - Fremont Interurban IPA. Great hop flavor!

Sooz - Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA. Malt and hops. Two great tastes that go great together.

Caroline- Beronia Rioja Reserva. This came from Jon’s personal stash. You have to understand, getting Rioja Reserva at these prices is like getting Bordeaux at Starbucks. Come drink this wine. Compare it to the Cune, made from the same grape.

Next Thursday 9/9 Drinking with your Doggie!

Balefire will be welcoming your lovely hounds to come drink with you at your favorite bar! Water and treats for the dogs and drink specials for the owners. People-friendly and dog-friendly pooches only. Dogs must be kept on a leash. Indoor and outdoor seating will be available. 7 pm to 9 pm next Thursday.

Kat Miller Art Show

For this month's Art Walk we will have a show.

I want one! Pints $10/Wine $15

Also New at Balefire:

See the Calendar

  • New Tuesday Night Special: Happy Hour All Night!
  • Park at the Trinity Garage and we will refund you!
  • Logo glasses now available: Beer $10, Wine $15. Drink with the same glass at home as you do here.
  • 12 Tap handles
  • Gluten-free beer

Mug Club Renewal

For 2009 members, if you renew before the middle of February it is $30, same as the original entry. After that, the price goes to $40. Get in line!

Welcome to Balefire where we provide you with the best in hand-selected wines and beers. Wish you were here!

We're not a beer bar, and we're not a wine bar. We're both. We like to say that we specialize in fine fermentables. For years we've had to go to one type of bar for one beverage and another type of bar for another. That simply doesn't make any sense, so we built a bar to treat both equally. We hand-select the best beverages in terms of value and quality to give you the best experience possible.

Beer

As homebrewers, judges, beer-journalists, and discerning consumers we know beer! We know that quality, variety, and rarity are what get us to come to bars and keep us coming back. So while we only have 10 taps at the moment, we try hard to keep them eclectic, fresh, and interesting, and back that up with a large bottle selection (which you can buy to go).

Our goal is not to carry any draft beers that you can get anywhere else in the North End. We also try to keep 2 Belgians on draft at all times and fill that out with the best seasonals we can find.

Add to that weekly cask night and a few taps reserved for our very own beers soon to be contract brewed by a local brewery, and we hope that there is something for everybody.

Food

You cannot have wine without food. Balefire is proud to present the best wine food around, tapas. Brought to you by Chef Clara from Kafe Neo in Mill Creek. We feature a rotating menu of small, robust plates perfect for enjoying with any glass of wine.

Additionally, we have, by far, the best desserts in Everett, from Judy Tallant of Tallant House Desserts to match our dessert wine selection. We can also provide food and desserts for any special occasion.

Check out our menu.

Wine

20 years ago, Coopers made Time magazine by putting 20 beers on tap. 10 years ago, Fred's was voted one of the 10 best beer bars in the country for carrying Belgians on tap. Now, there is hardly a bar without 12 well-maintained taps and at least a few selections for craft beer lovers.

Sadly, despite the latest resurgence in "wine bars," wine service and selection have not kept up to speed. We set out to rectify that by building our very own cruvinet to serve 24 wines on tap, under atmospheric and temperature control.

At Balefire, we work with a number of distributors and winemakers to hand select wines that meet our criteria for both quality and value. Then, we treat these wines with care.

In fact, once a bottle is opened and put under argon gas in the cruvinet, it's more inert than it was in the bottle! This means every glass from that bottle will taste exactly the same. And this also means that we can put on rare and expensive bottles for you to try that you may never otherwise get a chance at.

Check out our list.