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World Cup Final this Saturday!

We don't know what the special is, but we'll figure out something.

Draw 4 Donovan Leukemia Fundraiser

Sunday, July 18, 2010, 1:00pm - 9:00pm

A huge fundraiser for a good cause Special Events

First Monthly Big Ass Wine Extravaganza

10 wineries 20 wines, oh my!

Come check out our first mammoth tasting Special Events

July 31, 12-8 PM, $15/25

Logo Glasses

I want one! Pints $10/Wine $15

World's Record at Balefire

Yeah, this is going to be good, and you want to be part of it. Details forthcoming.

Music

Live Music: Friday night we proudly host Stickshift Annie and the Kimball Fugatives starting at 9 pm. Ryan Laplante will play his usual set Saturday evening at 9 pm. Come listen to some great blues this weekend!

Saturday BBQ Wine Tasting

  • Horse Heavens Late Harvest Reisling
  • Cuma Torrontes
  • Sangiovese
  • Paul Jaboulet 45 Parrallell Rhone
  • Petite Syrah Port

Upcoming Events

  • Next Saturday July 17th we will have a wine tasting with Darrin from Unique Wine Company. The theme is yet to be decided. Suggestions?
  • Another Comedy Night! Thursday July 23rd. Bigger! Better! Featuring 4 comedians and 2 musicians! Stay tuned for more details.

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!

Wine Club

Finally. We have implemented our wine club. $50 per year gets you:

  • A logo glass ($15 value)
  • 10% off all the time at Balefire
  • Cover charged waived
  • 2 Bottles a month from a chosen winery at their wine club prices, plus a tasting with this winery
  • Other cross-promotional events
  • First notice on wine events

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.