Entries from February 18th, 2010

WABL Event at Two Beers Brewery, Uber Madness, Big Al Sour, Cask Fest Tix, and Seattle Weekly Piece

February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Beer Releases, California Beer, Events, General Beer News, Washington Breweries

– If you are a WABL member (if you are not, you should be; sign up here) you are invited to check out Two Beers Brewery this Saturday, February 20, and enjoy their lineup of beers. From WABL: Two Beers Brewery is inviting you, WABLers to check out their new brewery in SODO this Saturday, […]

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Grand Opening of the New Maritime Pacific Brewing Jolly Roger Taproom This Saturday

February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Beer & Food, Events, Washington Breweries

There are many, many people around town that have been anxiously waiting for the day Maritime re-opens their Jolly Roger Taproom. That day will finally be here this upcoming Saturday. Attached are a few pictures from the new space (thanks to Maritime Account Manager Geoff Sampson). Here is the announcement from WABL: Maritime Pacific Brewing […]

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Presidents Day Weekend Road Trip Part One: Walking Man Brewing

February 17th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Beer Travels, Washington Breweries

Like I said in this post from Friday, 3 day weekends are the perfect opportunity to head out of town and visit some beery destinations. This past weekend for Presidents Day, Jeanne and I took a trip down to Bend, OR for most of the weekend, but we started off with an overnight stop in Stevenson […]

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Pliny the Younger Pours in Seattle + Bottleworks 11th Anniversary Release Date

February 16th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Beer Releases, California Beer

The coveted Russian River Pliny the Younger rolled into Seattle this past week, and a few bars have already drained their kegs it sounds like. Collins Pub poured their supply in just 20 minutes on Friday, and it sounds like Quinn’s tapped theirs on Saturday. It looks like Bottleworks will have their annual anniversary release on Wednesday, February 24. […]

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Washington Breweries Advance in 1st Round of Brewing News National IPA Championship

February 14th, 2010 · No Comments · General Beer News, Washington Breweries

This just in from Pike brewer Drew Cluley, who was on hand helping to judge the first round of the competition. The 1st round of judging is done, 128 India Pale Ales tasted by 24 people in 3 judge pods. Each pod judged 8 games (16 samples) They were blind and random. I got the […]

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Last Minute Beer Trips for the Presidents Day Weekend

February 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Beer Travels

No plans yet for this weekend? Many of us have Monday off for Presidents Day, and I’m sure all of our presidential fathers from the past would love it if you celebrated the weekend by taking a trip out of town to drink some beer. Here are some ideas for easy last minute trips, along […]

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New Brewery Hits Seattle – Epic Ales

February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Beer Releases, Washington Breweries

You can add a new business to the ranks of Seattle breweries. Epic Ales just opened recently, and they have a shiny new well-built website for you to learn all about them. I have not yet been in contact with the brewery, but it looks like Cody Morris is the owner/brewer/mastermind behind Epic Ales. The […]

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Grab A Beer: Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPA

February 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Beer Releases, Beer Reviews, Oregon Breweries

Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPA Alcohol by Volume: 8.6% Intro: You may have heard about the disaster interrupting Widmer’s first attempt at brewing this Imperial IPA. But, no power-outage was going to keep them from delivering this one to market. After pouring out 62,000 pints of beer in that unfortunate incident, they started over and their […]

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Midnight Sun Brewers Night at Brouwer’s Cafe on Wednesday, February 17

February 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Beer Releases, General Beer News

Midnight Sun Brewing, located in Anchorage, Alaska, has been distributing bottles of their fine beers in the Seattle market for quite a few months now. On top of that, we are going to start seeing very limited keg distribution as well. To kick things off, Brouwer’s Cafe will be hosting a Brewers Night on February […]

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Local Breweries Compete in the Brewing News National IPA Championship – Fill Out Your Bracket

February 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Washington Breweries

There may be no greater spectacle in sports than the excitement that is the NCAA March Madness (Go Boilers!). IPAs are easily my favorite style of beer and often what you’ll find me drinking at home and out at the bars. So, every year when the Brewing News combines these two of my favorite things […]

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