Kona Brewing Company has had a long-standing relationship with the Craft Brewers Alliance (CBA), and that relationship has now turned into a merger. Kona will become a wholly owned subsidiary of CBA, joining the family of local NW breweries Redhook and Widmer, and also Goose Island Beer Company (CBA owns 40% of the Chicago brewery). Kona has [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Widmer'
Kona Brewing Company Merges with Craft Brewers Alliance
August 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · General Beer News
Grab A Beer: Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPA
February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · 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 [...]
Back to Portland – More Beer Trippin’
November 18th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Beer & Food, Beer Travels, Oregon Breweries
While Colin was enjoying himself at the Phinney Winter Beer Taste this past weekend, Jeanne and I were doing more exploring down in that fine city called Portland about three hours south of Seattle. I was recently in Portland for the Fresh Hop Tastival, but we’ve also had this trip planned for quite some time. We [...]
Tags: bailey's·hair of the dog·higgins·Laurelwood·Lompoc·Portland·Produce Row·Roots·Widmer
Catching Up
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Notes
There was quite a bit going on this past weekend (Tacoma Craft Beer Fest, fresh hop festivals, Beer Can Derby, etc…), but I opted to take a timeout and recoup from what was a very fun, but long and busy summer. After multiple trips, people in town visiting, and a string of consecutive busy weekends, [...]
Tags: Beveridge Place·Elliott Bay·Widmer
Grab A Beer: Widmer Brothers Reserve Cherry Oak Doppelbock
October 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Beer Reviews, Oregon Breweries
Note: I’m going to try to start doing more of these “Grab A Beer” reviews here on Seattlebeernews.com. Most of the time, I’ll limit the reviews to beers available here in Seattle. Widmer Brothers Cherry Oak Doppelbock Alcohol by Volume: 9.0% Intro: The Cherry Oak Doppelbock is the first in Widmer’s series of semi-annual “Brothers’ [...]
Tags: Doppelbock·Grab A Beer·Widmer
Thoughts from the Oregon Brewers Festival Weekend
July 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Oregon Breweries
This was now my 4th year in a row heading down to the OBF, and this visit was just as enjoyable as the previous years. This is one of the most well-run festivals that I attend each year. They’ve been doing this for 22 years, and it shows. The lines to get in aren’t bad and move [...]
Tags: Amnesia·bailey's·Beer·Deschutes·hair of the dog·Horse Brass·HOTD·OBF·Oregon Brewers Festival·Portland·Rock Bottom·Widmer
