Take that, Oregon and California. Twelve beers from Washington, Oregon and California battled it out last week at Beer Brawl IV, which took place at Portland’s Concordia Ale House. For the second year in a row, and third year out of all four competitions, Washington beat the other two states in overall voting. From Concordia: [...]
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Washington Breweries Beat Out Oregon & California to Claim Second Consecutive Beer Brawl Victory
March 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · California Beer, Oregon Breweries, Washington Breweries
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Bottleworks to Celebrate 12th Anniversary With Special Release From The Bruery This Sunday
February 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Beer Releases, California Beer
Bottleworks is set to release Bottleworks XII, which was brewed by California’s The Bruery for the Wallingford bottleshop’s annual celebration. From Bottleworks’ website: Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Come one, come all to the sensational beer celebration. Our 12th anniversary beer release will be happening this Sunday (the 27th). We will have our newest anniversary beer, made [...]
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Washington Looks to Defend Crown at Beer Brawl IV at Concordia Ale House
February 21st, 2011 · No Comments · California Beer, Events, Oregon Breweries, Washington Breweries
Portland’s Concordia Ale House will hold their Beer Brawl IV starting today, February 21 and lasting through Sunday, February 27. This battle pits beers from Washington, Oregon, and California against each other and allows customers to sample blindly and vote for their favorites. Washington took the crown for the second time last year, when they [...]
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Grab A Beer: 21st Amendment Bitter American
February 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Beer Reviews, California Beer
21st Amendment Bitter American Alcohol by Volume: 4.4% Find this beer and more at Full Throttle Bottles in Georgetown. Visit during Full Throttle’s 21st Amendment tasting tonight to try this and three of their other beers. Intro: 21st Amendment Brewery, located in San Francisco, CA, continues to release interesting beers in 12oz cans. Bitter American [...]
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Russian River Pliny the Younger and Black Raven Wisdom Seeker Double IPA Coming Soon
February 9th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Beer Releases, California Beer, Washington Breweries
This is a great time of year for hop-heads. Russian River just released their 11% ABV Pliny the Younger, which is the bigger brother of their uber-popular Pliny the Elder double IPA. While it is currently pouring at the brewery in California, we probably won’t see the beer at Seattle accounts until sometime next week, [...]
Brewing News National IPA Championship Gives Washington Breweries a Chance to Win Top Honors – You Can Too
February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · California Beer, Oregon Breweries, Polls, Washington Breweries
If you haven’t noticed, IPAs are kind of a popular style in Seattle and the rest of the northwest. While local beer drinkers know how many great examples of the style are obtainable in our fair state, the large majority of these IPAs are not distributed very far from the source and it is a [...]
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Grab A Beer: Firestone Walker Double Jack
January 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Beer Reviews, California Beer
Firestone Walker Double Jack Alcohol by Volume: 9.5% Find this beer and more at Full Throttle Bottles in Georgetown. Intro: Double Jack is the bigger brother of Firestone’s Union Jack IPA, which is also fantastic. As you might expect from a brewery like Firestone that makes some complex beers, this is not a straightforward “put [...]
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Grab A Beer: 21st Amendment Fireside Chat
December 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Beer Reviews, California Beer
21st Amendment Fireside Chat Alcohol by Volume: 7.9% Find this beer and more at Full Throttle Bottles in Georgetown. Intro: 21st Amendment Brewery, located in San Francisco, CA, has been around since 2000. But, it was just a year or two ago that we started seeing their beer shipped to the Seattle markets in 12oz [...]
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Stone Double Bastard Release Tasting at Full Throttle Bottles Tonight
November 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Beer Releases, California Beer
Stop by Full Throttle Bottles tonight in Georgetown to sample the new release of Stone Double Bastard (it’s a big bastard…), as well as the 2010 Vertical Epic Ale, Collaboration Series American Pale Ale, and the classic Ruination IPA. I still haven’t tried this year’s Vertical Epic, nor the Collaboration Pale Ale, so I just [...]
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Art of the Table to Host Beer Dinner with Lost Abbey/Port Brewing’s Tomme Arthur on August 18th
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Beer & Food, California Beer
This is one of those events that probably doesn’t need a post, as the 23 seats available will surely go fast. Tomme Arthur, Director of Brewery Operations at Lost Abbey/Port Brewing, will join Chef Dustin at Art of the Table for what is likely to be a mind-blowing night of great food and drink. The [...]
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