Cheers to all the brewers and beer lovers that turned out for the first session of the WA Cask Fest. It was a great time, as always. It was a busy turnout, but lines were sill shorter than your average beer fest. There were plenty of great beers, and just a few clunkers. Highlights: Water […]
Entries from March 28th, 2009
Good Times at WA Cask Fest
March 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Beer Reviews, Events, Washington Breweries
Random Notes
March 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Beer & Food, Beer Releases, Beer Reviews, Events, General Beer News, Notes, Washington Breweries
As I sit here drinking a Three Floyd’s Brian Boru after watching my Purdue Boilermakers lay a big egg in the Sweet Sixteen, I thought I’d throw a few tidbits up on the blog. The Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti is FINALLY here (thinking that beer review I did of it in the P-I […]
Tags: Beer·cask festival·Elysian·Great Divide·new belgium·random notes·Seattle
Laurelwood Brewing Workhorse IPA Wins the Brewing News National IPA Championship
March 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Events, Oregon Breweries
After three weeks of battling, the Laurelwood Workhorse IPA took down the Big Sky Brewing IPA in the National IPA Championship this past weekend. I’ve never had the pleasure of trying the Laurelwood Workhorse, and I haven’t had the Big Sky IPA in quite a while. Looks likes I’ll have to seek out both of […]
Tags: IPA·Laurelwood·oregon·Portland
WA Cask Beer Festival Coming Up This Weekend
March 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Events, Washington Breweries
If you were for some reason planning on buying your cask festival ticket online this week, you’re out of luck. Both sessions are sold out online, but select ticket outlets still have a few tickets. If you don’t have tickets yet, you should find some. You shouldn’t even think about missing this annual celebration of […]
Tags: Cask Beer·cask festival·Seattle
Wedding Bells are Ringing…
March 20th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Uncategorized
That’s right girls, I’m now officially off the market! After dating for almost three years, I finally proposed to my wonderful girlfriend, Jeanne McCarthy. It was a beautiful setting near the North Head lighthouse on the WA coast, and she did indeed say yes. We’re both excited about getting married in the summer of 2010. Jeanne […]
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St. Patrick’s Day with Tom Douglas
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Beer & Food, Events, Washington Breweries
I’ve been to plenty of beer dinners over the past few years, but I was intrigued by the idea of a “beer and food social” hosted by Tom Douglas at the Palace Ballroom. Even better that it was being held on St. Pats day and offered us a low-key way to head out and celebrate […]
Tags: Food·St. Patrick's Day·Tom Douglas
Weekend Getaway to Astoria
March 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Beer Travels, Oregon Breweries
One of Jeanne’s and my favorite things about living in Seattle is all of the different weekend trips that you can do from the city. We love getting out of town on a Friday night/Saturday morning and driving somewhere to just get away from the city. This past weekend, we drove the ~3 hours down […]
Tags: Add new tag·Astoria·Beer·fort george·oregon·Rogue·wet dog
Goodbye P-I
March 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General Beer News
Today is a sad day for Seattle news. It was the last day that a copy of the Seattle P-I newspaper will ever roll off of the presses. If you aren’t aware, their owner, the Hearst Corporation, has decided to finally pull the plug on the printing and go to an online-only format with a […]
Tags: Beer·Newspaper·sad·Seattle P-I
Update on Beer Info From Black Raven Brewing
March 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Washington Breweries
Yeah! The time is almost here to start enjoying Black Raven beers. There is all kinds of info on their website, but I am most excited to see their updated list of expected beers. Sounds like Beaux and Kat are hoping to start brewing next week! Yeah for good beer on the Eastside! Here is their […]
Tags: black raven·eastside·new
