Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I’m sitting here live from my mother’s kitchen as she is preparing 10+ different dishes for just four of us to eat. There will obviously be plenty of food, but don’t forget about the drinks. There will be beer. There will be wine. There will be liquor. Yesterday, someone on Twitter asked […]
Entries from November 28th, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving – Five Places to Get Your Growler Filled Today
November 28th, 2013 · No Comments · General Beer News
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Elysian Pumpkin Roadshow Rolls Into Brouwer’s This Wednesday
November 25th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Events
While most people are getting ready for some pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving this week, Brouwer’s Cafe is celebrating the holiday in a very fitting way. The pumpkin beer savants from Elysian Brewing will be on hand this Wednesday when Brouwer’s will be tapping a total of 16 pumpkin beers. 9 of the offerings will be […]
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WA Winter Beer Fest, Brouwer’s Bigwood & Holiday Ale Fest on the Horizon
November 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Events
Three of the best winter beer festivals in the NW are quickly approaching. Sadly, they all take place the same weekend (Dec 4 – 8). How about hitting Bigwood on Thursday, Winter Beer Fest on Friday and then truck it down to the Holiday Ale Fest on Saturday? Good luck. Okay, so you likely won’t attend […]
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Brewing News 2014 National IPA Championship Call for Entries
November 18th, 2013 · No Comments · General Beer News
The annual Brewing News National IPA Championship (NIPAC) is open for brewery registration for its seventh year of competition. This is a fun “March Madness” style competition that pits IPAs from all over the country against each other in head-to-head matchups. If you’d like to see your favorite IPA in the lineup, let your local brewery know […]
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Beer Church & Local Breweries Team Up to Battle Crohn’s Disease With Special Releases
November 14th, 2013 · No Comments · Beer Releases, Washington Breweries
Beer Church has teamed up with Georgetown Brewing, Airways Brewing and Two Beers Brewing to create three unique beers using an experimental hop strain. The proceeds of these beers will go to support the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. There will be a release party on Thursday, November 21 at Beveridge Place Pub, and the beers […]
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2013 Launch of Deschutes The Abyss Coming Soon
November 12th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Beer Releases, Oregon Breweries
One of my favorite specialty releases of the year is approaching. Deschutes Brewery will release The Abyss at their pubs in Bend & Portland this Thursday, November 14, and distribution to other markets, including Seattle, will follow the week of November 18. If you have not previously tried this big, bad, barrel-aged imperial stout, you […]
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Schooner EXACT Pub’s First Anniversary Culminates With Release of Hoppy the Woodsman This Weekend
November 8th, 2013 · No Comments · Beer Releases, Washington Breweries
Cheers to a great first year at Schooner Exact Brewing’s pub down in SODO! If you still haven’t visited the pub/restaurant that was opened a year ago attached to the existing brewery, you are truly missing out. I just had their B.L.A.T. down there the other day, and the bun full of pork belly, avocado, […]
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Sample Special Releases at the WAHA Pro-Am Rally at Naked City This Thursday
November 4th, 2013 · No Comments · Homebrewing, Washington Breweries
One of the ultimate thrills for any homebrewer is to have a recipe you developed ramped up for production on a big system by a local brewery. That’s exactly what “Pro-Am” competitions do, and there are multiple opportunities at local competitions to become one of the lucky winners. Some of the winners even get to […]
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