I love this list. With no Washington breweries represented in the top 50 craft breweries by volume for 2016, it reinforces the notion that for the most part you have to come to the source to get our beer. There just are not that many Washington breweries that have wide distribution footprints. In addition to […]
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Brewers Association Announces Top 50 Craft Breweries by Volume
March 15th, 2017 · 2 Comments · General Beer News
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Modern Times Beer Expanding Distribution to Seattle Later This Month
February 9th, 2017 · 1 Comment · California Beer, General Beer News
Modern Times Beer, located in San Diego, CA, will soon begin distributing beer throughout Washington and Oregon. Launch events will take place from February 22 to 26 in WA (more details soon), and afterwards the full lineup of regularly-distributed Modern Times Beer will be available in Seattle. I have only had the pleasure of sampling […]
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Seattle Losing a Great Beer Spot: The Wurst Place is Closing
December 7th, 2016 · No Comments · General Beer News
The Wurst Place in South Lake Union is one of my favorite beer spots in the city. With a laid-back atmosphere, an impressive tap list, great sausages, tots and frites, this was a perfect after work spot. My wife and I have spent quite a few nights here decompressing after work. Since opening five years […]
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Founders Brewing to Begin Distributing to Pacific Northwest
November 14th, 2016 · No Comments · General Beer News
This announcement is going to make a lot of Midwest transplants happy, including myself. Founders Brewing, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, made an official announcement today that they will begin distribution to the PNW in early 2017. “Washingtonians can expect launch events in the Seattle area January 10-12.” The brewery’s year-round lineup includes All Day […]
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Fresh Hop Season is Here – Seattle Event Listing
August 31st, 2016 · 2 Comments · General Beer News
My favorite time of the year is here. It will be about another month until fresh hop beers are here in full force, but they are starting to show up in limited numbers now. The unofficial kickoff of fresh hop season around here in recent years has been the release of Two Beers Brewing Fresh Hop IPA. This year, they […]
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Lagunitas Brewing Set to Take Over Hilliard’s Space in Ballard
August 25th, 2016 · 5 Comments · California Beer, General Beer News, Washington Breweries
Welcome to Seattle, Lagunitas. When Hilliard’s Beer was recently purchased by Odin Brewing Company, the old Hilliard’s brewery and tasting room space in Ballard was put up for sale. Odin took some of the fermenters and the canning line, but they were selling the Ballard space as a turnkey operation with most of the brewing […]
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Seattle Beer Week Kicks Off Tomorrow
May 11th, 2016 · No Comments · Events, General Beer News, Washington Breweries
The 8th Annual Seattle Beer Week kicks off this Thursday, May 12, and it will stretch all the way through Sunday, May 22. As always, there are an insane amount of worthy events. I’ll suggest that you check out the website to peruse the full list of events. Most events you don’t need to think ahead; […]
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Dick Cantwell Co-Authors New Book With Peter Bouckaert
April 26th, 2016 · No Comments · General Beer News
Dick Cantwell hasn’t exactly been sitting around doing nothing with his spare time since leaving Elysian Brewing. His departure from Elysian gave him more time to focus on finishing a new book he co-wrote with Peter Bouckaert, Wood & Beer: A Brewer’s Guide. Bouckaert and Cantwell are two of the most-respected members of the brewing […]
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McMenamins Turns Focus to Transforming Historic Tacoma Elks Lodge
November 17th, 2015 · No Comments · General Beer News
Now that McMenamins has opened their new Anderson School complex in Bothell, they are focused on securing funding for another large project in Washington. McMenamins has been looking at rehabbing the historic Elks Lodge in Tacoma since buying the property back in 2009, and they are now actively looking for investors to help raise the final 30% ($8M – […]
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Big Changes for Downtown Bellevue Beer Drinkers: 2 Longtime Favorites Close
November 13th, 2015 · 2 Comments · General Beer News, Washington Breweries
I worked in an office in the Bel-Red corridor of Bellevue for about seven years when I first moved to Seattle over ten years ago. For a good amount of that time, there were minimal options for good beer over that way. The Pumphouse was probably my favorite laid-back spot to grab a beer after work, but Tap […]
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