Washington Beer Blog

Tomorrow (Thursday) through Monday at the Pig Out in the Park festival in Spokane, the Washington Beer Commission will be selling discount tickets for the Spokane Oktoberfest.
Pig Out in the Park attendees who visit the Washington Beer Commission booth will have the opportunity to buy discount Spokane Oktoberfest tickets for just $20 each. Each ticket [...]

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Mark the date: Friday, September 10th. Hop heads should take the day off work and find a designated driver. Brouwer’s Cafe will celebrate the 5th Annual Hop Fest with dozens of beautifully hoppy beers. Today on the Brower’s Cafe blog, they release the list as it stands right now, noting that a dozen or more [...]

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Saturday we stopped by Two Beers Brewery in Seattle’s SoDo district to extend our congratulations and check out the celebration. We were there early in the afternoon and left with a feeling that things were still picking up.  Make sure you read the entire post to see all of the pictures. Congratulation to Joel VandenBrink [...]

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Back in May, we told you about Emerald City Beer Company’s plan to open a new brewery in the old Rainier brewery (read our original post). It was exciting news and received a great deal of attention, even from traditional media outlets who usually ignore the craft beer scene.
Since that time, Emerald City Beer Company’s [...]

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The Parkway Tavern in Tacoma is staged to celebrate all things IPA this weekend. The impressive list of IPA is now final. Well, almost. Let’s call it final as of right now. There may still be some surprises.
They cannot guarantee exactly what will be on tap and when, except to say that they’ll get tapping [...]

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Every now and again we like to tell you about the advantages of becoming a member of Washington Beer Lovers (WABL). What is a WABL? Simply put, it is the official Washington beer fan club. If you are the kind of person who likes to go to beer festivals, visit breweries and brewpubs, and attend [...]

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Beer dinners. Beer with chocolate. Beer with cheese. Any way you pair it we say, “Yes please!” to this rising trend of pairing beer with food.
A few weeks ago, we were talking with Goose Island head brewer Greg Hall about the rising trend of pairing craft beer with fine food in his hometown of Chicago. [...]

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For those who have not been, I must warn you that this is a riotous good time. The 6th Annual Smoke Off at the Pub at Pipers Creek kicks off Saturday, August 21st at 1:00 p.m. with the smashing of a 5-foot-tall pig pinata. The event includes a lot of great beer along with a [...]

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The Parkway Tavern in Tacoma is preparing for its 5th Annual IPA Festival.  We just received an update. They are aiming for 50 IPAs this year, but it could end up being even more than that. The current list stands at 46 (below). The event takes place on Saturday, August 28th and Sunday, August 29th. Saturday is [...]

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Not long ago we told you about the inaugural Spokane Oktoberfest (read that post). The event runs from Friday, September 26th through Sunday, September 28th. It is the first official Washington Beer Commission festival on the east side of the mountains. Now we have more information to share with you, including the updated list of [...]

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