Category Archives: Events

Aging Well – Schooner Exact Celebrate 5 Years

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The Washington Beer Blog would like to extend our congratulations to Schooner EXACT Brewing. The once-diminutive brewery is about to celebrate its 5th anniversary. A party to mark the occasion takes place tomorrow night (Friday, January 20, 7:00 p.m.) at the Beveridge Place Pub (blog sponsor). The official gift for any 5th anniversary is wood….

Ode to Darkness – Imperial Stout Vertical Tasting

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Next Wednesday the Elliott Bay Brewery and Pub in West Seattle hosts a delicious tasting event featuring a vertical selection of big beers: three vintages of Imperial Stout. The West Seattle brewpub is a bit off the beaten path for most Washington beer enthusiasts. For the Washington Beer Blog, Elliott Bay is our local pub….

Noble, Naked and Stumbling. What’s Happening Tonight

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Thursday, January 12 – Looking for something to do tonight? It is Thursday, after all. No shortage of things happening around town tonight, especially if you like cask-conditioned beer. As usual, if there is something happening that we failed to mention, please share what you know in the comments section below. Noble Fir – Tonight…

Dogfish Head Week at the Super Deli Mart

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By now most beer-savvy people around Seattle have heard about the Super Deli Mart in West Seattle. The unlikely beer destination, located in what appears to be a convenience store, received some significant coverage in the press recently. Most notably, a very large article about the Super Deli Mart appeared on the Atlantic Magazine website…

Happening Tonight: Latona, Beveridge Place, and more…

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Some events happening tonight (Thursday, January 5th) that you should know about. Latona Pub This is a big year for the Latona Pub, one of Seattle’s original great beer bars. It was 25 years ago that they began pouring great beer. To celebrate, they’re commissioning some local breweries to make special beers all year long….

Big Night for Georgetown & the Beveridge Place. Space Junk Not Welcome

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Tomorrow night (Thursday, Jan. 5th) is a big night in West Seattle as the Beveridge Place Pub (blog sponsor) officially inaugurates the new house IPA for 2012. Each October the Beveridge Place hosts the Hoptoberfest tournament and permits its patrons to select the house IPA: the IPA that will always be on tap at the…

One Month From Belgianfest – Participating Breweries Announced

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We are now just one month away from the 3rd Annual Belgianfest. The event organizer, the Washington Beer Commission, has now released a list of participating breweries (below). Belgianfest is an increasingly popular celebration of Washington-brewed, Belgian-style beers. To accommodate the need for a bigger venue, this year Belgianfest moves to the Bell Harbor International…

Strange Brewfest – Time to Make Your Plans

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Tickets are now available online for the 8th Annual Strange Brewfest in Port Townsend. The event takes place on January 27 – 29 and promises to feature some uncommon beers from more than 30 breweries. Most of the approximately 60 beers available at Strange Brewfest are exclusive to the event. Do not expect to find…

New Year Beer Festival – Jan. 22 in Bremerton

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We just received word of a new beer festival. The New Year Beer Festival takes places on Sunday, January 22nd at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton and features beers from no less than 15 Washington breweries. For those of us on the east side of Puget Sound, the Conference Center is within very easy…