We just received some IPA news from Elysian Brewing Company. They plan to get a bit manic about IPA in the coming months. Also, Avatar Jasmine IPA (one of Mrs. Beerblog’s most favorite beers ever) is about to make its return and is getting a facelift. The brewery reports that after a little hiatus due…
I was trying to come up with some clever way to introduce this story. I thought about creating a metaphorical image to describe the many unexpected, interesting, brilliant and bizarre things I’ve heard Dick Cantwell say over the years. You see, Dick first told me about the 12 Beers of the Apocalypse a few months…
About a month ago Kim and I sat down with Joel Vandenbrink of Two Beers Brewing and Dave Richter of Briess Malt & Ingredients Company to formulate a recipe. We wanted to create a wintery version of a Northwest Pale Ale. Once we’d determined how the beer would look, and how we anticipated it would…
Sound Brewery is now bottling beer. The Poulsbo brewery hit the ground running last winter. You never would have guessed it was a new brewery. The very first beers I ever tasted from Sound Brewery were polished to perfection. Now you can enjoy that same deliciousness in bottles. Once again, Sound Brewery seems to have…
Pearl Jam, the Seattle-based band that conquered the Western world, turned 20 this year. Hard to believe that it was 20 years ago when a group of flannel-clad longhairs from Seattle took the world by storm, stage-diving their way into the hearts of rock-n-roll fans around the globe. Today we announce the availability of a…
While the world waits with bated breath for the release of Jolly Roger Christmas Ale from Maritime Pacific Brewing, the Ballard brewery announced today the upcoming release of its Harvest XPA. (Expect to see Jolly Roger around Thanksgiving, or so we’ve been told.) Maritime Pacific will release the beer at the Jolly Roger Taproom in…
Two Beer Releases Hale’s Ales in Seattle will be releasing 22oz bottles of Bourbon Barrel Aged Wee Heavy Winter Ale at the Hale’s Pub on Thursday, December 1st from 6-9 p.m. Limited release… come and get it! Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen in Bellingham has announced the tapping of its Chuckanut Smoke Porter – a beer…
Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery announced today that it has released its first beer. The release party happens at Pillagers Pub in Seattle on Thursday, October 27th at 7:00 pm. The inaugural beer is an IPA named Fly-PA. Ingredients were sourced by co-op members and the beer was brewed at Three Skulls Brewing in Seattle. Flying…
Elliott Bay Brewery has just tapped its 2011 Hop Harvest Ale. It is currently on tap at the Burien pub and goes on tap tomorrow (if not sooner) at the West Seattle pub. Elliott Bay Brewing was the first brewery in King County to earn Certified Organic status from the US Department of Agriculture. For…
