Posted in Current Tap Lists, WA Beer News, pubs on Aug 26th, 2010
Tonight instead of the regular Thursday brewers night at the Beveridge Place Pub, Gary and team are pulling kegs out of the cellar for some Rare Draft Revelry. In addition to their always wide selection of local, national and international drafts and bottles, they’re putting on six kegs of beer that you don’t normally see [...]
Posted in WA Beer News, beer news, washington_breweries on Jun 7th, 2010
The results have been released for the 2010 North American Brewers Association (NABA) awards. Washington breweries took home a total of 22 medals, including 9 gold medals. Washington’s showing included a clean sweep of the Scotch Ale category.
We have included a table below so that you can see which Washington breweries brought home medals. For [...]
Posted in Breweries, WA Beer News, beer news on Apr 28th, 2010
As a reader of this blog, you are probably the type of person who uses technology to keep yourself informed about the things that are important to you. Like, for instance, beer. Your appetite for information is voracious, not unlike your thirst for beer. You therefore recognize how important it is for an organization like [...]
Posted in Breweries, WA Beer News, beer news, washington_breweries on Mar 24th, 2010
And the official counting of the number shall be 122
This has been bugging me for a long time. Why is it so hard to find a comprehensive, complete list of Washington’s breweries in some sort of useful format? For quite some time now, I have believed our map/list to be the most complete, the most [...]
Posted in Breweries, WA Beer News, beer news on Mar 17th, 2010
A couple months ago we paid a visit to Odin Brewing Company in South Seattle’s South Park neighborhood (read that story). Today we’ve gotten word that they are ready to open their tasting room.
Odin Brewing Company Invites Public to Tap in and Taste
SEATTLE- March 17, 2010- Odin Brewing Company announces the grand opening of their [...]
Posted in Events, WA Beer News, beer news, washington_breweries on Mar 10th, 2010
Here’s a list of some events happening around the Seattle area tonight. The Washington Beer Blog will be out and about tonight. Find us and we’ll buy you a pint. Details below.
4:00pm – 99 Bottles Weekly Pick. It’s just $1 to sample 2 beers selected by our staff. This is an open-house tasting; stop [...]
Posted in Breweries, WA Beer News, beer news, pubs on Mar 4th, 2010
I am posting this because I’m curious to see if anyone cares. I am particularity curious to hear what people in the industry think. Yesterday the Liquor Control Board adopted revised rules restricting outdoor alcohol advertising at all establishments serving and selling alcohol. Among other things, this rule impacts the size and number of signs [...]
Posted in Breweries, Events, WA Beer News, beer news on Feb 22nd, 2010
Is it a conspiracy to keep Washington breweries down or is it simply fate? Is it a blatant attempt to stack the deck against us or is it the luck of the draw? You be the judge.
Seven of Washington’s finest beers made it out of the first round of the National IPA Championship (NIPAC), but [...]
Posted in Breweries, WA Beer News, beer news on Feb 19th, 2010
There has been a bit of a shake up at Schooner Exact Brewing and Marcus Connery wants to make sure there aren’t any silly rumors floating around. One of the founders of Schooner Exact Brewing, Marcus told me today that he is now a former partner in the venture. They parted ways amicably and Marcus [...]
Posted in WA Beer News, beer news, polls on Feb 18th, 2010
We have just closed our most recent poll. We asked you, essentially, “Which state produces the best beer?” The choices were Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, or other. This poll was created in response to last month’s hot topic: drinking local beer vs. drinking the best beer available.
Since this is the Washington Beer Blog, it comes [...]
