Washington Beer Blog

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Washington IPAs stand strong in the opening round
Half of Washington’s entrants into the National IPA Championship (NIPAC) have advanced to the second round. (read about NIPAC.) While seven Washington beers advance, seven go home. It’s not as bad as it sounds when you consider that two of the first round matchups featured Washington beers pitted [...]

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Each year the Brewing News put on the National IPA Championship (NIPAC) — a series of head-to-head match-ups, arranged tournament-style, to determine the nation’s “best” IPA. Click here to see our previous posts about NIPAC, including results from last year’s tournament.
This year the first round will take place on February 14th. The final round will [...]

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Only 22 days into the new year and we already have more breweries springing up. We have been following Airways Brewing as their plans come to fruition, but they are not the only new brewery coming to life. We have included some information below (names and addresses have been withheld to protect privacy). Other than [...]

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It was quite a year on the Washington beer scene. We said hello to an amazing number of new breweries. We said our sad goodbyes to some dear old friends – two of them in the same week. Seattle enjoyed an entire week dedicated to beer, as officially proclaimed by the mayor, and somehow our [...]

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We just spotted this on a Facebook post from The Swiss in Tacoma. We wish we had heard about it sooner – but better late than never. If you’re looking for something to do today besides lay around the shanty and watch football, The Swiss has a lineup of live music from now until 10:30 [...]

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