Category Archives: WA Beer News

Organic Amarillos distinguish Elliott Bay’s Hop Harvest Ale

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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…

Boundary Bay Brewery expanding

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Everyone loves Boundary Bay Brewery’s beers. If you have ever visited the Railroad Avenue location in Bellingham you very likely love the pub too. The Boundary Bay Bistro is beloved by locals who simply refer to it as “the brewery” or “the pub.” It is also a top destination for many wayward beer gypsies —…

Seattle Beer Week, the best of Washington

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Below I list Seattle Beer Week events devoted to Washington beer. Seattle Beer Week is a celebration of our local beer culture. It is not, as I have heard some embattled individuals in the local beer industry assert, an excuse for out-of-state breweries and their distributors to get a toehold in, or further assert their…

Time for the Pro-Am Beer Competition

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by Nate Muller – Senior Homebrew Correspondent Professional Brewers Turn to Home Brewers for Inspiration Here’s a beer competition that’s great for home brewers and beer lovers alike: the Puget Sound Pro-Am Competition. This competition is all about bringing professional brewers and home brewers together. For home brewers, this is an amazing opportunity to have…

Cheers to the Holidays – Who’s Open?

The presents are opened, the ham is eaten and your extended family has swaddled up and waddled home again – now it’s time to get back to normal. And for many of us, that means finding a beer at the local pub or brewery. Here are a few places we’ve heard will be open with…

Did you hear the broadcast? Now available online.

Did you hear us? We were on the radio. KUOW 94.9 FM, to be exact. It was a fast hour, for sure. Time flies when you’re drinking beer, I guess. The show’s site is here. You can download the MP3 here. You can find it in the KUOW archives as well, click here. (The show…

Happening Tonight: Rare Draft Revelry at The Bev

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…

Results from the 2010 NABA Competition

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….

WA Beer Commission launches its new Web site

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…