Yesterday we told you that Sierra Nevada Brewing apparently chose Asheville, NC as the location for its second brewery. Today it’s official. Here it the press release from Sierra Nevada, which showed up in our inbox a few minutes ago. Sierra Nevada Chooses Asheville-Area for Eastern Brewery Expansion CHICO, Calif. - Jan. 25, 2012 –…
The second annual Washington Beer Open House takes place at breweries across the state on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Start making your plans now. This is an early warning. More breweries will sign up and details will come together in the week’s ahead. What exactly is Washington Beer Open House? All across the state breweries…
This Thursday we are hosting a Beer Church fundraiser at the Feedback Lounge. Right next door at the Beveridge Place Pub (blog sponsor), they will be hosting a Black Raven Mini Brewers Night. That gives you two good reason to come out to West Seattle on Thursday night. The event at the Beveridge Place starts…
Below we have the list of beers that will be poured at Belgianfest this year. Scroll down if that’s all you want. We have a couple of other things to say about Belgianfest as well. The event takes place one week from Saturday on Seattle’s waterfront – Saturday, February 4th at the Bell Harbor Conference…
(A couple days after we originally published this story, Sierra Nevada sent us a press release announcing their decision. Read that follow-up story here.) Apparently Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is about to prove what The Examiner (Examiner.com) has been telling us for two years: Asheville, North Carolina is a great beer town. For the past…
On Tuesday, January 24 The Beer Authority hosts a brewers night celebration featuring the beers of Elliott Bay Brewery. The event is intended to welcome Elliott Bay Brewery to the Lake City neighborhood. In case you haven’t heard, Elliott Bay is in the process of building its third brewery and pub. The location, which is…
We just received an update from Westport Brewing. Mark Wagner, the Brewmaster, just sent us an email to tell us the following: “We’ve been in production since late December 2011 and our tap room opened January 1 2012. Our Cohasset Cream Ale is ‘selling like hotcakes’ in Grays Harbor! Take a road trip, see the…
The Washington Beer Blog is proud to host the Session for February 2012. Exactly what does that mean? Well, anyone with a beer-related blog can join the session. Simply write a post related to the session’s topic and send us a link. The basic idea is to get a whole bunch of bloggers from near…
Two words: Two Beers. Two words: Beer Church. Two words: Pearl Jam. Coincidence? I think not! On Thursday, January 26th the Feedback Lounge hosts a very special event: Two Beers (or more), a benefit for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). In addition to all the other hoopla, the event includes the last…
