The owners of the Salmon Creek Brewpub, Larry and Ana Pratt, are retiring and have sold the business. Since 1994 the Salmon Creek Brewpub has been dutifully serving the residents of Vancouver, WA a selection of Larry’s handcrafted beers accompanied with great food. All the while, Ana was waiting to greet you as you came…
Unleashing the Heavy Mountain Gorilla Tonight (Thurs. April 26) at the McMenamins Mill Creek brewpub, you are invited to a release party featuring Heavy Mountain Gorilla Double IPA. The party starts at 5:00 and goes until the beer is gone. Enjoy this limited-release beer at happy hour pricing. Meet the brewer. Ask questions. For more…
Spokane’s Northern Lights Brewing is re-branding. The new name is No-Li Brewhouse. Mark Irvin, the brewmaster and owner of the brewery previously known as Northern Lights, recently teamed up with craft beer veteran John Bryant. The new partnership is intended to foster new growth. Irvin and Bryan plan for No-Li Brewhouse to become an even…
Every year we participate in the Washington CoastSavers Beach Cleanup. The event takes place each year on a Saturday around Earth Day. In other words, we spent last weekend at the beach. Spending some time walking the tidelines and the dunes collecting bags of garbage is its own reward; however, this year our annual trip…
I subscribe to a few different beer publications. I pick up others whenever I visit one of the bigger magazine racks. Some of them, like Beer Advocate, are no frills beer rags packed with highly informative and sometimes technical content of interest to no one but the most severely afflicted beer geek. Uh, like me….
This is the third in a series of posts about the Bellingham beer scene. Previously I told you about Elizabeth Station and Kulshan Brewing. Today, meet the new and improved Green Frog Cafe Acoustic Tavern, which just opened about six weeks ago. The Green Frog originally opened its doors in 2005 and began serving exceedingly…
The Parkway Tavern’s annual Barleywine Festival happens next weekend. In addition to a lot of great Barleywine, this year’s two-day event features music and food. The festival runs from 2:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th. The Parkway is trying something a little different this year. On Saturday they’ll…
This is the second in our series of posts about the Bellingham beer scene. The other day we introduced you to Kulshan Brewing (read it). Today we introduce you to Elizabeth Station. I suppose that this post is just an introduction to a new bottleshop. Then again, Elizabeth Station seems like much more. Patrick McEvoy,…
There are still some seats available for tomorrow night’s Year of Beer Dinner at Brave Horse Tavern. To reserve your spot, click here. This promises to be an amazing dinner, to be sure. Brave Horse Tavern is hosting a Year of Beer Dinner on Wednesday, April 18th. The beer will be provided by four of…
