Federal Way – It’s All Within Reach. That’s the city’s official slogan. I find the slogan a bit odd. To me, it suggests that whatever you want, it is somewhere else but at least it’s within reach. Like most other sprawling suburban municipalities, Federal Way is not generally recognized for cultural refinement, sophistication and life’s…
In Federal Way, 99 Bottles (blog sponsor) is about to take full advantage of a recent change to state law. Beginning Tuesday, August 23rd the bottleshop will offer customers growler fills of fresh craft beer. To insure that customers get a fresh, delicious, properly poured growler of beer, 99 Bottles will use an innovative device…
Update: Read our more recent post to learn more about the cool stuff our local bottleshops are doing to insure that you can take delicious, fresh, draft beer home with you. Back in February we told you about a proposed new law allowing bottleshops to fill growlers (read it). Well, Senate Bill 5711 passed and…
Four years ago 99 Bottles opened in Federal Way. To be honest, I wondered if that location could support a world-class bottle shop. I mean, when I think of Federal Way great beer is not the first thing that comes to mind. Many other not-so-beerish things do, namely strip malls, fast-food franchises, Walmart, and so…
99 Bottles in Federal Way has completed their annual inventory and has cleaned out the cellar. Starting today (Tuesday, January 4th) they have a limited supply of the following bottles. No reservations or holds. Supplies are limited. Large bottles, one per person per label. 12 oz. bottles, four per person per label. Check with 99…
Nobody can deny that there is a lot of great beer being brewed in Portland these days. Ya, like that’s news. Without sounding jealous, it’s pretty amazing actually. There is perhaps no better example of Portland’s brewing prowess than the beers coming from Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB). As I drink more of their beer, and…
Tonight, we will be at the Naked City Taphouse to welcome Double Mountain Brewing to Seattle. This will be the first officially sanctioned Double Mountain event in the Puget Sound area Double Mountain co-owners, Matt and Charlie, will have a number of Double Mountain beers to share and tons of prizes to raffle. 6:00 –…
