Today it was officially announced that Pliny the Elder is the best beer on the planet. It is not merely a matter of opinion or taste, it is an absolute truth confirmed by scientific methodology and mathematical proof. Well, kind of. The readers of Beer Advocate have spoken. For those who do not know, Beer…
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A day to give thanks for great beer – International Beer Day
Happy International Beer Day! Cheers, Salute, Prost, Sláinte and Op uw gezondheid! August 5th is International Beer Day. Big thanks go out to our fellow beer blogger, BrewDad, for first pointing this out to us. According to the organizers, one of the purposes of International Beer Day is to show our appreciation for the good…
The final word on the beer tax increase. Maybe.
Our friends over at the Seattle Beer News published a story yesterday that provides insight into the actual impact of this tax increase. We encourage you to go check it out. On this blog and other, as well as all other media outlets, there has been a great deal of discussion about the new beer…
Want to throw out the first pitch at a Mariners game?
For some of us, it would be a magical dream come true: throwing out the first pitch in Safeco Field at a Mariners game. Pyramid Breweries is currently running a contest that will allow one lucky person to do just that. Beyond getting to throw out the first pitch when the Mariners take on the…
American Craft Beer Week has begun
My fellow Americans, the United States Congress encourages you to show your appreciation of the accomplishments of American craft brewers this week by attending events at microbreweries, brewpubs, and beer stores across the United States. Well, okay, if they insist. As the ten-day-long Seattle Beer Week rolls happily along, today (Monday, May 17th) marks the…
News from beyond the borders
This blog tends to focus on the Washington beer scene. No news there. Today I want to share some information from beyond our borders. Two of the stories are about states (Oklahoma and Iowa) where craft beer enthusiasts still face challenges we can only imagine. The third story is about a state (Pennsylvania) facing challenges…
Brewers Association releases list of Top 50 U.S. Breweries
(Boulder, CO – MAY 14, 2010) The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries, released its annual lists reporting the top 50 brewing companies in the country. The ranking is based on 2009 beer sales volume. There are two lists. The first list shows the Top 50 Craft Brewing…
Top 10 Beer Questions
The readers of this blog tend to be fairly knowledgeable about beer. We cater to a wide variety of beer lovers, so I suppose “knowledgeable” is a relative term; nonetheless, compared to a random sampling of beer drinkers, our audience has a clue about beer. We thought it would be fun to take a look…
Draft magazine’s list of Seattle’s best
The current issue of Draft magazine includes a listing of the Top 150 Beer Bars in the country (Draft magazine, Jan-Feb 2010). Six of our local beer joints made the list. If you were conducting this important research, what would be your criteria? Draft kept things rather ambiguous, stating only that they were looking for:…
