Last spring Big Al Brewing became the first Washington craft brewery to install a solar-thermal heating system. Big Al Brewing flipped the switch in June and started brewing with water heated (at least in part) by the sun. Net Zero Impact, a local solar energy solutions firm, designed and installed the system. The same company…
It is not often that we get to report on events like this happening in the South Sound, so this is a bit of a rare treat for those of you in the greater Tacoma area. This Friday (November 11th) Chambers Bay Grill will host a beer dinner featuring the beers of Big Al Brewing…
In White Center, Big Al Brewing celebrates its third birthday today – Sat. July 30th. Party will feature some of Big Al’s Local Hero series beers. Of course it will. Three years of pro brewing success isn’t going to make Al forget his homebrewing roots. Congrats to the Alejandro and his crew at Big Al…
Big Al Brewing teamed up with The Feedback Lounge and is introducing a summer seasonal beer. The beer, a Kolsch, will be named LÖWMAN BRÄU. The official release date for the beer is June 15th. The beer will only be available at select locations in the greater West Seattle and White Center area. Okay, maybe…
On Sunday, March 13th, 100 people gathered at Naked City Brewery and Taphouse for the Daylight Savings Chaos Cook Off, a sold out event that will hopefully become an annual ritual. What a perfect way to spend a dark and rainy Sunday afternoon: drinking beer and eating chili. The Chaos Cook Off featured beer and…
It’s a big day at Big Al Brewing. Evening Magazine is here to film an upcoming show, which will air Monday at 7:00 p.m. on King 5. In itself, that is a pretty big deal. “We kind of over-booked ourselves this morning,” Al just told me. “In addition to the television crew, our web developer…
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…
We’ve talked about this here on the Blog already, but we want to remind you that tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 23rd) is the worldwide release of Beer Church Pale Ale. The official release party is at the Beveridge Place Pub where the beer will go on tap when the pub opens at 3:00. The Beer Church…
Over the past few years a seemingly endless stream of out-of-state beers has flooded into the flourishing Washington craft beer market. Whether you welcome out-of-state beers into the local market or feel threatened by the incursion, there’s no escaping the fact that Washington, and especially the Seattle metro area, is a target-rich environment for out-of-state…
