Two Beer Releases Hale’s Ales in Seattle will be releasing 22oz bottles of Bourbon Barrel Aged Wee Heavy Winter Ale at the Hale’s Pub on Thursday, December 1st from 6-9 p.m. Limited release… come and get it! Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen in Bellingham has announced the tapping of its Chuckanut Smoke Porter – a beer…
Chuckanut Brewery just announced that Click Distributing will be handling their distribution in the Seattle area. This is good news for people like me who love Chuckanut’s beer. (The Dunkel is probably my favorite.) In my opinion, too often the best beer bars do not make much effort to satisfy the lighter side of the…
Rewind for a moment to the autumn of 2009 and you might recall that Chuckanut Brewery took the Great American Beer Festival by storm. In its first trip to the GABF the young Bellingham brewery brought home four medals for beer and was also awarded Best Small Brewpub and Brewer of the year (read about…
In a region where big, uber-hoppy ales reign supreme, Chuckanut Brewery has distinguished itself by making world-class lagers. Sure they make some ales, but it’s the lagers that have set them apart. In September, Washington’s craft brewers brought home seven medals from the 2010 Great American Beer Festival (read our post). Of those seven medals,…
This past Saturday morning, Congressman Rick Larsen of Washington’s 2nd Congressional District paid a visit to Bellingham’s Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen. His mission was to learn more about the craft beer industry, from the actual nuts and bolts of the brewing process to the business and economic challenges facing craft breweries in Washington and across…
To celebrate its second anniversary, Chuckanut Brewery in Bellingham is about to double its brewing capacity. Hard to believe it has only been two years, given the awards they’ve won and the esteem they’ve gained. We just received a message from Mari Kemper, who tells us about the planned birthday celebration as well as the…
On April 24th, the North Cascades Institute will host a very special event, as they welcome Chuckanut Brewery’s Will and Mari Kemper for a brewers dinner. Beyond a normal beer dinner, it promises to be “A night full of beer history and lore, insider stories from the front lines of the Northwest’s microbrewing revolution and…
Last Saturday we made the trip to Bellingham for some early St. Patrick’s Day celebrating. Sponsored by Boundary Bay Brewing, the first annual Bellingham St. Patrick’s Day parade wound its way through town before finishing at the brewery. (The parade was a thing to see, for sure.) The sun was shining on the beer garden,…
We’ve been waiting patiently for all of our friendly Washington publicans to announce their big NYE plans. Thus far, we haven’t hear a whole lot. Where do you plan to ring in the new year? What will you drink, and where will you drink it? Leave a comment and let us know. Here’s a few…
