A couple months ago we reported that Jeff Smiley, the owner of Seattle’s Baron Brewing, intended to move his operation about 100 mile south to a new location in Chehalis, WA. (Read that story.) While many of our regular readers were interested to hear that Baron was moving to a new location, a broader audience…
It’s another sure sign that season’s have changed. It’s time to get tickets for the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s Winter Beer Taste. This event sells out every year. Get your tickets now, before it’s too late. The event takes place on Saturday, November 12th at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in North Seattle. Thirty-one of the area’s…
Ballard’s newest brewery opens to the public today. Hilliard’s Beer invites the public to come visit their warehouse-style brewery today (Friday, October 7th) from 3:00 – 10:00. A local street-food vendor (Skillet) will be there serving food and a DJ will spin discs to help mark the occasion. Along with Hilliard’s Saison, with which many…
Pretty much every brewery we talk to these days recognizes a need to expand in one way or another. While breweries in business parks and industrial buildings around Washington are knocking down walls to stretch their legs and increase brewery output, in downtown Seattle the Pike Brewing Company must grow with careful design. Pike Brewing…
– by North Seattle Sarah, North Seattle Bureau Chief – A sneak peek at Naked City’s Pumpkin Beer All my friends tell me the same thing: at midnight, I turn into a pumpkin. Wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, I get tired and cranky and I’m ready to fall asleep. And that’s an exaggeration –…
Whatever it is, it is better with bacon. Where would eggs be without bacon? What would you call a BLT sandwich if there were no B? A lettuce and tomato sandwich sounds unforgivably boring. A cheeseburger is a fine pile of food on its own, but add bacon and it’s a mother-beautiful culinary creation. So…
Not long ago Mrs. Beer Blog and I were invited to join some friends for an afternoon of gaming and appetizers at Jillian’s, the sports bar and billiards parlor on Westlake Avenue in Seattle. Apparently someone won a VIP party package at a silent auction. We had a great time. I’m not sure what we…
Saturday we stopped by Two Beers Brewery in Seattle’s SoDo district to extend our congratulations and check out the celebration. We were there early in the afternoon and left with a feeling that things were still picking up. Make sure you read the entire post to see all of the pictures. Congratulation to Joel VandenBrink…
