I am posting this because I’m curious to see if anyone cares. I am particularity curious to hear what people in the industry think. Yesterday the Liquor Control Board adopted revised rules restricting outdoor alcohol advertising at all establishments serving and selling alcohol. Among other things, this rule impacts the size and number of signs [...]
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Posted in beer news, pubs on Feb 25th, 2010
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: “The [...]
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Posted in Breweries, beer news, pubs on Feb 20th, 2010
We’re live at the new Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger Taproom, at the preview event for WABL members. It’s standing room only, with a free cask of IPA blown in 18 minutes. No worries, pints will be two dollars all night (open until 10 p.m.). George Hancock just welcomed the crowd and is now offering brewery [...]
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Posted in Events, beer news on Dec 18th, 2009
This Sunday the Beveridge Place Pub will be selling some stuff from their cellar. In addition to getting bottles to go, you can also get some gifts wrapped. The bottles go home with you, the wrapped gifts go to whoever, and the proceeds go to charity.
Here’s the official word from the Bev:
Specialty “To Go” Bottle [...]
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Posted in Breweries, Events, beer news on Nov 3rd, 2009
Time once again for the Beveridge Place Pub’s IPA Cask-o-Rama — a wonderful celebration of good firkin beer! The event starts this Thursday, Nov. 5th at 6:00 p.m. and runs until the end of business on Saturday. Where else can you find 24 different cask-conditioned IPAs on tap at once? Even if you cannot make [...]
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Posted in beer news, pubs on Oct 28th, 2009
Each year the Beveridge Place Pub celebrates Hoptoberfest. Part of the month-long celebration of hoppy madness is the crowning of the next year’s house IPA. This is the IPA that will always be on tap at the Bev. It’s sort of like the NCAA basketball tournament, but without the basketballs or the office pools. It’s [...]
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Posted in WA Beer News, beer news, pubs on Oct 23rd, 2009
Tonight (Fri. Oct. 23th), Brouwer’s Cafe will begin its celebration of Washington Beer. This is similar to the WA beer event we hosted at the Beveridge Place Pub last June (here), only on a grander scale. Brouwer’s will turn over their 60+ taps to serve Washington beer exclusively. Obviously, they won’t go through all 60 [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2009
It’s that time of year. Time for Hoptoberfest at the Beveridge Place Pub. In addition to being a month-long celebration of Washington IPAs, it is also a contest to determine the house IPA for the next year. Boundary Bay IPA has been the winner for the past who-remembers-how-many years. We’ll see if the champs [...]
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Posted in beer news, pubs on Oct 16th, 2009
We’ve just closed our poll asking you to vote for your favorite “Seattle-area beer bar (not brew pub).” While our polls are not scientific, they do represent the opinions of the respondents. For two weeks we ran a preliminary poll, giving you a large list of bars from which to choose. From those results, we [...]
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Posted in beer news, pubs on Oct 13th, 2009
In our quest to discover what you think is the Seattle-area’s best beer bar, Uber Tavern currently holds a respectable lead. Our poll asks the simple question, “Which is your favorite Seattle-area beer bar (not brew pub)?” If you have not voted in this final round, you should do so now. You can vote over [...]
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