Posted in beer news, pubs, washington_beer_news on Jul 9th, 2010
Last night The Cask opened in West Seattle. The self-described “old world ale house and wine house,” features four beers on tap and one on the beer engine. The Cask also has a nice selection of bottled world beers, not to mention wine by the glass. With the exception of the world beers, the focus [...]
Shon MacDughlas grew up right down the street from the business he’s about to open. A West Seattle native, MacDughlas (pronounced “MacDouglas”) knows the lay of the land. I talked to MacDughlas the other day and he told me a bit about The Cask – the bar/store that he and his wife are preparing to [...]
Posted in Breweries, WA Beer News, beer news, pubs on Mar 4th, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
