When you walk into Renton’s Dog and Pony Alehouse and ask the bartender what they have on tap, she’ll point to a tall, vertical chalkboard listing all 30 draft selections. At first glance it might escape you, but after a moment you will realize that the first 12 beers on the list are all the…
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An “old world ale house” coming to Seattle
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…
Eight brewers, four recipes, and one beer equals 841
The Washington Cask Beer Festival (Saturday, March 29), which is completely sold out, will showcase dozens of interesting, creative beers. If you know anything about this event, you will not be surprised to learn that one of the beers is an oak-aged strong ale brewed using, among other things, candy sugar. The beer, named 841,…
How do you define a “small” brewery?
This is a call to arms. As craft beer enthusiasts, we need to make our voices heard. A new bill has been introduced in the other Washington that promises to help the craft brewing industry nationwide. We all need to contact our representatives and tell them to support H.R. 4278. It is easy and quick…
Last Saturday in Bellingham – the video
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,…
Washington beer? Yes, we can!
Local craft brewery ready to start canning beer On April 17th, everything changes. The world as we know it will be torn asunder. Dogs will lie down with cats, rain will rise from the earth to the sky, and Washington-brewed craft beer will be available in aluminum cans. Future generations will read about this day…
Tom Douglas presents a more civilized St. Patrick’s celebration
If you’re like me, the mere mention of St. Patrick’s Day fills your head with thoughts of Irish pubs packed beyond capacity with unruly hordes of over-served amateurs swilling down pitchers of green Bud Light: staggering beer zombies performing unsanitary acts of public drunkenness in Post Alley. This St. Patrick’s Day, Tom Douglas Events will…
Scuttlebutt asks you to, “Name That Beer.”
Scuttlebutt Brewing is having a Name That Beer contest. They are renaming their Sequioa Red Ale and want to hear your ideas. The winner gets a keg. Legally, Scuttlebutt will own the name but you will own the bragging rights and the keg. Stylistically, the beer is somewhere between an ESB and a Pale Ale….
Where would you go on your next beer vacation?
A good friend of the Washington Beer Blog is currently in Belgium, which gave us an idea for a new poll. Our friend is doing a very good job of keeping us posted as he ambles about the bucolic Belgian beer landscape. Bastard. Not really, it’s just that he is making us very jealous, to…
