We just received some IPA news from Elysian Brewing Company. They plan to get a bit manic about IPA in the coming months. Also, Avatar Jasmine IPA (one of Mrs. Beerblog’s most favorite beers ever) is about to make its return and is getting a facelift. The brewery reports that after a little hiatus due…
New Puyallup Brewery just weeks away (plus, Sarah learns some geography) – by North Seattle Sarah, North Seattle Bureau Chief – Eric Akeson was an excited man as he was sipping his beer last night at Naked City Brewery and Taphouse in Greenwood. You see, after making his first homebrew 17 years ago, he’s finally…
The second annual Washington Beer Open House takes place at breweries across the state on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Start making your plans now. This is an early warning. More breweries will sign up and details will come together in the week’s ahead. What exactly is Washington Beer Open House? All across the state breweries…
We just received an update from Westport Brewing. Mark Wagner, the Brewmaster, just sent us an email to tell us the following: “We’ve been in production since late December 2011 and our tap room opened January 1 2012. Our Cohasset Cream Ale is ‘selling like hotcakes’ in Grays Harbor! Take a road trip, see the…
It seems the Ram Restaurant and Brewery plans to open a new location in Federal Way. A “Coming Soon” sign now stands in front of the building that used to be a Marie Callender’s restaurant at 31920 Gateway Center Blvd. The location is just off Interstate 5 at the 320th Street exit near The Commons…
Federal Way – It’s All Within Reach. That’s the city’s official slogan. I find the slogan a bit odd. To me, it suggests that whatever you want, it is somewhere else but at least it’s within reach. Like most other sprawling suburban municipalities, Federal Way is not generally recognized for cultural refinement, sophistication and life’s…
We are now just one month away from the 3rd Annual Belgianfest. The event organizer, the Washington Beer Commission, has now released a list of participating breweries (below). Belgianfest is an increasingly popular celebration of Washington-brewed, Belgian-style beers. To accommodate the need for a bigger venue, this year Belgianfest moves to the Bell Harbor International…
The other day I visited the Pyramid Alehouse in Seattle. It was the first time in a long time, I admit. For the past few years seeing the old brewery in mothballs made me a bit sad. Although the company’s headquarters is still in Seattle, Pyramid Breweries halted the last vestiges of its Seattle brewing…
Über Tavern is closing. There, do I have your attention? Über opened five years ago in Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood and began dutifully pouring an outstanding selection of great beers, accompanying each pint with a fiery “Don’t call me small” attitude. With 17 beers on tap, the tavern offers more taps per square foot than…
