In November 2009, we were in a bottle shop in Vancouver, WA (By the Bottle) talking to the shop’s owner about our current beer adventure—a trip up the Columbia River to visit breweries in the greater Hood River area. He gave us two important pieces of advice about our visit to the Gorge: “First, Double…
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Drinking in the rain, Skamania style
This past weekend we pointed the Washington Beer Cruiser south through the torrential rain to Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA, where they were hosting a Celebration of Beer weekend. (Read our prior post about the event.) The planners wisely rented a large tent for the event, and it certainly wasn’t a chilly day, so the crowd enjoyed beer, food and…
Going on a beer tour? Check out myscenicdrives.com
We often tell you to get out there and do something. The stories that we’ve posted about our roadtripping adventures “out there” have been some of our most popular. As more and more breweries have opened across the state, beer touring has become increasingly popular. That’s why we are happy to welcome myscenicdrives.com aboard as…
Tulips and beer, it’s what we do in April around here
The vernal equinox is in the rearview mirror. April is upon us and it’s time to start venturing out of the cave to enjoy these long spring days. The roadtrip described below is best suited for this particular time of year. The Skagit Valley is painted with tulips, the rivers are bounding with runoff, and…
Two Washington beer lovers get lost in the desert
Sadly, we missed the Strangebrew Festival this year. Instead of heading west to Port Townsend for a weekend of fun and frivolity, we flew south to Palm Springs to conduct important research on the status of the craft brewing industry in California’s Coachella Valley. After all, some one has to do it. In this story,…
Strangebrew beer adventures on the way
As if heading out to Port Townsend for the annual Strangebrew Festival isn’t enough of an adventure, we like to include at least one other beery stop on our way to or from the event. These are the real easy ones: Heading across the Narrow’s Bridge? Stop by 7 Seas Brewing in Gig Harbor. The tasting room is open…
2009 Review – Life, liberty and the pursuit of good beer
UPDATE: We have named a winner in our Facebook contest. Lorraine -a.k.a. the Beveridge Place Beer Goddess- was the very first person to guess and she got it exactly right. Behold the awesome power of Lorraine. This was not rigged. It kind of freaks me out, actually. She’s got powers, or something. The complete list…
Beer Trails: Hood River. It’s just barely Oregon
Previous posts in this series: Vancouver, the gateway to the Gorge Highway 14, Stevenson and White Salmon This is the final installment in our series of reports on our recent trip to the Columbia Gorge. Our previous post talked about the breweries on the Washington side of the river (Walking Man and Everybody’s Brewing). In…
Beer Trails: Highway 14, Stevenson and White Salmon
This is the third installment in our Columbia Gorge Brewery Tour series. Previous posts in this series: Beer Trails: Columbia Gorge Brewery Tour. Beer Trails: Vancouver – gateway to the Gorge. From Vancouver, Highway 14 (the Lewis and Clark Highway) winds its way east along the Washington side of the Columbia River, passing through small,…
