Tag Archive: washington_breweries

Reuben’s Brews going pro – Seattle homebrewer prepares for the big leagues

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About one year ago we first told you about Reuben’s Brews, when home brewer Adam Robbings’ Roasted Rye IPA took the 2010 PNA Winter Beer Taste by storm (read it) and won first place. Fast-forward. About one week ago someone forwarded to me a curious email from Adam Robbings, who was apparently looking for a…

Help Wanted: Silver City Brewery is hiring in the Sea/Tac area

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Silver City Brewery is looking for a motivated, responsible and knowledgeable beer lover in the Seattle/Tacoma area to advocate the virtues of its fine product. In other words, Silver City is looking to hire a local sales representative. The job posting showed up on Craigslist today. Kurt Larson, Director of Sales and Marketing at Silver…

Sound Brewery’s beers now in bottles

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Sound Brewery is now bottling beer. The Poulsbo brewery hit the ground running last winter. You never would have guessed it was a new brewery. The very first beers I ever tasted from Sound Brewery were polished to perfection. Now you can enjoy that same deliciousness in bottles. Once again, Sound Brewery seems to have…

Airways Brewing Beer & Bistro opening today in Kent

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Updated at 4:30, Tuesday, Oct 1st. Photos added at bottom of post. Congratulations to Airways Brewing. The Airways Brewing Beer & Bistro opens for business today at 11:00 a.m. It has been a long time coming and a lot of work. The owners of Airways Brewing, Alex and Dione Dittmar, did not want to make…

American Brewing headed to the other Washington

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American Brewing Company is one of only 15 breweries from across the country invited to participate in the 10th Annual Autumn Capitol Hill Beer Tasting. The event takes place on November 2nd in Washington, DC and will be attended by over 500 members of Congress and their staffs. The event is organized by the Brewers…

Hilliard’s Beer opens to the public today

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Ballard’s newest brewery opens to the public today. Hilliard’s Beer invites the public to come visit their warehouse-style brewery today (Friday, October 7th) from 3:00 – 10:00. A local street-food vendor (Skillet) will be there serving food and a DJ will spin discs to help mark the occasion. Along with Hilliard’s Saison, with which many…

Pike Brewing increasing output by 30 percent

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Pretty much every brewery we talk to these days recognizes a need to expand in one way or another. While breweries in business parks and industrial buildings around Washington are knocking down walls to stretch their legs and increase brewery output, in downtown Seattle the Pike Brewing Company must grow with careful design. Pike Brewing…

Boundary Bay Brewery expanding

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Everyone loves Boundary Bay Brewery’s beers. If you have ever visited the Railroad Avenue location in Bellingham you very likely love the pub too. The Boundary Bay Bistro is beloved by locals who simply refer to it as “the brewery” or “the pub.” It is also a top destination for many wayward beer gypsies —…

Time for winter beer releases

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Winter is on the way. No doubt about it. The nights are getting long, the sun is sinking in the south, and local breweries are beginning to release their winter seasonal beers—those robust, malty beers that fill our bellies and warm our spirits. Elysian was first out of the gate (as far as we know),…