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…
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…
A couple months ago we reported that Jeff Smiley, the owner of Seattle’s Baron Brewing, intended to move his operation about 100 mile south to a new location in Chehalis, WA. (Read that story.) While many of our regular readers were interested to hear that Baron was moving to a new location, a broader audience…
It’s another sure sign that season’s have changed. It’s time to get tickets for the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s Winter Beer Taste. This event sells out every year. Get your tickets now, before it’s too late. The event takes place on Saturday, November 12th at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in North Seattle. Thirty-one of the area’s…
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…
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),…
It has been over a year since I introduced you to Bellevue Brewing Company, which promises to be Bellevue’s first locally owned craft brewery. (Read our original story.) The mastermind behind the project, John Robertson, has been moving cautiously and with purposeful resolve. He wants to get it right the first time. He has entertained…
If I told you they were hanging Budweiser neon signs in the windows at the Big Time Brewery, how would you feel? What if I told you that they were stocking the back bar with booze bottles? Personally, I might think it was a sign that the end was near: that the Four Horsemen of…
It is hard to imagine a world without cancer. Everyone has been touched in some way by some form of the disease. In August Dick’s Brewing Company hosted a fundraiser for cancer research. Yesterday they announced that the event raised nearly $4,000. The Beer for a Cure event included a homebrew competition: the winning beer…
