Everyone knows about Ballard and East Portland. Take a stroll through four under-the-radar beer districts where the next beverage is always just a few steps away. The Pacific Northwest is home to approximately 1,000 independent craft breweries. Most of them have...
And the winner is… Below I share the list of winning breweries and beers at this year’s Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival, which took place last Saturday. In addition to the list of professional brewers that won awards, I want to give a special shout out to...
As an amateur and professional brewer, Annie Johnson is a force in the world of brewing. The first homebrewing competition she entered earned her first place at the 2001 California State Fair Homebrew Competition. In 2012 she won Pilsner Urquell’s Master Homebrewer...
Silver City Brewery just announced the addition of two IPAs to its regular lineup. The first will be available year-round. The second will be available through the early part of next year. Here is the release announcement introducing both beers. ALIVE &...
“It’s gonna be fun,” said Greg Parker, owner of Iron Horse Brewery, quoting himself. Ellensburg, Washington’s Iron Horse Brewery recently announced that it is joining forces with Bad Granny Cider. Beer drinkers around the Pacific Northwest are probably...
A Different Location for the Same Great Event, October 3rd Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival is more than a beer festival, but it is an exceedingly good one of those, too. Washington's Yakima Valley, which produces roughly 75 percent of the nation's annual hop crop, hops...
"KEEP FROZEN (ZERO DEGREES F. OR BELOW)" - That's what the box says. That must make transportation and logistics a challenge, but if it means I get to drink freshly brewed fresh hop beer in January, so be it. By now, most beer lovers who pay attention know the deal...
Skagit Valley Malting now offering brewers a malted buckwheat option that is adding to the haze Hazy beer, and especially hazy IPA, is a rather polarizing topic these days. Some people are completely bored or even bothered by the style's continued...
New owners, new vision, existing brewery Not long ago, we reported that Flycaster Brewing in Kirkland had been sold (read it). We now know a bit more about the new company and its owners, Will and Layken Savage (pictured above, from Facebook). The new...
Despite its reputation as a laid-back, Birkenstocks-wearing hippie town, Bellingham, Washington, is a forward-thinking, tech-savvy, growing community. It’s big enough for some hustle and bustle, but small enough that everyone seems to know each other. An hour south of...
