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Bale Breaker brings a new IPA from the farms to the ferries

Bale Breaker Brewing teamed up with its distribution partner (NW Beverages), Washington State Ferries, and Sodexo (the food and beverage vendor on the boats) to create a new IPA.

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Chuckanut Brewery introduces cans of barrel-aged stout

Here is a release notice from Chuckanut Brewery, which is packaging its barrel-aged stout in cans (kegs, too).

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Tacoma Beer Week, events kick off on February 27th 

Tacoma Beer Week offers dozens of events at many different locations, all to celebrate the city’s current and past, rich beer scene.

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Aslan Brewing announces it’s opening a third Seattle location

Bellingham-based Aslan Brewing just announced that it is opening another location in Seattle. This will be its fifth location overall and its third in the Emerald City.

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Lucky Envelope Brewing, The Fire Horse, and what it all means

Lucky Envelope Brewing hosts its annual Lunar New Year celebration this Saturday to welcome the Year of the Fire Horse.

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Crux Fermentation gets new owners as the Oregon Beverage Collective is formed

Five craft beverage companies in Central Oregon have combined forces to face the future. Cascade Lakes Brewing, Crux Fermentation Project, GoodLife Brewing, Silver Moon Brewing, and Tumalo Cider are now part of one entity: the Oregon Beverage Collective. 

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Two scholarships from Falconer Foundation and Seibel Institute

The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation and the Seibel Institute of Technology recently announced two full-tuition scholarship opportunities. The scholarships are for the World Brewing Academy (WBA) Concise Course in Brewing Technology in Montreal, this coming October.  

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A Really Special Bitter, for a really special cause, at Logan Brewing

A beer (Really Special Bitter) and an upcoming event at the Logan Brewing taproom in Kent honor and celebrate the life of a special man, and benefit two organizations he cared about deeply.

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The State of IPA in 2026. Where is it, where should it go

I’ve created a quick survey to learn what people think of IPA these days, and maybe get an idea of where it should go.

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