Author: Kendall Jones

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The RAM employees get a Christmas bonus – ownership of the company

Since its humble beginnings in 1971, The RAM Family of Restaurants and Breweries (The RAM) has grown to include three different brands spread across six…

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Join Pike Brewing on New Year’s Eve

It’s an annual ritual at Pike Brewing in Seattle: the Old Bawdy New Year’s Eve Dinner. The Prix Fixe dinner, which has a beer pairing…

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Tired of winter beers yet? Fremont Brewing offers some relief

Has your palate grown weary under the weight of all those big, malty, complex winter beers? Ya, I didn’t think so. This time of year…

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Strange Brewfest 2015. These go to 11

It’s time to make plans for the 11th Annual Strange Brewfest. The celebration of quirky beers happens on January 23rd and 24th in Port Townsend….

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No-Li Van Lambert Sour Cherry Ale, sneak peek this Saturday

I just learned that this Saturday No-Li Brewhouse in Spokane will release a limited number of bottles of its Van Lambert Sour Cherry Ale. Here’s…

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Holiday Ale Festival raises $20k for Children’s Cancer Association

I don’t like to get involved in the “us versus them” thing. Seattle is a great beer town and Portland is a great beer town….

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President Obama – now a member of the American Homebrewers Association

A couple years ago, the world learned that the White House kitchen staff was brewing its own beer at the behest of President Obama. We…

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The Bergschrund set to open in Ballard this Friday

Because liquor laws are so frequently governed by bizarre pretzel logic, we can’t actually declare this new Ballard drinking establishment to be what it actually…

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Flying Bike Cooperative gets closer to takeoff

Today is an exciting day for the 900 member-owners of Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery. It was in April of 2011 that I first told you…

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