Author: Kendall Jones

Freelance writer, freestyle beer drinker, and producer of the Washington Beer Blog. Longtime craft beer enthusiast and recovering homebrewer. Dedicated to helping the craft brewing industry continue to grow and prosper. To learn more about Kendall, CLICK HERE.
A poster for the Smash and Dash event.

SMASH and Dash Returns to Snohomish, WA This Weekend

The SMASH and Dash event features four beers, from four breweries, that are all the same but different. You go from one brewery to the next and compare the results.

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Label artwork for Gose With The Flow, a beer brewed for Tacoma Beer Week.

Silver City introduces a collaboration beer for Tacoma Beer Week

This collaboration beer from Silver City Brewery and Communities for a Healthy Bay is part of Tacoma Beer Week, which kicks off on March 1st. Gose With The Flow, a beer to help keep our precious waterways clean.

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Logo for the Falconer Foundation.

Two Scholarship Opportunities Through the Falconer Foundation

In collaboration with the Seibel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering two full-tuition brewing education scholarships in 2025. Each scholarship is a full tuition grant and comes with a travel/lodging stipend.

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uc davis craft beer marketing program.

Enroll for UC Davis’ Online Marketing Course for Craft Beer

The UC Davis online course for Digital Marketing for Craft Breweries is designed to help brewers succeed in today’s competitive craft beer market. Enroll now for the spring session. Details in this story.

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poster for the event at outer planet brewing.

Outer Planet Brewing Celebrates 10th Anniversary This Week

Seattle’s Outer Planet Brewing invites you to help commemorate its tenth orbit around the sun. The celebration takes place all week leading up to the main event on Saturday, February 22nd.

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Poster for Night of the Helles at Kulshan Brewing.

A Night of Seven Helles Lagers, and a Lesson on the Style

Night of the Helles is back for a fourth year! Kulshan Brewing and Otherlands Beer invite you to the fourth annual Night of the Helles…

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A poster for the 11th anniversary event at StormBreaker Brewing and a bottle of the special beer.

StormBreaker Brewing Anniversary Celebration this Saturday

Portland, Oregon’s StormBreaker Brewing commemorates its 11th anniversary this Saturday, February 15th, with a party at its location on Mississippi Avenue.

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Skagit Valley Malting is Reopening with New Ownership

Today, we are happy to report that new ownership will bring Skagit Valley Malting back to life. As soon as April or May. Details in the story.

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Cloudburst Brewing's new IPA and HQG-4 hops

Meet HQG-4: The New Hop Shaping Cloudburst Brewing’s Latest Creation

Cloudburst Brewing used HQG-4, the first hop variety to emerge from the Hop Quality Group’s breeding program, to craft its newest IPA. Here’s Your Future IPA should pique the interest of discerning hopheads. Here’s why

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