Author: Kendall Jones

Reuben’s Brews invites you to a pajama party at the taproom on Saturday, February 1st. And you might win a brewery sleepover party, too. It’s an opportunity like no other. You and your friends spend the night at the brewery and more.

On Saturday, February 1st, 192 Brewing’s Lake Trail Taproom invites you to enjoy some dark beer and some tasty chili. They call it the Washington Brewers Invitational Dark Beer & Chili Competition. For the 13th year, a collection of Washington breweries will create a batch of chili to pair with one of its dark beers. You, the consumer, sample the pairings and vote for your favorite.

It’s an annual celebration of chocolate-influenced, chocolate-infused, and confection-inspired beers–an event that coincides with Valentine’s Day. The Beer Junction invites you to enjoy Chocolate Beer Week 2025 from February 13th through 23rd. Indulge in beers from no less than a dozen craft brewers.

James G. Murphy is handling the auctioning of Hale’s Ale Brewery. The auction is open as of today, January 29th. It closes on February 5th. The auctioneer will host a preview on February 4th at the brewery in Seattle — a location familiar to many.

In enacted, HB 1602 would provide breweries with greater flexibility when opening additional locations. Pledge your support for HB 1602. We share info about the bill, how it will help breweries, and how you can easily pledge your support.

Today, Von Ebert Brewing released its first collaboration beer of 2025, a West Coast Pilsner brewed with Fort George Brewing called Eternal Somewhere. Von Ebert also released the list of other breweries it plans to collab with this year. Details in this story.

At the recently concluded 2025 American Hop Convention in Coronado, California, John I. Haas was awarded the Top of the Trellis Award for its commitment to sustainable hop farming. The John I. Haas facility in Yakima, Washington, is a hotbed of hop innovations of all kinds, developing new hop varieties, farming practices, and hop-based products. Although the beer-drinking public might not recognize the name, we have all tasted the fruits of John I. Haas’ work in our beer.

Reports today indicate that Anheuser-Busch InBev has acquired Sound Beverage Distributors, the Bellingham-based beer distributor. But how does this impacts the regional craft breweries that Sound Beverage distributes? Here’s what we know so far.

One of the best things about Seattle’s Ballard Brewery District is the diversity of styles. Whatever kind of mood you’re in, there’s a brewery taproom…