Kendall Jones, Author at The Washington Beer Blog

Update from the Brewers Guild on 2026 legislative session

Lawmakers in Olympia currently have a few beer-related issues on their dockets. The Washington Brewers Guild is working to represent the best interests of the state’s brewing industry.

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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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.

Rare wine varieties are displayed with a bottle of red wine wrapped in burlap, two glasses of red wine, and fresh red and green grapes in a rustic wooden bucket.

Rare Wine Varieties: What to Try to Surprise Yourself

Take a different path and come up with the most exciting, rare wine varieties that will overturn your concept of what can be in a glass.

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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.

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.

Three cans of beer sitting on a bar top.

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.

Author: Kendall Jones