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Washington Wins Big at North American Beer Awards

Washington’s breweries won some impressive hardware at the NABA this year. In all, they brought 23 medals back from the competition (listed below). Washington’s medal…

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Vancouver Brewfest Returns for a Second Year

Today we share some information about the 2nd Annual Vancouver Brewfest. The event takes place in Vancouver, WA on August 9th thru 11th. Expect to…

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New Beer Festival Coming to Tumwater, WA

In 2003, the old Olympia brewery in Tumwater, Washington finally closed for good. Save for Prohibition, they brewed beer at that location for 107 years….

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Konishiki a Konichi-Wham! Next up in the Dick’s Picks Series

It might have been the first time I met Dick Cantwell. I asked about how he and his business partners arrived at the name Elysian…

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Alaskan Brewing Announces Discontinuation of Alaskan Pale

This is an interesting press release from Alaskan Brewing. Apparently hop availability is causing them to discontinue production of Alaskan Pale, one of the brewery’s…

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Join Us – Cruise Washington Waters & Drink Washington Beer

Today we would like to announce that Washington Beer Blog has teamed up with Un-Cruise Adventures to create the Washington waters beer cruise. For 8…

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Meet Tap Station – A New Growler Filling Station and More

Kyle Duce opened Locöl in West Seattle back in January 2011. The restaurant and bar was an immediate hit with the folks living in the…

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Skipper & His Little Buddy – Coming to a Pub Near You

Jim Parker and Skip Madsen are two familiar faces on the local beer scene. That’s not only because the two happen to have memorable faces,…

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Bob’s Brown Ale Raises $330,000 for Ronald McDonald House… and Counting

In 1997, long before the birth of this blog, I started an organization called Beer Church. The shortest description I can provide: Beer Church brings…

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