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Happening this weekend – the Seattle International Beerfest

While this blog tends to focus on the beers and breweries of Washington, we try not to have complete tunnel vision. That being said, we…

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Poulsbo’s new brewery nears opening

Back in December, we posted an early distant warning about a new brewery opening in Poulsbo.  Today we’re posting more information. Jeff Holcomb, owner/brewer at…

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Rogue building its own malting operation

When a brewer or a brewery talks about becoming completely self-reliant, it is the need for malted grains that stops the conversation. Without going into…

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Retraction – Magic Hat does not own Pyramid

The story we published last Thursday (June 24th), entitled Let’s put the trademark issue to bed, mistakenly said that Magic Hat owned Pyramid. In fact,…

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The first weekend of summer – local beer scene happenings

Wondering what to do on this first weekend of summer? I have a few ideas for you. Some of them very beery, some of them…

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Design a T-shirt, get a keg of beer

Joel VandenBrink at Two Beer Brewing sent a message this morning. Here it is: Two Beers Brewing Comany is calling all artists or designers to…

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Let’s put the trademark issue to bed

If you’ve been paying very close attention—I mean, “stalker-like” attention—you might have noticed that the Washington Beer Blog is the only blog in town that…

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Water Street Brewing closing its doors. Long live the Queen!

Sad news from Port Townsend showed up on Facebook this morning. It seems that Water Street Brewing is closing down. We wish them all the…

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The Beer Buzz – new breweries on the horizon

We keep our ear to the ground waiting to hear about new breweries that might be opening and other interesting beer-related information. Occasionally we like…

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