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Parkway Barleywine Festival – what’ll be on tap

By no means is it a commandment written in stone, but the popular consensus seems to be that bigger, bolder beers are most enjoyable during…

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Happening Today – Black Raven new beer release

On the heels of last weekend’s impressive medals-grab at the World Beer Cup (read it), Black Raven Brewing will release a new beer today. Splinters…

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Local breweries win big at this year’s World Beer Cup

The results are in from this year’s World Beer Cup. Washington breweries brought home 12 medals this year – three gold, five silver, and four…

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Fremont Brewing and Theo Chocolate celebrate Fresh

While introducing you to Fremont Brewing a year ago (read it) we tried to make it clear that you should expect the company to have…

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Boundary Bay introduces a mobile app

We just learned that Boundary Bay Brewing has introduced a new mobile application for your mobile phone. Here’s the announcement: First time to town and…

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The Washington Brewers Guild speaks out about the beer tax issue

Below is an message from Heather McClung, the President of the Washington Brewers Guild, in which she voices the Guild’s concerns with the proposed beer…

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It’s official. They want to raise beer taxes nearly 50 cents per six pack.

On Saturday we reported that Washington lawmakers were considering an increase in beer taxation as a means to bridge the state’s budget gap. It was…

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An “old world ale house” coming to Seattle

Shon MacDughlas grew up right down the street from the business he’s about to open. A West Seattle native, MacDughlas (pronounced “MacDouglas”) knows the lay…

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ACT NOW! Don’t let them increase beer taxes!

The Washington Brewers Guild just received information that two senators (Hargrove and Haugen) are suggesting a beer tax to help raise revenue in the Senate…

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