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Bellingham’s rich brewing tradition – yesterday and today

They started brewing beer in Bellingham back in 1885. Fast forward twenty-five years. It’s 1910 and the Bellingham Bay Brewery is producing 50,000 barrels per…

Naked City live on KCPQ 13 this morning

KCPQ paid a visit to Naked City Taphouse and Brewery this morning. Don did an excellent job of representing the Washington beer industry and got…

Beveridge Place Pub patrons raise over $3K for Haiti

The event was organized in just three days – a silent auction, a raffle for swag, and hot dogs. Of course, all of those good…

There’s a new sheriff in town. Actually, it’s a Ranger

New Belgium Brewing introduces Seattle to its first regular, full time IPA. Release parties include a free Mudhoney concert. Educated beer enthusiasts don’t need to…

Will Pliny the Younger make it to Seattle this year?

Russian River poised to release Pliny the Younger. In ancient Roman history, Pliny the Younger was the nephew of Pliny the Elder. In beer history,…

Will Washington’s best stand up to national competition?

The National IPA Championship (NIPAC) is looking for more contestants. NIPAC, organized and operated by the Brewing News, features a series of head-to-head match-ups, arranged…

Introducing Green Flash Brewing

Green Flash Brewing of Vista, CA recently began distributing beer in Washington. I just got off the phone with Chuck Silva, Brewmaster at Green Flash…

Elysian plans its own Belgian beer celebration

Follow me on this one. This post was originally going to be a simple introduction, but this post has now taken on a whole new…

A new poll asks, “How much WA beer do you drink?”

Yesterday we posted an article about the “drink local” concept. It was a popular post and generated some good, thoughtful comments. Now we have introduced…

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