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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…

Draft Magazine asks, “What’s your favorite brewery?”

They’ve posted a question on their Web site and are inviting us to leave comments. “What’s your favorite brewery?” It’s their question of the week….

The painful loss of 62,000 pints of beer

Early Thursday morning a fire in a substation caused a power outage in Portland that lasted most of the day. The outage affected a lot…

A monumental night at the Beveridge Place – the end of an era

Tonight, Black Raven Brewing’s Trickster IPA will be inaugurated as the new house IPA at the Beveridge Place Pub. As we reported back in November…

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