Beer News

West End Beer Fest is a multi-brewery beer festival in downtown Spokane’s West End Brewery District. It’s an opportunity to wander from one brewery to the next and enjoy beers as part of one event. The event takes place on Saturday, April 19th.

5 Rights Brewing hosts its Clear Beer Festival starting on Thursday, April 24th. It is a celebration of non-hazy West Coast IPA, with guest beers from several breweries, including some breweries you don’t often see around here.

John I. Haas just announced the release of the 2025 MJF blend. The company will donate $5 for every pound of the blend it sells. MJF is a grant-making organization that funds scholarships for people of color in the brewing and distilling industries.

The Washington Brewers Festival returns this June. Tickets on sale April 15th. Early-bird pricing and an early-entry option in limited supply. Get on it now!

Can you and your team be first to find the hidden Easter Keg? Kulshan Brewing invites you to join the Easter Keg Hunt. Saturday, April 19th in Bellingham.

Lucky Envelope Brewing invites you to its Big Spring Blowout event. Special deals on merch and new beer await you.

The 2025 Oregon Beer Awards winners were announced on Thursday night. We share the list of winning beers and other details in this story.

Yesterday, Brewbound reported that Tilray will cease operations at Hop Valley Brewing in Eugene, Oregon. The closing could impact as many as 50 employees. Reportedly, the Hop Valley taproom in nearby Springfield will remain open.

Bellingham Beer Week is an 11-day celebration of the breweries and taphouses in The City of Subdued Excitement. It kicks off on April 17th and crescendos at April Brews Day, the big, annual beer festival at Bellingham’s Downtown Waterfront.