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Hazy IPA overtakes regular IPA as America’s top craft beer style

  In 2016 Georgetown Brewing Company won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF), bringing home top honors at the nation’s largest beer judging…

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April is Idaho Craft Beer Month

Looking for a beer-focused, springtime getaway? Idaho celebrates craft beer during the month of April — Idaho Craft Beer Month — making it a great time…

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Barleywine and a bump at Brother Barrel this Wednesday

If you’ve yet to visit Brother Barrel, perhaps this will entice you. Elliott Bay Brewing‘s fourth location is different that the company’s other three locations….

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Deschutes Brewery now offering beer in cans

  Can you imagine a world without cans? In 2010, when the most common style of packaging for good beer was the 22-ounce bottle, 7 Seas…

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Beer Release – No-Li Brewhouse releases Falls Porter in 12-oz cans

No-Li Brewhouse Releases Falls Porter 12-ounce Cans SPOKANE. USA — No-Li Brewhouse announced the latest addition to its can lineup today when it rolled out…

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Changing the way Washington breweries sell beer at farmers markets

  The Washington Brewers Guild has been busy lately, working with legislators in Olympia to pass some common sense beer laws like this one, which…

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Hi-Fi Brewing closing down on February 21st

  We’ve known for quite some time that Hi-Fi Brewing was, basically, for sale. Now we’ve learned that the brewery in Redmond is closing down….

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COTU Brewing brews up a beer for the Governor

  It’s a flimsy connection to Washington beer, but it is a connection nonetheless. Back in 2011 I told the story of Chris Ray (read…

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Brewers Association introduces new seal to identify independent breweries

  To help you answer the increasingly difficult question of “is this a craft beer?” the Brewers Association (BA) has introduced a new seal of independence…

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