Washington Beer News

NW Peaks Brewery announces it is closing its Ballard taproom

  NW Peaks Brewery of Seattle just announced that it is closing its taproom in Ballard. This is not the main brewery and taproom, rather…

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This Saturday, anniversary party at Dick’s Brewing in Centralia

  This Saturday, October 26th, Dick’s Brewing invites you to join them as the company commemorates its 25th anniversary and celebrates the man who started…

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Georgetown Brewing stands victorious in the Brewery Battle

  The Seattle Times just announced the winner of its Brewery Battle, a head-to-head competition that pitted local breweries against each other in, basically, a…

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Announcing the winners of the first-ever Washington Beer Awards Fresh Hop Competition.

  On Thursday, October 10th, at The Growler Guys in Seattle, Specialty Competitions LLC announced the winners of the first-ever Washington Beer Awards Fresh Hop Competition….

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Follow up – a closer look at Washington’s 2019 GABF performance

   (Pictured above: the crew from Silver City Brewery accepts their award for Mid-Sized Brewery/Brewer of the Year.) I cannot keep track of how many breweries there…

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Washington Beer Awards Fresh Hop Competition – winner will be announced tonight at The Growler Guys

  This year, for the first time, the folks who operate the Washington Beer Awards held a Fresh Hop Competition. Each spring breweries from across the…

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The brewery's crew receiving an award on stage.

Congrats to Washington’s 2019 GABF winners

  Last year Washington brewers brought home 17 medals from the Great American Beer Festival, the nation’s most prestigious and largest beer competition (see last…

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Oktoberforest at Cairn Brewing

That’s not a typo – Cairn Brewing is not hosting a traditional German-style Oktoberfest. Instead, they are partnering with Friends of the North Creek Forest…

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Join Fremont Brewing for an anniversary bash on September 28 and 29

  Well then, I guess it was 10 years ago. Just a bit over 10 years ago, actually. I met with Matt Lincecum in the…

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