Washington Beer News

22nd Annual Gorge Blues and Brews Festival, next weekend

By next weekend you will hopefully have recovered from the Washington Brewers Festival and you’ll be ready for another beer festival. If that sounds like…

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Washington Brewers Festival – The list of beers

This year the 10th Annual Washington Brewers Festival offers nearly 500 beers from 105 breweries. It actually averages out to about 4.5 different beers per…

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Celebrate Washington Beer Week with an entirely local beer

I hereby declare this Washington Beer Week. I unilaterally decided that the week leading up to the Washington Brewers Festival should be dubbed Washington Beer…

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NABA Awards – Washington’s Medal Winners

This year’s winners were just announced and Washington breweries brought home 25 medals from the North American Brewers Association Awards (NABA Awards). Leading the way,…

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Kulshan Brewing opens new brewery and taproom in Bellingham

Kulshan Brewing opened three years ago and quickly earned the admiration of Bellingham beer lovers. The need for expansion was almost immediate. Without fanfare, the…

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Senate Craft Beer Resolution passes unanimously

On May 31, 2015 the United States Senate passed a Senate Resolution expressing appreciation for the craft beer industry. In particular, S. Resolution 188 recognized…

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Washington Brewers Festival – ticket giveaway!

UPDATED  6/3/15, No More tickets.  Contest now closed. We’ve now selected (at random) our two lucky winners. Congrats to Carol and Laurie. Enjoy the festival….

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Blackbeard’s Brewing how open in Westport

Back in April we happened to be in Westport, Washington visiting Westport Brewing Company. As we chatted with Robin Duus, the brewery’s owner, she mentioned…

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Bainbridge Brewing prepares to celebrate 3rd anniversary

Bainbridge Brewing is about to celebrate its third anniversary. The brewery’s taproom hosts a two-day celebration next month (June 12th and 13th). But that aint…

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