Washington Beer News

Welcome to the new Washington Beer Blog!

YES! It is still us! It’s Kendall and Kim Jones — the Washington Beer Blog people. We have a whole new look here at the…

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Beer Junction introduces refillable pint-to-go program and a new beer

As we explained in a previous post, Airways Brewing’s founder and brew guru, Alex Dittmar, and Morgan Herzog, founder of West Seattle’s The Beer Junction,…

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A barrel-aged beer lovers dream – Sightglass Seminar with Reuben’s Brews

  Reuben’s Brews invites you to join them for the first-ever virtual Sightglass Seminar on Tuesday, November 10th. (Order tickets and beer now.) The theme is…

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Evaluating Washington’s GABF results and getting you into some beer

  See our previous post for a wrap-up of how Washington did at this year’s GABF. Before I get into highlights and such, and before…

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Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Brewing earns top honors as America’s Alpha King

Huge congrats to 2020 Alpha King champion, Burke-Gilman Brewing of Seattle. It’s not really part of the Great American Beer Festival, but it happens at the same…

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Brewing Savage – a new brewery, sort of, in Kirkland

  New owners, new vision, existing brewery Not long ago, we reported that Flycaster Brewing in Kirkland had been sold (read it). We now know…

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Latest updates to “Safe Start” for Washington breweries

  Washington’s phased, Safe Start plan is confusing. No doubt about that. The Governor recently announced another round of changes, some of which benefit breweries,…

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Washington Brewers Guild Base Camp Virtual Conference – Agenda and Other Info

  Washington Brewers Guild Base Camp Virtual Conference, Nov. 9 – 13 Last year the Washington Brewers Guild hosted the first-ever Washington Craft Beer Summit,…

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Hop industry and brewers team up for breast cancer awareness month

  One in Eight is a breast cancer awareness and fundraising program organized by CLS Farms, a fifth-generation hop grower in Moxee, Washington. To raise money for breast cancer research,…

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