Washington_Beer_Travel

Escape to Portland & the 17th Holiday Ale Festival

Not too long ago Kim and I spent a romantic, getaway weekend in Portland. You will be able to read about it in the upcoming…

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An Outsider’s Impression of WA Beer: 107 Breweries in 2 Weeks

Rich La Susa is a man on a mission. To say he gets around is an understatement. To date, he has visited more than 1,200…

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Hop Aboard a Brew Cruise with Boundary Bay Brewery & Others

San Juan Cruises, out of Bellingham, has teamed up with Boundary Bay Brewing to offer a series of Thursday night beer cruises on Bellingham Bay….

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Touring Woodinville Beer Country – Limousine Optional

I grew up on the Eastside and am old enough to remember Woodinville being little more than a wide spot in the road. To this…

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Mariners Spring Training – Sunshine, Baseball & Good Beer

Today our very own Growler Guy provides some advice for beer hunting in the Phoenix area. Why? Because its that time of year when many…

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Protecting your precious cargo: Growler On Board

Yesterday I spent the better part of an hour cleaning up a tragic mess in the Washington Beer Cruiser. You see, I left an unsecured…

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The North Fork – a beer shrine

Worshiping at the Beer Shrine North Fork Brewery in Deming, WA calls itself The Beer Shrine. What, you might ask, is a beer shrine? We…

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Would you go 100,000 miles in search of good beer?

We pulled up in front of the now-closed Cashmere Brewing Company a couple of years ago to find the taproom doors locked. We were early….

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Beer Touring Skagit Valley, with or without the tulips

This past weekend was the grand finale of the Skagit Valley’s annual tulip festival. As the day turned out, I didn’t spend a lot of…

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