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Spokane Oktoberfest – details, tickets and breweries

Time to shake the spiders out of your dirndl, pull up your lederhosen, and get ready for some serious oom-pah-pah. The Washington Beer Commission provided…

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Another trademark infringement issue: Odin Brewing Company

If you have ever visited one of the many McMenamins locations you likely know that the company brews a beer called Ruby Ale. To be…

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Washington passes the 150 mark – More new breweries on the way

By our reckoning, there are now 153 breweries in Washington. (See our list of Washington Breweries and Brewpubs.) That statement comes with all the usual…

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Are you ready for winter beers?

It’s a shot across the bow. An early distant warning. A sure sign that the end is near. This is the very first release notice…

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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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Brewery to market – the beer starts flowing 2 oz at a time

Todd Cardin, co-owner of Elliott Bay Brewing, was the first person I ever heard talk about it. A few years ago he told me that…

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Beer and food pairing – a new sensation

If you are the kind of person who pays attention to such things, you have likely noticed an increase in beer dinners and other beer…

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Homefront IPA makes its big league debut tonight

Chris Ray is having a pretty good year. He’s playing major league baseball, so how bad can things be? He has three wins to his…

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Elysian’s new Georgetown digs: a new home for Pumpkin Fest

When you step into the Elysian Brewing Company’s new facility on Airport Way South in Seattle’s Georgetown district, you’ll immediately notice one thing: it’s big….

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