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West Sound Brewers Night at Naked City – best of the west

Last night the Naked City Brewery and Taphouse dedicated all 24 taps to the west side of Puget Sound as 12 breweries participated in the…

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Elysian Brewing: 15 years and still rockin’

On May 10, 1996 Dick Cantwell, Dave Buhler and Joe Bisacca cut palms and shook hands, forming the partnership beer-lovers know as Elysian Brewing. Today,…

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Matt’s in the Market Dinner with Two Beers Brewing

One of Seattle’s classic fine dining establishments, Matt’s in the Market will be hosting a beer dinner featuring Two Beers Brewing on Sunday, May 15th…

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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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Bellingham group looking to develop a craft beer incubator

Recently, we reported on Flying Bike Cooperative and its plans to create a new kind of brewery: a community brewery based on co-op principles. Today…

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Big plans for big cans at Big E Ales

Big E Ales (Ellersick Brewing) hopes to start canning its beer this summer. To help fund the project, the Lynnwood brewery is offering its fans…

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Beer springs eternal in Washington

Saturday’s sunny weather served as a brief reminder that it is spring here in the northwest: the season of birth and rebirth. I’m not sure…

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By bike, by boat, by foot: a 21 kegs salute to Mother Earth

This really deserves some serious attention from the mainstream media. Sure, a local television news station stopped by and did a little spot on it,…

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Icicle Brewing opens its doors in Leavenworth

Of all the towns in Washington, the Bavarian theme park that we like to call Leavenworth seems perhaps the most appropriate place for a brewery….

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