MobCraft – the world’s first crowdsourced brewery
An interesting release hit our inbox today – “The World’s First Crowdsourced Brewery.” Not Kickstarted or crowd-funded. But crowdsourced. How? MobCraft solicits beer ideas from…
Last minute beer gift idea number 3: Beer Books
Give the gift of knowledge. Or entertainment. Today I want to provide some recommendations for beer books, which always make great gifts for literate beer…
Lowercase Brewing & the brewery boom in South Park
We visited one of Seattle’s newest breweries a few weeks ago: Burdick Brewing, which opened a couple months ago in the South Park neighborhood (read…
Last minute beer gift idea number 2: Beer Club
Really, it’s all any beer lover wants: beer. Back in the mid-90s, I was contacted by a company that wanted to give me a membership…
Last minute beer gift idea number 1: iPhone Bottle Opener
Yep, this is my obligatory Beer Gift Guide. Actually, I’m doing mine a bit differently this year. Every idea that I share qualifies as a…
Drink beer to support clean water this Thursday
This Thursday you have two opportunities to contribute to the preservation of our clean water sources. All you have to do is drink beer. A…
Grizzly Ciderworks gets more than inspiration from craft beer
Yes, the Washington Beer Blog’s focus remains on beer, but we enjoy craft cider and do not mind sharing cider info with you from time…
Cooper’s Alehouse 30th anniversary celebration Dec. 18th
The first time I visited Cooper’s Alehouse, it was 1986 and I was 21 years old. Cooper’s Alehouse on Lake City Way was one of…
Holiday happenings at the Beveridge Place Pub
‘Tis the season for great events at the Beveridge Place Pub (blog sponsor). Well, I suppose that describes pretty much any season at the Bev,…
