The Washington Beer Blog

Today, Von Ebert Brewing released its first collaboration beer of 2025, a West Coast Pilsner brewed with Fort George Brewing called Eternal Somewhere. Von Ebert also released the list of other breweries it plans to collab with this year. Details in this story.

At the recently concluded 2025 American Hop Convention in Coronado, California, John I. Haas was awarded the Top of the Trellis Award for its commitment to sustainable hop farming. The John I. Haas facility in Yakima, Washington, is a hotbed of hop innovations of all kinds, developing new hop varieties, farming practices, and hop-based products. Although the beer-drinking public might not recognize the name, we have all tasted the fruits of John I. Haas’ work in our beer.

Reports today indicate that Anheuser-Busch InBev has acquired Sound Beverage Distributors, the Bellingham-based beer distributor. But how does this impacts the regional craft breweries that Sound Beverage distributes? Here’s what we know so far.

One of the best things about Seattle’s Ballard Brewery District is the diversity of styles. Whatever kind of mood you’re in, there’s a brewery taproom…

Today, we are happy to announce the Grand Reopening of Crucible Brewing on the weekend of February 1st and 2nd. Here’s what they have planned, including the lineup of freshly brewed Crucible Brewing beers.

Lucky Envelope Brewing invites you to help it welcome the Year of the Wood Snake. The annual celebration of the Lunar New Year spans a week with multiple events at the brewery’s taproom in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. It all kicks off on January 28th and runs through February 8th. We share info about the special beers and the events in this story.

Maybe yesterday’s news didn’t seem significant, but the decision to separate the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) from the Brewers Association (BA) is a big deal. It’s a milestone. The new president of the BA released a statement about it, and the BA’s path forward, which we share in this story.

The American Homebrewers Association just announced that it is ready to go it alone and operate as its own nonprofit organization. For the past 40 years it’s been part of the larger Brewers Association. Details in this story.

River Barrel Distributing (RBD) is a craft-focused beverage distributor serving eight counties in Washington, mostly west of the Cascade Mountains. The catalog includes some beloved PNW breweries. In this story we share news about the new owner/leader at River Barrel and its plans moving forward.