The Washington Beer Blog

The Oregon Beer Awards conducted its fresh hop beer judging over the weekend. I share the results of below. The competition involves Oregon-brewed beers created using freshly harvested hops.

The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation awards brewing scholarships to help brewers advance their skills in the brewing sciences. Apply now for this year’s scholarship.

In this post, I share information about events that really take fresh hop beer to the highest level. I’m talking about fresh hop beer festivals, tap takeovers, and so on.

Ten years ago Flying Lion Brewing opened in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. It was the first craft brewery in a densely populated neighborhood. The brewery…

Brewery auction notice: Darach Brewing of Bellingham. The complete brewery. Everything must go. Auction starts on October 17.

Pouring for Neighbors is an initiative founded to help Western North Carolina recover from the ravishes of Hurricane Helene. The program is being spearheaded by the North Carolina Brewers Guild.

Flyers Restaurant and Brewery announces that it is closing permanently. The news comes following the recent death of one of the owners. Here are the circumstances, both particular and general, that led to the announcement.

As Elysian Brewing prepares to throw it’s biggest party of the year, The Great Pumpkin Beer Fest, employees are considering a strike. Here are some thoughts about the event and also some words about the looming strike.

Iron Horse Brewery is celebrating 20 years by throwing it back to 2004  Twenty years ago, the cool kids were listening to their first-generation iPods…