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Cloudburst Brewing's new IPA and HQG-4 hops

Meet HQG-4: The New Hop Shaping Cloudburst Brewing’s Latest Creation

Cloudburst Brewing used HQG-4, the first hop variety to emerge from the Hop Quality Group’s breeding program, to craft its newest IPA. Here’s Your Future IPA should pique the interest of discerning hopheads. Here’s why

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Handmade posters for the Cloudburst Brewing anniversary parties.

Cloudburst Brewing Celebrates its 9th Birthday This Week

Cloudburst Brewing invites you to help it celebrate its 9th anniversary with events at both of its locations in Seattle. I use the opportunity to re-share a story I wrote back when the brewery first opened.

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Cloudburst Brewing celebrates 8 years on January 6th

Join Cloudburst Brewing on January 6th as it marks 8 years with a special beer and a party at the Shilshole location. A lot has changed in the past 8 years. Back then, Cloudburst saw a wave coming ashore and hopped on it.

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Cloudburst Brewing turns back the clock for its 1,000th brew

For its 1,000th batch of beer, Cloudburst Brewing did something unexpected. It brewed a beer that it’s brewed before. Unexpected because this particular brewery very rarely does that.

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Has the proliferation of canned beer stymied creativity?

One brewery, 11 months, 73 IPAs. The proliferation of canned craft beer is well-documented and I’m tired of talking about the industry-wide impact of you…

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The Beer Junction & Cloudburst Brewing reintroduce a great beer

Reintroducing Brontosaurus Supernova on Thursday, November 4th – a benefit for Multiple Myeloma research We need something to remind us of how things were before…

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Hops for Hope – breast cancer benefit beers return for 2021

Raising Awareness, Raising Funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month Last Friday, Georgetown Brewing released H.O.P.E. IPA, a beer brewed to support metastatic breast cancer research….

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Cloudburst Brewing earned the title “Brewer of the Year” at GABF

Cloudburst Brewing, was just awarded the title Brewer of the Year by the judges at the nation’s most prestigious beer-judging competition, the Great American Beer Festival.

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Ring in the new year with Fresh Hop Beer. Yep, it’s happening

Update – March 12, 2021 – I received an email from Jim Schlichting of Blue Lake Hops in Michigan informing me that they’d been working…

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