For three days the judges sampled and sipped some of the best beers in North America. It was a tough job but the North American Brewers’ Association was up to the task of judging more than 1000 beers. 22 Washington beers won medals at the North American Beer Awards, including nine gold awards! Washington breweries [...]
Read moreThe Cyclops Olympics celebrates the Elysian Brewing Company Cyclops Barleywine on 5/16/10. As part of Seattle Beer Week 2010, the Cyclops Olympics included Cyclops style competition and a vertical tasting of Cyclops Barleywine. Cyclops Barleywine The vertical barley wine tasting included five different vintages. The first three were on cask: 2004, 2005 and 2006. The [...]
Read moreWe first discovered the Powerhouse Restaurant and Brewery, of Puyallup, while on the WABL Southend Brewery Bus Tour. We were impressed by the quality of the beers that ranged across an impressive variety of styles. Somehow we made it through the Brewery Bus Tour with only one growler and that growler was a delicious Doublebock [...]
Read moreThe final stop on the WABL South-end brewery bus tour was Elliott Bay Brewery Company in Burien. The brew pub was bustling with Saturday night activity but made room for us illustrious travelers. We had a fantastic assortment of beers to choose from. The beer offerings ranged from Pilot Light Ale to Highline IPA to [...]
Read moreOur fourth stop on the WABL Southend beer bus was the Salmon Creek Brew Pub, voted the best brew pub by Northwest Beer News for 2007 and 2008. This attractive brewpub in downtown Vancouver serves an assortment of beers from IPA to ESB to Stout to Barley wine. Brother Larry’s Belgium Sweet Stout Lunker Tyee [...]
Read moreThe Powerhouse Brewery was the second stop on the WABL South end Brewery. We really pulled out all stops into getting the tastes at this brewery because they were running a $1 special just for this WABL tour. Brass Monk Scottish Ale 4 Alarm Stout Roasted Porter Dopplebock Barley Wine The beer menu calls the [...]
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