What does an intriguing, crafty and smart bird, with a rich cultural history, have to do with artisan Washington beer? When asking that question about Black Raven Brewery, the answer becomes obvious. The staff at Black Raven Brewery are smart people with a wicked sense of humor, keen business savvy, creative and inquistive minds, and [...]
Read moreTen years ago, Matt Stromberg started his adventure as head brewer at Scuttlebutt Brewing Company. Over those ten years, Scuttlebutt has evolved into the ten largest brewery in Washington state. Matt decided that was something to celebrate.
Matt starting brewing a celebration brew, Mateo Loco, with a target release date of 3/15/10. He isn’t ready to [...]
Fremont Brewery’s IPA is named in honor of the famous “Waiting for the Interurban” statue in Fremont.
This is a well balanced Washington IPA (IBU 50-55; alc. 6 percent ABV). The Fremont Brewery Interurban IPA has some pleasing complexity in it’s hop profile.
Nice bitter notes from Columbia hops
Great citrus flavor from centennial hops
and a wonderful floral nose [...]
If you spend any time talking to Matt Lincecum and Sara Nelson, you are struck by their passion and politics. Matt was an attorney in the beverage industry, working hard for others when he decided it was time to start working hard on his own dreams. His dreams? Producing high quality beer in the most [...]
Read moreWednesday night is cask night at Black Raven Brewery where you can taste the weird, wacky and the sublime in one-off blends. Tonight’s cask is called Wise Old Sage. This Washington beer is a sage, yarrow, honeybush and ginger infused Trickster IPA. The nose on this is predominantly the sage but the flavor is much [...]
Read moreBill Jenkins, head brew master at Big Time Brewery, has put together a whirlwind tour of beers from Big Time brewers past and present in celebration of Big Time Brewery’s 21st Birthday!
There will be a collection of guest beers, (all IPAs) from some of the former Big Time brewers over the years, including kegs from:
Elysian
Pike Brewing
Northgate [...]
Imperial Fresh Hop Rye Pale Ale, from Anacortes Brewery was one of the highlights for me at the WABL 4th Anniversary Party held Nov. 7th at the Seattle Center Rainier Room. Part of this beer’s intrigue is that the guys were late bringing in the keg so inquiries could be heard at every table, [...]
Read moreBean and I are here at Diamond Knot Brewery for the closing night of their 15th anniversary party. Tonight, they are pouring a vertical tasting of their Winter HoHo 2005-2008, but the kegs aren’t going to be tapped until 6pm. That was the bad news, the good news is that they still had [...]
Read moreNot only is Diamond Knot Brewing Co, our featured brewery of the month, Diamond Knot Brewery, Snohomish County’s oldest operating brewery, is celebrating 15 years of brewing. Diamond Know Brewery is throwing a week-long party to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their first keg sale of their now-legendary India Pale Ale (IPA) and a Bavarian-style Hefeweizen.
From October [...]
Congratulations to Diamond Knot Brewery, on October 15th they will be celebrating their 15th Anniversary! For 15 years, Diamond Knot Brewery has been crafting some of Washington’s favorite brews. Diamond Knot was founded by Brian Sollenberger and Bob Maphet. Now the partners are a foursome with Pat Ringe has master brewer and Andy Easton, Manager. [...]
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