The annual Washington Brewers’ Festival began with the ringing of the seminary bell on a gorgeous Friday afternoon in St Edwards park. The sun was shining but the temperature was mild as patrons roamed the festival grounds in search of their favorite beers. Friday night varies from the rest of the festival in three ways: [...]
Read moreFremont Studios is the place to be on Saturday, April 24th, if you would like to sample not just beer but also scotch, wine & tequila, and at the same time support SIFF, the Seattle International Film Festival. The Hop Scotch Spring Beer & Scotch Festival kicked off yesterday and I was the sixth person [...]
Read moreOver forty different Washington breweries were represented and the variety of beers and ales was wide at this year’s Washington Cask Beer Festival on March 27th. Both Jonathan and I absolutely loved Big Time Brewery‘s The Big Dance Imperial Amber and rated it as our number one brew at the Cask Beer Fest. It was a [...]
Read moreTucked behind a home in Bothell, is one of the world’s smallest commercial breweries, Foggy Noggin Brewing. Foggy Noggin will be hosting a grand opening on March 20, 2010 from 1-4 pm. In addition to the brewery out back, Foggy Noggin has a tasting room set up in their garage. The garage tasting room boasts [...]
Read moreCongratulations 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. [...]
Read moreThe Hazel Dell Brewpub in Vancouver was the fifth stop on the WABL South-end Beer Bus. This brewpub is owned by a brother and sister team with the brother in charge of the beer and sister in charge of the food. We didn’t get a chance to sample any of the food on this trip [...]
Read moreOur first stop of the South-end WABL brewery tour was Harmon Brewery and Restaurant. We tried five different beers on this stop: Puget Sound Porter Point Defiance IPA cask conditioned Scotch ale Chili-ocolate Scott’s Puget Sound Vanilla Porter I didn’t manage to get a sip of the Puget Sound Porter, but hopefully Jonathan will pipe [...]
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