Every Wednesday, Black Raven Brewery taps a special cask at 4pm. These casks are often extremely popular and you are well advised to get there early to make sure to get some before the cask runs dry. On August 4th, the featured cask was the “Scotchster” and the description was more than enough to make [...]
Read moreFor 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 Black Raven Brewery Second Sight Strong Scotch Ale is a beer for malt lovers. The Second Sight Strong Scotch Ale is a deep mahogany colored ale. The nose, the mouth, and even the finish, are all about the malt baby! But this Washington beer isn’t a malt monster. The hops keep the malts in [...]
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 moreBeer and vegetarian fare may seem like strange bedfellows, but some relationships just work. Recently, I discovered a tempeh and mushroom dish that was so delightful I made it over and over, gathering feedback from friends, especially vegetarian and vegan friends, and customizing it to our liking. The original recipe, Tempeh in Hearty Mushroom-Lager Sauce [...]
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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