Last year the first-ever Tacoma Craft Beer Festival was a huge success. We attended the event and were amazed at how well the organizers put together the inaugural event. Last night we talked to Chris Miller—owner of Tacoma’s Red Hot and one of the festival organizers—about the 2010 version of the Tacoma Craft Beer Festival,[.....]
The city council in Des Moines has just approved the local Rotary Club’s plans to stage the first ever Poverty Bay Blues and Brews Festival. The event will be held on Saturday, September 25th, from 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Des Moines Beach Park. According to festival organizers, the event will feature beer[.....]
A new beer-focused bar opened recently in West Seattle. The Cask is a self-described “old world ale house and wine house.” Currently they’re featuring four beers on tap and one on the beer engine. The Cask also has a nice selection of bottled world beers, not to mention wine by the glass. With the exception[.....]
To celebrate its second anniversary, Chuckanut Brewery in Bellingham is about to double its brewing capacity. Hard to believe it has only been two years, given the awards they’ve won and the esteem they’ve gained. We just received a message from Mari Kemper, who tells us about the planned birthday celebration as well as the[.....]
Back in December, we posted an early distant warning about a new brewery opening in Poulsbo. Today we’re posting more information. Jeff Holcomb, owner/brewer at Valholl Brewing, sent us this update to share: Just wanted to throw you an update about Valholl Brewing. We got our Brewers Notice and just need final walk-through for our[.....]