We first introduced you to Rick Hewitt and the Emerald City Beer Company back in May (read it). Rick’s plan to open a new craft brewery in the old Rainier Brewery attracted a lot of attention. Today, we are happy to announce that the Emerald City Beer Company will officially release Dottie’s Seattle Lager this[.....]
The Brewers Association recently reported that 100 new breweries opened in the U.S. since July 2009. That’s a pretty amazing number. If new craft breweries are a nationwide trend, then Washington is riding atop that foamy wave of sudsy goodness. Last year more than a dozen new Washington craft breweries fired up their kettles for[.....]
Redhook has just announced a 3 year partnership with the University of Washington to be the Huskies’ exclusive craft brewery. What does that mean? It means that when you go to “The Zone” at a UW football game you’ll be drinking Redhook products. The Zone is the UW’s answer to a big tailgate party. Although[.....]
Happy International Beer Day! Cheers, Salute, Prost, Sláinte and Op uw gezondheid! August 5th was International Beer Day. Big thanks go out to our fellow beer blogger, BrewDad, for first pointing this out to us. According to the organizers, one of the purposes of International Beer Day is to show our appreciation for the good[.....]
In March we reported that craft beer sales soared in 2009. Today we report more good news from the Brewers Association, the organization that represents the majority of the nation’s breweries. In the first half of 2010, craft beers sales increased by 12% in terms of dollar sales. Here is today’s press release from the[.....]