Following a very successful (and tasty) Winter Beer Festival we move toward our 2nd Annual Belgianfest, Saturday, January 22nd at the Workshop located in Sand Point’s Magnuson Park. This new venue can hold up to 450 people per session (compared to 300 last year) and due to the popularity of the Belgian style brews we[…..]

by Kendall Jones - Washington Beer Blog Just before the doors opened for the Friday session of the Washington Winter Beer Festival, Eric Radovich, Executive Director of the Washington Beer Commission, announced the fest was 30 tickets shy of sell-out prior to opening the doors, with more tickets sold in presales than last year. Once[…..]

by Kendall Jones - Washington Beer Blog We try to keep up, really we do, but the brewing scene around here is a very dynamic thing. Breweries apply for licenses and then are never heard from again. Other breweries are awarded their microbrewery licenses and then never actually materialize. By our reckoning—our best attempt to[…..]

by Kendall Jones - Washington Beer Blog The Washington Winter Beerfest kicks off today. There will be 35 breweries pouring more than 90 different beers. There will be a lot of great beer poured this weekend at the Washington Winter Beerfest (see the complete list). It’s always a challenge to decide where to start, but[…..]

by Kendall Jones - Washington Beer Blog Did you hear us? We were on the radio (KUOW 94.9 FM, to be exact) talking about the Washington Winter Beer Fest, the Washington beer scene, and beer in general. They kindly devoted an entire hour to the topic. I was contacted a few weeks ago by a[…..]