— by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog — When it passes your lips and hits your tongue, you will recognize that this is not typical Asian takeout food from the suspiciously affordable restaurant on the corner. Instead, this is a transcendent dining experience. The food at The Triple Door, one of Seattle’s premier entertainment venues,[…..]

— by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog — Time to shake the spiders out of your dirndl, pull up your lederhosen, and get ready for some serious oom-pah-pah. The Washington Beer Commission provided us some details about the upcoming Spokane Oktoberfest. The 2nd annual event will take place at Riverfront Park on September 23rd and[…..]

— by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog — Tickets are now on sale for the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival 2011. This year the 7th annual celebration of pumpkin beers organized by Elysian Brewing Company happens on Saturday, October 8th and Sunday, October 9th at the new Elysian production brewery in Georgetown. Organizers moved the event[…..]

— by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog — If you have ever visited one of McMenamins 50+ locations you likely know that the company brews a beer called Ruby Ale. To be fair, McMenamins began brewing it many years ago and apparently went to the trouble of getting a trademark on the term Ruby as[…..]

By our reckoning, there are now 153 breweries in Washington. (See our list of Washington Breweries and Brewpubs.) That statement comes with all the usual caveats and disclaimers. The number is based on the Washington State Liquor Control Board’s official list of Licensed Microbreweries and is then adjusted using our own less-than-scientific method of calculation.[…..]