- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - Have you ever wondered what Congress can do to help the craft beer industry grow and thrive? To begin with, they can enact legislation that benefits the industry, such as the Brewery Employment and Excise Relief act (the BEER Act). Both Senator Murray and Cantwell support the[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - Back in October, we announced that Pyramid was reopening its Seattle brewery and would actually produce beer in Washington again (read it). We also mentioned how the decision impacted Redhook. At that time, we told you Pyramid hired Kim Brusco, then brewery manager at Redhook, to spearhead[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - Advance tickets are now on sale for the Washington Beer Commission’s first beer festival of 2012: Belgianfest. The event takes place in Seattle on Saturday, February 4th. See our previous posts about the previous three Belgianfest events. The list of participating breweries and the list of beers[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - I was trying to come up with some clever way to introduce this story. I thought about creating a metaphorical image to describe the many unexpected, interesting, brilliant and bizarre things I’ve heard Dick Cantwell say over the years. You see, Dick first told me about the[.....]
About one year ago we first told you about Reuben’s Brews, when home brewer Adam Robbings’ Roasted Rye IPA took the 2010 PNA Winter Beer Taste by storm (read it) and won first place. Fast-forward. About one week ago someone forwarded to me a curious email from Adam Robbings, who was apparently looking for a[.....]