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Flying Bike Cooperative gets closer to taking off

by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog Today is an exciting day for the 900 member-owners of Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery. It was in April of 2011 that I first told you about Flying Bike and its unusual approach to funding, building, and operating a brewery (see all of our stories about Flying Bike). Today, almost[…..]

The Grouch, where it should be, in a can

by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog In 2010 Northern Ales moved 30 miles south from Northport to Kettle Falls, making it a very remote brewery but no longer deserving the title Washington’s Most Remote Brewery. See our stories in the archive. Admittedly, I haven’t shared any news from Northern Ales since the big move. Today,[…..]

Wander Brewing begins bottling, distributing

by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog Unless you’ve visited Bellingham in the past six months or so, you probably have not come across beers from Wander Brewing. Chad and Colleen Kuehl began brewing last spring and opened the Brewhall (the Wander tap room) in May of 2014. Today we share news that Wander Brewing is[…..]

Beer Church Holiday Ale hits the streets, gets to work

by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog Beer Church is the philanthropic arm of the Washington Beer Blog. (read our previous posts about Beer Church.) Basically, we organize beer lovers for the sake of charitable giving. For instance, every year we work with some local breweries to produce Beer Church Holiday Ale, a beer to benefit[…..]

Wild Earth Brewing closes its doors

by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog Updated Dec. 12, with more detail from the brewery. Wild Earth Brewing opened in Roslyn, Washington last spring. Click here to see our previous posts about Wild Earth. The biggest problem that this small brewery faced, it could not make enough beer to keep up with demand. Not a[…..]