- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - In 2012, Joel Vandenbrink hiked the Wonderland Trail solo. It’s a 93-mile loop that essentially circles the base of Mount Rainier—all the way around, up and down, a total of 22,000 feet of elevation gain. It is a bone-crushing, back-breaking hike no matter how you do it,[…..]

- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - For Seattle’s beer fans and foodies alike, this is one of the year’s most highly anticipated openings. Mollusk opens this Saturday. In case you haven’t heard, Mollusk is the new brewery and restaurant by the people who brought you Epic Ales and Gastropod. In early September, Gastropod[…..]

- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - For years, Hale’s Palladium was the site of the annual Washington Winter Beer Festival, but the festival eventually outgrew the cozy confines of the event space at the Hale’s Ale Brewery. Now, Hale’s Ales is hosting their own winter beer party on Friday, October 30: the El[…..]

by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog Boundary Bay Brewery is haunted. Or at least it will be haunted. Bellingham’s beloved brewery is hosting two events Halloween Week: The Nightmare on Railroad and The Annual Halloween Bash. Boundary Bay Brewery is teaming up with Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY) to present The Nightmare On Railroad,[…..]

Story by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog By now, most Seattle area beer lovers know about the wonders of Ballard and its eight or ten breweries (depends on where you draw the lines). The neighborhood once defined by it Scandinavian heritage has become known as a destination for the region’s beer lovers as well as[…..]