- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - Aslan Brewing Company recently started brewing. All seven of its fermenters are full and the Bellingham brewery expects to start selling beer next week. The team at Aslan Brewing started putting the plan together in September of 2012. It was about one year before they went to[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - The Brewers Association announced today that the number of breweries in the United States now exceeds 2,700. Remarkably, the official number at the end of 2013 was 2,722, marking an increase of almost 400 breweries since the end of 2012. Here in Washington, the growth-rate is equally[.....]
- By Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - It may be remembered as the most influential of Jimmy Carter’s actions as President. Seriously. The 55 MPH national speed limit is history, rendering that lame Sammy Hagar song meaningless. The metric system did nothing but confuse Americans with all those annoyingly round numbers. But when President[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - Like most of our local breweries, Reuben’s Brews makes a conscious effort to support charitable causes. “In particular, schools and children’s charities,” says Adam Robbings, cofounder and Head Brewer at Reuben’s Brews. Local craft breweries are constantly barraged with requests for charitable contributions. Most people in the[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - The Washington Cask Beer Festival is rapidly approaching - now less than one month away. This year the event is scheduled for Saturday, March 30. There are two sessions: afternoon and evening. The new venue is larger, but that’s no guarantee that it will not sell out.[.....]