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Aug 12
Every Wednesday, Black Raven Brewery taps a special cask at 4pm. These casks are often extremely popular and you are well advised to get there early to make sure to get some before the cask runs dry. On August 4th, the featured cask was the “Sc (read full article)
beer, Black Raven Brewing, Cherry Beer, Scottish Ale, Tasting Notes
Aug 05
When you tell a guy that there are flowers in his beer, you get “THE LOOK“. At the Rails to Ales Brewfest, I watched them line up to the Snipes Mountain Brewery table and give the pourer the look when they hear Lavender Wheat is on tap. Y (read full article)
beer, Chris Miller, Lavender, Rails to Ales, Snipes Mountain Brewery, Tasting Notes
Jul 22
Derek Des Voigne in dunk tank Wine is often accused of being a stuck up and snobbery affair but the 2010 Woodinville Wine Maker and Brew Master Triathlon shattered that myth. This was a wine event featuring costumes, dunk tanks, floating barrels and (read full article)
beer, Bob Betz, Des Voigne Cellars, Event Reviews, Fundraiser, Patterson Cellars, Redhook Brewery, Seattle Uncorked, Wine
Jul 20
Last summer, brave wine makers and their crews participated in a tri-athlon to raise money for the Mitochondrial Research Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital. It was so much fun they are doing it again! On July 21st, the Second Annual Woodinvi (read full article)
Announcements, beer, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Fundraiser, Redhook Brewery, Wine
Jul 17
Summer has come to Seattle and with it, a lot of opportunities to enjoy some great Washington beer and wine this weekend. Summer Festivals Kirkland Uncorked at the water Enjoy Washington wine and beer at Kirkland Uncorked all weekend long. Check out (read full article)
Adam Bench, Announcements, beer, Black Raven Brewing, Carpenter Creek Winery, Kirkland Uncorked, Lantz Cellars, William Church Winery, Wine
Jul 08
The sun is hot and the beer is cold and refreshing on both sides of the WashingtonCascades this weekend. In the west, the Phinney Neighborhood Association is hosting their fifth Annual Summer Beer Taste. On the eastern side, beer lovers will be gathe (read full article)
Announcements, beer, Fundraiser
Jul 06
During Seattle Beer Week, Naked City Taphouse and Brewery did a Tale of Two Continents beer dinner. One of our favorite pairings was fromage blanc on toast with raspberries and proscuitto served with Pinkus Alt. I loved the simplicity of the pairing (read full article)
Announcements, beer, Belgium Ale, Davenport Cellars, Des Voigne Cellars, Dick's Brewing Company, Food Pairings, Hefeweizen, NW Wine Academy, Seattle Beer Authority
Jul 03
So why did a bunch of wine bloggers on the WBC or Bust road trip stop for beer at Pike Brewing Company? Most wine makers will tell you that: It takes a lot of beer to make a great wine! Wine makers will tell how they keep a keg stocked during crush, (read full article)
beer, Brew Pubs, Event Reviews, Pike Brewery Co, WBC-or-Bust, Wine
Jun 23
Geoff at Seattle Beer News broke the new first about Black Raven Brewery losing their trademark case on 6/21/10. Black Raven Brewing has been trying for two years to trademark their brewery name but their attempts to do so have been blocked by Ravenw (read full article)
Announcements, beer, Black Raven Brewing, Naked City Tap House, Trademark
Jun 19
The annual Washington Brewers’ Festival began with the ringing of the seminary bell on a gorgeous Friday afternoon in St Edwards park. The sun was shining but the temperature was mild as patrons roamed the festival grounds in search of their fa (read full article)
Announcements, beer, Black Raven Brewing, Chili Beer, Dopplebock, Foggy Noggin Brewery, Fremont Brewery, Lazy Boy Brewing, Odin Brewery, Patterson Cellars
Jun 17
The Washington Brewers’ Festival is an annual celebration of Washington craft beer. Held on Father’s Day Weekend, this beer festival is designed for the serious beer geek and the weekend beer drinker. Friday night starts small in terms of (read full article)
Announcements, beer, WABL, Washington Beer Commission, Washington Brewers Festival
Jun 05
For three days the judges sampled and sipped some of the best beers in North America. It was a tough job but the North American Brewers’ Association was up to the task of judging more than 1000 beers. 22 Washington beers won medals at the North (read full article)
Announcements, Barley wine, beer, Bitter Beer, Black Raven Brewing, Boundary Bay, Bronze Award Winner, Fish Brewery, Flyers Restaurant Brewery, Gold Award Winner
Jun 03
Silver City Brewing wants you to know that there is a LOT of great beer on the west side of Puget Sound. We want you to know they are right! Silver City Brewing and Restaurant are very proud of their Kitsap Penninsula roots and their dedication to se (read full article)
Amber, beer, featured, Silver City Brewery
May 25
During Seattle Beer Week, Naked City Brewery and Tap House made a special effort to make sure that our brewers on the other side of the mountains were not forgotten. All day long, Eastern Washington brewers were featured on tap as well as Washington (read full article)
beer, Event Reviews, Golden Hills Brewing, Naked City Tap House, Rosalyn Brewing, Saison, Seattle Beer Week, Yakima Craft Brewery
May 19
Feliz Compleaños (Happy Second Anniversary) at the Dray! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Email this (read full article)
beer, Event Reviews, Pike Brewery Co, Seattle Beer Week
May 19
Do you like your stouts big and black? If so, you would have been very happy sampling stouts at Brouwer’s Cafe on Friday, as part of Seattle Beer Week. Forty big, black stouts were on tap from all over the world, including eight from Washingt (read full article)
Barrel aged beer, beer, Big Time Brewery, Brew Pubs, Brouwer's Cafe, Chuckanut Brewery, Dick's Brewing Company, Elysian, Hales Ales, Odin Brewery
May 15
Hales Ales Bucephalus Blended Sour is one very thick cloudy brew. I mean brew as in a witches’ brew as much as a beer brew. It looks a bit sinister and dangerous. This is a beer for the courageous. Bucephalus Blended Sour I have had Hales Ale B (read full article)
beer, Hales Ales, Seattle Beer Week, Sour Beer, Tasting Notes, WABL, Winterfest
May 14
How can we pick a single Washington Brewery for May when so many Washington breweries are doing such great things for Seattle Beer Week? Seattle Beer Week actually lasts eleven days because hey who is going to say no to more reasons to drink beer? (read full article)
beer, Black Raven Brewing, Brew Pubs, Brouwer's Cafe, Elysian, Epic Ales, featured, Food Pairings, Naked City Tap House, Pike Brewery Co
May 07
Twitter has proven itself as a powerful means to disperse information, news and reviews in the beer and wine world. A number of Washington wineries have been very successful in building and maintaining customer enthusiasm and loyalty via utilizing Tw (read full article)
Alexandria Nicole Cellars, Announcements, beer, Big Time Brewery, Elliot Bay Brewery, Hard Row to Hoe, Naked City Tap House, Northwest Totem Cellars, twitter, Walter Dacon Wines
May 02
Black Raven Brewing May 1st, Black Raven Brewery celebrated their first anniversary in fine style, with some of their best brews from this past year, plus food and entertainment. Standard Black Raven Beers were on tap in the parking lot where you (read full article)
Barley wine, Barrel aged beer, Beaux Bowman, beer, Black Raven Brewing, Cherry Beer, Event Reviews