Naked City Taphouse in Seattle hosted this year’s Oregon Brewers Night during Seattle Beer Week. Founder and Brewmaster Don Webb served as emcee for this fun event featuring a nice assortment of beers from some of the Beaver State’s finest breweries.

In addition to six house offerings from Webb and Naked City, Oregon was represented by three different brews from each of the participating breweries including Deschutes, Fort George, Ninkasi, Oakshire, Double Mountain and Burnside Brewing. Brewers from 10 Barrel Brewing made an appearance as well. Notable brewers such as 10 Barrel’s Tonya Cornett, Oakshire’s Matt Van Wyk, and Ninkasi’s Jamie Floyd were in attendance for this fun event. Here’s a look at some photos from this fun and festive night:
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By D.J. Paul

As states start squeezing more and more industries to cough up more taxes to assist in budget shortfalls the brewing industry is beginning to feel the pinch. This could happen here in the Pacific Northwest in Washington State. This link provides state by state data on their beer excise tax rate as of January 1, 2013.

The proposed budget that was announced on April 10^th from Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will eliminate the $15.50 per barrel tax exemption that smaller Washington breweries (less than 60,000 barrels per year) currently receive.  What this tax proposal will do is increase the tax rate on Washington produced beer from Read More…

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KENT, Wash. (February 20, 2013) – On Saturday, March 9, Airways Brewing will celebrate three exciting years of growth and expansion with a celebration – and several new releases – not to be missed. 

Adding on another first for the Kent-based brewery, Airways’ third anniversary will mark the release of the brewery’s first cans to market. Offering a distinct new look and feel, the 16-ounce cans will house two new brews – Oatmeal PSA™ (Pale Session Ale) and Pre-Flight Pilsner™ – adding to the brewery’s growing year round line up. From 2-7pm, craft beer enthusiasts can pick these cans up for the first time – the week before they are released to market – as well as enjoy giveaways, cask releases, food from Lumpia World, the release of Airways Third Anniversary Belgian Dark Strong (available in 22-ounce bottles) and more! 

“It’s been a crazy ride, and we could not have done it without support from the local craft beer community,” said Alex Dittmar, cofounder and head brewer at Airways Brewing Company. “When we started in 2010, we never imagined we’d now have two successful Read More…

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You’ve heard the story before: the Man’s been throwing his weight around again, muscling people all over town with super-uninteresting beer. Enter Superfuzz, a one-beer crusade against the oppressive ordinary. He can relate to other ales, with an easygoing blend of Northwest Pale, Munich and Dextri-pils malts, but where the hops and the blood orange come in, he’s a complicated guy. Read More…

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As if five years of celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Seattle indy label Sub Pop weren’t enough, Elysian Brewing‘s erstwhile summer seasonal, Loser, is going year-round, just in time for anniversary number 25.  The distinctive, tropical hop character and golden, warming maltiness will be available on draft, in 22-ounce bottles and in six-packs throughout the year starting March 1. 

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As we move into the new year, we see no slowdown in the number of new beers shooting down the perpetual pipeline. It’s growth, growth, and more growth. Popular craft breweries of the Northwest such as Widmer, Ninkasi, Redhook, and Pyramid are getting more and more prolific to cater to the exponentially excited interest of craft beer drinkers. Craft lagers in particular appear to be a returning trend in this post-Prohibition era. It may be less cost effective than brewing ales since these bottom-fermenting brews take more time to condition properly, but just like barrel-aged offerings, our palates are worth the wait.

By looking through these new releases, we see a few other trends such as more fruit, chocolate, and vanilla infused releases, rye beers, and of the lagers, the IPL style is taking shape as a strong contender for a potential new American Brewers Association category. 

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There’s something about brown ales this week. Around the same time we posted our Best of The Browns III post a few days ago, two notable Northwest breweries informed us that they would be releasing beers in this style. Full Sail’s first release in their new pub ale series is a brown, and Woodinville, Washington’s Redhook Brewery has also announced the return of their seasonal Mudslinger Brown Ale.

With a tagline of “Redhook STILL Likes it Dirty” (which we don’t really understand), Redhook provides the following information for their returning Mudslinger: Read More…

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By Dan “The Hopfather” Culver

This year’s Washington Winter Beer Fest was a great event.  Once again we were visiting the beautiful Puget Sound area and what better thing to do but sample delicious and award winning winter beers from some of Washington’s finest breweries.

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This weekend we’ll be visiting the wonderful Emerald City and while we’re there we’re definitely going to hit the Washington Winter Beer Fest.  If you are in the area come join us for some great beer.  Check out the info below!

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