Despite its close proximity to Portland, Vancouver, WA can seem to so many like a whole other world. Wish lots of up and coming craft beer culture popping up on a regular basis, the city is enjoying a resurgence of craft brew in recent months. By The Bottle and Salmon Creek Brewpub have been anchors to this movement in the city’s downtown neighborhoods as well as Mt. Tabor Brewing and the soon to open Loowit Brewing. All of these craft beer destinations have helped Portland’s quiet out of state cousin to carve its own vibe for craft beer, but until now, the has never been a tried and true craft beer festival in Vancouver.
June 16, 2012, the Saturday prior to Father’s Day will mark Vancouver, WA’s first outdoor festival of craft beer. Who’s Your Daddy? Beer Festival, produced by the folks at By The Bottle, Vancouver’s top destination for craft beer will serve as a benefit for CDM Long-Term Care Services. The event will run from noon until 9 p.m. at Turtle Place (between 7th Street between Washington and Main St.) and looks to build upon the undeniable success of By The Bottle’s previous two much smaller events that took place inside the quaint pub and bottleshop. This year’s festivities will feature food, foil hats, and some pretty killer beer from Washington breweries including Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on June 11, 2012
Tags: Boundary Bay, By the Bottle, Ice Harbor, Iron Horse, Maritime Pacific, Mt. Tabor, Naked City, Port Townsend, Salmon Creek, Silver City, Vancouver, Walking Man, Washington
Golden Valley Brewery in McMinnville Oregon, is very pleased to announce that we have hired Jesse Shue as Brew Master to replace current Brewer Mark Vickery who is starting his own brewery later this year. A McMinnville Native, who worked at Golden Valley in the kitchen in 1994, Jesse Shue will be taking over the brewery operations at Golden Valley in late May. Jesse will be leaving his current position as brewer for Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland May 19.
