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Beer Is For Keeping (Sometimes)
We are often reminded that beer is best consumed fresh. The national megabrewers make a big deal out…
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There When You Need Them
Took herself to the Collins Pub the other night. (It was the eve of her birthday, and that…
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News for Noses
It’s Thursday, Dec. 8—brewer’s night at West Seattle’s Beveridge Place Pub. I sample some Harmon’s Point Defiance IPA…
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Iron Horse Brewery
A couple of Saturdays ago, I fired up the buggy and pointed her eastward, taking I-90 for a…
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What I Learned This Summer
I try at least once a year to travel to the European brewing heartlands, where the classics of…
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Branding for Fun and Profit
Seattle-based Pyramid Brewing‘s (happy 21st birthday) pitch is that they’re all about wheat-based ales. Waaaay back in the…
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Bud Extra, Sparks
What to make of Anheuser-Busch’s latest, um, “innovation,” Bud Extra? This beer-based beverage, nicknamed “B-to-the-E,” is the result…
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Beer Drinker, Beer Maker
Seattle may have been denied a Super Bowl victory, but it still has a national champion: Please raise…
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Willkommen
I can think of a lot of good things about American craft brewing, but one word that doesn’t…
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Brouwer’s Cafe
A beer bar laden with heavy anticipation, high hopes, and a bit of Brussels lace is finally open.…
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Burban Beer
Beer drinkers in Seattle are generally spoiled for choice. Most neighborhoods have at least one or two decent…
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Wheats for White Nights
Continuing with a warm-weather local-brew theme during American Beer Month, let’s take a look at the lighter side…
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Home From Home
My pub is better than yours. I can get away with claiming this because my local is a…