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Vote: The Seattle Magazine 2018 Readers’ Choice Beer Awards

Help us determine the best in local beer, from Best Brew Pub to Best Beer Retailer to Most Iconic Washington Beer Brand and more.

Cropped shot of an unidentifiable young bartender pouring beer from a tap behind the bar
Cropped shot of an unidentifiable young bartender pouring beer from a tap behind the bar

Seattle is a great beer town, and in our July issue, we’re going to celebrate the best the city has to offer with our second annual Seattle Magazine Beer Awards.

But first: We want to hear from you!

We want you, our beloved readers, to help us determine the best in local beer, from Best Brew Pub to Best Beer Retailer to Most Iconic Washington Beer Brand and more. The top three finalists will be published, along with Kendall Jones’ editor’s pick for each category, in the July issue of Seattle Magazine, on sale June 19. 

So see the survey below (or click here) and vote for your favorites. Entries are due by March 12.

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Check out the winners of the inaugural Beer Awards from last year here, and see the Readers’ Choice winners here.

 

Opening Night: Is Ethan Stowell’s Cut Club Happy Hour Going to Solve the Affordability Crisis?

Opening Night: Is Ethan Stowell’s Cut Club Happy Hour Going to Solve the Affordability Crisis?

At Cut Club, the longtime Seattle restaurateur is going old-school, with steaks made for sharing, no service charges, and a happy hour where $12 still buys dinner. 

Cut Club, the new steakhouse inside downtown’s Hotel Max, feels like a restaurant from the not-too-distant past. The menu leans comfortable rather than ambitious or world-spanning. It serves a typical lineup of steak cuts, some traditional sides like oysters, prawn cocktail, and wedge salad, and some cocktails that are between $15 and $20. There’s a…

Outside the Box: Gourmondo Founder Launches Olivina

Outside the Box: Gourmondo Founder Launches Olivina

Alissa Leinonen’s new venture brings her seasonal, Northwest approach to weddings, milestone celebrations, and elevated events.

After 30 years, Alissa Leinonen—founder of renowned catering and box-lunch company, Gourmondo—has launched a new venture. Called Olivina, the new luxury catering and events company focuses on highly personalized, elevated experiences ranging from weddings or other milestone celebrations to corporate gatherings. What started with $4,000 from a refinanced car (and a tiny café in Pike…

7 Washington Fall Festivals Worth the Drive

7 Washington Fall Festivals Worth the Drive

Autumn is back. Celebrate with fresh-hop beer, apple harvests, returning salmon, cranberries, and more. 

Explore 7 fun Washington fall festivals worth the drive, from Leavenworth's Autumn Leaf Festival and Issaquah Salmon Days to CrabFest and Fresh Hop Ale.

Restaurant Roundup: Brunch With a Side of History, Cardamom Lattes, and Chiew Chiew

Restaurant Roundup: Brunch With a Side of History, Cardamom Lattes, and Chiew Chiew

Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.

Hope you’re hungry for a history lesson. Oliver’s, the cocktail lounge inside downtown’s Mayflower Park Hotel, was a Bartell Drugs store during Prohibition before becoming the city’s first hotel bar in the late 1940s—the Carousel Room, named for the carousel horses hung from the ceiling. When Washington repealed the rule forbidding the service of hard…