February 2021
Trend Watch: Barrel-Aged Beers
Once reserved for whiskey and wine aging, the wood-aged treatment is now being applied to beer
Patience, grasshopper. If patience is a virtue, barrel-aged beers are the most virtuous of all brews. Usually a beer is ready to drink after a couple of weeks in a stainless steel conditioning tank, but sometimes a brewer takes a finished beer and lets it rest in oak barrels for a year or longer. Typically,…
People in Beer: The British Invasion
Some of our best new brewers borrow from an old playbook
We describe beer—extra special bitter, pale ale, stout and so on—using terms from the English brewing tradition, but these days around Seattle, there’s a more immediate impact: Three British expats are putting their stamp on the local beer scene in their own unique ways. Nigel Slater is the sales manager for Black Raven Brewing in…
People in Beer: The Women-Helmed Brew Crew
Four local women prove that beer is a man's world no more
Archaeologists argue about how many thousands of years ago our distant ancestors started brewing beer, but no one questions that women did the work. The dominance of clean-cut men in lab coats and artisans with belly-length beards is a relatively modern phenomenon. Around Seattle, plenty of women are carrying on the ancient legacy. Heather McClung,…
People in Beer: The Bale Breaker Brewing Bunch
From farming hops to brewing, it’s a small step in Yakima
You might not know it, but each year Washington produces approximately 75 percent of the United States’ hops crop and 25 percent of the world’s, and virtually all of our state’s hops are grown in the Yakima Valley by a handful of families that have been doing it for generations. While the family farming tradition…
People in Beer: Chuck Shin
The owner of Chuck's Hop Shop introduces microbrews to the public, one growler-to-go at a time
Between 7-Eleven and the bottle shop (beer store) lies the beer convenience store—a new breed that offers a broad selection of craft beer along with other essentials, such as tortilla chips and cigarettes. Super Deli Mart in West Seattle regularly hosts special beer events, fills growlers and even sells kegs to go. At Norm’s Market,…
Local Brewery District: Woodinville
Now also Washington's beer country
Most people associate Woodinville with wine—after all, it is home to more than 100 wineries—but these days, more people are chasing their Pinot Gris and Merlot with fresh, local beer. Woodinville is now home to six breweries, which are often crowded with oenophiles seeking refuge for their wine-soaked palates. The best way to conduct a…
Local Brewery District: Georgetown/SoDo
Seattle's historic brewery district
Along airport way south in georgetown a giant, beautiful, old brick building dominates the east side of the street. Originally home to Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, this is where Rainier Beer was born in 1884 and died in 1917 with Washington’s enactment of Prohibition. In 1935, Seattle’s most iconic beer brand was reborn farther…
What’s New on the Local Beer Scene
In a state that is a center of world hops production, Seattle is enjoying an indie brew boom
Washington boasts more than 190 breweries. That’s more than in any state other than California and just about as many as in the entire nation of Belgium—long considered the beer lover’s Shangri-la. In Seattle, where breweries were once scattered hither and yon, a recent spike in the brewery birth rate has spawned brewery districts—single neighborhoods…
Modernist Cuisine on Display at the Pacific Science Center
A hyper-nerdy take on cooking, molecular gastronomy considers food at the chemical level—how exactly does heat make an egg physically transform? Seattle entrepreneur Nathan Myhrvold helped popularize this science with his book Modernist Cuisine (2011), which includes stunning photos of food in the moment of being cooked, taken at his Bellevue kitchen laboratory. Using unusual…
Photographer Holly Andres’ The Homecoming at Photo Center NW
Unsolved mysteries at Photo Center NW
Portland photographer Holly Andres creates scenes that are eerily familiar yet just out of reach. With elaborate sets, vintage props, costumes and staging reminiscent of Nancy Drew book covers, her cinematic tableaux resemble stills from a long-forgotten movie that still haunts your subconscious. Her new show, The Homecoming, reveals Andres’ early training as a painter,…
Canceled: Fireside Beer Tastings at Pan Pacific Hotel
We just received word that this Fireside series at the Pan Pacific Hotel has been canceled, effective immediately. Where to snuggle up fireside with a sampling of local brews? The Pan Pacific Hotel in South Lake Union has partnered with the Washington Beer Blog (helmed by Seattle magazine contributor and brewski expert Kendall Jones) on…
Mossback Monday: Rainier ‘R’ Three Weeks Away, McDermott Drops the F-Bomb and a $2,000 Homelessness Tour
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