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by Ron Swarner - Oct 13, 2015
Finding Destiny City Brewing in Tacoma
Eighteen new breweries have been added to the Washington State Liquor Control Board’s…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 12, 2015
Three Magnets Brewing Co. begins bottling
As Three Magnets Brewing Co.’s owners Sara and Nate Reilly and I stood…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 11, 2015
Top Rung Brewing Hoptoberfest recap
Despite yesterday’s afternoon downpour, the crowd's disposition seemed sunny inside Top Rung Brewing…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 9, 2015
Beer Label of the Week: Holy Mountain Brewing Company
Adam Paysse, Colin Lenfesty and Mike Murphy opened Holy Mountain Brewing Company in…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 7, 2015
Top 20 Craft Beer Rep Poses of Summer 2015
The kings of the beer geeks, in our book, are the brewery sales…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 6, 2015
Pacific Brewing and Malting Co. acquires American Brewing Company
Few craft beer entrepreneurs contemplate selling their business when they first get started.…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 3, 2015
Field of Beers – Inland Northwest Craft Beer Festival
It wasn't just the biggest comeback of the week, the month or the…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 2, 2015
Harmon Brewing 18th Annual Oktoberfest Brewer’s Dinner
Pat Nagle squeezed past a long table of diners to adjust the hi-fi…
by Ron Swarner - Oct 1, 2015
Recap: Two Beers Brewing/Seattle Cider pairing dinner at The Swiss
In this modern world of impersonal digital connections face-to-face relations between maker and…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 30, 2015
Green Tacoma Day needs you
National Public Lands Day, which calls for volunteers to spend a day working…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 29, 2015
Beer Events In The South Sound Sept. Sept. 29-Oct. 3
If you like drinking beer in public places, well you're in luck, our…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 28, 2015
Cider Swig in Gig Harbor recap
Once an infinitesimal share of the beverage market, hard ciders have seen great…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 27, 2015
Hood River Hops Fest recap
The difference between fresh hops and dried hops in beer brewing is like…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 27, 2015
South Sound breweries earn medals at 2015 GABF
Ten Washington state breweries earned 13 medals Saturday in the Great American Beer…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 25, 2015
Pacific Brewing and Malting Co. celebrates first anniversary
Pacific Brewing and Malting Co. celebrates its first anniversary with — you guessed…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 23, 2015
Tacoma band brews beer at Pacific Brewing and Malting Company
At some point this summer Pacific Brewing and Malting Co. sales executive Andy…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 14, 2015
Three Magnets Brewing hosts cider companies
Traditionally, cider was an alternative to contaminated well water on our founding fathers’…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 13, 2015
What I learned at the California Craft Beer Summit
The following is what I learned during day two of the California Craft…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 12, 2015
California Craft Beer Summit report
As I drove 725 miles through jockeying semi trucks, dusty lakes and sweltering…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 9, 2015
Wet Coast Brewing to release Fresh Hop Ale
On sprawling farms clustered around Yakima and Sunnyside, thousands of green Humulus lupulus…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 7, 2015
Wingman Brewers and Pacific Brewing to release Oktoberfest collaboration
After the turn of September / In the cloudy skies over Tacoma /…
by Ron Swarner - Sep 3, 2015
Q&A with North 47 Brewing Co. founders Carl and Stephanie Leach
Husband and wife duo Carl and Stephanie Leach have always had beer in…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 30, 2015
Photos from South Sound Craft Beer Festival
It was around beer o’clock yesterday when the South Sound Craft Beer Festival…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 17, 2015
South Sound 2015 fall beer releases
Always looking for an excuse to party, the astronomically inclined people of Earth…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 16, 2015
Bend Brewfest recap
Portland doesn't have the patent on big-fat beer celebrations. Bend can get down…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 13, 2015
South Sound Craft Beer Festival recap
It’s a wickedly simple concept. Gather ye together a large group of craft…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 7, 2015
Tacoma Beer Week 2015 Day 6
FRIDAY, AUG. 7 Slingload Pils release, 5 p.m., Wingman Brewers Wingman Brewers releases…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 7, 2015
Harmon Brewing Co. to release Duck Face Sour
Unless you’re older than 62 or live in a Tacoma Chinese Tunnel, odds…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 6, 2015
Tacoma Beer Week 2015 Day 5
THURSDAY, AUG. 6 Seattle Luvs Tacoma Day, 11 a.m. to close, The Red…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 5, 2015
2015 Tacoma Beer Week Day 4
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 3-Way with friends, 5-8 p.m., The Copper Door Brewers’ night…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 4, 2015
Tacoma Beer Week 2015 Day 3
TUESDAY, AUG. 4 Ballast Point Sculpin IPA 5-Ways, 5 p.m., The Red Hot…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 3, 2015
Tacoma Beer Week 2015 Day 2
Day two of Tacoma Beer Week is upon us. MONDAY, AUG. 3 Randall…
by Ron Swarner - Aug 2, 2015
Olympia Brew Fest meets National IPA Day
Thursday, Aug. 6 is a big holiday: National IPA Day (or #IPADay, if…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 30, 2015
Sierra Nevada Brewing shares new beers in Tacoma
Nov. 15, 1980: 26-year-old Ken Grossman brewed his first commercial beer, four years…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 29, 2015
Narrows Brewing Co. honors 2nd Ranger Battalion with Lead The Way IPA
When you brew beer in honor of the personnel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 23, 2015
Narrows Brewing exposes Area 13 Experimental Imperial IPA
Some say the greatness of “Area 13” lies in its surrounding visual birthplace…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 21, 2015
Wingman Brewers doubles capacity
The South Sound is home to 20 or so craft breweries, with a…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 19, 2015
Bremerton Summer Brewfest recap
Maybe you've seen Michelle Obama’s plate-shaped replacement for the food pyramid, and maybe…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 16, 2015
South Sound Brewery Medal Showcase Party
I arrived 15 minutes late. The Puyallup River Alehouse was packed. Owners, head…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 15, 2015
Craft Beer and Cigars Pairing – When Perdomo Cigars meets Top Rung Brewing
For craft beer enthusiasts who want to drink their beer and smoke it…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 13, 2015
Pike Derby Lager off and running
This is not your cat’s lager. To many better beer drinkers, lager is…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 10, 2015
Sierra Nevada Brewing beer dinner coming to The Swiss Pub
Beer dinners are a great way to explore craft beer’s myriad flavors. Beer…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 9, 2015
Silver City Brewery’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Giant Made of Shadows now in bottles
Silver City Brewery’s The Giant Made of Shadows is awesome delicious; it did…
by Ron Swarner - Jul 9, 2015
About Last Night – 21st Amendment and Hop Valley Brewing
Some people and beer from 21st Amendment Brewery Night at Puyallup River Alehouse…
Hoppy Holiday Food Drive 2021 a success
[caption id="attachment_38893" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] Odd Otter Brewing brought in the most food for the Emergency…
Test Gallery
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