MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY,OCT. 10 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom Morpheus. …

Fish Brewing Company in Olympia grabbed a bunch of awards at the 2016 World Beer Awards. Fish’s Leavenworth Biers Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen won United States Best Dark Wheat Beer 2016, Fish Tale Beyond The Pale won USA Pale Silver Medal 2016, and its Reel Ales 10 Squared won United States Best Pale Barley Wine 2016. For a complete list of 2016 World Beer Awards winners, click here.

It was a pretty good day for Washington state breweries at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival Awards ceremony this past weekend. Breweries from Washington state won 16 medals, including seven gold medals.

Cornerstone Ranches, Gemache’s farm near Toppenish, Washington, is experiencing an historic year for hops because of ideal growing conditions and global demand.

Northwest Beer Night blind-tasted cider during its last broadcast. Harmon Brewing Co. Director of Brewing Operations Jesse Holder was one of the panelists tasting cider.

A team of researchers in Colorado have partnered with Avery Brewing in Boulder to produce a critical battery component using the wastewater that is producing their two dozen-plus craft beers creates.

Those in the mood for a fresh cup of coffee or a pour of hot cocoa can have their fix and their beer too. Stone Brewing’s latest seasonal releases (and recurring fan favorites) deliver the familiar flavors that warm our mugs and the cold beer we crave.

Tech billionaires’ latest obsession — outside of suing websites into oblivion and attending odd, expensive festivals in the desert — is apparently one that gripped the country in 1999. The bad news: We’re all just living in the Matrix. The good news: According to a New Yorker story this week, a couple of tech billionaires are secretly funding research to break us out. (One can only assume Keanu Reeves is onboard the project as a consultant.)