48 Hours Drinking and Eating in Yakima Valley

Hopping around the land of beer and hops.
“Welcome to Yakima. The Palm Springs of Washington,” reads a black, white, and red billboard on your way into town. I’ve been to Palm Springs, ...
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Breaking Bales (and Tacos) With Bale Breaker: The Freshest Fresh Hop Beers

Freshhhhhhhh!
Two years ago, Firestone Walker Brewmaster Matt Brynildson shared a story with me. He had just come back from picking hops in the Yakima Valley. ...
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The 30 Most Iconic Beers to Drink in Fall 2024

All hail fall! As I’m sure you know by now, autumn is one of our favorite seasons. To us, this is indisputable. We get goosebumps ...
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48 Hours Drinking and Eating in Bellevue, Washington

The Bellevue of the ball.
While everyone knows about Seattle, just across Lake Washington, you’ll find a city that should become your base camp for epic adventures and drinking—Bellevue. The ...
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At 17x-Award-Winning Formula Brewing, the Perfect Party Is the One You Never Want to Leave

Recipe for success
The formula for success at the only brewery in Issaquah (aka “the Quah”), WA, is pretty simple: “What makes the ideal party?” Formula Brewing Founder ...
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Beers With the Most 5-Star Check-Ins on Untappd in 2024

Cheers to 14 years of beers and check-ins!
In 2010, Untappd Founder Greg Avola had an idea: Build a social platform for the craft beer community. Avola had impeccable timing. Because while “Like ...
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What Is Rauchbier? A Smoky History

Let's clear this up.
All beer was once smoked beer or rauchbier in German. “It’s a lost knowledge that smoke beer was the original way of making beer,” Sixth ...
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Who Won Gold At the 2024 Great American Beer Festival Awards

Winner, winner beer dinner!
Huge state flags representing Ohio, Texas, and California were strung across the rows at the front of the auditorium. Reverberating Chants of OH..IO. OH..IO echoed ...
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New Program Donates Equipment to Black and Brown Brewers

Giving new life to seasoned equipment.
Equipment and capital are the two highest barriers to entry in the craft beer industry, especially for underrepresented communities. To help Brewers of Color overcome ...
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In Her Shoes: Brewing to the Beat of Rhythm Brewing Co.

Step into the boots of professional brewer and salsa dancer Alisa Bowens-Mercado.
Alisa Bowens-Mercado, founder of Rhythm Brewing Co., has always moved to the rhythm of her own feet. A professional salsa dancer, Bowens-Mercado has owned her ...
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Top 10 Beers We Drank in September 2024

Fall, Festbiers, and Football.
Last month, we told you we were ready for the invasion of pumpkin beers, Oktoberfest events, and the promise of Festbiers, Märzens, porters, and amber ...
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The 11 Best Breweries in Sonoma and Napa Valley

Where to find more than wine.
Last spring, I traveled to Manchester, where I met Track Brewing Co-Founder Sam Dyson. An epic bike trip from Virginia to California inspired Dyson to ...
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