Chuckanut Brewery is absolutely on fire these days. Their mastery of the lager world is ever more apparent in 2017, with 15 medals between the North American Beer Awards and the Washington Beer Awards, including Large Brewery of the year at the WABA. As I've mentioned before, I'm a brewery [...]
Chuckanut Brewery is having a banner year. They've won 15 awards between the North American Beer Awards and the Washington Beer Awards. Chuckanut's second brewery, South Nut, is running at full capacity and providing craft beer drinkers around the region with Chuckanut's highly sought after world class lagers in draft [...]
Bellingham, WA (June 2017) - There’s going to the movies, and then there’s going to see a movie at Pickford Film Center. Come on in, be greeted and served by a volunteer, buy some GMO free popcorn with real melted butter, and sit down with your glass of draft beer, [...]
Melvin Brewing has landed in Bellingham. They aren't brewing here yet and won't until this fall, when their brewing system shows up. That being said, they are in our community, thankfully, and their world class beers are served up just down the street from many of your houses. Their IPAs [...]
This week, the Brewers Association released their new Independent logo, which was intended to distinguish which breweries are independently owned and which breweries are owned by "Big Beer." The logo has riled up the Big vs. Craft debate in an increasing competitive market. Yesterday, AB took an official stance on [...]
Boulder, CO • June 27, 2017—In an effort to educate beer lovers about which beers are independently produced, the Brewers Association—the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers—launched a new seal touting independent craft brewers. Featuring an iconic beer bottle shape flipped upside down, [...]
2017 Best Breweries & Beer By State State Top Brewery Top Beer Alabama Yellowhammer Brewery Rebellion (Yellowhammer Brewery), Shadwocaster Porter (Folklore Brewing & Meadery, LLC)* Alaska Alaskan Brewing Co. A Deal with the Devil (Anchorage Brewing Co.), Alaskan Smoked Porter & Alaskan Amber (Alaskan Brewing Co.)* Arizona Prescott Brewing Co. Achocolypse [...]
Day'yum Bellingham! Every year Bellingham brings it at the Washingon Beer Awards. We continue to show that we have one of the highest concentrations of award winning beer in the region. As impressive is that we do it across broad style categories. From lagers, to sours, to barrel aged, porters, [...]
You can find it at the brewery for $9.99 per six pack. Also, Haggen Food, Co-op and more places soon! Press Release Boundary Bay’s summer seasonal, Citraweisse, is now available on draft and in 12 oz. cans. Citraweisse is a kettle-soured Berliner-style weiss brewed with 100% local Skagit Valley malt. A [...]
If there are two things Bellingham has lots of [but not enough of!] it's coffee and beer. We're well aware that Bellingham is an elite craft beer destination. With world class beers and more breweries per capita than any of its neighbors, it ranks at the top of all craft [...]
Our email list is the first to hear about new local brewery openings, breaking news, exclusive gear deals & general craft greatness. Infrequent and always full of beer. Sign up here. Pint Points Wander Brewing is working on a spelt saison in one of it's foeders. Today, Wander Brewing releases a cask of [...]
Many of the hops coming out now have a really citrusy profile. With an amazing amount of hops being grown all over the US, and hop crops be bought up internationally, it's important to know what hops does what! Want to know what's in a particular hop, grab a cone [...]
Pint Points Melvin Brewing opened last Saturday at 2416 Meridian Street, a block away from Menace Brewing. Full details on the opening, food specials and happy hour are here. Yesterday, Wander Brewing released it's Single EYEPA. $13 a 4 pack. In celebration of Pride Month. $1 from every 4 Pack sold [...]
Structures Brewing came onto the scene about a year and a half ago. Ever since, they’ve been getting rave reviews from locals and around the region for their northeast style hazy beers. This Friday, they are releasing Locked Room Double IPA in cans and on draft, hopped with Amarillo and [...]
Bellingham's craft beer scene just swelled in size with the addition of Melvin Brewing Company, who officially opened last Saturday. There were lines up the street and the beer floweth-ed. The opening was an exclamation on years of insane brewery growth, accolades and Bellingham making it onto numerous Top Lists. [...]
Press Release Who/What: Wyoming’s Melvin Brewing will open the doors to its first brewpub this Saturday in the heart of Bellingham. The highly anticipated brewpub will open its doors on June 3rd and will feature 20 taps including a rotating guest tap with the best damn, sought after IPAs they can [...]
Correction: A previous version of this article stated that Sound Beverage owns the Melvin Brewery building on Meridian. In fact, Sound Beverage owner Dean Shintaffer owns the building. Bellingham, get ready to tack on another brewery to your belt. The timing of Melvin Brewing opening in Bellingham couldn't be better. Our [...]
2016 is well behind us, but the numbers are still trickling out. The Brewer's Association just released it's May/June edition of The New Brewer Magazine. In it they detailed their annual Industry Review where 2016 barrel production for all US breweries was broken down. For those unaware, a barrel is equal [...]
Pint Points It's Ski to Sea weekend. Find the weekend's best beers here. Structures Brewing is releasing an IPA in cans today hopped with Motueka and African Queen from South Africa. Read about AB InBev's purchase of South African hops and how PNW breweries are adjusting, here. Structures is also releasing [...]
This weekend Bellingham will be celebrating it's biggest event, Ski to Sea. I've done the kayak leg a handful of times and it is always a weekend that bring the competitive spirit as well and a sense of community out of this vibrant bayside town. Ski to Sea is billed as [...]
Press Release Bellingham, Wash. – May 17, 2017 – Boundary Bay Brewery’s family-friendly beer garden weekly event lineup brings live music, comedy, BBQ and more to celebrate the summer season in Bellingham! DJ Willdabeast kicks off opening night of the DJ Dance Party on Wednesday, May 17 and on Thursday, May [...]
Last week AB InBev bought the entire South African hop crop. That's right, the entire country's crop. South African hops make up about 1% of the world's hop crop, but have become an increasingly hot commodity in the race towards breweries seeking out new, rare and innovative hops. According to AB [...]
During Bellingham Beer Week 2017 a race of epic proportions, that pitted the titans of the Bellingham's craft beer community against each other, was held at the Community Food Co-op on Forest St. Nine competitors were given 45 seconds per category to find the best representative beer. There were six [...]
Our email list is the first to hear about new local brewery openings, breaking news, exclusive gear deals & general craft greatness. Infrequent and always full of beer. Sign up here. Pint Points Bellingham Beer Week 2017 was straight up on point and it sounds you agree. Our poll shows ~70% of you [...]
Yeah, things are slowing down in craft beer. But keep in mind that is saying something for one of the hottest growing business sectors in the US. 2016 saw a tapering off in in growth and, by some measurements, a regression. But there's still over 5,200 breweries in the United [...]
Press Release Nut Burst Chuckanut Brewery and Cloudburst Brewing are good brewing friends with lots of respect for each other’s expertise in the brewing field. ‘Nut Burst’ is a collaboration lager made at Chuckanut Brewery that’s got a creamy white head and tropical fruit notes with an ABV of [...]
Redhook Brewery is almost as synonymous with Northwest craft beer as Rainier and, well, maybe craft beer itself. It's ESB was ubiquitous across in grocery stores aross the Northwest and the region. It was announced today in the Seattle Times that Redhook will be closing its 220,000bbl. It's likely that [...]
Wander Brewing brewhouse This Saturday will mark 3 years of Wander Brewing on Dean St. in Bellingham, WA. But Chad and Colleen Kuehl and the whole team have extended their reach well beyond their offshoot street along Whatcom Creek. They have created amazing beer after amazing beer that is being recognized not [...]
2017 is quarter old and AB InBev is at it again with the announced purchase of Wicked Weed Brewing out of North Carolina. The proposed purchase won't happen until it gets regulatory approval. In a press release, Wicked Weed co-founder Walt Dickinson expressed excitement for the potential acquisition. We have [...]
The results are in and Bellingham Beer Week 2017 was absolutely sensational. This year's events were the most varied, well organized, thoughtful and reflective of our craft beer culture. Everything from Kulshan's Beer Olympics, to Boundary Bay Brewery's Cedar Dust Alley, to Aslan's Cornhole Championship, to everything in between was [...]
Oxymorons. What are some that you know well? Cruel kindness, disgustingly delicious, busy doing nothing. There are a few out there, but how about this one, coffee IPA. Two seemingly contradictory terms colliding in one unassuming can. Hotbox Coffee IPA comes to us courtesy of Longmont, Colorado's Oskar Blues Brewery. [...]
Chuckanut Brewery has world class lagers. This is known. They also have incredible food. Follow them on Facebook and you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about. Even better, stop in and grab a bite. So much of their menu is locally sourced. I recently had the tuna poke dish [...]
Nine days of Bellingham Beer Week starts on Friday, April 21st. Seems like a lot of days, doesn't it? When you take a look at the Bellingham Beer Week events calendar, you might rethink that. There are more than 50 events spread across 9 days. Even with a well planned [...]
Our email list is the first to hear about new local brewery openings, breaking news, exclusive gear deals & general craft greatness. Infrequent and always full of beer. Sign up here. Pint Points Wander Brewing releases it's Melvin Brewing Imperial Red collaboration today. Limit is one case per customer. Chuckanut dropped us a [...]
Let's do something a little different today and grab something a little vintage. It may be sacrilegious to willingly cellar and drink an IPA, but I assure you all that this beer is an IPA in very few ways. It is much more so a funky dry Brett beer, courtesy of the [...]
Our email list is the first to hear about new local brewery openings, breaking news, exclusive gear deals & general craft greatness. Infrequent and always full of beer. Sign up here. Pint Points It's National Beer Day! Raise a pint of beer...to beer, I guess. It's basically like every day for you, but [...]
Structures Brewing Crypt Key is a mixed fermentation IPA that simply blew me away. It was served in 10oz stemmed glassware and topped by a creamy white head. Crypt Key clocks in at 7% abv, has an orange-gold hue, and is moderately hazy. It's an attractive beer in all respects. [...]
Happy Monday folks and welcome back for another Tap Trail Review. As it continues to warm, albeit slowly, I keep reaching for lighter and brighter offerings. Todays offering comes from Salt Lake City's Uinta Brewing. Back in Colorado I would find myself consistently reaching for their flagship Hop Nosh IPA, it [...]
Pint Points April 1st head to the Skagit Valley Malting Showcase, presented by Farmstrong Brewing! Chuckanut Brewery's Brewer, Bryan Cardwell has left for opportunities with Pfreim Brewing in Hood River. Two weeks ago, Kulshan Brewery's Head Brewer, Abe Ebert, left for other opportunities. Kulshan's Christopher Noskoff left about a month ago. [...]
The national craft beer scene has peaked from its once unstoppable momentum upward. With over 5,200 craft breweries in operation, we're entering a new era. The big movers in the market such as Stone, Sierra Nevada and many others, are slowing their volume, or even regressing. There have been layoffs and volume [...]
Happy Spring folks! We're officially out of Winter, at least as far as the calendar is concerned. The rain and cold may continue, but I wanted to reach for something bright and vibrant in hops of encouraging the weather to do the same. Hopworks in Portland is going through a [...]
Our email list got this before you did! They're the first to hear about new local brewery openings, breaking news, exclusive gear deals & general craft greatness. Infrequent and always full of beer. Sign up here. Pint Points New Tap Trail maps have been distributed throughout the Tap Trail. Go forth, multiply and stamp!! [...]
I woke up to one of my favorite things, a text from someone in our craft beer community. It was from Bryan Krug, Brewer at Boundary Bay Brewery. Krug said, "I have a tasty morsel for you!" OOOO! I love morsels. He went on to describe what can only be called a [...]
I've been talking to Wander Brewing Owner Chad Kuehl about this collaboration for a week or so and I'm excited to see it come out today. It'll be on tap at the brewhall when they open up at 12pm. "Willows and Wander." Sounds like a pairing I could eat at [...]
Oh, how I love me some fragrant and brilliant American wheat ale. Been missing this kind of stuff since the Dude Man at another famous B’ham brewery stopped production. Enter our friends at Menace Brewing! Menace Brewing’s American Wheat is beautifully brilliant and golden, made with 50% each wheat and pilsner [...]
Happy Monday! We've got a freshly released hoppy treat to sample today. Fort George has long been a staple in my fridge, their Three Way IPA is always a treat, Suicide Squeeze is one of their rotating IPA releases, along with Magnanimous, Overdub, and Fresh IPA. These beers are always heavily [...]
Our email list is the first to hear about new local brewery openings, breaking news, exclusive email list gear deals & general craft greatness. Infrequent and always full of beer. Sign up here. Pint Points Melvin Brewing is moving quickly towards opening. Owner Jeremy Tofte tells us that they hope to be open [...]
This is amazing and could be revolutionary for waste reduction in at bars and breweries that serve bottles. Every time we find a new gadget, we like it better than the last. Basically, this machine has a slot where you insert your bottle. A few seconds later, voila, sand. That [...]
Bottleshops are the way we get exposed to so many new things and they keep our eyes on the horizon for what's new in the craft beer world. They are sort of a sudsy cornucopia for you to peruse through. Elizabeth Station is one of the region's premiere bottleshops, with [...]
Happy Tuesday folks, we've got something a bit different today, a somewhat obscure style. Roggenbier is a traditional German style beer brewed with a very heavy portion of Rye in the malt bill and a strong yeast profile to balance the spicy rye. Pelican is nestled in Pacific City, OR [...]
