Courage. Power. Strength. These were all the qualities Frank Tosset and his partner Jack needed to take on their unconventional way of starting a brewery. They needed a powerful mascot that could help push them to where they needed to be. Aslan, the Turkish translation of lion, was the perfect representation [...]
In this series, we introduce you to all the fantastic head brewers behind all the delicious beer in our town. Catch up with past articles on Kulshan Brewing and Aslan Brewing. Boundary Bay is the founding father of the Bellingham craft beer world. They were the first brewery to open up in Bellingham [...]
We're snobby. We're discerning. We have amazing beer culture. Now we're considered one of the best in the West. Kendall Jones, who runs Washington Beer Blog, Bellingham wrote the list for USA Today. The list included such venerated beer meccas as Portland, Seattle, Bend, Santa Rosa and San Diego. What amazing company [...]
Late last week Tap Trail stopped in Boundary Bay Brewery and grabbed a pint with some of the good folks there. King 5 news was there to do a story on the heartwarming and important story behind Barb's Beer. Tom and Barb Murphy used to frequent Boundary Bay Brewery before her death from [...]
Craft beer has proven an affinity for an eclectic taste of beers - Whale testicles and deer semen beer come to mind. Brewers are pushing the boundaries of craft beer. On the consumer side, beer drinkers are demanding higher alcohol content. New research shows that worldwide there has been a 280% increase [...]
We did you solid and put every single food truck that frequents a Tap Trail brewery (that we know of!) into one, beautifully simple calendar. Heading to the brewery and want to know who's slanging food? Look no further, than here. Food trucks and craft beer have developed a pretty symbiotic relationship in [...]
Structures Brewing is one of Bellingham's many newly announced breweries. James and Ryan are two awesome people that we should be excited to have apart of the community. They plan to be open the first part of 2016 and they'll add to the impressive compendium of diverse breweries in Bellingham. Structures [...]
Bellingham has some world class breweries. There are more breweries being built here than, arguably, any city in Washington State. Soon we'll have double the breweries per capita of Seattle, WA. The options available to us are quite impressive and this doesn't even include the amazing diverse selection that's about to be available to [...]
Gruff, Stones Throw Brewing, Subdued Brewing, Structures Brewing and Bellingham Beer Lab are all names we'll start to hear more about in the coming months. They'll be apart of the Tap Trail and add to the growing craft beer force of this town. We'll have more breweries per capita than Seattle by [...]
The Local Public House on Railroad Avenue is an eclectic mix. One part tap house, one part brewery front for Menace Brewing, one part bottle shop (yes, you can buy awesome beer bottles there.) It's about to get much more exciting thought. I've been talking to Rob Whitney, one of the [...]
Bellingham breweries recently cleaned up at the North American Beer Awards. The word has gotten out. Now they've done it again. This last weekend, every single Bellingham Tap Trail brewery won big at the Washington Beer Awards. Boundary, Aslan, Kulshan, Wander, Chuckanut and Menace all picked up the following awards. Head out today [...]
Craft beer in cans, is the way to be these days. Kulshan Brewing got on board a while ago with their Bastard Cat IPA, Boundary Bay Brewing has their Traverse ESB and Elizabeth Station just got their new Crowler Machine. On June 1st, Aslan Brewing will be releasing their first canned [...]
Craft beer diversity exists because of the symbiotic work of three major players: Brewers, distributors and tap houses. All three provide the variety that has given rise to our current craft beer renaissance. It is also a system highly susceptible to abuse. There are signs of wear in craft beer's lustrous and shiny coat [...]
Take a listen to Bellingham Tap Trail's inaugural podcast! We sat down with Aaron Matson, owner of The Copper Hog and Director of Bellingham Beer Week and Steve DeMoney brewer, beer disciple and sailboat owner, to discuss some pressing matters in the craft beer world, including pay to play. Some sound issues, but [...]
Pedal Party Northwest ran their inaugural ride last Saturday. PPNW, is Bellingham's first multi-person bike. There are seats for 16 and 10 chairs to pedal from. The "bike" is steered separately and if you don't want to pedal you can sit in any of the non-pedaling chairs of the bench in [...]
We like polls. We like them a lot. We also know that Hops and Headz is opening their awesome beer garden very soon! We also like quizzes, so when you're done with this poll make sure to take our Bellingham Tap Trail quiz as well. It's hard and you'll probably score [...]
Last week we told you about a man in San Diego is suing MillerCoors over the marketing behind their Blue Moon beer. In the video Evan Parent says the marketing is misleading I'm a craft brew fan. I take care in where I spend my money. Gotta say that I don't believe that considering Blue Moon is [...]
We love good beers and The Tap Trail finds you of the best beer and beer trends. But do we dare to try the worst beers? Rate Beer, the best source for, well, rating beer, not only lists the world's best beers, but naturally it has the world's worst beers. I would [...]
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