I think that most beer-lovers around the Pacific Northwest know at least the very basic history of Cloudburst Brewing. It was founded by Steve Luke, an accomplished brewer for Elysian Brewing who left the company not long after it was acquired by Anheuser-Busch. If that’s all you know, you’re good. Here’s something else you should know. Steve’s brewery, Cloudburst Brewing, was just awarded the title Brewer of the Year by the judges at the nation’s most prestigious beer-judging competition, the Great American Beer Festival. (See our story about this year’s […]

Cloudburst Brewing just introduced a new pale ale, which is not usually something they would bother to publicize too much. Times being what they are, this is pretty exciting news. Anything that is not related to, you know, that other thing, is exciting news. Get it at the brewery, packaged to go, of course. It’s pretty much the same deal here on the blog. News. Any kind of other news! Please! Here’s the announcement Cloudburst made on Instagram yesterday.