Crucible Brewing teams up with Soundbite Cider to open Pour Decisions The Crown Hill neighborhood is located in northwest Seattle. For the unfamiliar, think of it as North Ballard or West Greenwood. This Saturday, November 13th, Pour Decisions celebrates its grand opening at the corner of NW 80th Street and 15th Ave. NW (map below). The new business is a joint taproom venture, offering beer from Crucible Brewing and cider from Soundbite Cider. (Images from Instagram.) The two businesses, which are neighbors in Everett, are now partners in Seattle. Pour […]

Lay of the Land The cardboard cutouts were kind of creepy, the piped-in crowd noise was kind of annoying and a fake audience doesn’t drink any beer. Even at 25 percent capacity maximum (currently), EVERYONE is happy to see fans back in the stands and beer flowing again at T-Mobile Park. Our beer listings will likely need to be updated as the season rolls along. Rest assured, we’ll do that. No surprise, things are a little different this year. There’s not as much draft beer on our list as years […]

During these strange times, we all find ourselves in the same, unique place. Wait. What? Same and unique? That’s a contradiction, right? No, not in these topsy-turvy times. Beyond the generalizations we all share, everybody’s circumstances are different. The way that you have managed this massive disruption is no better or worse than the way I have managed it. The way one person or business navigates these tough times is in no way a reflection on how another person or business does it. By now, I think we all understand that. How one brewery is managing […]

Sometimes it seems like time is standing still. Sometimes it already seems like summer has been canceled this year. Neither of those observations is true, and there’s no better proof that the world is still spinning than Reuben’s Brews. Here’s the latest release news from Reuben’s Brews: THE RETURN OF SUMMER (IPA) AVAILABLE NOW AT THE TAPROOM It’s Summer IPA season at Reuben’s Brews! 6-packs and bottles are available now at the Taproom and in distribution in the coming weeks. Our Summer seasonal IPA is hop forward with citrus fruit aromas, […]

Zeeks Pizza delivers exceptional, exclusive collaboration beers to your door Zeeks Pizza, the local chain of pizza restaurants with an uncommon predilection for craft beer, is understandably proud of the collaboration beers they’ve brewed with some of Western Washington’s best-loved breweries. They want to spread the word about this collection of specially crafted brews and the program that brings them to life. Because Zeeks has multiple locations, they are able to secure entire batches of these beers, which is why they are exclusive to Zeeks. And because of their “everything […]