Tacoma Craft Beer Festival

This coming Saturday a group of us BC hop heads are heading down to the Tacoma Craft Beer Festival.  Spurred on by our resident America transplant, we decided to brave the border crossing along with hours of driving in order to taste selections from 40 breweries, many of which we don’t see in stores up north.

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I plan on making up the fact we do not see many of these breweries north of the border, and am looking forward to trying as much ‘new to me’ craft as I can. That said, I will still take prolonged stops at Stone, Deschutes, Ninkasi, and New Belgium as I would hate to be rude. See the full brewery list after the break.

  • 21st Amendment Brewery (San Francisco, CA)
  • 7 Seas Brewing (Gig Harbor, WA)
  • Ace Cider (Sebastopol, CA)
  • Big Al’s Brewing (Seattle, WA)
  • Big Horn Brewing/RAM Tacoma (Tacoma, WA)
  • Big Sky Brewing (Missoula, MT)
  • Boston Beer Company (Boston, MA)
  • Brewery Ommegang (Cooperstown, NY)
  • Chuckanut Brewery (Bellingham, WA)
  • Deschutes Brewing (Bend, OR)
  • Diamond Knot Brewing (Mukilteo, WA)
  • Elysian Brewing (Seattle, WA)
  • Engine House #9 (Tacoma, WA)
  • Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Paso Robles, CA)
  • Fish Tale Brewing (Olympia, WA)
  • Full Sail Brewing (Hood River, OR)
  • Georgetown Brewing Company (Seattle, WA)
  • Grand Teton Brewing Company (Victor, ID)
  • Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO)
  • Hales Ales (Seattle, WA)
  • Harmon Brewing Company (Tacoma, WA)
  • Iron Horse Brewing (Ellensburg, WA)
  • Lazy Boy Brewing (Everett, WA)
  • Leavenworth Biers (Olympia, WA)
  • Mac & Jacks Brewing (Redmond, WA)
  • Mad River Brewing Company (Blue Lake, CA)
  • Maritime Pacific Brewing (Seattle, WA)
  • Merchant du Vin (for Lindeman’s (Vlezenbeek, Belgium)
  • New Belgium Brewing Company (Ft. Collins, CO)
  • Ninkasi Brewing (Eugene, OR)
  • North Coast Brewing Company (Fort Bragg, CA)
  • Pike Brewing (Seattle, WA)
  • Port Townsend Brewing (Port Townsend, WA)
  • Schooner Exact Brewing Company (Seattle, WA)
  • Silver City Brewing (Silverdale, WA)
  • Stone Brewing (Escondido, CA)
  • Trade Route Brewing (Pacific, WA)
  • Two Beers Brewing Company (Seattle, WA)
  • Unibroue (Chambly, Quebec, CANADA)
  • Victory Brewing (Downingtown, PA)
  • Walking Man Brewing (Stevenson, WA)

Its hard for someone to try something from every single brewery at the festival; however, rest assured we’re going to try. After a long day of drinking the finest brews the north west United States has to offer, we’ll more than likely make our way to a couple of bottle shops to take home some of the selections we can’t find locally. Be sure to check back next week to hear all about our beer fueled journey.

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  1. Not to mention Chuckanut Brewing, practically in our backyard in Bellingham. They just won Small Brewpub and Brewer of the Year at The Great American Beer Festival! I’m usually an ale guy, but I can’t wait to try some of Chuckanut’s amazing award winning lagers, especially the schwarzbier.

    Posted by Andy The Beerman on September 30th, 2009.

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