Saturday, November 7, 2009

2009 Award-winning WA Breweries


 

Big Al

Bronze

Smoked Porter

NABA

Black Raven

Silver

Trickster IPA

NABA

Boundary Bay

Bronze

Imperial Oatmeal Stout

NABA

Chuckanut

Gold

Dunkel

GABF

Chuckanut

Gold

Dunkel

NABA

Chuckanut

Gold

Vienna

GABF

Chuckanut

Silver

Pilsner

GABF

Chuckanut

Silver

Schwartz

GABF

Chuckanut

Silver

Strong Bock

NABA

Fish

Gold

Organic IPA

NABA

Flyers

Silver

Spitfire Bitter

NABA

Flyers

Silver

1st Flight Amber

NABA

Flyers

Bronze

Barnstormer Brown

NABA

Hale's

Bronze

Cerberus

NABA

Harmon

Silver

Brown's Point ESB

NABA

Ice Harbor

Silver

Steelwheeler Stout

NABA

Ice Harbor

Bronze

Kolsch

NABA

Pike

Gold

Entire

NABA

Pike

Silver

Old Bawdy '07

NABA

Pike

Silver

Pale

NABA

Pike

Bronze

IPA

NABA

Ram

Silver

Blonde

NABA

Ram

Silver

Hefeweizen

NABA

Ram

Silver

Kolsch

GABF

Ram/Puyallup

Bronze

Dunkel

NABA

Redhook

Gold

Belgian Tripel

NABA

Redhook

Gold

ESB

GABF

Redhook

Silver

Treblehook

GABF

Redhook

Bronze

Slim Chance

NABA

Scuttlebutt

Bronze

Old #1 '08

NABA

Silver City

Gold

Fat Schotch

NABA

Silver City

Silver

Beatimus

NABA

Silver City

Silver

Ridgetop Red

NABA

Silver City

Bronze

Copper Mt. Bock

NABA

Silver City

Bronze

Gold Mt. Pilsner

GABF

Silver City

Bronze

Old Scrooge '98

GABF

Silver City

Bronze

Ridgetop Red

GABF

Snipes Mt.

Bronze

Coyote Moon

GABF

Water St.

Bronze

Raspberry Weiss

NABA


 


GABF = Great American Beer Festival
NABA = North American Beer Awards

WA Beer Commission Taps New Executive Director


The Washington Beer Commission, which was formed in 2007 to represent, market and promote Washington's growing craft beer industry, has named Eric Radovich as its new Executive Director.


Radovich comes with more than 15 years of experience in marketing, public relations and event planning. His resume includes an eight year stint with Seafair, Seattle's largest summer festival, where he served as Vice President. Eric has also worked in public relations for the Seattle Mariners and most recently served as Managing Director of Marketing and Communications for BlueStar Management, a Seattle real estate development firm.

"After an extensive search for a high caliber marketing professional who can also produce successful events and serve as a strong representative of the brewing industry, we are very excited to have Eric on board to take the Washington Beer Commission to the next level," commented David Mudd, member of the Washington Beer Commission and head of the Executive Director search committee.

Washington's beer industry supported more than 20,000 jobs and had a total economic impact of nearly $3 billion in 2008. The Washington Beer Commission is a governmental organization supported by revenue from beer festivals and assessments collected from breweries. It was established to represent the interests of the brewing industry and to promote Washington made beer as fresh, local and recognized for great quality and value.

FRESH: Festival of Belgian-style Beers

The date for the FIRST annual BELGIANFEST: 'A Festival of Belgian-style Beers' has just been announced:

Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Georgetown Studios on Airport Way in south Seattle.


Details regarding ticket pricing, session hours, and participating breweries will be forthcoming in the next couple of months.

Stay tuned.

Friday, November 6, 2009

2009 Winter Beer Festival


The 2009 Winter Beer Festival, sponsored by the Washington Beer Commission, will once again be held at Hale's Palladium in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood.

The Festival runs Friday, Dec. 4 from 5:00-10:00 PM and Saturday, Dec. 5 from 1:00-10:00 PM.

Special WABL admission hours start at 4:00 on Friday and 12:00 noon on Saturday.


Check out details of the 2009 Winter Beer Festival, including the beer list.