The Inaugural Gig Harbor Beer Festival happened on May 12, 2012 at the Uptown Gig Harbor Pavilion in Gig Harbor, WA.
For a full recap and event photos, including the trademark festival collage, take a peek inside at the HTBN web page.
It was a gloriously sunny day on the peninsula!
Some of the best beers in the world are right her in town. Check them out at http://www.worldbeercup.org/winners . Perhaps the most amazing thing is that there are like 95 different beer styles that each gave a Gold, Silver and Bronze award.
Small Brewing Company
Brauerei Michael Plank, Kelheim, Germany
Michael Plank
Mid-size Brewing Company
Firestone Walker Brewing Company
Paso Robles, CA
Matthew Brynildson
Large Brewing Company
AB InBev, New York, New York
Claudio Ferro
Small Brewpub
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Media, Media, PA
Iron Hill Brewery Team
Large Brewpub
Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Darron R S Welch
The Washington Brewers Festival will take place at a new location, King County’s Marymoor Park in Redmond during the weekend of June 15-17. Tickets are now available online and at select retail outlets. Visit the event website for more information. Once again, this year’s festival lineup will include over 60+ Breweries. There are some newcomers to this party! The following WA breweries are expected to attend:
| 192 Brewing Company | Kenmore |
| 7 Seas Brewing | Gig Harbor |
| Airways Brewing Company | Kent |
| Alpine Brewing Company | Oroville |
| American Brewing Company | Edmonds |
| Anacortes Brewery | Anacortes |
| Barhop Brewing | Port Angeles |
| Big Al Brewing | Seattle |
| Big Time | Seattle |
| Black Raven Brewing Company | Redmond |
| Boundary Bay brewery | Bellingham |
| Brickyard Brewing | Woodinville |
| Chuckanut Brewery | Bellingham |
| Diamond Knot Brewing Co. | Mukilteo |
| Dick’s Brewing Company | Centralia |
| Dirty Bucket Brewing Co. | Woodinville |
| Elliott Bay Brewing Co. | Burien |
| Elysian Brewing Company | Seattle |
| Emerald City Beer Company | Seattle |
| Fish Brewing Company | Olympia |
| Flyers Restaurant and Brewery | Oak Harbor |
| Foggy Noggin Brewing | Bothell |
| Fremont Brewing Company | Seattle |
| Gallaghers Where U Brew | Edmonds |
| Georgetown Brewing Co. | Seattle |
| Golden Hills Brewing Co. | Airway Heights |
| Grove Street Brewhouse | Shelton |
| Hale’s Ales Brewery and Pub | Seattle |
| Harmon Brewing Co. | Tacoma |
| Hilliard’s Beer | Seattle |
| Ice Harbor Brewing Co. | Kennewick |
| Iron Horse Brewery | Ellensburg |
| Kulshan Brewing Company | Bellingham |
| Lantern Brewing | Seattle |
| Mac & Jack’s Brewing Co | Redmond |
| McMenamins Pubs & Breweries | Seattle |
| Naked City Brewery & Taphouse | Seattle |
| North Sound Brewing, Co. | Mount Vernon |
| Northern Lights Brewing Co. | Spokane |
| NW Peaks Brewery | Seattle |
| Odin Brewing Co. | Seattle |
| Old Schoolhouse Brewery | Winthrop |
| Paradise Creek Brewery | Pullman |
| Pike Brewing Company | Seattle |
| Port Townsend Brewing Co. | Port Townsend |
| Ram Restaurant & Brewery | Seattle |
| Redhook Brewery | Woodinville |
| Riverport Brewing Co. | Clarkston |
| Roslyn Brewing Company | Roslyn |
| Schooner Exact Brewing Co. | Seattle |
| Scuttlebutt Brewing Company | Everett |
| Silver City Brewery | Bremerton |
| Skookum Brewery | Arlington |
| Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company | Snoqualmie |
| Sound Brewery | Poulsbo |
| Twelve Bar Brews | Woodinville |
| Twelve String Brewing Co | Spokane Valley |
| Two Beers Brewing Co. | Seattle |
| Wingman Brewers | Tacoma |
Sometime things just don’t go quite as planned – and that can be okay.
The HTBN road trip cranked up a rather circuitous adventure filled with awe, wonder, epiphany and good beer. Check it out here.
Thanks for reading.
The name, Dirty Bucket Brewing, might put some people off – and that is fine with me, cuz the new place that Chris and Steve Acord opened up is pretty small. As with many one barrel nanobreweries, ya gotta start somewhere. These homebrewers still have their day jobs, but they hope within a year they can grow their new brewery into a full time venture. Read the whole story inside (click).
