Latest articles posted in Beervana http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/feature/44 2008-05-16T23:26:37+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2076 <p>I was chatting with Brett Dodd awhile back. He runs Speedway Brewing right down the street from Saint Martin&rsquo;s University, a prime bar location.<br /> <br /> But he has a problem that all other brewers of all things beer also worry about. ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1952 <p>After The Harmon Brewery &amp; Restaurant turned 10 last year, it only seemed right that its creators start thinking about procreating. They did, and the baby is due to open March 31, with a grand opening on April 1<br /> <br /> Pat Nagle and hi ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1809 <p>I don&rsquo;t normally find myself out in the sticks, since I&rsquo;m more of a city boy when it comes to beer drinking. Yeah, I find myself at the local watering hole while I walk my dog through the neighborhood, and that isn&rsquo;t all that urb ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1678 <p>The birth of a new beer pub always brings a little tear to my eye. But a new one just steps from my house makes me openly weep like a dad on his daughter&rsquo;s wedding day.<br /> <br /> Such bawling came with the opening of Jake&rsquo;s Bar an ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1573 <p>This is not only the season for holly branches and red ribbon, but of social gatherings with little sandwiches served on silver trays or slabs of meat with peppers and good cheer.<br /> So it is at times like this when people wonder what beers to ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1374 <p>Just because the leaves are falling to the floor like Paris Hilton in a night club bathroom doesn&rsquo;t mean the beer-chugging season is over. It has actually just begun.<br /> <br /> First out of the chute this month in the beer world is a sh ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1236 <p>Beer joints aren&rsquo;t like regular businesses. People don&rsquo;t laugh and share good times in hardware stores. But they do in beer joints. People don&rsquo;t meet new friends or lovers among the racks of sweaters at the Gap. But they do at be ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1089 <p>The Irish have St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day. African-Americans have Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Mexican restaurants get Cinco de Mayo.<br /> <br /> We Germans are losing our holid ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/917 <p>Like every good beer story, this one starts with a bet.<br /> <br /> I was sipping a brew at the Fish Bowl in Olympia with a member of my posse when we had a heated debate about beer. At issue was the fact that I make money drinking beer and he ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/778 <p>George Washington had focus. Martin Luther King Jr. had vision. John Lennon could imagine. Bilbo Baggins knew what he wanted and grasped for that gold ring. None of them had the drive to achieve their goals the way Kevin Cross is focused on reachi ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Brad Allen http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/735 <p>It&rsquo;s been said that the world can never have too many beers. OK, the Weekly Volcano said that. But it&rsquo;s true. So we&rsquo;re thrilled by the launch of the Tacoma Beer Society. The organization hosts its first gathering Wednesday, July ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/617 <p>You likely remember those word-association games we all had to take in high school during those seemingly endless barrages of standardized tests. Here is a flash back of those days. Washington is to beer what California is to wine. So an event thi ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/450 <p>Few beer events are more heart warming and exclusive than the annual tapping of Bob&rsquo;s Brown Ale from Georgetown Brewing Company. Once the brew is gone, it&rsquo;s gone; never will it be sipped again &mdash; until the following year&rsquo;s e ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/341 <p>Barley wine is not for&nbsp; newbies to the beer world. Drinking the brew with a punch will knock out the beer novices before they can finish their first pints if all they are conditioned to drink is the mass-produced brews found in cans at conven ... text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.weeklyvolcano.com Steve Dunkelberger http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/116 It isn&rsquo;t often that the newest brewpub in the South Sound is also one of its oldest, but that&rsquo;s the case these days.<br /> <br /> Months after Alan McWain sold the landmark Spar Cafe, a 71-year-old Olympia hangout and meeting mainstay t ...