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Oktoberfest is still in full swing. Here are some Northwest festivals you can attend this weekend

By Anjuli Dodhia October 6, 2022

Alphorn ensemble, Leavenworth Oktoberfest 2022

From the first festival held in Munich over 200 years ago, Oktoberfest has spread around the world, even to Northwest Public Broadcasting! If the drinking songs and autumn music you hear on NWPB Classical has you in the mood to attend an Oktoberfest in your area, here are a few festivals happening in October. Read More

‘It’s The…Demand’? Iconic Northwest Beer Brand Olympia Says Farewell, At Least For Now

By NWPB News January 27, 2021

There have been many bumps in the road for Olympia Beer ever since it was founded 125 years ago. Now fans are once again buckling up for what's ahead. Olympia Beer announced Monday that it is pausing production.Read More

A Farm-To-Bottle Movement Takes Off In The Northwest, Searching For The ‘Taste Of Here’

By Tom Banse January 28, 2019

Sandstone Distillery owner John Bourdon wants his liquor to display the terroir of the grains it was made from. TOM BANSE / N3

Some Northwest distillers, brewers, farmers and university researchers are exploring if there is a way to highlight and sell the taste of the local "terroir."Read More

Bye-Bye, Beer? Brewers Say They’ve Got A Plan On Climate Change Ahead Of Possible Price Jump

By NPR News October 20, 2018

The barley used to make beer as we know it may take a hit under climate change, but growers say they are already preparing by planting it further north in colder locations. CREDIT: DEAN HUTTON/BLOOMBERG

Newly published research predicting beer prices could double as rising global temperatures and more volatile weather cause shortages of barley created a big splash. But brewers and barley growers say you shouldn't drown your sorrows just yet: They have a plan.Read More

It’s The Water … That Helped Extinguish Flames At Old Olympia Brewery In Tumwater

By Austin Jenkins October 8, 2018

Tumwater firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at the old Olympia Brewery complex Monday, Oct. 8. CREDIT: AUSTIN JENKINS/N3

Fire consumed an abandoned building in the Olympia Brewery Complex in Tumwater early Monday, Oct. 8. The Olympia beer name is now owned by Pabst Brewing Company and brewed under contract by MillerCoors in California, but still distributed widely throughout the Northwest. Read More

Oregon Launches First Statewide Refillable Bottle System In US

By Cassandra Profita August 29, 2018

Double Mountain Brewery founder Matt Swihart grabs freshly bottled pale ale from the bottling line in Hood River. The brewery's new beer is among the first to be sold in Oregon's new refillable beer bottles. CREDIT: CASSANDRA PROFITA

The next time you’re shopping for beer in Oregon, take a close look at the bottle. A select few will be thicker and heavier than usual with the word “refillable” stamped into the glass.Read More

Bitter Brew: Northwest Craft Beer Industry Feeling Bite From Metals Tariffs

By Tom Banse July 27, 2018

Mobile canning service company Craft Canning + Bottling of Portland and some 60 of its clients have felt pain from the aluminum tariff the U.S. recently imposed. CREDIT: JIM NEWMAN - CRAFT CANNING

The craft brewing industry in the Northwest is starting to feel pain from the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs. Those metals are made into beer cans, kegs and fermentation tanks.Read More