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new release

beerthirst has brought red hook back to bc and to celebrate they're giving away a beer fridge: GET HOOKED ON REDHOOK 2015 IS THE YEAR OF THE SESSIONABLE CRAFT BEER!   Beerthirst.com is proud to announce the release of Redhook Brewing Company’s deliciously sessionable craft beer, now available in British Columbia and is soon to be available in Alberta. CRUSHABLE CRAFT SINCE 1981 Redhook Brewery was born out of the energy and spirit of the 80’s in the heart of Seattle. From this modest start in a former transmission shop in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, Redhook has become one of America’s best known craft breweries. While Redhook has grown up over the past 30 years, one thing has never changed, brewing great beer and having fun doing it. And now it’s available in BC and AB! Redhook is the OG of craft beer, brewing balanced and sessionable beers with more flavors and aromas than super-premium import and domestic beers. Redhook drinkers are able to enjoy...

red hook

red hook gets fined by OSHA over worker's death

monday night football

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and for last night's monday night football to pair with fish tacos (with tons of awesome guacamole):

seattle

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i had a lovely weekend in seattle a weekend is never long enough so there wasn't a whole lot of beer tourism on my part but i got in as much as i could! saturday: pike brewing: i was looking for breakfast at 11:00 but they just have a lunch and dinner menu so i made do with a pretzel and xxxxx stout mustard, with a cup of their crab chowder which were quite delightful - yay oyster crackers! (deschutes' pretzel is better though...) i started with the seasonal space needle ipa pike beat out the competition to win the rights to brew the beer for the space needle's 50th anniversary dry-hopped to heck, it features centennial, cascade, columbus, chinook and summit shockingly enough for seattle the sun disappeared and it started to torentially downpour what else to do but stay and have a few more beers?? next up, the imperial ipa which at 8% is served in a 12oz pour the space needle ipa is supposed to be golden, but i didn't really see a colour...

redhook update

redhook brewery issues update about lethal keg explosion

sadness

sad news from red hook today one of their employees was killed when a keg exploded a very sad day for red hook and all craft beer drinkers more coverage of the story official statement from red hook