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Washington Beer

November 11, 2011 By Jay Brooks Leave a Comment

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Today in 1889, Washington became the 42nd state.

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Washington Breweries

  • Adam’s Northwest Bistro and Brewery
  • Airways Brewing Company
  • Aldergrove Brewery
  • Alpine Brewing
  • American Brewing
  • Anacortes Brewhouse
  • Ancient Lakes Brewing
  • Atomic Ale Brewpub and Eatery
  • Back Yard Brewing
  • Bad Jimmy’s Brewery
  • Barhop Brewing
  • Baron Brewing
  • Battenkill Brewing
  • Bellevue Brewing
  • Big Al Brewing
  • Big House Brewing
  • Big Time Brewery & Ale House
  • Big Water Brewing
  • Birdsview Brewing
  • BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery: Tukwila –
  • Black Raven Brewing
  • Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro
  • Brick Road Brewery
  • Budge Brothers Brewery
  • Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen
  • C.I. Shenanigans
  • Coeur d’Alene Brewing
  • Columbia Valley Brewing
  • Der Blokken Brewery
  • Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse
  • Dick’s Brewing
  • Duo Brewing
  • Ellersick Brewing Company
  • Elliott Bay Brewhouse & Pub
  • Elysian Brewery
  • Emerald City Beer Company
  • Engine House #9
  • Epic Ales
  • Everybody’s Brewing
  • Fathom & League Hop Yard Brewery
  • Fish Brewing & Fish Tail Brewpub
  • Five Dons Brewing
  • Flyers Restaurant and Brewery
  • Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery
  • Foggy Noggin Brewery
  • Forecaster’s Public House
  • Fremont Brewing
  • Gallaghers’ Where U Brew
  • Georgetown Brewing
  • Golden Hills Brewing
  • Gordon Biersch Brewing
  • Grey Parrot Brewing
  • Grove Street Brewhouse
  • Hale’s Ales
  • Harbinger Brewhouse
  • Harmon Tap Room
  • Hilliard’s Brewing
  • Hood Canal Brewing
  • Horse Heaven Hills Brewery
  • Ice Harbor Brewing
  • Harmon Pub & Brewery
  • Icicle Brewing
  • Iron Goat Brewing
  • Iron Horse Brewery
  • Island Hoppin’ Brewery
  • Issaquah Brewhouse
  • Kulshan Brewing
  • LaConner Brewing
  • Laht Neppur Brewing
  • Lantern Brewing
  • Laurelwood Public House & Brewery
  • Lazy Boy Brewing
  • Mac and Jack’s Brewery
  • Maritime Pacific Brewing
  • McMenamins East Vancouver; Mill Creek; Olympic Club, Centralia; Spar Café & Bar, Olympia; on the Columbia; Six Arms
  • Methow Valley Brewing
  • Mount Tabor Brewing
  • MT Head Brewing
  • Naked City Brewery & Taproom
  • Northern Ales
  • Northern Lights Brewing
  • North Fork Brewers
  • North Sound Brewing
  • Northwest Peaks Brewery
  • Odin Brewing
  • Olde World Ales and Lagers
  • Old Schoolhouse Brewery
  • 192 Brewing Company
  • Palouse Falls Brewing
  • Paradise Creek Brewery
  • Parker’s Steakhouse
  • Peak’s Pub
  • Pike Brewing
  • Port Townsend Brewing
  • Powerhouse Brewery and Restaurant
  • Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery and Restaurant
  • Ram Restaurant & Brewery: Kent, Lacey, Lakewood, Puyallup, Seattle, Warehouse
  • Rattlesnake Mountain Brewery
  • Redhook Ale Brewery
  • Republic Brewing
  • Riverport Brewing
  • Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery: Bellevue, Seattle
  • Rock Wood Fired Pizza and Brewery
  • Rocky Coulee Brewing
  • Roslyn Brewing
  • Salmon Creek Brewery and Pub
  • Schooner Exact Brewing
  • Scuttlebutt Brewpub
  • 7 Seas Brewing
  • Silver City Brewing
  • Skagit River Brewing
  • Skookum Brewery
  • Skye Book & Brew
  • Snipes Mountain Microbrewery & Restaurant
  • SnoHo Brewing
  • Snoqualmie Falls Brewing
  • Soos Creek Brewing
  • Sound Brewery
  • Stix Billiards & Brewhouse
  • Trade Route Brewing
  • 12 String Brewing Co
  • Two Beers Brewing
  • Two Sisters Brewing
  • Underground Lighthouse Brewing
  • Urban Family Brewing
  • Valhöll Brewing
  • Vashon Brewing
  • Walking Man Brewing
  • West Highland Brewing
  • Westport Brewing
  • White Bluffs Brewing
  • Whitstran Brewing
  • Wingman Brewers
  • Yakima Craft Brewing

Washington Brewery Guides

  • Beer Advocate
  • Beer Me
  • Rate Beer

Guild: Washington Brewers Guild

State Agency: Washington State Liquor Control Board

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  • Capital: Olympia
  • Largest Cities: Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue
  • Population: 5,894,121; 15th
  • Area: 71303 sq.mi., 18th
  • Nickname: The Evergreen State
  • Statehood: 42nd, November 11, 1889

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  • Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
  • Number of Breweries: 123
  • Rank: 2nd
  • Beer Production: 4,403,963
  • Production Rank: 16th
  • Beer Per Capita: 20.8 Gallons

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Package Mix:

  • Bottles: 37.3%
  • Cans: 50%
  • Kegs: 12.4%

Beer Taxes:

  • Per Gallon: $0.26
  • Per Case: $0.59
  • Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $8.08
  • Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $8.08
  • 7% surtax (included in figures shown) added to excise tax rate plus environmental tax of $150 per $1 million value at the producer, wholesaler and retailer levels.

Economic Impact (2010):

  • From Brewing: $222,811,254
  • Direct Impact: $1,297,535,641
  • Supplier Impact: $935,595,943
  • Induced Economic Impact: $1,830,518,353
  • Total Impact: $4,063,649,937

Legal Restrictions:

  • Control State: No
  • 6 a.m.–2 a.m. A local government subdivision may fix later opening hours or earlier closing hours than those here specified
  • Grocery Store Sales: Yes
  • Notes: Beer and wine available in grocery stores and convenience stores every day (including federal holidays) from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Spirits for off-premise consumption are sold only in state-run or state-contracted liquor stores. All state-owned stores are open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-Thurs and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fri-Sat. Contract stores may still set their own hours, but liquor sales may not be rung up before 8 a.m. and may not be rung up after 11 p.m. A handful of state and contract stores are open Sundays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. State stores are open on most federal holidays, excluding New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Contract stores have the option to remain open on any holiday at the discretion of the store manager.
    Currently set to transition to a non-control state by June 2012.

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Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.

For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.

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