Cathy's Blog

I recently compiled a list of restaurants, breweries, brewpubs, and good beer reads that I follow on Twitter.
http://cathy.swenton.com/wa-beer-tweets/

You can also find a list of my favorite breweries and brewpubs that I’ve reviewed on Yelp. One of them might even have been featured in the Yelp Weekly newsletter for Seattle (just throwing that out there)!

Best WA Breweries/Brewpubs
Where to find the best beer in Washington (in my opinion)!
http://www.yelp.com/list/best-wa-breweries-brewpubs-seattle

Fantastic Seattle Beer Bars
If you love your beer, these places are a MUST visit! They may not brew their own beer, but they sure know how to keep the best beer on tap!
http://www.yelp.com/list/fantastic-seattle-beer-bars-seattle

WABL Favorites
Collect ‘em all (the stamps that is)…the best Washington Association of Beer Lover’s destinations!
http://www.yelp.com/list/wabl-favorites-seattle

Last night, we welcomed the newest graduates from Northeastern University to the Northwest! We held the event at Black Raven Brewing which recently opened up in the Redmond, WA area.

The turnout was 15 alumni and 2 guests of the alumni. I would like to thank everyone who came out for the event to welcome our recent grads! I will be honest; it was really cool to have my sister there too!

Check out photos from the event and brewery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/swenton/sets/72157621059788985/

This weekend is one of my most favorite weekends of the year and I loving being here in Washington for it. It’s the Washington Brewer’s Festival which is held each year at St. Edwards State Park in Kenmore, WA. Now, I’m sure you thought I was going to say that Father’s Day weekend is my favorite weekend, but when you live exactly 2,897 miles away from your father, I couldn’t imagine a better way to celebrate in his honor!

We’ll be heading out to Kenmore on Saturday to taste beers from all over the country; from as far away as Alaska and Delaware and as close as 10 minutes from my house!

Don’t miss this weekend, as it’s the place to be for the best craft beers around! Just note that if you’re planning to travel from Seattle to the Eastside, 520 will be closed for the entire weekend!

My List “Fantastic Seattle Beer Bars” was featured today in the Seattle Weekly Yelp newsletter. Of course, I don’t actually subscribe to the newsletter so it was my friend (who now lives in St. Louis but loves to keep up on Seattle happenings) who let me know that I was featured.

This is one of my prized lists besides the WABL (Washington Associate of Beer Lover’s) List where I record the best places in WA to drink and enjoy great beer. Since we are constantly traveling in search of good beer, I am able to constantly keep my lists up to date.

Anyway, I hope to create more lists in the future as I think they are a great way to compile and group restaurants, breweries, and attractions while seeing how much I enjoyed them at the same time. Stay tuned for a Yakima (all you can eat, drink, and have fun) list from our recent Memorial Day Weekend adventure!