Red Hook is finding out the hard way. They are closing their doors and I have to say I'm not sorry. In or around 1980 they opened up in a friend of mine's warehouse and was the best beer ever. They just got better and better as they expanded to The Fremont Trolley House. Then Budweiser bought...
Ha ha no I'm a ******* fishing but the same area as the crabbers. Most have gone home now. Spent a great couple of weeks with fellow fishermen in Whitefish this winter. Loved it. Can't wait to get home and try my Pilsen!
Anyone know anything about the original Red Hook/ Ballard Bitters yeast?
Was my favorite until they got into financial trouble and brought Budweiser
in.They moved out of Ballard and started making "Bud Amber" I would love to find it. It was the most distinctive yeast ever. Is it lost forever...
I'm fishing now but will be back home to Raymond WA in a couple of weeks. I've been brewing since 1990 and have a Morebeer 2050. I brew with my son Joe and we own The Pitchwood Alehouse in Raymond. We don't sell our own beer there but we have taken first place twice in the Willapa Festival. Both...