What craft beer and comedy have in common is that artists drive them both. Michael Dempster is such an artist. Many years ago, Dempster left Gig Harbor to write comedy for various mediums on the...
Stuff a napkin in your front shirt collar and put down that menu because the Grit and Grain is serving up some Doug Ellenberger this week! In 2001, Ellenberger packed up his 1987 Volvo Station...
For nearly the past decade, Skagit Valley Malting has been providing brewers, distillers, and culinary artisans with a selection of single variety malts from Skagit Valley grown barley. Colin Harvin, who is the new Business...
From Tiny’s Organic farm hand to volunteering at Two Beers Brewing in 2009 to launching the first Seattle-based cidery since Prohibition and changing Washington state liquor laws, Eric Willard has also performed almost every job...
The first and only Advanced Cicerone in Washington state and assistant sensory scientist at John I. Haas Farms in Yakima, Ellensburg resident Rikki Welz brings her hop lab to the Grit & Grain Podcast. Employed...
Ben Chase is known for many glorious things in the Northwest beer world. For instance, when he pulls up to a brewery to grab beer for his Rainier Growlers, he’s often picking up beer for...
Stillwater is the brainchild of Baltimore native Brian Strumke, whose past life as an internationally renowned electronica DJ and producer led him down a path to crafting some of the world’s most unique and highest-rated...
During Prohibition, a rumored blind pig called “The Skoog” poured beer and liquor for Tacomans who, first, could find the speakeasy, and second, knew the password or secret phrase. The Grit & Grain Podcast has...
Russ Heaton opened Doyle’s Public House in Tacoma’s Stadium District at 3 p.m. Monday, April 17 2006. Heaton’s passions continued with the addition of the largest whiskey collection in the state in conjunction to his...
If you ask Ken DesMarets, and we did, which number is greater — the number of breweries he has received a paycheck from or the number of nicknames he’s been called, Kenny T Beerman or...