Episode 23: Donna Herren

December 9, 2022

We’re keeping the Tacoma Beer Royalty drive alive. The Grit & Grain Podcast sat down with another of our longtime friends Donna Herren who has been the beer/wine/cheese director for at Tacoma Boys Market on Sixth Avenue for more than 20 years. In Episode 23, Donna discusses what her beer section replaced at the store, what were her early favorite breweries, how her buying habits have changed, her love for pirates, her beer review escapades with John O’Gara and Mick Wilcox, and the infamous E9 Brewing back alley weekly brutal drink sessions.

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