2009 in the rear view mirror

WashingtonBeerBlog’s challenge to guess how many breweries they visited this year got me to thinking, how many did we visit? I’ve been tracking new breweries we visit for some time now, but have never actually done a list of all the breweries we visited during a year. Well, after doing so, I was a bit surprised. In 2009 we made it to a total of 65 breweries or brewpubs, 27 new ones, in five states. We had a litlte extra motivation this year, as we were trying to turn in 3 WABL passports to get a six pack of WABL Tankards… well we did it. For those of you that aren’t WABL Members, everytime you visit a Washington Brewery, Brewpub or Sponsor you get a stamp in your WABL Passport. When you get fifteen different stamps in your passport, you send it in, and get a special WABL gift, a tankard in 2009.

Outside of Washington we made trips to Maui and the Big Island, Austin, Hood River, Portland and Astoria. We also made it to our 200^th Brewery… (512) in Austin. Of course, the other big development was the creation of GoodBeerTrips, where we are now documenting our trips. I look forward to 2010 as we continue on our Good Beer Trips and sharing our thoughts about them here.

Here is the 2009 list, new ones in Bold….

1. (512) Brewing, Austin TX
2. Amnesia, Portland OR
3. Anacortes Brewpub, Anacortes WA
4. Astoria Brewing Co., Astoria OR
5. Baron Brewing, Seattle  WA
6. Big Al’s, Seattle WA
7. Big Horse Ales, Hood River OR
8. Big Time, Seattle WA
9. Black Raven, Redmond WA
10. Boundary Bay, Bellingham WA
11. CB Potts, Cenntenial CO
12. Chuckunut, Bellingham WA
13. Deschutes, Portland OR
14. Diamond Knot, Mukiteo WA
15. Dick’s Brewing, Centralia WA
16. Double Mountain, Hood River OR
17. Draught House, Austin TX
18. Elliot Bay, Seattle WA
19. Elliot Bay, Burien WA
20. Elliot Glacier, Parkdale OR
21. Elysian, Seattle WA
22. Elysian Fields, Seattle WA
23. Fish Brewing,  Olympia WA
24. Fort George, Astoria OR
25. Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg TX
26. Freemont Brewing, Seattle WA
27. Full Sail, Portland OR
28. Full Sail, Hood River OR
29. Georgetown Brewing,     Seattle WA
30. Gilligan’s, Seattle WA
31. Gordon-Biersch,  Seattle WA
32. Hale’s, Seattle WA
33. Harmon, Tacoma WA
34. Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland OR
35. Issaquah Brewhouse, Issaquah WA
36. Jolly Roger Taproom, Maritime Seattle WA
37. Kona Brewpub, Kailua-Kona HI
38. Maritime Pacific, Seattle WA
39. Maui Brewing Company, Lahaina HI
40. McMenamins – Edgefield, Troutdale OR
41. McMenamins – Queen Ann, Seattle WA
42. McMenamins- Six Arms,  Seattle WA
43. McMenamins-Dad Watson’s,  Freemont WA
44. Mehana Brewing, Hilo HI
45. Mount Hood Brewing Co, Government Camp OR
46. Naked City, Seattle WA
47. New Old Lompoc, Portland OR
48. North Fork, Deming WA
49. North By Northwest, Austin TX
50. Pike Brewing, Seattle WA
51. Pyramid Brewery, Seattle WA
52. Ram – Northgate, Seattle WA
53. Ram – U-village, Seattle WA
54. Real Ale, Blanco TX
55. Red Hook Brewery, Woodinville WA
56. Rock Bottom, Seattle WA
57. Rock Bottom , Denver CO
58. Schooner Exact, Seattle WA
59. Scuttlebutt, Everett WA
60. Skagit River, Mount Vernon WA
61. Skookum Brewery, Arlington WA
62. Snoqualmie Brewery, Snoqualmie WA
63. Two Beers, Seattle WA
64. Uncle Billy’s Brew&Que, Austin TX
65. Upright Brewing, Portland OR

Cheers!