And if they have cool or memorable glassware, I cave and pick some up much to the chagrin of my spouse, heh. Fortunately they are not just souvenirs but also useful, as I always drink out of my glassware collection, cycling through them to ensure that they all get some use. Having now accumulated samples from over 90 breweries around the country, and also noticing that some of the logos are beginning to fade, I thought it would be fun to document them through photographs and a bit of history.
Tulip Pint. Edgewood is a small town near Tacoma, WA, which I visit yearly these days to check out the local breweries. It feels closer to a tulip goblet in a way, but is wide at the bottom. Hence why it is in my collection now! Willi Becher. Aslan is a fairly well-distributed brewery in the area, so when we went to Bellingham in the summer of I deemed it worth a visit to see their home location. Their brewpub conveniently had viable food options for everyone in the family definitely a challenge when travelling!
Glass-wise, this is just your standard Willi Becher, but I liked the graphic design enough to claim a souvenir from my visit. Shaker Pint. The usual path to get to Portland from the Seattle area is to head straight south on I However, if you take a little jog west just as you cross into Oregon, you can visit Astoria, OR on the Pacific coast, which sports several nice breweries. I remember this one as having a nice heavy wood bar and this glass with gold hilights a bit hard to make out in the photo.
Another glass from our San Diego trip. The full-color graphics that wrap all the way around the glass are definitely unique. Another glass I picked up on our trip to Port Angeles. I think this is where I first got the bug to start collecting glasses from breweries we visited.
Definitely a fun name and a cuteβ if controversial βlogo. Beer was good too! Bellevue Brewing Company was one of my primary watering holes for after-work meetups while I was still at Microsoft. It helped that the program manager I worked with most closely was related to one of the main bartenders there, so it was easy to get reservations or squeeze in during busy times.
