Past Events

Join us for our annual Legislative Hill Climb!  All WA Brewers Guild members are welcome to attend this busy, fun and productive full-day at the Capitol.  Hill Climb starts with a morning prep session, where we cover the issues and talking points for meetings with legislators.  Brewers are then paired up for afternoon meetings with their Representatives and Senators.  We cap off the night with a Legislative Reception, co-hosted with the WA Restaurants Association. We make the appointments for you…

Washington Cask Beer Festival is one of the largest and longest-running events of its kind! This truly special event features only beers that are conditioned naturally, without artificially introducing CO2 into the cask. Beers are poured by gravity or via a beer engine and served at cellar temp to let the flavor nuances shine. It’s fresh, unfiltered, and simply one of the best ways to enjoy craft beer. Held each year in the heart of Seattle, this is a can’t…

The Brewers Association's Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® will return to our nation’s capital, April 10-13, 2017. See you in D.C.! Attendee registration will begin in December 2016. For More Info, visit: http://www.craftbrewersconference.com/news/see-next-year-washington-d-c-april-10-13  

  Agenda: Welcome and Intros Guild Activities Update Legislative and Regulatory Report Guest Speakers: Brayn Consulting, covering valuable tax incentive info for breweries, including: R&D Tax Credit – a powerful federal incentive available for brewers that create and test new brews, and develop new and improved brewing capabilities 199 Domestic Production Activities Deduction (199 DPAD) – federal incentive available for brewers that are producing beer for sale Cost segregation/179D Energy efficiency deduction – incentives for brewers that purchase or make…

WBG "Office Hours" August 21st Postdoc Brewing, Redmond 11am-2pm The WA Brewers Guild Executive Director and Membership Coordinator will be working from Postdoc on August 21, 2019 and would love for any brewers in the area to stop by for any Q&A on guild activities.

Upcoming WBG Members Meeting and WA Beer Commission Strategic Planning Meeting: The next guild members meeting will be on September 10th from 6pm-8pm at Diamond Knot's Mountlake Terrace location. The meeting will follow the WA Beer Commission's annual strategic planning meeting and all WA breweries are welcome to attend.  Agenda coming soon.