Good Morning, Mashing-In News: Hallowed Ground Coffee Dunkel, Portland Beer Week 2025
GOOD MORNING, SOUTH PUGET SOUND!
Thursday, June 5, 2025 — Mark Wahlberg turns 54 today, C’mon, c’mon!
Hallowed Ground Coffee Dunkel Release Party
Launching today, Hallowed Ground Coffee Dunkel is a unique collaboration between The Beer Junction, Ladd & Lass Brewing, and Tacoma’s Outer Dark Coffee, which blends Outer Dark’s Form and Void espresso with El Puente Colombian beans. The release party runs from 6–9 p.m. at The Beer Junction, featuring pour-over tastings and cans to-go. (Washington Beer Blog)
Portland Beer Week 2025
Portland Beer Week 2025 is set to take place from June 13 to June 22, offering a 10-day celebration of craft beer across the city. This event features over 100 happenings, including limited-edition brews, a lineup of events, and beer specials at bars and brewpubs citywide, overflowing with so much hop fever that the “week” spills into ten full days of thirst-quenching fun. (Portland Beer Week)
Flying Lion Light Beer Fest
Seattle’s Flying Lion Brewing celebrates the abundance of daylight with its second annual Light Beer Fest. This year’s three-day event will take place from June 27 to 29. Each day brings an entirely different lineup of beers from Flying Lion and guest breweries, including Bizarre Brewing, Machine House Brewery, Seapine Brewing, The Good Society Brewery, Bellevue Brewing, and Four Generals Brewing. (Washington Beer Blog)
Aluminum Tariffs Hit Breweries
President Trump signed a Proclamation to increase the tariff on steel and aluminum to 50%. Aluminum tariffs have hit brewers particularly hard due to their reliance on aluminum cans to package most beer, as approximately 76% of all U.S. packaged beer is sold in cans. (Brewers Association)
NBB Leads ABI in Craft Volume
In 2024, New Belgium Brewery, led by its Voodoo Ranger sub-brand, overtook ABI’s craft brewing portfolio on volume, churning out 1.864 million barrels to the much bigger firm’s 1.79 million. New Belgium Brewery now sits in second place for the largest “big craft” producer in the country behind Molson Coors. (VinePair)
Godfather of New Zealand Craft Beer
His name may ring a bell – “Emerson’s” is branded on the red-banner logo that sits on the label of some of the country’s most loved craft brews. Richard Emerson’s has been a paragon of the Dunedin brewing scene since it was first founded in 1992. From its conception on a kitchen stovetop to early production using repurposed dairy vats, it’s not just the brewery that has a fascinating history. (The Press)
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