So it’s been almost a year since I managed to have time to get back to the blog.  I took a full time job that requires a lot of nights and, frankly, makes me feel like i don’t want to do anything that resembles work on the weekends. However, I really miss the blog and putting my thoughts out there for the world.

So in June, I joined the Washington Association of Beer Lovers (WABL).  I went to the big beer festival at Marymoor Park in Bellevue sponsored by the group and it seemed to make sense. I think membership was about $30. I got a free t-shirt, which I never wear, and a passport to get stamped at breweries around the state.  So far, I am at 35 stamps.

Although I have pictures and notes from all 35 breweries, I am not sure it would be productive to try to put all that out there now. At this point, there are a few places that I don’t remember well.

Thirty five breweries in about 6 months is quite a feat, if I do say so myself. You might wonder how I was able to do that as that is pretty much a brewery a week. Well some things helped– I had relatives in town and we took them to Bainbridge (so there’s Bainbridge Brewery) and I had a couple of business trips to Spokane which got me NoLi, Iron Goat, Black Label, and River City. I am hoping to go back and hit a few more. I need to get back down to Olympia and hit Fish again. I also haven’t been back to the Ballard or Freemont areas of Seattle since I got the passport. I think with those areas alone, I will hit my 50 mark.

So now you wonder, why do I want to get 50 stamps? Well, if I get 50 stamps, I get a new membership for free with another t-shirt. This means I get to start all over again!

I promise to get back into blogging and keep you much more in the loop about my adventures get those last 15 stamps.