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| 12/21/2022 | Updated | Craft Beer, Savor - Food & Fun, Wine, Cider & Spirits |   

Year End Wrap-Up of Bellingham’s Beer, Wine and Cocktail Scene

As another year comes to a close, we look back on a year of good memories...and even better drinks! Bellingham and Whatcom County are known for their great breweries, and for good reason. See for yourself why so many people flock to our corner of the Pacific Northwest to sample craft beers, ciders, and even wines as we reflect on another big year of awards and honors. 

GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL  

  • GOLD: German Sour Ale: Trackside – Gose    
  • GOLD: Brown Porter - Transporter    

WASHINGTON BEER AWARDS

  • GOLD: International-Style Pilseners - Sunnyland - Mexican Lager  
  • GOLD: American-Style Strong Pale Ales - Sunnyland       
  • SILVER: Irish-Style Red Ales - Red Cap       
  • BRONZE: Imperial or Double India Pale Ales - Sunnyland - Bull Of The Woods   
  • BRONZE: American Amber Ales: Sunnyland - Local Amber              
  • BRONZE: Session Beers: Sunnyland - New Moon    

BEST OF THE NORTHWEST BEER AWARDS  

  • GOLD: Lager - Premium Lager              
  • JUDGE'S PICK: Mainstays - Heliotrope  
  • JUDGE'S PICK: Porter -  Transporter        
  • JUDGE'S PICK: Fruited Sour Ale – Raspberry Goose        

GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL  

  • SILVER: Golden or Blonde Ale - Blonde Ale

GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL  

  • SILVER: German Sour Ale - Champagne Toast 

WASHINGTON BEER AWARDS

  • SILVER: Wood & Barrel Aged Beers - Wild Warehouse       
  • BRONZE: Wood & Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts – Earlybird        

 

WASHINGTON BEER AWARDS 

  • BRONZE: Chili Pepper Beers - Conditus Lager    

NORTH AMERICAN BREWERS ASSOCIATION

  • GOLD: Bavarian-Style Wheat Beer - Gold Garden Party Hefeweizen 

WASHINGTON BEER AWARDS

  • BRONZE: American-Style Sour Ales - Cucumber Berliner Weisse                
  • BRONZE: Belgian-Style Fruit Beers – Electricberryland

WASHINGTON BEER AWARDS

  • SILVER: Spice, Field and Herb Beers  - Christmas In July                   
  • SILVER: Collaboration Beers: Beach Cat Brewing & Anacortes Brewery - Raspberry Purrrree          

WASHINGTON BEER AWARDS

  • GOLD: American-Style India Pale Lagers - Metal Bridge               

                              

BELLINGHAM NW WINE FESTIVAL

  • DOUBLE GOLD: Delilah Raspberry Table Wine
  • DOUBLE GOLD: Framboise Raspberry Dessert Wine
  • SILVER: Yakima Valley Resiling

SUNSET INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION  

  • GOLD: Yakima Valley Resiling
  • SILVER: Oro Hazelnut Dessert Wine

EAST MEETS WEST CHALLENGE

  • BEST OF CLASS: Yakima Valley Resiling

BEST OF THE NORTHWEST SPIRITS AWARD

  • GOLD: Holiday Cinnamon Aged Vodka


CIDERCRAFT AWARDS 

  • JUDGE'S PICK: Rosé

Darach Brewery 

This new brewery on State Street in Downtown Bellingham is a taproom-focused brewery focused on "wild and spontaneous fermentation." They are dog- and kid-friendly, and also offer various local beers, ciders, and wines.

District Brewing 

In 2022, this Mount Vernon brewery opened a new location in Ferndale, just north of Bellingham. In addition to two dozens taps serving up delicious District brews along with other local beers and ciders, they also offer a food menu featuring burgers and more than 10 flavors of chicken wings. 

Welcome Road Winery Tasting Room

Kids and pups are both welcome in this tasting room in the heart of Downtown Bellingham's Arts District. 

The Barrel House - The North Fork Brewery 

Now you can enjoy delicious North Fork beers in Bellingham! The Deming-based brewery expanded in summer of 2022, creating a dedicated location for fermenting as well as a taproom where Bellinghamsters can taste the brewery's sour projects, ales and lagers from their Deming location, along with various collaboration brews. Though the Bellingham location doesn't offer pizza or food, it does have the same beer-shrine vibes as its mountain town counterpart. 

        We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.
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