Food & Drink
Solar-Powered Brewery Opens in Once Beer-Starved Kirkland
Maelstrom Brewing Company makes its Eastside debut Thursday.
By nature, brewing beer isn’t the greenest endeavor. The energy and water it takes to brew a 50-barrel batch is enough to make Al Gore pull his hair out. A flat roof with direct sunlight isn’t usually the first thing aspiring brewery owners look for in a building. But the solar-panel potential was a definite…
Woodinville Whiskey Co. Acquired by Liquor Conglomerate Moet Hennessy
Another Washington craft distillery has been bought out.
While it’s more frequently microbreweries making buy-out headlines, the trend of liquor conglomerates snatching up the little guys hasn’t escaped the spirits world. Woodinville Whiskey Co. is Washington’s latest craft distillery to be acquired. On Wednesday it was announced that Moet Hennessy, the parent company that owns Hennessy cognac and Dom Perignon, has purchased the…
The Pushback Against ‘Privatizing’ Green Lake Community Center
The community roared its objections against a public-private partnership to renovate the community center. Is such an arrangement ever appropriate?
Green Lake Community Center is showing its age; cost of needed repairs is estimated at $25 million.
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