Make a salient, valid point about a controversial subject, people attack you for mentioning the controversial subject. O.o

apparently not by Nick Denton :P

Love or hate the now dead Gawker [gawker.com] but it's story should be a reminder never to piss off a billionaire.

Totally with you. I make a point to drink local beer. Local spirits is usually a bit more challenging, but I did manage to do so in Utah last week :)

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Some will undoubted grow. 7 Seas, for instance, just opened up a huge brewery/taproom in Tacoma in order to keep up with demand.

Perhaps the most shocking was finding a beer from Oregon (Rogue Brewery) in a liquor store in Tel Aviv.

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7 Seas is very reasonably priced in the taproom ($4 a pint). I believe Gig Harbor Distillery's prices are also reasonable, but I haven't personally checked.

the liquor laws (which vary by state) may also have something to do with it as well…

it's also somewhat of an upscale town. That said Tacoma (across the bridge) has quite a few also, including a new 7 Seas Taproom (they just expanded).

Actually it's ridiculous how many breweries there are in the Pacific Northwest.

always a good person to blame stuff on. ?

Damn, I had no idea Gig Harbor had THREE local breweries. It's not that big a town. ?