8/16/2023 0 Comments Scuttlebutt brewery t shirts![]() She’s the “Scuttlebutt” of the enterprise. “I’d seen an article about home brewing and I said, ‘Hey, that looks like fun,’” Bannan said. That family business, which today employs about 75 people, started with a home-brewing kit Bannan’s wife bought him in 1990. Said Cattle, “He’s contributed significantly to the community through his public service, and he’s built a great family business.” “Phil is such a terrific gentleman and a good person, I’m really glad he was chosen Entrepreneur of the Year,” Langus said. Others agreed, including Langus and Port of Everett attorney Brad Cattle. “I just think he’s as good as you’ve got in Everett,” Lane said. ![]() “He’s a self-starter, he’s loyal and he has vision,” Lane said.Īdd to that a willingness to do whatever needs to be done - whether it be sweeping the floor or hefting beer kegs - as well as a propensity to think things through before taking action, and it’s clear Bannan is the right guy for Entrepreneur of the Year, he said. said.Ĭar dealership owner Dwayne Lane, a regular at the restaurant, said he has a lot of respect for Bannan. His father is a very smart man and a good sounding board, Phil Jr. He and his wife have four grown children: Maggie, twins Judy and Janet and son, Phil Jr., who manages the restaurant. If you veer East off the trail near the northern end, you can make it to Snohomish, home of 6 impressive breweries who have joined forces to make a beer map with a free pint glass.These days Bannan, 75, owns a microbrewery near downtown Everett and a restaurant on the waterfront. From there it is just a short jaunt into downtown Everett where At Large Brewing and Scuttlebutt complete the #DrinkLocalEverett punchcard. The trail eventually leads all the way to Everett where it passes right by Lazy Boy, Middleton, and Crucible, 3 breweries that form a power triangle of awesomeness. If you instead advance north on the trail you pass by Edmonds which is secretly home to great breweries like American and Salish Sea and the insanely famous Gallaghers' You Brew. If you make it south enough to reach the end of Fremont Ave, you aren’t far from the Ship Canal Trail which connects you to another dozen breweries and the Cycling Cicerone punch card. While riding Fremont Ave, you are mere blocks away from four breweries in Greenwood including Washington Beer Talk breweries Lantern and Flying Bike. Just make note that Google Maps seems to think that riding on Fremont Ave is impossible even though it’s actually quite ideal for bikes with cars not being allowed to drive straight through, leaving the route mostly open for us 2-wheelies. Since the trail is split into two sections, North and South, with a large no-bikes land where Seattle owns the real estate, Fremont Ave makes a good stand-in for the Interurban if you want to connect into the dozen breweries around Ballard and Fremont. The Interurban-Burke Gilman Connector trail is a vague network of unfriendly-to-bikes streets marked by vaguer signs that make up the merest sliver of the realization of the glimmer in the eyes of a bike-loving city council member. At this point in the trail, non-useful signs can be found littering the city that point* you towards the trail representing at least an awareness that Seattle is the only city along the route not to pitch in to build it. The luxurious paved pathway occasionally ends and is replaced by bike lanes on shared use roads for minor stretches especially in the area around Seattle where the city council can’t be bothered to drop thin another dime on bike infrastructure. While it has its flaws, I still consider it to be one of the most useful trails in town. ![]() Built in the nineties long after the original rail line closed down in 1939, it does a pretty good job of bridging the gap between the major city centers north of Seattle. The Interurban Trail is part of Rails to Trails. It turns out that it connects 3 different punch cards together where you can earn free swag including 2 different pint glasses and a t-shirt created by yours truly. It’s worth giving that little bike path a little more attention since it makes so many breweries accessible by bike. ![]() In this weeks Washington Beer Talk, I mention the interurban trail. ![]()
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