Ice Harbor Brewing Company
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Ice Harbor Brewing Company is a brewery
founded in Pasco, Washington
in 1996 by two former workers at the Hanford Site
. They entered this venture after buying the Meheen & Collins brewery.
The brewery
is located in what was once a grain mill at 206 N. Benton St. in Kennewick, Washington
. This building serves as a brewery, and as a brewpub. The menu offers sandwiches
and various fare as well as the brewery's creations. The brewpub recently installed a beer engine
, which allows the beer to be pulled from the cask, rather than pushed by carbon dioxide
gas. The brewpub is believed to be the only Tri-City brewpub that uses such a device.
Recently, Ice Harbor Brewing had opened its second pub, which is located at the Port of Kennewick's commercial building at 350 Clover Island Dr. on Clover Island in Kennewick. The pub opened in late October 2007, and features much of the same brews and fare at the Railroad Avenue brewpub, but without the homebrewing inventory.
(bbl) system and uses a single-stage infusion mash
system. The brewery is capable of producing an annual yield of 1300 bbls, both for sale outside the brewery and in the brewpub.
In addition to being a brewery and a brewpub, Ice Harbor also sells homebrewing
equipment and supplies. They also provide monthly classes for beginning homebrewers as well as the meeting place for the local homebrew club the Mid-Columbia Zymurgy Association.
s and lagers, all of which have names that reflect the local area.
beer
is brewed in the style of the beers of Cologne
, Germany
. Light in color, dry and refreshing. This is one of the company's best sellers.
-charged version of this stout is often made available arount St. Patrick's Day.
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
founded in Pasco, Washington
Pasco, Washington
Pasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
in 1996 by two former workers at the Hanford Site
Hanford Site
The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. The site has been known by many names, including Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW, Hanford Nuclear Reservation...
. They entered this venture after buying the Meheen & Collins brewery.
The brewery
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
is located in what was once a grain mill at 206 N. Benton St. in Kennewick, Washington
Kennewick, Washington
Kennewick is a city in Benton County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, near the Hanford nuclear site. It is the most populous of the three cities collectively referred to as the Tri-Cities...
. This building serves as a brewery, and as a brewpub. The menu offers sandwiches
Sandwiches
"Sandwiches" is a song by American electronic band Detroit Grand Pubahs. It reached number 29 in the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.- Track listing :...
and various fare as well as the brewery's creations. The brewpub recently installed a beer engine
Beer engine
A beer engine is a device for pumping beer, originally manually operated and typically used to dispense beer from a cask or container in a pub's basement or cellar. It was invented by the locksmith and hydraulic engineer Joseph Bramah in 1797...
, which allows the beer to be pulled from the cask, rather than pushed by carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
gas. The brewpub is believed to be the only Tri-City brewpub that uses such a device.
Recently, Ice Harbor Brewing had opened its second pub, which is located at the Port of Kennewick's commercial building at 350 Clover Island Dr. on Clover Island in Kennewick. The pub opened in late October 2007, and features much of the same brews and fare at the Railroad Avenue brewpub, but without the homebrewing inventory.
The Brewery
The brewery (located at 206 N. Benton St., #C in Kennewick) uses a 10-barrelBarrel (unit)
A barrel is one of several units of volume, with dry barrels, fluid barrels , oil barrel, etc...
(bbl) system and uses a single-stage infusion mash
Mashing
In brewing and distilling, mashing is the process of combining a mix of milled grain , known as the "grain bill", and water, known as "liquor", and heating this mixture...
system. The brewery is capable of producing an annual yield of 1300 bbls, both for sale outside the brewery and in the brewpub.
In addition to being a brewery and a brewpub, Ice Harbor also sells homebrewing
Homebrewing
Homebrewing is the brewing of beer, wine, sake, mead, cider, perry and other beverages through fermentation on a small scale as a hobby for personal consumption, free distribution at social gatherings, amateur brewing competitions or other non-commercial reasons...
equipment and supplies. They also provide monthly classes for beginning homebrewers as well as the meeting place for the local homebrew club the Mid-Columbia Zymurgy Association.
The Beers
Ice Harbor Brewing provides a wide variety of handcrafted aleAle
Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a warm fermentation with a strain of brewers' yeast. The yeast will ferment the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste...
s and lagers, all of which have names that reflect the local area.
Columbia Kölsch
This KölschKölsch (beer)
Kölsch, also written Koelsch, is a local beer specialty brewed in Cologne, Germany. It is a clear beer with a bright straw-yellow hue, and it has a prominent, but not extreme, hoppiness. It is less bitter than the standard German pale lager. Furthermore, Kölsch is warm fermented at a temperature...
beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
is brewed in the style of the beers of Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Light in color, dry and refreshing. This is one of the company's best sellers.
Sternwheeler Stout
Closely modeled after the classic Irish stout. A nitrogenNitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.08% by volume of Earth's atmosphere...
-charged version of this stout is often made available arount St. Patrick's Day.