TREVOR TALKS
by TERI April 1,
2025
No More Emails From Teri! On Tuesday, April 1, we became the proud owners of a brewery. A big one: 10BBL in Woodinville, WA. While the brewhouse is fairly large, the taproom and pub are are not so much. We have to do a fair bit of reworking to make things usable/comfy, like build a bar and and barstools for regulars... assuming there will be any!
But this means that there will be no more brewdays at the house. It also means no more emails from my Uglyboxes account! The mailing list will now be sent from the official Toll Bridge Brewing Company email! It is way cool to be able to say that!
Many people responded positively to the email. If you would like to see the comments, click on the link on the side. Fair warning. I edited some of them to remove some more personal content, missing words, and/or added punctuation. You know, moderator-type stuff. 😜
by TERI April 12,
2025
And here we are. Prepping for opening the best we can.
As you can see, we have a new layout for the blog! We are now going to be doing things a little differently. While we will have a live, invite-only chat channel, Bluesky, and the blog, some of the news will be announced on the website front page, but only the top three big NEWS items for the week will go there.
Here is where all the past articles will be linked. That means even EVERYTHING from the old "What's Brewin' Bellevue" blog we used to write between 2008 and 2010 to the last three years of heartache.
As you can see one of the changes I made here is to add some comments to the articles. They will be vetted and edited for content. If you want to comment on an article here, email me. If you want to comment on Bluesky instead, that is perfectly fine -- even encouraged!
Of course, my PREFERRED way of talking to you would be to have you come into the pub and comment in person over a pint, but that is me!
by TERI April 30,
2025
SLOWLY coming together! Almost too slowly.
You will note that our WSLCB and TTB endorsements are not on the license yet. They are pending according to the website. The state and city decided to issue it anyway for some reason, maybe so we could buy swag and not get taxed? Too late!
We haven't been able to figure out how to get the resellers' permit on their website either.
by TERI April 30,
2025OH MY!
Our list of things to do before we open is getting shorter. We have ordered three types of glassware, got our magnets, our wayfinding signs are almost complete, our tap handles are designed (couldn't get the ones we wanted because of tariffs) and we have the backups, ordered our toll tokens and more pins, totes are on their way, coasters are printing, the new premium bar stools are in place, and all the cushions for both the chairs and the metal stools are ordered. OH! and the bathroom is painted and almost finished --- I only have the baseboards and trim to do yet.
All we have left is to build the bar and for me to rent/borrow a scissor lift or scaffolding to paint the 14ft walls, and for us to figure out the TV-menuing situation. And once we get the reseller's permit, we will put in the big order on the clothing.
This is all stuff to do in the meantime while we WAIT for the government to finish their background checks.
Many of you may know my story… my run in with the three old goats who wanted to get to the other side of the water to eat and fatten themselves up. I used to own that bridge they wanted to cross. They played dirty and one day, I found myself knocked into the water being carried away by the current.
It was then that I decided to do something that even they wouldn't take from me.
I decided to make beer.
Now, no one runs from me!
