A Pyramid Grows in the Northwest

Established in 1984 in the state of Washington as Hart Brewing, the small microbrewery has grown quite a bit in the last quarter century — I could have said 25 years, but “quarter of a century” adds so much more drama, but anyway… — gathering awards for their specialty flavored and uniquely concocted beers as well as running three full-production breweries in Seattle, Berkeley and Portland and four, probably delicious, alehouses. Hart Brewing changed its name to Pyramid Breweries in 1996. This month, they will start selling their beer in newly designed bottles and boxes and introducing a new logo.The previous logo was strangely enough too specific to Egyptian pyramids, and I can’t tell if it was done ironically or not, there just doesn’t seem to b