Press Release: Garden Path Fermentation to Open Second Location in Bellingham, WA
Burlington, WA, 8/11/2022
Skagit County brewery and winery Garden Path Fermentation is excited to announce the upcoming opening of The Great Northern Bottle Shop and Lounge, to be located at 1319 Commercial Street in Bellingham, WA, this fall. The Great Northern will feature both Garden Path and guest products available for onsite consumption as well as a broad range of bottles to go.
Co-owner Amber Watts is enthusiastic about the project:
“When we opened Garden Path in April 2018, our mission was twofold. We wanted to create beer, cider, wine, and mead using hyperlocal ingredients and native yeast, and we wanted to share our fermented beverages as well as those from producers that inspire us with Washington drinkers. Our brewery and taproom in Burlington features a curated selection of thoughtfully made beers and ciders as well as minimal intervention wines, including our own. We love to tell the stories behind them, and we’re eager to expand our customer base and share our enthusiasm.
Nothing will change at the Burlington location, but our space in Bellingham is much larger and will allow us to offer a broader selection of guest beer, cider, and wine, as well as more onsite events.”
Co-owner Ron Extract explains the move as a unique opportunity for growth:
“Having a presence in Bellingham will help us to forge a stronger relationship with the city’s craft beer, wine, cider, and culinary communities and to be even more specialized in our retail offerings, bringing in direct shipments from out-of-state breweries and wineries and in time building what we hope will be among the best curated selections of lambic, farmhouse ale, minimal intervention wine, and traditional cider that can be found anywhere in the world.”
The official opening date will be dependent on several factors, including licensing and buildout, but Garden Path is determined to open their doors this fall. According to Watts, though, “We have some very special soft-opening events planned—stay tuned.”
About Garden Path Fermentation
Located in the beautiful rural Skagit Valley in Northwest Washington, Garden Path Fermentation makes hyperlocal beer, mead, cider, and wine only using ingredients sourced from our own backyard. We exclusively use Skagit-grown grain, fruit and honey, Pacific Northwest hops, and ferment all of our products in oak with 100% native Skagit yeast. Our process draws on old-world brewing and winemaking techniques from a variety of traditions, which we reinterpret and adapt to take maximum advantage of the Skagit Valley’s abundant resources and temperate climate. Visit http://gardenpathwa.com for more information or follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @gardenpathwa.