USA, WA: Blewett Brewing’s new Wenatchee location to become its primary brewery

When Badger Mountain Brewing closed its business in Wenatchee at the end of 2024, ending a ten-year run, the building’s landlord went looking for a new tenant. The Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority, which owns the building in downtown Wenatchee, considered three proposals, the Washington Beer Blog reported on October 13.

Without going into details, two of the proposals were from breweries already operating in Washington that were looking to add an additional location. The third proposal came from what would be a new brewery. In the end, the Port Authority selected the proposal from Blewett Brewing, which hoped to take over the space and operate a brewpub.

Blewett Brewing opened in Leavenworth in 2013. More accurately, it originally opened as a pizzeria operating as Idlewild Pizza, but three years after opening the owners decided to fulfill their dream of adding a brewery to the business. Now Blewett Brewing will bring its pizzeria-brewpub concept to Wenatchee.

The new location in Wenatchee will become Blewett Brewing’s primary brewery, creating more restaurant space at the Leavenworth location. The company recently announced that it is hiring, looking to fill positions at the new location. Reportedly, the brewery hopes to open the Wenatchee location by the end of this year.