Party mode for Scuttlebutt beer

As Scuttlebutt Sailing News prepares for its 30th anniversary in 2027, a brewery in the Pacific Northwest with a similar name is already in party mode.

It was on the Fourth of July 1996 when the Everett, Washington waterfront brewery and restaurant, Scuttlebutt Brewing Company, brewed its first beer. Almost 30 years later, the time has flown by, said the family business’s general manager Phil Bannan Jr.

Bannan’s parents, Phil and Cynthia “Scuttle” Bannan, started the restaurant after a homebrewing kit Phil Bannan Sr. got as a Father’s Day gift overtook the family kitchen, according to the Scuttlebutt website.

“My dad had a real love for beer,” said Phil Bannan Jr. “He was home brewing, and he wanted to start a business, and you know, make sure he’d never run out of beer.”

Scuttlebutt remains a family-owned establishment, with multiple generations of Bannans working at the restaurant, including Phil Bannan Jr.’s own son. – Full report