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How Rainier Beer became a Seattle icon

Seattle Now

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4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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How did Rainier beer become legendary? Three Tacoma filmmakers tell the tale

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0:00.0

These days, there's so much news.

0:01.8

It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community.

0:06.4

The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism.

0:10.7

Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news.

0:17.5

We get behind the headlines.

0:19.4

We get to the truth.

0:22.8

Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Raynear is

0:32.9

center screen tonight at the Egyptian theater on Capitol Hill. I'm talking about the one in the can.

0:38.9

It's the subject of a new documentary, Rainier of Beer Odyssey. And you don't need to love the

0:44.9

beverage to appreciate the story of how this movie got made. In a minute, Seattle Now producer

0:50.4

Claire McGrain will fill us in on how Starbucks, Nirvana, and legendary actor Mickey Rooney fit into it.

0:56.9

But first, here's what's coming up this week.

1:04.0

The King County Council could vote tomorrow on a proposal that would increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour. Proponents say the increase would bring

1:13.4

unincorporated areas more in line with neighboring cities. If passed, the ordinance wouldn't go into

1:19.0

effect until January 1st and small and medium-sized businesses get a bit more time. Seattle Storm kickoff

1:26.7

their 25th season tomorrow at Climate Pledge Arena.

1:30.9

The team is looking to come back from a rough season last year where they finished second

1:35.0

to last.

1:36.0

The storm added two high-scoring players to its starting lineup in the off-season, so anything

1:41.3

could happen.

1:42.3

Good luck, ladies.

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And the weekend was roasty, but we're back to our regularly scheduled temperatures today. The sun will stick around, but the National

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