SEATTLE — After 35 years of crafting beer for thirsty friends, family and mariners alike, Ballard’s longest-running brewery owners are officially hanging up their brewing aprons.
George and Jane Hancock, the husband-and-wife founders of Maritime Pacific Brewing Company, were celebrated Sunday by their longtime, loyal patrons who packed the brewery to toast their legacy.
“It’s a new road we’re all going to go down,” George Hancock declared, surrounded by smiling faces. “I’m humbled by all of you, to come out to this party.”…