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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    3 CD box set with 40 songs about Olympia WA plus a detailed 80 page book with the history behind the songs and a plethora of great photos. With over 100 Olympa musicians. Stunning!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Olympia - A True Story via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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When I moved back to Olympia in 2016, I had my first Oly Beer in an awful long time. Not a real Olympia Beer of course, but one made in Texas (I think). Now, even that is gone. If you want a decent fake Oly, try Well 80 Brewhouse’s artesian well beer downtown. I had their Leopold’s Original 1896 Lager recently, brewed according to the first recipe from Olympia Brewery founder Leopold Schmidt’s original 1896 notebook. I think I shall have another!
Johnson, Karen L. (2019) It’s The Water. In Crowell, Sandra A. and Stirling, Shirley
A. (Eds) Thurston County Water, Woods and Prairies: Essays On The History Of Washington’s Capital County (pp. 176-185)

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Beer town, Olympia's a beer town

Leopold Schmidt rolled into town, 1895
Built his brewery in Tumwater
Beneath the cascading Deschutes Falls

Beer town, Olympia's a beer town

Olympia Beer was quite successful
But Leopold's heirs sold the brewery in 1983
Acquired by Miller, then Stroh's, then Pabst
Closed down for good in 2003

It's the water that makes Olympia
Oly, Oly, O, in Olympia
It's the water that makes Olympia
It's the water and a lot more

Olympia is full of microbreweries now
Well 80, Headless Mumby, and Three Magnets are a few
Eighty-three bars serving beer and more in our town
According to David Scherer Water's 2019 book

Beer town, Olympia's a beer town

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from Olympia - A True Story, released October 14, 2022
The True Olympians

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Tom Dyer and The True Olympians Olympia, Washington

The True Olympians were formed shortly after Tom Dyer moved back to his hometown Olympia in 2006. Their focus is primarily recording, though they do play yer occasional live show. Current members: Tom - vox, guitar etc,, Gene Tveden- bass, b-vox, Joe Cason - keys, b-vox, Lisa Ceazan- vocals, and Jeff Parkhurst - drums, b-vox. Jeff is the band's 4th drummer. ... more

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