Interbay brewery celebrated for distinctive farmhouse ales, old-world styles, barrel-aged ales, and mixed fermentations. National recognition for innovative, complex beers you just don't see elsewhere...
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Fremont Brewing
Brewery / Beer Garden · Fremont
Family-owned Fremont brewery founded in 2009 with an Urban Beer Garden that's become a neighborhood gathering spot. Known for hop-forward IPAs like Lush, and the taproom pours seasonal and barrel-aged...
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Reuben's Brews
Brewery / Brewpub · Ballard
Award-winning Ballard brewery with hundreds of medals at national and international competitions. 28 rotating taps, scratch-made American pub fare, family and dog-friendly patio. Hazy IPAs, lagers, ba...
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Stoup Brewing
Brewery · Ballard
Family-friendly brewery in Ballard's brewery district with a rotating tap list and a large, open taproom. Stoup keeps things approachable — well-made IPAs, lagers, and seasonals. The outdoor space is ...
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Halcyon Brewing Company
Brewpub · Phinney Ridge
A Greenwood Ave brewpub on Phinney Ridge with one of the neighborhood's better patios — murals, picnic tables, and a relaxed crowd. Halcyon pours its own beer and keeps the setting casual and dog-walk...
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Georgetown Brewing Company
Brewery · Georgetown · Washington's largest independent brewery
Washington's largest independent brewery, run out of Georgetown, where Manny's Pale Ale is the workhorse pour you'll find on taps across the city. The taproom keeps seasonals and the core lineup flowi...
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Fair Isle Brewing
Brewery / Bar Food · Ballard
A rustic Ballard brewery focused on saisons, mixed-culture ales and Belgian-leaning styles, with bar food to match. The beer program is the headline — farmhouse and wild fermentation rather than the u...
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Bale Breaker Brewing
Brewery · Ballard
A family-run Ballard brewery with roots in the Yakima Valley hop fields, which explains why the IPAs taste like they had a head start. The beers run clean and hop-driven, with a taproom that often rot...
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Lowlander Brewing
Brewery · Pioneer Square
Sea Creatures' Puget Sound-inspired tank bar and brewery next door to Mio Oh Mio — crisp pints (including an Italian-style pilsner), chicken wings, hot Italian sausage, and fries in a brew hall with l...
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The Barking Dog Alehouse
Gastropub · Phinney Ridge
Phinney Ridge neighborhood pub on NW 70th with 20+ Pacific Northwest craft beers on tap and a dog-friendly patio that fills the moment the sun appears. The Tavern Burger is the anchor, Sunday brunch b...