

Much like their NW 28th Avenue location, Seattle's location will feature limited-runs of beers, available with qualifying purchase. “We can’t wait to join the Seattle market and all the amazing breweries already innovating like crazy! We frequently meet Seattle customers that drive 3+ hours every weekend to our can releases, so hopefully that is a good sign that more Northwesterners are curious about trying our hazy IPAs or beer that tastes like Baklava, peanut butter cups, or Tirimisu for example.”įor those curious, yes, the brewery will be offering "Can Release Drops" in Seattle. With a planned opening, before Summer 2020, the brewery has signed a lease at 5101 14th Avenue NW in the Tommer building.įor Great Notion co-owner Paul Reiter he's excited about getting GN beers in the hands of Seattleites. Mostly available at bottleshops and select public houses, Great Notion remains a brand that people still enjoy.Įither because of road fatigue or simply because the city of Seattle can't get enough of GN beers, the brewery has announced their latest expansion - to Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. Taking things on the road, the brewery has shipped their beer throughout Oregon and only recently, Washington. When the brewery isn't sliding a pint or stemmed glass into your hand, they are sliding a plate of deep-fried chicken sandwich or cheeseburger into the same mitt. Emblazoned with iconic artwork, the brewery's range from the familiar Hazy IPA, to the fruit-infused, lactose curiosities, to the dark and boozy Imperial Stouts. His 2,500-square-foot tasting room can hold 78 people inside and, come spring, a 40-seat beer garden will debut.Considered to some as the step-father to the Pacific Northwest's love-affair with Hazy/New England-style India Pale Ales Great Notion Brewing & Barrel House remains a destination brewery for out-of-towners and local's alike. Pogue doesn’t carry other local beers since you can stroll a few blocks in any direction and stumble into another Seattle microbrewery. Until then, the microbrewery is filling most of the 18 taps with guest breweries including the acclaimed Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, and Grains of Wrath Brewing in Camas. And Great Notion Brewing from Portland hopes to join this party as well by June.Īt Fair Isle Brewing, owner Andrew Pogue is starting with seven farmhouse brews on tap and will gradually build from there. In the spring comes the expansion of Cloudburst Brewing under talented brewer Steve Luke, who makes some of the most ambitious and original IPAs in the state. By the end of February, Urban Family Brewing Co., which does stellar sours and New England-style IPAs, plans to open a taproom in Ballard. (Both made the Final Four in our brewery bracket last year.) Homeowners who have been complaining that the beer-hopping scene here has caused too much congestion for the neighborhood may want to cover their eyes for this. This warehouse area is shaping up to be one of the state’s most exciting beer scenes, with heavyweights such as Reuben’s Brews and Stoup Brewing already anchored here.


Fair Isle Brewing joins a dozen taprooms in a hub dubbed “Ballard Brewery District.” Expect a lot of wild-yeast, barnyard-funk-like beers, similar to the aromas of dry European ciders. One of the most anticipated microbrewery openings in 2020, this Ballard tasting room specializes in saisons with farmed and foraged ingredients. Ballard gets long-awaited microbrewery 4 tasting rooms open in Seattle, Woodinville and Renton
