Best beer bars in the PNW

Wait, beer bars means beer bars only and not taprooms right? The inclusion of Wander has me confused.

 

Chuck's CD (it is just me or is Chuck's CD ridiculously superior to the original in Greenwood?)
Latona Pub
Brouwers

 

OK, for me I'd have to narrow it down to what I consider beer bars. Adding taprooms to the list would just make it too damn difficult. Also, I'd probably narrow it down to two lists of WA only and OR only. Doing it any other way would also be too difficult for me.

For WA I go with:
Chucks - They almost always have several things on at once that I reeeeeeally want to drink.
The Pine Box - They always seem to have a well thought out tap list. Biggest drawback for me is I hate finding parking in that area.
Toronado - This was a hard choice. Honestly, I visit breweries far more than beer bars, so this choice could have just as easily been The Stumbling Monk/Parkway Tavern/Masonry, or any number of other places. Chucks is the only beer bar I visit regularly.

OR
My choices are pretty much limited to Portland. I think I've only even visited one beer bar outside of PDX when I've been in Oregon, and that Brother Jon's, which was excellent.
Horse Brass
Bailey's
Apex

 

My Oregon list would probably be Platypus Pub, Baileys/Upper Lip and APEX.

 

I forgot about Platypus. Cool place for sure.

 

I cannot speak for the rest of Cascadia, but in Seattle, I'd have to nominate Chuck's Greenwood and CD, as 1 and 2. Their taplists, for both quantity and quality, are generally hard to beat, to say nothing of their bottle inventories. As for number 3, it's more of a toss-up. I like Latona, for personal reasons, despite its limitations, but Pine Box, Brouwers, and Toronado are all worthy places, which regularly feature special beers and hold special events that move them into the upper echelons.

 

Portland (and by extension, all of Oregon):
APEX
Belmont Station
Tin Bucket

 

This is so tough.....I'll answer it like this....

Collins Pub- easy to walk to from the ferry- good food
Apex- Barley Brown versus Boneyard epic battle almost every day. I find the surliness 'cute'
The next one

 

Bars
-APEX
-Pine Box
-Brouwers

Breweries
-pFriem
-Pelican
-Fremont

 

Dude, not cool.

 

I'm so glad that someone else remembers this.

As for my best beer bars:
-Apex
-Biercafe at Belmont Station
-Growler Guys (SE Portland)

 

Belmont Station biercafe
Chucks
and wildcard answer: Les Caves

That said APEX, Tin Bucket, and Bailey's are also worthy.

 

Belmont-Station
Growler Guys SE PDX
APEX

 

Keeping it to three? That's hard. My usual haunts are: Hair of the Dog, Bailey's and Saraveza.

I know... All Portland. Doing an expedition up to Seattle in two weeks. Can't wait.

 

Since no one has mentioned anywhere east of the Cascades in Washington, I guess that falls to me.
Manito Tap House
Swamp Tavern
(both Spokane)
Barley's Brew Pub
(Kennewick, Washington)
Honorable mentions to Blackbird and Pints in Spokane, both of which I don't get to enough, and Iron Goat's new pub/brewery, which will be seeing a lot of me.

My erstwhile favorite, Jones Radiator, has closed (apparently for tax issues) with no word if they'll reopen or not, otherwise they'd be one of the top 3.

 

1. Both Chucks locations Greenwood and CD
2. Brouwers Cafe
3. Tie between too many to list (Beer Authority, Pine Box, Toronado, Beveridge Place Pub, etc., etc.)

 

Belmont station. The patio and philly food card out back are awesome. Always have great beers on tap.
Saraveza...Go Packers!!! Not a large tap selection but quality stuff also lots of bottles. The pastys are very tasty.
Bens bottle shop in Vancouver. Newer place but they have a great tap list and one of the largest bottle offerings around. Id say only belmont and johns beats them in that dept. They also have excellent food.