Visiting Seattle (Winter 2017 Update)

Thanks for the heads up, I live in the U-District so thats nice to know

 

I'd like to thank @Raj @distantmantra & @EdwardAbbey for the recommendations in this thread & for reaching out via BM. Although I wasn't able to make pickups during my trip to Seattle in January, I'm finishing another trip to Seattle this week & was able to get to both Chuck's CD & Holy Mountain. This was also my maiden voyage with my wine check, so I came ready to fly back to Chicago with a case of large format bottles! Here's how my purchases shook out:

3 x's Holy Mountain Biere de Garde
2 x's Holy Mountain Grey Tower
2 x's E9 Tayberry Farmhouse
1 x E9 Nefelibata
1 x's 3 Magnets Hazy Hero
1 x's Epic Big Bad Baptist
1 x's AleSong Touch of Brett
1 x's Modern Times City of the Dead
1 x's 4 pack Modern Times Booming Rollers that for the hotel room

Thanks to the crew at Chuck's CD for some of the recs & looking forward to sampling these bottles back home soon!

 

What do people consider the most kid-friendly and beer-loving places to be in the greater Seattle area? I've lived here for over two years and have a 3 and 1-yr old so I have a pretty good idea as to where to go.....but I'm wondering if I'm missing anything.

To be clear, when I say 'most kid-friendly' I mean not only allowing of kids but also maybe has some kind of feature to keep kids entertained. My kids don't sit still for too long. To me, Fremont is hard to beat with the bleacher area and tub of toys. Am I missing any gems?

 

Stoup has the big roll of butcher paper and crayons and markers.

I dunno. My daughter is pretty chill and will sit at the table. Got lucky somehow.

 

Subtle use of Taser?

 

Lucky, indeed. Little girls are a different breed from little boys (offering my two lovely but actively curious and destructive boys as evidence). My nieces are the same as your daughter....chill, put their toys away, etc. Oh well, at least I won't have to deal with boys on my lawn when that time comes; they will be on yours as we are likely blocks from each other in Tangletown

 

Good advice but, sadly, still illegal in our state for parenting options...who knows though, maybe His Tweetness will change this archaic law and allow us to Taser our kids

 

Thus, my use of the word "subtle".

 

Optimism on cap hill has a literal child corral with toys. Beer isn't nearly as good as Fremont, but if you're looking for new options it would be one to try. They have food trucks pretty often and if you have a group of people you can reserve one of the larger tables for free. I seem to see a lot of people there throwing younger children's bday parties there with like catered or potluck spreads. Paseo is now down the street too.

 

Optimism? Gross

 

Is Georgetown bodhizafa ipa available in bottles or cans?

 

Georgetown doesn't package their beers. Your best bet is a crowler around town or getting lucky at The Cannery in Ballard who offers custom six packs of whatever kegs they've got at the moment.

 

Thanks had it on tap last year and am heading to Seattle in a month for our last visit and wanted to search it out.

 

Bodhizhafa is all over town. Cheap growler fills at Georgetown, too.

 

Appreciate the tip, even if the board seems to be down on this brewery. Still, with kids, sometimes we settle for middle-of-the-road beer to keep the kids entertained and still enjoy the brewery atmosphere. Cheers.

 

This is the very definition of "optimism." Bully for you!

 

I've still yet to hit up Optimism or Outer Planet. Once Roosvelt Station opens up I might be more interested in Capitol Hill.