Visiting Seattle (2022)

Came here to ask a question cuz my mom and her husband are out there in Seattle and they dropped off their dog with me for a week.
I said all i want is for them to bring me beer and I'll watch this Lil Ho as long as they want.
I seem to be settled on a 4 pack of Reubens/Hair of the Dog Barleywine collab. I went thru about 6 breweries and the selections are all SO DISAPPOINTING to ME.
Holy Mountains selections are so low in ABV i may as well drink water, but may have them bring wife a horsebeer or sour.

Any suggestions ? Preferrably a spot with an easy take home pack format, brewery-only , in state distro only, high abv and delicious selection?


Edit: they are in the Bellevue area. idk wtf that means

 

Hi all. Thanks for all this really helpful info which I have found very useful in planning for our trip next month. We are visiting from the UK and ending our holiday in Seattle for 4 nights.

We have currently booked a hotel in downtown near Pike place. From everything I’ve read the beer options (and food options?) are better further north of where we are staying. I’ve seen Old Stove and Cloudburst aren’t so far away so will aim to hit them up. Any good food options nearby? I think we can take advantage of public transport but even then Fremont is still 30 mins (?) away by bus. What are the best restaurants we should look out for downtown?

Would we be better staying in a hotel in the Fremont / Ballard region? Thanks in advance!

 

Plenty of great food easily walkable from downtown (look at first hill/cap hill neighborhoods and check Eater)

It's a pretty easy ($20-30) lyft/uber from downtown to ballard, and then everything is easily walkable. and it's way easier to find hotel space downtown, unless you're looking to airbnb it.

 

We're so sorry that our bubbly barley water isn't to your standards.

Perhaps drinking local to you is your best option?

Cheers!

 

It always is.
Did settle on reubens brews Barlwywine and rye wit, tho
All of the west coast is an IPA nightmare

 

Must suck to have to "settle".

 

Thanks both for the really helpful posts! I think it’s given me comfort to stay in downtown and can always Uber / bus to Fremont etc. Are the buses easy to use? I’ve now booked Joule, Musang and Stateside (thanks for the tip, menu looks ace). So just need to find a meal for our last night. Any tips for a bit of a last night splurge?

In terms of plan whilst there, not done much research yet! Food and beer plans first haha. Would gratefully listen to any recommendations. We won’t have a car and staying 4 nights. Thanks so much!

 

The bus is easy to use except for you pay when you get off. They use a zone system. I just ask the driver when I get on. Check the Metro website. Also, there is now the light rail, but it doesn't go to FreeLard.

 

anybody happen to know what breweries in Seattle have legit air conditioning? I’m pretty sure most (all?) of my usual go-to spots are no dice (Holy Mtn, Cloudburst, Machine House, etc)… Oh, and ideally BYOF is ok.

 

I was doom scrolling IG feed after IG feed looking for evidence of AC, and all I was really coming across were posts from last yr’s heatwave about closures because of the high temps. I pinged Ravenna to inquire about AC. My house is currently registering as hotAF

 

the ol A1 hop shop delivered for me. Shelf full of several options. Left with a brew 6k, bbomb 21, coconut cacao dark star, and coffee cinn bbomb. Thanks for the tip!!

Tried to taste a few brews at holy mountain but was told to GTFO because we had our 8 year old with us. Disappointing but whatever

 

yeah - my mistake, I should have done more research on it. We’ve taken him to probably 50 breweries across the country since he was born and it’s never been an issue. Just didn’t really register with me that it would be a problem. Oh well! I’ll definitely check out that new space when we get back out here.

 

Next time you're out, come up to Bellingham. We've got 15 breweries (with 3 more in various positions on the Coming Soon scale) and only 3 (Gruff, K2, and Structures) don't allow kiddos. When the new structures spot opens next year, it will be friendly (with a full kitchen), and you can get your Kulshan fix at K1.