Visiting Seattle (2019 Edition)

Bumperizing.

 

Then you have placed like the Stout that are little foodie and beer spots. Anthony's in Seatac is hit or miss. I do think the Africa Lounge is much better. After the renovation that's going on there should be more spots.I will honestly say Tacoma is better for beer than Seattle, but that's my opinion.

 

Hmmm. Possibly a KBO agent [Emmet Watson reference]. Good work, sir. Keep it up.

 

It’s the first time I’ve read that opinion. Would you mind explaining further?

 

You have better bottle shops like Pint Defiance, The Copper Door, Beer Star, Peaks and Pints. Those stores I find are alot better than the ones in Seattle proper. Edison City Ale house is alright, but on Fridays a bbq truck shows up. You have breweries with amazing product like Dystopian State, Odd Otter, Taskforce Engine House number 9 (that has a knockout restaurant), the various Harmon locations(the HUB by Doyle's is the superior one imo), Doyle's, the Parkway Tavern, and there is Dunnagan brewing. Its quality over quantity and we also have more access to the stuff from Matchless and Triceratops brewing here which are big class acts. I know there's at least seven or eight places I'm missing ooo like Half Pint Pizza Pub and the Red Hot (what can go wrong with craft beer and different hot dogs and sausages with various fixins).

 

I must have missed the Visiting Tacoma (2019) thread...

 

I really do find Tacoma to be better in my opinion.

 

Sounds like we have an, eh, monstrous impostor in our midst

 

Eh, but I do stand by it. I personally love the stuff at E9, Dystopian State, and Odd Otter are some of my favs!

 

E9 does indeed kick ass. But, there's just no way T-town matches Seatthole.

 

I will say that the beer bars/bottle shops in Tacoma are pretty great: E9, Peaks & Pints, Parkway Tavern, The Copper Door and The Red Hot are all outstanding and basically within walking distance of one another. Pint Defiance and Edison City Alehouse are short drives away. (Heck, that's one of the big positives of Tacoma—you can get to it all quickly.)

I do think, besides E9, we're lacking outstanding breweries. Narrows is interesting and I'm keeping an eye on them. I won't set foot in Dystopian State. Odd Otter is cool, but I wouldn't put it in the upper echelon of WA breweries—plenty in Seattle (or Bellingham) are way better.

Friendly reminder: Tacoma is actually cool.
But Seattle just has more, and that's okay.

 

with all due respect, thats not how Al Gore's internet works. one must be better than the other, and we must argue about it until a moderator shuts down the thread. thems the rules!

 

That name rang a bell. Were they the racist one or the sexist one? It's hard to keep track anymore.

 

Looks like Gigantic brewing and Darkhorse comics are doing an event at Pinebox on March 15 for the HellBoy 25th anniv. Gigantic making "hellboy" beers. I suppose it could be fun if you like comics and beer

side note. Kind of interesting that 2 Portland based businesses are doing the event in Seattle.

 

boom. answered

 

I noticed no one talks about Tacoma Brewing. When I lived up there I thought they were making the best IPAs in Tacoma.

 

To be fair, I've only had a single beer of theirs (an IPA I thought was...a beer) but I think I might give the taproom a visit soon—there's an upcoming barrel-aged stout release.

 

I do think there's some nice places in Seattle, but I'm a Tacoma boy at heart. the Stout in Seattle and Brouwers were cool. I can forgive people so I can give Dystopian a chance after a while and they did apologize, so that's kinda a step in the right direction. Though I know Narrows does some really good stuff. Gloom is awesome. Olympia-Tumwater area is starting to develop pretty well.

 

THIS THREAD IS GETTING OFF TOPIC AND THAT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN IN THE NW FORUM

 

Brouwers is really good. Though they can get pricey. I had an amazing stout by Pelican a long while ago there. The atmosphere is really chill and cool and their tap selection is pretty awesome.

 

I haven't been to the new location since I moved to Portland. Curious if the beer quality went down any with the larger batches now. They were a real small operation in the old coffee shop. I always thought the beer was real good though.

 

One thing everyone can agree on....Parkway Tavern is awesome.

 

Best of Hands made quite a splash last night, might be on the recommend list next year.

 

What the hell you doing up at 9am?

 

I'm definitely adding this to my repertoire.

BARTENDER: Hey, you have to keep your pants on in here.

ME: Excuse me, but I find your standards a bit, ahem, provincial.

 

Can we also all
agree that Northwest BAs'
junk should stay concealed?

 

I can agree E9 has gone down in quality a bit over the last year.

 

Bumpatizing.

 

I’ll be in Seattle from May 13-17 for work. Thanks for all the great info. It’s been 19 years since my last visit! Really pumped about checking out the scene. I already have an itinerary based on the rec’s in this thread.

What I’d really like to know is what restaurants are highly recommended. I’m an adventurous eater who loves seafood, so needless to say I’m just as excited about the food as I am about the beer. I’m also big on cheap bahn mi sandwiches. Any specific rec’s or other under the radar beer destinations would be appreciated.

If anyone is available any of the evenings from the 13-17th, I’ll buy you a beer. Cheers!