Visiting Seattle (2019 Edition)

Special Brews up in Lynwood is a must visit for any up in the north end looking for a great bottle shop

http://www.special-brews.com/

 

Hey all. This post is to thank everyone for their work in contributing to these recommendations and general discussion. My wife and I just returned home from our trip to WA/OR. I didn’t feel the need to ask for more specific recs because this thread is so thorough and other posts had already asked my only questions. We loved most of the breweries we visited. Our favorites in Seattle had to be Holy Mountain, Fremont, Stoup, and Reuben’s. It’s really hard to pick one favorite!

Thanks again & cheers!

 

Thanks for this post and advice. We are heading to Seattle in August. Our beer preferences are more malt forward beers (Porters, ESB, Browns....). Any breweries that you would recommend for us? We will only be there for a few days and we will use public transportation.

 

Machine House

 

Heading to Seattle at the end of next week for a few days and appreciate all the info in this thread and definitely plan on hitting whatever I can. I haven't booked a hotel yet so wondering if there is a better area to stay in to be able to hit some of the better breweries/restaurants? I was thinking about staying in the Capitol Hill/Pike Place area but have no idea if that is ideal or not.
Also my son has celiac and is gluten free, anyone know of any breweries brewing gluten free beers? A longshot I know but thanks in advance for any info.

 

Ghostfish does gluten-free beers, and their website indicates their taproom is family-friendly.

 

Ground Breaker Brewing is in Portland, but bottles and cans should be available. Both of these breweries are 100% dedicated to GF beer.

 

As mentioned, Ghostfish brews gluten-free beers exclusively. Plus, their restaurant features an entirely GF menu.

 

The food and beers are real good.

 

This thread has been very helpful in planning for a trip next week staying in Northwest Queen Anne.

Are there any restaurants, bottle shops, breweries or coffee shops in Queen Anne that are missing from the list below?

• Holy Mountain
• La Marzocco (coffee)
• Storyville (coffee)
• Taylor Shellfish

Also plan on hitting Reubens and Fremont as well as Victrola and Kuma outside of Queen Anne.

 

For coffee, go to Caffe Ladro or El Diablo on the top of the hill and Uptown Espresso (one of the original espresso shops in the city) at the bottom of the hill.

Make sure to hit The Masonry (for pizza and really good beer) in Queen Anne or Fremont. The QA restaurant is 21+ but Fremont is all ages.

 

@pinballplayer - given your username, you should hit the Seattle Pinball Museum while you're in town

https://www.seattlepinballmuseum.com

In addition to the 50+ games on rotation, they typically have a nice selection of local beers available in bottle/can for consumption while playing.

 

I live in Capitol Hill and would absolutely recommend the area for beer, but not for breweries. there's a handful of breweries... elysian, red hook, optimism, and outer planet, but none of them make the "visiting seattle" list for a variety of reasons. Most of the exciting beer tourism is located south of downtown or in north seattle. if you do stay in capitol hill, there's a variety of amazing beer spots (stumbling monk, pine box, rheinhaus, to name a few), and a lot of great breweries (cloudburst, standard) within short distance. have fun!

 

I'll be in town later this week for an interview and then hanging around for an extra day. Any recommendations for where to enjoy a beer and lightly work (wi-fi and not crazy loud) Friday afternoon? I'll be staying downtown, but can adventure out.

 

if you want to be reasonably close to the airport, Odin Brewing in Tukwila would be my choix for brews + eats + wifi