Visiting Seattle (Winter 2016 Update)

What about suggestions that are in the general area, but not in Seattle? Tacoma Boys (bottle shop), Pint Defiance (bottle shop/beer bar) and Marina Market (bottle shop) are all favorites of mine.

 

BTW - there is a biker coffee / beer café(?) called MIIR in Fremont. 20+ beers on draft & great coffee.

 

Good call - think that should clearly be added, particularly as its only a block or two from Fremont Brewing. It's a pretty sweet place, too.

 

Considering what a haul it is from Seattle to Tacoma it doesn't make sense IMO. I'd absolutely visit Tacoma more often driving there wasn't so time consuming and at times painful. You could always start a Visiting Tacoma thread I imagine ...

 

Is it too early to include Cloudburst?

 

Pretty sure the tasting room isn't even open yet.
Edit: Looks like it opens Thursday.

 

@BuckeyeOne, if you'd like to add the URL to the new Super Deli Mart listing, here it is: http://www.superdmart.com/live-tap-list.html. That's the URL for their tap list, which is all I ever look at, but you can get the home page URL from there if you prefer.

 

What about adding Bob's Liquor on Lake City to the bottle shop list?

 

alright, you guys. i'll go on a recon mission this weekend to see if it's worthy of adding to the list.

but seriously, i had the no recess IPA last night and it's killer. everything i've tasted from cloudburst has been on point.

 

is black raven really a must-hit? i've been out there 4 or 5 times and i would find myself really hard-pressed to recommend making a 30 minute trek to an industrial park in redmond over georgetown or machine house (both in the "highly recommended" brewery list). if i'm out that way, i'm probably going to hifi over black raven, too.

maybe we could add a couple more seattle breweries to the list, too. standard, urban family, cloudburst, two beers, and lucky envelope all deserve consideration for visitors.

 

I would throw flying lion as a brewery that deserves consideration as well. I haven't been out there for a while, but I seem to remember them doing some tasty brews.

 

strong, strange words, good sir!

 

I feel like Black Raven has lost some of that luster they once had. Still turning out really good beer, but they've got more competition now. And bottles are all over the place.

Too early for Cloudburst, but Urban Family is doing some great stuff.

 

While I like Two Beers, I wouldn't include them as Must Visit. I'd put Naked City, Schooner Exact, and Georgetown ahead them.

 

agree. and i'm not saying the aforementioned need to be listed even as 'highly recommended', but calling attention to them seems reasonable.

i'm a sucker for a good soundsystem. hi-fi beer isn't as good as black raven, but they make a good IPA and i like the atmosphere better.

 

Black Raven is definitely a case of accolades for past glory IMO. Not to say they don't brew some good stuff, they do. I can't imagine they justify the amount of time it takes to drive out that way when a visitor can hit several of the great Ballard breweries in that time instead.

 

Great Grandfather Raven is absolutely fantastic and worth driving over to the Eastside for. Wisdom Seeker is still a pale imitation of what it once was.