Means again in November, Fremont Brewing teased the opening of a brand new taproom that might open in Columbia Metropolis. “Coming quickly,” the brewery wrote on Instagram.
Nicely, soon-ish. After months of delays that house owners mentioned have been because of a sluggish allowing course of, Fremont Brewing’s “City Beer Backyard” is lastly opening this Friday, July 26, on Edmunds Road close to Rainier Avenue and will probably be providing $1 off all pints this weekend. Like lots of the metropolis’s breweries and taprooms, it will likely be kid- and dog-friendly, and can characteristic meals from the well-regarded sandwichsmiths at Mammoth.
Fremont Brewing is one in all Seattle’s greatest and best-known breweries. Based in 2009 by Matt Lincecum and Sara Nelson (who’s now president of the Seattle Metropolis Council), it’s distributed nationwide and even served on Alaska Airways flights. By 2016, it was brewing a lot beer that it opened a brand new manufacturing facility referred to as Fremont West, which is in Ballard. Earlier this 12 months, the funding firm Seattle Hospitality Group acquired a controlling curiosity within the brewery, now the third-largest within the state.
However by way of all this enlargement, Fremont Brewing’s retail footprint has remained comparatively modest, with solely a single beer backyard in Fremont. The Columbia Metropolis location permits the brewery to faucet into (pun supposed) enthusiasm for its beer within the South Finish.
“We’re excited to develop into a part of the dynamic Columbia Metropolis group,” mentioned Lincecum, in a press launch. “This new City Beer Backyard permits us to share our ardour for excellent beer with extra Seattleites whereas making a welcoming house for neighbors to assemble and join.”
Fremont Brewing’s new City Beer Backyard will probably be positioned at 3808 Edmunds Road in Columbia Metropolis. Its hours will probably be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.