Seattle has breweries the best way Italian cities have piazzas. They’re gathering areas, neighborhood hubs, landmarks, and markers of civic delight. In summer season, Seattleites head to one in every of their metropolis’s 150-plus breweries after a motorbike experience or a hike, sprawling in that treasured Northwest solar. Within the winter, we hunker down with hearty IPAs and stouts, in search of refuge from the rain amid the brewing gear. A handful of the extra established breweries are broadly distributed in retailers and grocery shops, however you possibly can at all times get a greater variety of beers on the taproom. Not all breweries have in-house meals, however they’re common spots for pop-ups and meals vans. And in a metropolis the place most bars don’t permit kids, breweries could be a refuge once you’d like a beverage however don’t have a babysitter.
In April 2025, we gave this record an overhaul, including a half-dozen worthy spots: Ravenna Brewing, Mission 9, Obec, Fortunate Envelope, Weird, and Right here At the moment. There are such a lot of breweries in Seattle, count on locations to rotate on and off this record each time we revise it.
As common, this record isn’t ranked; it’s organized geographically from west to east. Know of a spot that needs to be on our radar? Ship us a tip by emailing seattle@eater.com.
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