Best microbreweries destination in Washington?

Comments

• Purple_Pills Member Posts: 2,104

  January 2023

  What is the best microbreweries destination in Washington? What are some other quality destinations not on this list?

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 12,988

  January 2023 edited January 2023

  Bellingham

  Toss-up between Bellingham and Greater-Ballard area, but Seattle is more of a shithole so advantage to Bellingham.

  2 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,182

  January 2023

  Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)

  I miss Hales Ales damn it.

  3 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 47,832

  January 2023

  YellowSnow said:

  I miss Hales Ales damn it.

  Hale’s is the OG.
  
  People forget Hale’s came from the 509 (War Colville Indians). People forget that.
  
  
  
  

  3 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,182

  January 2023

  Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)

  PurpleThrobber said:

  YellowSnow said:

  I miss Hales Ales damn it.

  Hale’s is the OG.
  
  People forget Hale’s came from the 509 (War Colville Indians). People forget that.
  
  
  
  

  I drank a lot of beer at their pub bar in 2000

  3 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,608

  January 2023

  Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)

  There are a bunch of brewpubs in Kitsap that I have frequented, went to Port Townsend Brewery yesterday, and that's always been good.
  
  Ballard / Fremont is what I know, and that is my vote, although the shithole factor keeps me out of there. I miss the Mahi sliders at Maritime...

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• 1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,694

  January 2023

  Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)

  YellowSnow said:

  I miss Hales Ales damn it.

  I once brought a keg of their Pickop Andropov Russian Imperial Stout to a camping trip at Staircase. At the Tim, that beer was like the Smell the Glove album cover in that how much blacker could it be? None more black. My favorite at the time.
  
  That poor, poor campground shitter...

  2 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,298

  January 2023

  Olympia. It’s the water.

  3 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,608

  January 2023

  Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)

  PurpleThrobber said:

  YellowSnow said:

  I miss Hales Ales damn it.

  Hale’s is the OG.
  
  People forget Hale’s came from the 509 (War Colville Indians). People forget that.
  
  
  
  

  I may be mistaken, but I heard that the first bar to serve Hale’s was the bar I hung out at in college. I know that it was the first micro I ever drank…
  

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,203

  January 2023

  Bellingham

  I’ll go with Bham just because the drive is short but hard to beat Ballard if I was down there. Snohomish had a cool scene that flew under the radar but I think Covid hit it hard. Haven’t check back to see if they recovered or not

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• El_K Member Posts: 1,469

  January 2023

  Woodinville

  Woodinville, DUH!
  WHS Class of ‘87 RULES!!!

  1 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• coronabruin Member Posts: 1,491

  January 2023

  Downtown Tacoma

  TUFF BEER BITCH

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 12,988

  January 2023

  Bellingham

  The fact that Woodinville has as many votes as Bellingham speaks volumes about this board.

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• LebamDawg Member Posts: 8,781

  January 2023

  other (Snohomish, Port Townsend, Olympia/Tumwater, ….)

  being a guy that roams the land (except for winter layovers) it is always the nearest bar - in this case the Bandera Brewery
  
  
  

  1 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• biak1 Member Posts: 4,237

  February 2023

  Bellingham

  Bellingham has: Wander, Kulshan, Aslan, Boundary Bay, Stemma, Stone's Throw... and others. Chuckanut used to be there then they relocated operations to Mt. Vernon and opened up a spot in PDX (???) for some reason.
  
  I'd put Bellingham up against anywhere in the state.

  1 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 12,988

  February 2023

  Bellingham

  biak1 said:

  Bellingham has: Wander, Kulshan, Aslan, Boundary Bay, Stemma, Stone's Throw... and others. Chuckanut used to be there then they relocated operations to Mt. Vernon and opened up a spot in PDX (???) for some reason.
  
  I'd put Bellingham up against anywhere in the state.

  Add Structures to that list as one of the named for those who don't know, too.

  2 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• YouKnowIt Member Posts: 545

  February 2023

  other (Snohomish, Port Townsend, Olympia/Tumwater, ….)

  The Gorge..since it says Destination... I don't want to go drink yuppy beer and look at crazy people yelling at nothing.

  1 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• chuck Member Posts: 11,650

  February 2023

  YouKnowIt said:

  The Gorge..since it says Destination... I don't want to go drink yuppy beer and look at crazy people yelling at nothing.

  You been in the gorge much lately? Plenty of crazies. Plenty of places to get a good beer and an unfiltered look at the steady stream of dropouts who migrate between Portland and The Dalles.

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• 1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,694

  February 2023

  Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)

  BleachedAnusDawg said:

  biak1 said:

  Bellingham has: Wander, Kulshan, Aslan, Boundary Bay, Stemma, Stone's Throw... and others. Chuckanut used to be there then they relocated operations to Mt. Vernon and opened up a spot in PDX (???) for some reason.
  
  I'd put Bellingham up against anywhere in the state.

  Add Structures to that list as one of the named for those who don't know, too.

  Top brewery in the Ham rather easy (ILTCITH). Pisses me off when they go months without a stout, though, as they do it better than anyone around here.

  1 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
• HuskyJW Member Posts: 15,229

  February 2023

  Vancouver

  Heathen is in Vancouver so Vancouver wins

  0 · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter