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Best microbreweries destination in Washington?

Purple_Pills
Purple_Pills Member Posts: 2,110
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What is the best microbreweries destination in Washington? What are some other quality destinations not on this list?

Best microbreweries destination in Washington? 19 votes

Vancouver
5%
HuskyJW 1 vote
Yakima
5%
RDR 1 vote
Poulsbo
0%
Georgetown (and nearby neighborhoods)
0%
Downtown Tacoma
10%
huskyhooligancoronabruin 2 votes
Bellingham
15%
biak1BleachedAnusDawgJoey 3 votes
Spokane
0%
Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)
31%
BennyBeaverMad_SonNEsnake12YellowSnow1to392831weretakenFishpo31 6 votes
Woodinville
10%
DerekJohnsonEl_K 2 votes
other (Snohomish, Port Townsend, Olympia/Tumwater, ….)
21%
YouKnowItLebamDawgWilliams3Truth_Magnum 4 votes
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  • Purple_Pills
    Purple_Pills Member Posts: 2,110
    What is the best microbreweries destination in Washington? What are some other quality destinations not on this list?
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,283 Standard Supporter
    edited January 2023
    Bellingham
    Toss-up between Bellingham and Greater-Ballard area, but Seattle is more of a shithole so advantage to Bellingham.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,313 Founders Club
    Ballard (and nearby neighborhoods)
    I miss Hales Ales damn it.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,099
    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.



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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,313 Founders Club
    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
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,639
    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...
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    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...
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  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,470 Founders Club
    Olympia. It’s the water.
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,639
    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…
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  • Joey
    Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,275 Founders Club
    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
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  • El_K
    El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,490 Swaye's Wigwam
    Woodinville
    Woodinville, DUH!
    WHS Class of ‘87 RULES!!!
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  • coronabruin
    coronabruin Member Posts: 1,491
    Downtown Tacoma
    TUFF BEER BITCH
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,283 Standard Supporter
    Bellingham
    The fact that Woodinville has as many votes as Bellingham speaks volumes about this board.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,790 Swaye's Wigwam
    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


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  • biak1
    biak1 Member Posts: 4,237
    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.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,283 Standard Supporter
    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.
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  • YouKnowIt
    YouKnowIt Member Posts: 545
    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.
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,683 Swaye's Wigwam
    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.
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    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.
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  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member Posts: 15,297
    Vancouver
    Heathen is in Vancouver so Vancouver wins
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  • YouKnowIt
    YouKnowIt Member Posts: 545
    other (Snohomish, Port Townsend, Olympia/Tumwater, ….)
    chuck said:

    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.
    All the Time...only a few here and there, and they are like local crazies...(some are even natives..Hi Swaye)
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,683 Swaye's Wigwam
    YouKnowIt said:

    chuck said:

    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.
    All the Time...only a few here and there, and they are like local crazies...(some are even natives..Hi Swaye)
    I was being hyperbolic. There is a lot of outdoor drinking and dining these days and the homeless wandering by are part of the charm. The Dalles has a pretty decent beer drinking scene and more crazies per Capita than any small town I've frequented. That's what I was thinking of.

    You're right about the local crazies. It was just pointed out to me that one of the mumbling homeless dudes wandering back and forth in my little town is actually an area native who I went to school with. Good student and athlete all through high school. Surprised the hell out of me.

    Anyways... Off topic. TITTFT
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