List of breweries in Washington (state)

This is a list of licensed, active breweries in the U.S. state of Washington. In 2014, there were 281 breweries licensed by the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB), 233 of which produced at least one barrel of beer.[2] The first American brewpub since Prohibition, Bert Grant's Yakima Brewing & Malting Co, was based in Washington.[3]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Washington ranks 7th nationally in craft breweries per capita.[1]
There were 281 licensed breweries in Washington in 2014
Washington brewery production 2010–2014. The four largest breweries, Redhook, Elysian, Georgetown and Mac & Jack's accounted for 62% of all Washington beer production in 2014.[2]

Breweries

Breweries that were licensed in Washington and reported the taxable sale of at least one barrel of beer in 2014. The public records of licensed breweries, the number of taxed barrels of beer produced annually, and other data are from the Public Records Index of the WSLCB.[2] Numbers in parentheses after the city indicate the brewery has more than one location in that city.

Brewery City Production by year in barrels
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2010–2014
Redhook Ale BreweryWoodinville167,403158,547169,599149,029257,574902,152
Georgetown Brewing CompanySeattle32,08339,29045,41152,26255,790224,837
Mac & Jack's Brewing CompanyRedmond38,04740,52941,96843,62645,602209,770
Elysian Brewing CompanySeattle (4)6,0998,57629,74243,25458,399146,070
Fish Brewing CompanyOlympia14,49716,33416,59914,80914,36976,608
Pike Brewing Company[4][5][6]Seattle8,7639,78213,24612,61513,07557,481
Hale's AlesSeattle8,8839,54410,90511,47210,78351,587
Fremont BrewingSeattle1,6433,8477,08812,35218,99543,925
Maritime Pacific Brewing Company[7][8]Seattle7,0017,0007,1207,1776,45234,751
Ram Restaurant & Brewery[9]Arlington, Lakebay, Puyallup, Richland, Roslyn, Woodinville5,9326,2206,8656,5146,75432,286
Boundary Bay Brewing CompanyBellingham6,2326,4976,5075,9166,13631,288
Diamond Knot Craft BrewingMountlake Terrace, Mukilteo4,1155,3177,6726,1316,59329,828
Silver City Brewery[10][11]Bremerton6,0625,2887,6158,61727,582
Iron Horse BreweryEllensburg1632,21210,15312,57025,098
No-Li BrewhouseSpokane1,5921,5222,4125,9567,81319,294
Big Al Brewing[12][13][14]Seattle1,5961,9201,9241,13506,575
Two Beers Brewing Company[15]Seattle9251,9112,5885,1835,75516,361
Dick's Brewing Company[16]Centralia3,1102,9732,9452,9084,41316,349
Harmon Brewing Co.[17]Tacoma (2)1,8932,5973,2083,0452,66513,409
McMenaminsMill Creek, Olympia, Seattle (2), Vancouver (2)2,1312,4202,6842,7362,75412,724
Elliott Bay Brewing Company[18]Burien & Seattle1,6551,8342,7582,8022,71311,762
American Brewing CompanyEdmonds1,2733,0613,1193,56011,013
Ice Harbor Brewing CompanyKennewick1,8722,2272,1852,3302,33410,949
Black Raven Brewing Company[19]Redmond1,2191,4481,8632,2433,42810,203
Rock Bottom BreweryBellevue2,0382,0001,9231,5811,5799,120
Hilliard's BeerSeattle2531,9483,4743,1648,839
Sound Brewery[11]Poulsbo4721,0711,6131,3304,485
Airways Brewing Company[10][20]Kent731902,5156096884,076
North Fork BreweryDeming2,7712792892802513,871
Gordon Biersch Brewing CompanySeattle5456185786516733,066
Reuben's Brews[21]Seattle1387988291,765
Stoup Brewing[20]Seattle1681,5621,730
Pyramid BreweriesSeattle00000

Inactive breweries

Former Washington microbreweries with Wikipedia articles.

Brewery City Production by year in barrels
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2010–2014
Yakima BrewingYakima

Newly licensed
Salish Sea Brewing Company (opened 2013)

Licensed microbreweries with no production data available.[22]

See also

References
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  2. Public Record Index. Washington State Liquor Control Board
  3. Saxon, Wolfgang (August 6, 2001), "Bert Grant, 73, a Beer Maker Who Developed Microbreweries", New York Times, retrieved January 18, 2015
  4. Cicero, Providence (October 27, 2015). "Pike Brewing Owners Have Been Beer Innovators for Nearly Four Decades", The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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  11. World Beer Cup winners list (PDF), Brewers Association, 2012
  12. "Coming July 31st: Sarah's Summer of Beer". KZOK. June 15, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  13. "Hot Pockets: Off-the-Beaten-Path Neighborhoods Where the Eating Is Good". The Seattle Weekly. January 14, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  14. "SunBreak Classic: Timeless Local Gift Guidance". The SunBreak. December 16, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
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  17. Chung, Ethan (July 21, 2014). "Harmon Brewing Co.’s New Coffee Concoctions", South Sound Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
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  19. World Beer Cup winners list (PDF), Brewers Association, 2010
  20. World Beer Cup winners list (PDF), Brewers Association, 2014
  21. Kendall Jones (May 23, 2014), "Local Breweries Earn Medals at Australian International Beer Awards", Washington beer blog, Seattle P-I
  22. New License Applications, Approvals, and Discontinuances, Washington State Liquor Control Board, January 30, 2014, archived from the original on January 22, 2015, retrieved 2015-02-03
  23. Rob Butcher (October 17, 2014), "Chainline Brewery to build deck facing Cross Kirkland Corridor", Kirkland Views
  24. Kendall Jones (July 29, 2014), "Vocal Minority Threatens to Shut Down Kirkland Brewery", Washington Beer Blog – via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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