Win a Chance to Brew With Us Calling all homebrewers! We are excited to announce our 2024 Pro-Am Homebrew Contest, the 7th edition of this fun competition. Just like last year we’ll accept entries in three categories: Dark Beers, IPAs, and Lagers. Our Pro-Am will be a Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) certified homebrew competition. All entries will be blind tasted and scored against BJCP style guidelines. The winner of best in show will have the chance to brew a large scale batch of their beer with us at one of our Ballard production facilities. T ..read more

Our Annual Dedication to the Art of Beer Blending The Crows has been a special release to us for several years now, and one that showcases the art behind our barrel-aged beer program. Each winter before The Crows makes its annual reappearance, our innovation manager Thor Stoddard periodically tastes samples from many barrels, takes notes on their favorable characteristics as well as their potential to boost or balance particular aromas and flavors. And because the elements in the final blend change from year to year, no two vintages are the same. To create this year’s vintage, Thor select ..read more

After teaming up several times last year, we’re expanding our partnership with our friends at EDGE Outdoors for the 2023 – 2024 season. Our goal is to help them further their mission to attract and retain Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color including Trans Women of Color in snow and adventure sports.  To do that, we’re donating a portion of proceeds from Crush the Slopes to this local nonprofit. Want to learn more about EDGE Outdoors and how you can participate? Here are three ways: 1. Pick Up a 4-pack of Crush the Slopes  Crush the Slopes hazy IPA has a massive run of hops that hi ..read more

Our Holiday Advent Program is Back for Another Year Taste your way through the holidays with us at our Taprooms in Ballard and Fremont. Getting started is as easy as picking up a 2023 Reuben’s Brews Advent punch card at either location from now until Sunday, December 24th. Every day from December 1st through the 24th we’ll announce a new featured beer on our social media stories (and this web page). Buy a pint, a Crowler, a growler, or cans of it to-go anytime during the month and you’ll receive a single punch on your card. Plus, for every 6 punches you complete, you’ll earn one of the prizes ..read more

After teaming up several times last year, we’re expanding our partnership with our friends at EDGE Outdoors for the 2023-2024 season. Our goal is to help them further their mission to attract and retain Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color including Trans Women of Color in snow and adventure sports.  To do that, we’re donating a portion of proceeds from Crush the Slopes to this local nonprofit. Want to learn more about EDGE Outdoors and how you can participate? Here are three ways: 1. Pick Up a 4-pack of Crush the Slopes  Crush the Slopes hazy IPA has a massive run of hops that hit ..read more

On the day we opened Reuben’s Brews back in the summer of 2012, we had five beers on tap. In spite of the August heat, one of those beers quickly found favor with the friends, neighbors, and craft beer enthusiasts who turned up for our public debut: Robust Porter. It’s remained in our lineup ever since, and is now one of our five everyday favorites available year-round. Last weekend in Denver the judges at the Great American Beer Festival also chose it as one of their favorites, awarding this beer a silver medal in the Robust Porter category. We’re incredibly proud of this achievement, especia ..read more

Who’s ready for our annual invitational festival? On Saturday, July 15, we’ll be tapping 30 different beers from brewing industry friends both near and far. And we’ll be serving these hoppy ales and crispy lagers at our main bar as well as a second back bar alongside dozens of our own core and limited releases. Beginning at 12:00 p.m. there will be eight guest beers pouring at any given time, or until a keg is emptied. New beers will be tapped at 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Here’s the complete list of guest drafts that we’ll be serving at the fest:   Alvarado Street Brewery ..read more

Seattle Beer Week is back, and so is our annual Haze Fest. This Saturday, May 20th we’re dedicating two-thirds of our tap lines to hazy beers! Enjoy a day of fun music, great food, and of course hazy beer in our Taproom. No tickets necessary, and all ages are welcome. Doors open at 11:00 a.m. and to minimize lines we’ll have two pouring stations for beer. Reuben’s Eats will be serving food out of the truck and we’ll also have a grill offering brats, franks, vegan dogs, and kids dogs all day. Plus, Pastry Boy will be popping up from 2 – 6:00 p.m. with s’mores cookies, oatmeal cream pies, c ..read more

Nestled in the heart of Ballard at 14th Avenue and 53rd Street, this location has all the brewing equipment installed and ready to go and is the perfect space for an entrepreneurial brewer looking to plant their flag in a nationally recognized brewery district and set up their own brewery and taproom. After an award-winning homebrewing career, co-founder Adam Robbings wanted a place where Reuben’s Brews could grow into its own. “This space had everything we needed to brew beers of the highest quality and connect directly with our customers,” says Robbings.  In August 2012, Reuben’s B ..read more

In the world of beer, as with anything else in life, styles come and go. What might be all the rage today isn’t necessarily going to be what people want tomorrow. The same is true of IPAs, a broad category that’s been in the spotlight for a few decades now. Black IPAs were cool until they weren’t. The same was true of Belgian IPA. And a few years ago Brut IPA got its 15 minutes of fame, too. Then there’s the West Coast IPA, a style that is seeing a resurgence after falling out of fashion. In Ballard we pride ourselves on our draft selection, but there are some beers you’ll always find on tap ..read more