Friends of North Creek Forest and Cairn Celebrate OktoberForest One of our most exciting months returns here at Cairn: OktoberForest! Combing two of our favorite things--the outdoors and great beer--this is an annual celebration held in partnership with Friends of North Creek Forest.  An amazing group of dedicated individuals, they have put in countless hours to protect, rehabilitate and support the 64-acre North Creek Forest. It's the largest section of mature growth forest in the city of Bothell , and hugely important to the health of our Northshore watershed. Visit Friends of North C ..read more

We are pleased to announce that we will be reintroducing a few “before times” elements back to the Taproom at Cairn Brewing: Glassware is back! We are still trying to get a feel for the flow of busing stations in the brewery. Please help us out by clearing your own table to the appropriate receptacle (trash, recycle, bus tub) We will resume filling outside growlers. This includes stainless steel growlers as well. We will only fill cleaned and rinsed growlers as normal. You may now open a tab at the bar! We will require a credit card on file to hold the tab , so cardless payments will contin ..read more

Get to know our Awesome Team! These are the folks behind the bar or behind the scenes, pouring pints, brewing beer, and keeping Cairn up and running!  Alex- Beertender What’s your favorite Cairn Beer? Pucker Up Sour or Bill’s Pills are my go-to’s year round. However I can’t stay away from the special release of the habanero Cinco Light Lager! Where is your favorite place (besides the Cairn Taproom) to drink beer?  My favorite place to drink (besides Cairn, of course) has to be at sporting events. There’s nothing quite like the atmosphere created when passionate sports fans get a coup ..read more

One of the most important things for our brewery--maybe surpassed only by making great beer--is to support our community. We continue to be incredibly lucky with our extended Cairn family. Even through the utter stress-storm of 2020, you continued to show up for our beer, and to share a bit of your lives with us.  In the first few years of Cairn Brewing, we were quick to say “Yes!” hosting community pints nights for a wide range of causes. Through these Pint Nights, we got to know our neighborhood better, but felt like we could do more. In addition to Pint Nights, we decided to expand ou ..read more

Donations for Samples at Cairn Brewing Since last September at Cairn, we have tried out a new policy when it comes to samples in the brewery. Many of you are familiar with it: we ask for a dollar donation in exchange for a 2oz sample of beer. Those donations are given to a rotating community partner each month— it’s “drinking with a purpose” as one of our beertenders likes to say! So far, this program has been incredibly successful! It gives us another chance to give back to community partners we care about, and a chance to spotlight these amazing organizations in a new way. We are continua ..read more

Friends of North Creek Forest and Cairn Celebrate OktoberForest One of our most exciting months returns here at Cairn: OktoberForest! Combing two of our favorite things--the outdoors and great beer--this is an annual celebration held in partnership with Friends of North Creek Forest.  An amazing group of dedicated individuals, they have put in countless hours to protect, rehabilitate and support the 64-acre North Creek Forest. It's the largest section of mature growth forest in the city of Bothell, and hugely important to the health of our Northshore watershed. Last year FNCF celebrated ..read more

With the heaviness that 2020 has brought to many of our lives this year, we can all use something fun. As a big thanks to our wonderful community for their endless support to Cairn Brewing, we're bringing  out a fun-loving beer. The whole Cairn Team invites you to join us while we give 2020 The Big Bird! Join us on Tuesday, December 1st for the release on draft and in cans to-go. Here is the official press release: KENMORE, WA -- Cairn Brewing, a community-minded, neighborhood brewery and taproom in Kenmore, will give 2020 The Big Bird.   On Tuesday, December 1 st , Cairn Brewi ..read more

Cairn Brewing is proud to sponsor the 7th Annual Kenmore Heritage Society's Fun Photo Contest ! The contest runs from September 12-20th, photographers of all ages can enter their shots of our beautiful Northshore home.  From the KMH website: You will have 9 days to create photographic entries based on the subject categories. The contest is all about creative interpretation for each category. Prizes will be awarded for the most original, appealing, and creative entry in each of 7 mystery categories. The categories will be revealed at the VIRTUAL kick-off on Sunday, Sept 12th and will ..read more

OktoberForest 2020 Welcome to OktoberForest! The outdoors is something we cherish here at Cairn Brewing, and we are excited to participate in this program for the 3rd year in a row. We are once again partnering with Friends of North Creek Forest for this month-long celebration of two of our favorite things: Beer and Forests! So what do forests have to do with beer? It’s all about the water. Beer is made up of 95% water. Forests filter rainwater, creating cleaner fresh water. Fresh and clean water makes for much tastier beer.  Healthy forest = Cleaner Water = Better Beer It’s as sim ..read more

Change is in the Air! It’s here. The days are getting longer, the temperatures are climbing, and nature is starting to bloom again. It felt like an endless winter, but folks: we made it! Happy Spring! On the horizon at Cairn Brewing is a return, maybe not to “normal” but at least to a few familiar things. We want to share with you all some of the steps we will be taking in the near future as we continue to open up. First and foremost, the health and safety of our team and customers is our top priority. We will continue to uphold the current regulations and guidelines outlined by Healthy Wa ..read more