List of breweries in Washington (state)

This is a list of breweries in the U.S. state of Washington.

The Pacific Brewing & Malting Company in Tacoma, circa 1900

In 2012, Washington ranked 8th nationally in craft breweries per capita.^[1] 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] In 2016, there were 337 breweries in Washington, including 174 in the Seattle area, which was more than in any other metropolitan area.^[3] In 2022, Washington ranked 4th in the list of states with the most craft breweries, following California, Pennsylvania, and New York.^[4] In 2023, the Washington Brewers Guild listed 426 breweries throughout the state.^[5]

The first American brewpub since Prohibition, Yakima Brewing & Malting Co, was based in Washington.^[6]

Breweries

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Brewery	Location	Notes
7 Seas Brewing Company[7]	Gig Harbor, Tacoma	Opened in 2009
Aslan Brewing Company[8]	Bellingham	Opened in 2014
Bale Breaker Brewing Company[9]	Yakima	Opened in 2013
Black Raven Brewing Company	Redmond	Opened in 2009
Boundary Bay Brewing Company	Bellingham	Opened in 1995
Diamond Knot Craft Brewing	Mukilteo, Mountlake Terrace	Opened in 1994
Dick's Brewing Company[10]	Centralia	Opened in 1994
Distant West Brewing[11]	Seattle	Opened in 2024
Elliott Bay Brewing Company[12]	Seattle, Burien	Opened in 1997
Elysian Brewing Company	Seattle (3)	Opened in 1996; owned by AB InBev
Fremont Brewing	Seattle	Opened in 2009
Georgetown Brewing Company	Seattle	Opened in 2002
Hemlock State Brewing Company	Mountlake Terrace	Opened in 2019
Ice Harbor Brewing Company	Kennewick	Opened in 1996
Iron Horse Brewery	Ellensburg	Opened in 2004
Kulshan Brewing Company[13]	Bellingham (3)	Opened in 2012
Mac & Jack's Brewing Company	Redmond	Opened in 1997
Maritime Pacific Brewing Company[14]	Seattle	Opened in 1990
Matchless Brewing[15]	Tumwater	Opened in 2017
McMenamins	various locations	McMenamins operates a number of breweries, restaurants, and other businesses; their first brewery opened in 1985.
Narrows Brewing[16]	Tacoma	Opened in 2013
No-Li Brewhouse	Spokane	Opened in Airway Heights, Washington as Northern Lights Brewery in 1993; moved to Spokane in 2002; renamed No-Li Brewhouse in 2012
North Fork Brewery	Deming	Opened in 1997
Old Stove Brewing[17]	Seattle	Opened in 2023
Paradise Creek Brewery[18]	Pullman	Opened in the Old Post Office in 2010
Pike Brewing Company[19][20][21]	Seattle	Opened in 1989
Postdoc Brewing[22]	Redmond	Opened in 2014
Ram Restaurant & Brewery[23]	various locations	Chain of brewpubs that started in Salem, Oregon in 1995
Redhook Ale Brewery	Woodinville	Opened in 1981; owned by Tilray
Reuben's Brews[24]	Seattle	Opened in 2012
Salish Sea Brewing	Edmonds	Opened in 2013
Scuttlebutt Brewing Company[25]	Everett	Opened in 1996
Silver City Brewery[26]	Bremerton	Opened in 1996
Snoqualmie Falls Brewery	Snoqualmie	Opened in 1997
Stoup Brewing[27]	Seattle (3)	Opened in 2013
Two Beers Brewing Company[28][29]	Seattle	Opened in 2007; acquired by Agrial Group in 2016
Uprise Brewing	Spokane	Opened in 2022

Closed breweries

Brewery	Location	Notes
Airways Brewing Company[30]	Kent	Opened in 2011, closed in 2024
American Brewing Company[31]	Edmonds	Opened in 2011, closed in 2020
Big Al Brewing[32]	Seattle	Opened in 2008, closed in 2017
Fish Brewing Company[33]	Olympia	Opened in 1993, closed in 2023
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company	Seattle	Chain of brewpubs founded in Palo Alto, California in 1988 and owned by SPB Hospitality; the Seattle location opened in 1998 and closed in 2019
Hale's Ales	Seattle	Opened in 1983, closed in 2022
Harmon Brewing Co.[34]	Tacoma (2)	Opened in 1997, ceased brewing in 2019
Hilliard's Beer[35]	Seattle	Opened in 2010, closed in 2016
Optimism Brewing Company[36]	Seattle	Opened in 2013, closed in 2023
Pyramid Breweries[37]	Seattle	Founded in Kalama as Hart Brewing in 1984; renamed Pyramid Breweries and moved to Seattle in 1996; acquired by North American Breweries in 2010; closed in 2020.
Rainier Brewing Company	Seattle	Opened in 1884, acquired by Stroh Brewery Company in 1996, closed in 1999
Rock Bottom Brewery[38]	Bellevue	Chain of brewpubs founded in Denver, Colorado in 1991 and owned by SPB Hospitality; the Bellevue location opened in 1999 and closed in 2015
Sound Brewery[39][40]	Poulsbo	Opened in 2011, closed in 2019
Weinhard Brewing Company	Seattle	Makers of Henry Weinhard's and other brands; opened in 1864, closed in 1999
Yakima Brewing	Yakima	Opened in 1982, closed in 2004

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries