Holy Mountain Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Seattle,
Washington,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2014
Contact
1421 Elliott Ave W, Seattle, WA, 98119, United States
Description
Holy Mountain is a brewery and taproom located in the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle, founded by co-owners Colin Lenfesty and Mike Murphy in 2014. The influence of oak has always been the focus of the majority of beers brewed at Holy Mountain. A sizable building near the Seattle waterfront has allowed the team to build a vast stock of oak barrels, puncheons, and foudres used for both primary fermentation as well as long-term aging.
The proximity of the brewery to the Yakima Valley also allows the team of brewers to utilize hops from the best producers in the world, constantly exploring the relationship between hops, oak, and mixed fermentation. Holy Mountain doesn't offer any year-round beers, which creates an ever-changing lineup in the brewery taproom. In addition to oak-influenced beers, Holy Mountain also offers a wide range of rotating, hop-forward ales and lagers.
The proximity of the brewery to the Yakima Valley also allows the team of brewers to utilize hops from the best producers in the world, constantly exploring the relationship between hops, oak, and mixed fermentation. Holy Mountain doesn't offer any year-round beers, which creates an ever-changing lineup in the brewery taproom. In addition to oak-influenced beers, Holy Mountain also offers a wide range of rotating, hop-forward ales and lagers.
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Tavour. Pours hazy gold with a large persistent creamy white head. Aroma suggests spiced peach. Med body with creamy texture. Juicy but barely sugary and moderate bitterness that seems to dominate the mix. The flavor is a peach that's somewhat spicy and there's other flavor I can't parse. But I do seem to find a creamy yeasty aspect. Strange here. Really good flavor tho.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 12 Aug 2025
at 23:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours clear brown with a creamy tan head that stay'd awhile. Aroma of Tmavy malt and Saaz hop. Med body. Malty, but rather dry. Nicely bitter Noble hop. Good flavor.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 02 Aug 2025
at 23:25
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has fresh piney hops, some light melon, and biscuity malt. Flavour is wonderfully expressive, with huge Mosaic—melon, tropical fruits—intense piney hops, some resins, and just enough biscuity malt to back. Wonderful hop expression and impeccable balance.
Tried
from Can
at
RidgeWood Bottle & Tap
on 01 Aug 2025
at 04:14
8/10
Really nice balance of funk and fruit, acidity and sweetness, delish. Bit of herbalness, bit of vanilla from the barrel, lots of flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2025
at 17:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
March 2024 bomber drunk 7/27/25.
Clear, dark mahogany. Small, tan head.
Moderate bourbon, showing moderate wood, spice and light pepper, with lower sweetness and some long caramel and vanilla to balance. Good acidity from both malt and barrel. No alcohol noted.
Interesting up front as the brown ale nature of the beer is definitely expressed. Not a stout, not a barleywine. More hazelnut-caramel-toffee but with more toast than a barleywine. Yet no dark chocolate or big roast of a stout. It's malty, rich, bordering syrupy, with quite a bit of sugar, definitely pushing it on the sweetness. But the flavors are alluring and there's bourbon and wood dryness and acidity throughout, with no alcohol present. And some of the rich, thicker, softer texture is the oatmeal. Does have a drying effect from barrel tannin, on the finish. But I wish it was just a bit more dry overall. Interesting and flavorful, nonetheless.
Clear, dark mahogany. Small, tan head.
Moderate bourbon, showing moderate wood, spice and light pepper, with lower sweetness and some long caramel and vanilla to balance. Good acidity from both malt and barrel. No alcohol noted.
Interesting up front as the brown ale nature of the beer is definitely expressed. Not a stout, not a barleywine. More hazelnut-caramel-toffee but with more toast than a barleywine. Yet no dark chocolate or big roast of a stout. It's malty, rich, bordering syrupy, with quite a bit of sugar, definitely pushing it on the sweetness. But the flavors are alluring and there's bourbon and wood dryness and acidity throughout, with no alcohol present. And some of the rich, thicker, softer texture is the oatmeal. Does have a drying effect from barrel tannin, on the finish. But I wish it was just a bit more dry overall. Interesting and flavorful, nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 27 Jul 2025
at 18:02
8/10
Crisp and light but solid German notes!
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2025
at 15:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
TCBW2024. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is smoked, some alcohol, toffee and mild wooden tones to it. Flavour is smoked, some peat, mild wooden tones with some slight liquorice and roasted tones. Quite boozy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2025
at 18:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
TCBW2024. Red colour with a small pink head. Aroma is cherries, funk and some acidity with mild raspberries as well. Flavou ris cherries, raspberries, mild mulled wine like tones with some tartness to it.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2025
at 18:47
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Holy Mountain, pours an opaque milky yellow with a small white head. Aroma is pretty egregious, with yeast soup, moderate chalk, not much pleasant here. Flavour somehow doesn’t taste as shitty, with sugars, murky earthiness, and some yeast slip. This is all kinds of wrong but not in the usual chalk bullshit way. Needs serious work.
Tried
from Draft
at
Holy Mountain Brewing Company - Phinney Ridge
on 24 Jul 2025
at 06:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Holy Mountain - Phinney Ridge, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is massively dank, with huge pot-like hops and minimal chalk. Flavour is massively dank, with huge pot-like hops, some citrus, stone fruit, and some bready malt to back. Super dank, just enough residual sweetness to back, no chalk. Expert hazy.
Tried
from Draft
at
Holy Mountain Brewing Company - Phinney Ridge
on 24 Jul 2025
at 06:15