Reuben's Brews

Microbrewery in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
5010 14th Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Description
Adam and Grace Robbings opened Reuben’s Brews in 2012, after Adam’s award-winning homebrewing career, naming the brewery after their first child, Reuben.

The original brewery and tasting room in Ballard closed to the public in 2015 when our Taproom opened, but we still brew pilot batches here every week on our 5bbl system. Our Taproom features a brewery right in the middle of the tasting room, where we brew batches of beer that you’ll taste in both here, at The Brewtap, and in distribution. Our system here is 15bbl. In 2019 a new production brewery opened. This is where we brew the majority of the beers you see in cans and bottles on our 30bbl brewhouse, it is also home to The Brewtap, our second tasting room.

At our family brewery we brew from the glass backwards: designing each beer with intention, unbound by constraints. We know making that extra effort is worth it. From your everyday favorites beers to our innovative new releases, we help you grow your love of beer.

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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

A clear very dark brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, mid sweet chocolate and brownies. Taste of mid sweet roasted dark malt, chocolate, vanilla, caramel.

Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2026 at 14:42


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

On tap at Reuben’s, pours a deep dark amber brown with a medium beige head. Aroma has gentle winter spices, toasted caramel, and bready malt. Flavour is ruined by the kveik yeast, with weird estery fruitiness, winter spices, and bready malt. Reasonable malt base but not a nice yeast profile. Meh.

Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews The Taproom on 04 Jan 2026 at 07:45


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Reuben’s, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has plenty of coconut and chocolate upfront, with soft toasted malt. Flavour is fairly laid-back, with soft coconut and a touch of cocoa. Not much malt backbone but just pleasant adjuncts. Tasty pastry dark beer.

Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews The Taproom on 04 Jan 2026 at 07:44


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

On tap at Reuben’s, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has plenty of toasted malt, a touch of caramel, no hint of bourbon if I squint. Flavour is big, with some bourbon, toasted caramel, bready malt, and light booze. Nice bourbon character to go along with the dark malts. Very good.

Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews The Taproom on 04 Jan 2026 at 07:42


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Reuben’s, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma reveals bitter pine, resinous hops, and sweet bready caramel malts. Flavour is balanced reasonably well, with resinous hops, bready malt, toasted caramel, and some spiciness. A bit muddled but cohesive enough. Decent.

Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews The Taproom on 04 Jan 2026 at 07:41


8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Dark body with thin off white head. Nice chocolate aroma. Full chocolate and malt taste with a tangy bit. Lasting malty finish

Tried from Can at Saraveza on 03 Jan 2026 at 01:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Slight haze, pale, thin head, moderate bitterness, some overripe fruit. Malts a touch sticky, as is usual at Reubens.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 18:14


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bright gold. Thin head. Spicy, almost tobacco note, med bitterness, full body, light orangey accent. Well-balanced.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 18:13


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pale, slight haze, light fruitiness. This has medium bitterness, earthy hop character, maybe grassy.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 17:25


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pale amber, slight haze, some bready notes, medium strata character. It's a decent pale.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 17:25