Reuben's Brews
Microbrewery
in
Seattle,
Washington,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2012
Contact
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.
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.
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Damp, moldy hay on the nose. Flavour has soggy hay and skunky malts. Not very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 03 Oct 2025
at 23:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear pale blonde with a white head. Sticky, floral nose. Flavour has dry old pine, cracker malts. Underwhelming.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 03 Oct 2025
at 23:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear amber with a white head. Toasted rye bread and doughy fresh hops on the nose. Flavour has dry roasted rye malts, bitter pine, dank oils and a bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 03 Oct 2025
at 23:43
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear gold with a white head. Musty dank oils, sweaty socks, and allium on the nose. Flavour has raw onion, some pine, sweaty socks. Dirty, muddled hop expression.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 03 Oct 2025
at 23:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear gold with a white head. Nice dry, woody pine notes on the nose. Flavour has a nice blend of West Coast hops, mostly dry pine, some allium. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 03 Oct 2025
at 23:40
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear light gold with a white head. Stale pine and locker room on the nose. Flavour has stale pine, locker room, and an oily coating of diacetyl. Unfortunate.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 03 Oct 2025
at 03:25
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Dark gold body with white head. Mix hop and malt aroma. Fresh hop skin on a smooth malt body. Great finish
Tried
from Draft
at
Saraveza
on 15 Sep 2025
at 04:44
7/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dullish pale brown. Aroma is chewy. Lots of rye and that’s the palate, too. It’s okay, the rye is good but the base comes across like a lot of Reubens base, simplistic.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2025
at 19:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at Schweitzer Fall Fest. Pours hazy orange with a one+ finger cream white head with good retention. Aroma is fruity Pebbles, pine. Taste is moderately bitter with candy sweet malt support.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2025
at 20:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours lightly hazy gold with a moderate white head. Aroma is mango with a touch of guava. Med body. It is very juicy, but well towards dry. At least moderately bitter. Flavor is mango, guava and a peach note. Extremely good flavor.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 23 Aug 2025
at 23:38