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.
Draft - Citrus grapefruit notes. Cloudy brown gold with a good rich white head. Rich grapefruit and sweet balancing malts. Finishes off peel. Well balance masks the big flavours and ABV.
Draft - Tangerine and sweet tropical fruit. Clear gold with a decent white head. Lots of citrus peel and sweet fruit. Light balanced bitterness with a long finish. Well done and easy drinking.
Draft - Citrus, pine and dark caramel. Cloudy brown with a decent light brown head. Caramel, citrus, pine and Chocolaty caramel. Very different with nice sweet dark caramel and light rye spice, without too much hop profile.
Draft - Big dark roast with bittersweet chocolate. Jet black with a rich light brown head. Dark roast, dark chocolate and some molasses. Nice rich and enpoint.
Draft - Sweet and bitter pink grapefruit. Clear gold with rich white head. Grapefruit and orange peel with a nice sweetness. Very fruity and a light balanced bitterness. Nice.
Tap at the brewery - forced upon me by Eugene - just a step above macro lager - clean, grassy - has some adjuncty, corn qualities to it, but surprisingly refreshing, with a touch of bitterness on the finish - light mineral - okay.
Tap at the brewery - a balanced, clean imperial ipa - clean sweetness that is not sticky or intrusive - a touch of spicy rye and spicy, citric, floral hops finish - balanced and not over the top - good.