About
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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Ferris (26019) reviewed
Imperial IPA from Reuben's Brews
12 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle - Very sweet with hints of tropical fruit and mandarin. Clear gold with a thin head. Intense mandarin and bitterness. Big bold flavours, maybe a bit too much.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2013 at 22:22
TimE (11137) reviewed
Imperial IPA from Reuben's Brews
12 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Copper color, tons of passionfruit, caramel full body and full on and just bloody intense.
Tried on 23 Dec 2013 at 22:21
mcberko (49191) reviewed
American Rye from Reuben's Brews
12 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Reuben's Brews, pours a clear pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma of light rye, banana and slight fruitiness. Flavour brings out light rye, a little clove, a little banana, and some dry fruitiness. Very dry and light on the palate. Doesn't really strike me as a rye beer, as the rye notes are really light and subtle. This is more of a summer beer - difficult to drink when it's 0C outside. Solid stuff.
Tried from Draft on 06 Dec 2013 at 16:35
mcberko (49191) reviewed
Belgian Imperial Rye IPA from Reuben's Brews
12 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at Reuben's Brews, pours a hazy dark golden with a medium white head. Nose brings out spicy hops, Belgian yeast, rye and slight pine - very aromatic. Flavour brings out very dry rye notes, some Belgian yeast, and super dry pine. Impeccably well-balanced, with a dryer flavour profile than the regular Imperial Rye IPA. Excellent stuff.
Tried from Draft on 06 Dec 2013 at 16:18
mcberko (49191) reviewed
Auld Heritage - Barrel Aged from Reuben's Brews
12 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Brouwer's Cafe for Big Wood 2013, pours an opaque dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma of dry wood, dry caramel and alcohol. Flavour brings out loads of caramel, dry wood, and whiskey barrels. Not the most complex beer, but decently well-balanced. Decent stuff.
Tried from Draft on 06 Dec 2013 at 08:53
Buckeyeboy (18930) reviewed
Imperial Rye IPA from Reuben's Brews
12 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours out a nice copper topped with a sand head. Aroma of citrus hops ccaramel sweetness and some rich malts. Taste is more of the citrus rye caramel and a grape fruit bitterness on the end.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2013 at 19:54
Bytemesis (16558) reviewed
Imperial IPA from Reuben's Brews
12 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to glkaiser! Bottling date 10/21/13. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head, dissipates quickly with decent lacing. Aroma is citrus, passionfruit, cat piss, pine resin. Flavor is the same, light sweet and light bitter increasing to medium on the finish. Medium body, oily mouthfeel, kinda harsh, which detracts from an otherwise nice beverage.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2013 at 21:32
AdamChandler (5744) reviewed
Dry Stout from Reuben's Brews
13 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pitch black and creamy head. Nose is similar to the porter but slightly less smoky. Fairly dry
Tried on 13 Oct 2013 at 23:33
AdamChandler (5744) reviewed
Imperial IPA from Reuben's Brews
13 years ago
9.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Slight red tones Nose is huge simcoe and possibly some citra or chinook. Very juicy. Excellent malt and hop balance. Pretty awesome and one of the best west coast IPAs. I’ve had
Tried on 13 Oct 2013 at 23:31
AdamChandler (5744) reviewed
Robust Porter from Reuben's Brews
13 years ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Brown to black with amber edges debittered dark malts and smoked malts. A hint of raisins and chocolate. This is a pretty well balanced porter. The combo in the taste is chocolate and smoked malts with an undercurrent of oak and caramel. Not too sweet or dry
Tried on 13 Oct 2013 at 23:31