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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy, bright yellow color with a small white head; aroma of dankness, honey; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Downtown Taproom
on 21 Feb 2026
at 19:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hazy, bright pale yellow color with a small white head; aroma of melon,grapefruit rind; balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Downtown Taproom
on 21 Feb 2026
at 19:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Waxed capped 500 from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a slight tan head. Aroma of bourbon, chocolate and maple. Full bodied. Flavor is the aroma, but those flavors are dominated by what seems to be cherry and oak. Far from dry. Heat is moderate. Malt, bourbon and wood astringency seem to stave off the malt. The flavor is very very good.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 19 Feb 2026
at 01:20
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Waxed, capped bomber from Tavour. Pours sort of dark brown with a very slight head. Aroma of brandy and a somewhat caramel malt. Full bodied. Very malty. Almost like there's kandi in terms of sweet. Definitely brandy and some oak astringency. So much going on that I didn't notice the rye quickly. Dark fruit lurks beneath other flavors. A bit over sugary for me, but really good stuff. Somehow it strongly reminds me more of calvados than brandy.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 17 Feb 2026
at 00:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Amber and opaque. No head. Sticky sugars, toffee, dee fruitness. On the palate it’s burly, strong, lots of sweet sugars, a bit of bourbony vanilla. Good complexity to it.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 16 Feb 2026
at 00:16
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Shared with Josh during our trip to Festival of Dark Arts 2026.
Aroma: lots of caramel, oak, moderately sweet, creamy.
Taste: along the same lines, fruity, moderately sweet, nice oak notes, vanilla.
Overall: nice one.
Aroma: lots of caramel, oak, moderately sweet, creamy.
Taste: along the same lines, fruity, moderately sweet, nice oak notes, vanilla.
Overall: nice one.
Tried
from Draft
at
Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom
on 16 Feb 2026
at 00:14
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Yellow body with lasting white head. Citrus and needle tree aroma. Hoppy taste lasting long. Crisp bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Saraveza
on 15 Feb 2026
at 18:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz @ SF shared with almost full gang (missing two biggest guys only).
Aroma: something weirdly harsh, like a lot of wood? Earthy, some sweetness, a bit of dark fruits and glue.
Taste: along the same lines, very woody, harsh, intense, Three Ryes is definitely dominating.
Overall: harsh, but interesting.
Aroma: something weirdly harsh, like a lot of wood? Earthy, some sweetness, a bit of dark fruits and glue.
Taste: along the same lines, very woody, harsh, intense, Three Ryes is definitely dominating.
Overall: harsh, but interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 06:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Medium, lots of bourbon on the nose, with a bit of fruitiness. This has a good blend - some toasty stout notes but then some fruity barley wine, lots of vanilla from the barrel, and there's a bit of alcohol in the finish. The full body, big sugars on the body, with barley wine influence. Some toasty notes, with some rye in there as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 06:31
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark brown / near-black with a small beige head. Aroma is full of intense bourbon, deep wood, roasted malt, and some toasted caramel. Flavour is massively dominated by woody bourbon, medium roast, some booze, and buried sugars. Woody, bourbon, boozy finish. Integrated and complex. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 06:30