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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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5
On tap at Reuben’s, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has some herbaceous and herbal notes, light grassiness, and straw. Flavour is herbaceous, with no real notice of any Saaz-like character; there’s straw and bready malt. Clean enough but unremarkable.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 06:32

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
On tap at Reuben’s, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of resinous hops, tangy citrus, and light woody notes. Flavour has plenty of citrusy hop tang, woody piney, and biscuity malt. Finishes tangy and lightly resinous. Very good.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 06:31

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Reuben’s, pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma has plenty of rye, earthy hops, light pine, and bready malt. Flavour has plenty of roasted notes, toasted malt, earthy spicy rye, and resinous hops. Wonderful rye incorporation. Excellent.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 06:27

5.1/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
On tap at Reuben’s, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is full of diacetyl, piney hops, and biscuity malt. Flavour has some butter, piney hops, and crisp biscuity nalt. Too much butter for me to get past. Needs fixing.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 06:23

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Reuben’s, pours a clear golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is full of grapefruit, resinous hops, and toasted caramel malt. Flavour is balanced, with resinous hops, caramel malt, and grapefruit. A bit clumsily balanced but there’s some decent hop expression. Decent.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 06:20

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
On tap at Reuben’s, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of piney hops, some earthiness, and sweet bready malt. Flavour has a nice piney hop character, doughy malt, and biscuity notes. Clean and well-hopped. Nice freshie.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 06:18

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear gold with a white head. Bright, crisp, woody pine on the nose. Flavour has lots of floral, woody pine. Great, bright, fresh Strata hop expression. Really nice.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 03 Oct 2025 at 23:50

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
On tap at Reuben's - Ballard. Pours clear gold with a white head. Dank piney nose. Flavour has fresh pine, dank resinous oils. Very nice hop expression.
Tried from Draft at Reuben's Brews - Ballard Taproom on 03 Oct 2025 at 23:49

5.4/10 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 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