This weekend, Seattle Beer Week kicks off at local breweries, restaurants, and bars around Seattle. This celebration offers events, deals, and more to show off the city’s love for bold brews — we’ll cheers to that.
When it first launched in 2009, Seattle Beer Week was no more than a small group of events held at a few local establishments. Since then, it has expanded to over 200 events across 10 days of mug clinking and ale drinking.
Here are some spots serving up suds + hosting events for this year’s Seattle Beer Week:
This weekend
Friday, May 17
- SBW Kickoff Celebration, 4-10 p.m. | Old Stove Brewing Co. has this year’s official SWB collab beer, the Whereas West Coast IPA. Kids and dogs are welcome, just grab your capes because the theme is “old school comic books/superheroes.”
- Mascot Mayhem, 5-8 p.m. | Enjoy free prizes + special visits from the Seahawk’s Blitz + Mariner Moose at Ounces Taproom & Beer Garden.
- West Coast Pilsner Party, 5-11 p.m. | West Coast pilsners are taking over the tap at Full Throttle Bottles with live DJs to set the vibe.
Saturday, May 18
- Haze Fest, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. | Reuben’s Brews is serving 16 different hazy beers, with live entertainment starting at 5 p.m.
- Stour Fest, 12-10 p.m. | Brouwer’s Cafe brings ~20 sours and stouts each, showcasing their wide variety of fruited + bold flavors.
- E9 + Holy Mountain Tap Takeover, 3-10 p.m. | Two breweries are taking over the tap at The Masonry in Queen Anne.
Sunday, May 19
- Yoga + Beer: Slow Flow, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Start your Sunday off slow and steady with a gentle yoga sesh and a taproom hang afterwards.
- SBW Run, 12-5 p.m. | This bar crawl is extra speedy. Meet at Stoup Brewing in Capitol Hill and grab pints at pit stops along the way to Stoup’s Ballard location.
Extra deals + releases
Elysian Brewing Co. | Downtown, Capitol Hill, and South Seattle
- Deals: 50% off beer all flights
- Beer release: Pink Shoes, a huckleberry kettle sour
Pine Box | Capitol Hill
- Deals: $58 for five oyster tasting plates with 5 beer pairings and a guided discussion on Monday, May 20 — tickets required
Full Throttle Bottles | Beacon Hill
- Beer release: New Faces, a double dry hopped West Coast Pilsner
Outer Planet Brewing | Capitol Hill
- Deals: On Sunday, May 19, get 20% off all crowlers and growlers.
Feeling thirsty? Yeah, we are too. Catch us with pints in hand under the sun this weekend, for sure.
