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I just updated our map of Seattle breweries and noteworthy beer places. Having added two new breweries to the list, the city is now home to 61 breweries. This, of course, is by my own reckoning. I’d love to hear about it if someone has found a better source for this information. Accuracy is most important. The breweries on my list are licensed by the state and the feds, and they are actually making beer. Not all licensed breweries are actually making beer. This count does not include breweries’ satellite taprooms. Only the places where the beer is brewed.

On August 17th, Redhook will open their Capitol Hill brewpub and become the 62nd brewery in the city, assuming someone doesn’t beat them to the punch. I have my eye on a couple others.

Tapping in at number 60 and 61, two new breweries in Ballard, a neighborhood which seems to have a bottomless appetite for beer. Dirty Couch Brewing is now producing beer and, according to the company’s website, selling it to accounts like the Royal Drummer Cafe and Chuck’s Hop Shop. There is no tasting room at the brewery. Next door to Stoup Brewing, Obec Brewing is now producing beer. The other day I ran into Wayne Jehlik, the owner and brewer at Obec, and he told me that no beer had made it out of the brewery yet, but it will very soon. Obec Brewing’s taproom is still under construction. By the way, the word is pronounce Oh-Betz. It’s the Czech word for community. Someone who speaks the language can correct me if I’m wrong.

Speaking of Ballard, the greater Ballard area continues to amaze me. Below I show a map of breweries in, or very near, Ballard. This will surely spark debate, but Ballard is home to at least 9, and perhaps 11, breweries. It depends on where you draw the lines and whose definition of Ballard you accept as truth. If there is a neighborhood in America with a higher density of breweries, I’d love to hear about it. And I probably will.

The blue pins are breweries.

Here’s the list of Seattle Breweries. Let me know if I’m missing something.

Bad Jimmy’s Brewing

Big Time Brewing

Bluebird Brewing

Burdick Brewing

Cloudburst Brewing

Counterbalance Brewing

Dirty Couch Brewing

Elliott Bay Brewery and Pub

Elliott Bay Public House & Brewery

Elysian Brewery & Public House

Elysian Brewing (production only)

Elysian Brewing TangleTown

Elysian Fields Brewery

Figurehead Brewing

Floating Bridge Brewing

Floodland Brewing

Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery

Flying Lion Brewing

Fremont Brewing Company

Fremont Brewing Company

Georgetown Brewing

Ghostfish Brewing

Gordon Biersch Brewing

Hale’s Ales

Hellbent Brewing

Holy Mountain Brewing

Jellyfish Brewing

Lantern Brewing

Lowercase Brewing

Lucky Envelope Brewing

Machine House Brewing

Maritime Pacific Brewing

McMenamins Queen Anne Hill

McMenamins Six Arms

Mollusk (formerly Epic Ales)

Naked City Brewery and Taphouse

NW Peaks Brewery

Obec Brewing

Old Stove Brewing

Optimism Brewing

Outer Planet Brewing

Outlander Brewery & Pub

Peddler Brewing

Perihelion Brewing

Pike Pub and Brewery

Populuxe Brewing

Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery and Restaurant

Ram Restaturant and Brewery

Ram Restaurant & Brewery of Seattle (RAM International)

Ravenna Brewing

Reuben’s Brews

Rooftop Brewing

Schooner Exact Brewing

Seapine Brewing

Standard Brewing

Stoup Brewing

Tin Dog Brewing

Triple R Brewing

Two Beers Brewing Company

Urban Family Brewing

West Seattle Brewing

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