The Emerald City Beer Lab is a medium-sized tasting room for the microbrew that has moved into the historic old Rainier Brewery between Airport Way and I5. The new brewery is also lager focused, but create a variety of craft brews. The "lab" is somewhat spare, consistent with the industrial setting, with a good sized bar, two taps, and a big screen television. The owner and staff are casual and friendly.
The tasting room is most notable to long-time residents for its historic location. Beer has been brewed here since 1883, and the large R from the Rainier days was a Seattle icon. The current building was constructed by Kopp & Hemrich brewery in 1887 and has been the site of major brewing from then until 1999 (around the prohibition years) under the names Bayview Brewery, Sick's Seattle Brewing & Rainier.
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Mountain Room ran within the brewery from the 30's until 1999, hosting at times Jim Whitaker (the first American to climb Mt. Everest), Mickey Rooney, and the Seattle Rainiers baseball team. The brewery and Mountain Room were closed in 1999 and "Rainier" subsequently sold to Pabst and brewed by Miller. In recent years, developers have converted portions of it into artists studios and rehearsal spaces.
3100 Airport Way S, Ste 8100, Seattle, WA 98134 - (206) 351-8250
Est. Aug 21, 2010 - Building constructed: 1887
(Historic Bay View / Rainier Brewery)
Other bars at this address: La Cantina, The Mountain Room (1930s - 1999)
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