Reuben's Brews - The Ballard Taproom

Overall good experience with great food. I was sort of disappointed in the lack of selection of beers. They have like 30 beers but half of them were lagers and most of the rest were IPAs. They had one red and one porter. Several of the IPAs tasted quite similar. They didn't have a single beer with ABV above 7%. If you're going to have so many beers, why not have a bit more diversity?

Response to the reply: there was nothing wrong with the telecast provider; all of us had our cellphones out watching the game and it was crystal clear with no freeze-ups. Please own the fact that you had no problem taking $1000s of dollars from fans but couldn’t spare the funds to have a proper viewing experience.

Don’t come here for watch parties. Showed up early for the BFC watch party, national championship. Reuben’s was not prepared, which was shocking as this was one of many watch parties already hosted. They used a very poor internet connection and *screen mirroring* to cast the game. The first 30 minutes of the game was completely unwatchable. We finally left to the Barrel Room, which had a much better connection but the crowd there was really drab compared to the main taproom. Also pretty sure that the main tap room had *well* exceeded building code capacity, with so many people using the public wifi, which was probably one of the main reasons (besides choosing a poor method to connect to begin with) that casting was so bad. My IT friend even offered to assist to fix it but the guy running the casting was so defensive to our kind approach that he wouldn’t listen at all. Like…. you’re hosting an official watch party for the biggest game of the season- How could you be so badly prepared for your fans? Jokes on us though, Reuben’s made *SO* much money off our pre-game drinks.

The best of Ballard, hands down. Make sure you come here last as you'll not want to leave.

Best Reuben I have ever had. Amazing beer

Forgot to close out my tab last night, bartender tipped themselves 60% gratuity, when it’s supposed to be a standard 20%. Never supporting this establishment again.

We visited from New York and everything was good untill we were told to go to the back of line to close our tap. How rude was that we had to wait another 15 minutes

I love the beers at Reubens. Great staff and 20 choices always. I love their ipas and lagers.

Tasty beers with a cool outdoor space. Wish they had ice for water and more chairs with back support

Nice place, food is good, beers are decent. Cool to be in an area of many breweries, can make a half day of it

Good beer & food is solid. That being said, mean sandwich is a way better value for food. And you get a cheap canned beer there or a draft next door with your food. They also have great sauce options! Also the service is much better. Likewise Fremont brewing & their smash burger food truck is a much better value & has actual sauce for fries, ketchup is a base, not a sauce. So not bad, but definitely better options around. We got a Rueben, a chicken sandwich & 2 beers, and that was $60. (Not associated with any of the companies mentioned.)

I’m devastated that the fries with a kimchi, cheese, and chili crisp topping is no more. The chicken sandwich seems to change a bit each time we order it too. 1-2years ago Rueben’s was our go-to brewery bc we could get these specialty fries and a really amazing chicken sandwich, the current variation with green relish is so different from what it used to be. We still come sometimes for the beers, but I’m so sad the decision was made to change these food items that were once perfect. Even if there was some kind of legal issues with the fries concept, I would pay more and some commission be sent to whoever felt they first created the concept. Serving fries with a $3 serving of cold kimchi is kind of pointless…

Wow! We had a great time sitting outside and having a beer. And the reuben sandwich was so good. And I never understood why people loved them. I hadn't had a good one. The fries were great, too.
Great place to hang with family and friends. Kid friendly.

Great staff service & music.

We were on a brewery tour with Cycle Saloon and this was the first stop. Fun atmosphere with a couple of nice murals and lots of seating areas.
We sat in the back room and played a board game while we enjoyed their beers. They have a nice selection and there is a decent amount of food options too. We just came from a dinner nearby so we only their beers this time.

Lots of excellent beers and an awesome indoor and outdoor seating area