If nothing else, the accent gives it away. Adam Robbings, the co-founder and brewmaster at Reuben’s Brews in Seattle, is a native of England who relocated to Seattle in 2004. If you believe in such things, I suppose you’d say that making great beer is encoded in his DNA. Think about it for a second. Imagine you start a business in Seattle, as Adam did, you build a brand, you brew fantastic beers, you win awards, but your family and friends back home never get to drink your beer. Imagine […]

In Seattle, we love our beer. In Seattle, we love our coffee. Compared to many cities in America, some might say our passion for the two beverages is intense. Like craft beer, Seattle hopped aboard the “good coffee” train long before most of the nation had grown accustomed to the concept of a $4 cup of joe. It is not unusual for a brewery in Seattle or elsewhere to make a beer that features coffee. There are a number of different methods for doing it, but Reuben’s Brews in Seattle […]