Celebrate Juneteenth in Washington State: Here’s 5 Black-Owned Breweries to Visit

Let's Raise a Glass for Juneteenth

Let's raise a glass to our Black-owned breweries in Washington State in honor of the upcoming Juneteenth holiday!

See, the thing is, there are about 400+ breweries here in the Evergreen State, yet only five, count ‘em, FIVE of them are Black-owned breweries. That's because historically, access to industry connections, capital, and financial backing has been hard to come by for African Americans living in Washington.

That is only 1% representation* of in the breweries in the state.

In honor of Juneteenth, I wanted to give a shout out to a special craft brewery that is dear to my heart because of the great memories I’ve had there with my friends. It also happens to be a locally owned Black-owned brewery here in Washington.

I had a blast visiting Métier Brewing Company. Métier has a delicious flight of beers, and I enjoyed putting my name on the wall of "donated beers."

At Métier Brewing Company (two locations: 14125 NE 189th St B, in Woodinville and 2616 E Cherry St, in Seattle), anyone can purchase a beer and pay it forward to someone else. How it works is, you pay for the beer at the counter and they'll give you a sticker to write down the type of person you want to pay it forward to.

I wrote down my free beer as going out to "the next harried single parent who's out there surviving the tweens and teen years, one day at a time." HA!

Four More Black Owned Breweries to Visit in Washington State

The other four Black owned breweries in Washington that I know of are:

Beer Star in Tacoma and White Center

4328 6th Ave, Tacoma and 9801 16th Ave SW, Seattle

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Sage Brewing Company in Pasco

8425 Chapel Hill Blvd B-102, Pasco

23rd Ave Brewery in Seattle

2313 S Jackson St, Seattle

Black Label Brewing Company in Spokane

19 W Main Ave, Spokane

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Why Visiting a Black Owned Brewery Is a Big Deal to Many People

I tip my hat to anyone who owns a brewery; you are one of my favorite people! Before researching this list, I didn't even think about how tough it must be to break into the beer business for anyone: after all, you have to have access to capital to start that kind of business.

Plus, there are hefty costs involved to start your own brewery, from purchasing hops, a space to brew the beer, all of the industrial beer equipment and bottling/packaging (which we know ain’t cheap), and then there’s the cost of marketing, staff, and rent, plus overhead expenses. I'm sure I've left some things off this list, but you get the picture.

All of that aside, I personally think that having the right CONNECTIONS is one of the biggest indicators of success for any budding beer entrepreneur.

Dare I call it a beer-trepreneur!

I hope that you'll get the pleasure of visiting one of our cool Black-owned Washington State breweries this year!

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Other Cool Signature Craft Breweries to Visit in Washington State

• Lucky Envelope 907 NW 50th Ave, Seattle

• Georgetown Brewing 5200 Denver Ave S, Seattle

• Single Hill Brewing 102 N Naches Ave, Yakima

• Fremont Brewing Co. 1050 N 34th St, Fremont (Seattle)

• Bale Breaker Brewing Co. 1801 Birchfield Rd, Moxee

You can find many more tempting Washington State beers (thanks, Wikipedia!).

*The Black population in Washington state is currently close to 4%.