Yakima Craft Brewing Company

This taproom is a fun place to go out and grab some beers with some buddies. The problem is everything from Yakima Craft is terribly brewed. If they have options other than their own beers then those are the best options. There are better options for beer nearby by.

I lived in Yakima for a few months back in 2013. I had just moved from Bend OR and had become a bit snobbish about my craft brew. When I discovered Yakima Craft Brewing I was pleasantly surprised with the taste of the beer. The best thing was being able to bring my 10 year old Son with me to share a Root Beer with him.
I have since moved to Lynnwood WA and have not been back to visit Yakima Craft Brewing Co. Although, it will be on my spots to visit when I do get back over there. To anyone making a stop in Yakima and if you like tasting fine beer, HERE is your stop!

The entrance is in the back of the brewery which can be difficult to realize. There is a small taproom where you can first taste the beer. The employee to the customers are friendly chatters which I enjoyed very much. I highly recommend the 1982, root beer, and ipa english. They, unfortunately, no longer sell the 22 oz bottles which I loved. So we ended up picking up the growler and the 1982 in a double layer can. They have small bar snacks like pretzels and mustard. That was ok. It’s the store bought pretzels and sweet mustard sauce. Go and have fun!

Five stars because it IS what it says it is CRAFT BREWING COMPANY. Brew gets 5 stars… If the word kitchen was in it I would have given 4. CRAFT-​a-​LISCIOUS

I stopped in at the YCB tasting room to fill a couple of growlers to take back home to the hubster on a recent mom-​and-​kids trip through eastern Washington. Their location isn’t easy to find (it’s kinda tucked away — thank you Google Maps for helping), but once we found it there was plenty of parking and no wait to get the growlers filled. The tasting room itself is small and full of locals; if I wasn’t on the road it would have been fun to stay and have a pint. I left with two «pill bottle» growlers (one with their yummy coffee porter, and the other with their signature IPA) and a couple of 12-​oz. cans of their Amber (which I happily enjoyed when I finally arrived home the next day. I would definitely say this is a must-​stop on your beer (or even your wine) trip to Yakima, and is worth the extra effort to find the place.

Great new location downtown. The atmosphere is almost right but they could use a little decorating help to achieve a hipster pub feel or, if that isn’t what they want to go for, then just a pub feel? At any rate, the food was better than decent and the beer keeps getting better.

Love Yakima Craft Brewing! The beer is excellent, selection awesome, service phenomenal. The tasting room in the brewery is a cute, hole-​in-​the-​wall with primary focus on beer. Nothing fancy, but the beer is awesome and local! If you need food with your beer, they just opened a tasting room in downtown Yakima with a small but diverse menu. Everything we ordered was delicious. The service by Sam was awesome! We spent a lot of time picking her brain about for recommendations on beer, food, kegs, yakima in general, etc. She was personable, knowledgeable, and patient. Love this place. We will be back time and time again!

Great place to have a great beer and some conversation.
No food so don’t expect it. I will be back.

Good Beers, nuff said.

I went here for the beer (as a tourist) and was not disappointed. I am a big IPA fan and I liked all of the beers that I had.
They only serve snacks, we got the cheese and meat plate which was good but they didn’t have any bread/​crackers which was lame.
My only complaint was the service, the waitress was clearly not pleased to be there, didn’t warn us about said lack of bread and at one point left the bar for nearly 10 minutes.
I would totally recommend this place, it’s cute and the beer was great!

It was a busy night when we went to Yakima Craft Brewing Company. The small tap room was loaded with people (or people loaded ;-)) and the crowd spilled outside onto the patio. Steve and I were lucky when we got there and caught a couple of seats outside on the fine, sunny day we went. The place brought in your typical brewery drinkers and someone always has to bring a friendly and adorable dog to coddle. This was such the case here and made the experience fun.
The brewery had two IPAs on tap and I got the more intense one. It was extremely bitter. Not terribly textured in flavor, just bitter. That is ok. I asked for it.
Steve got a pretty decent Pale Ale which I liked better. It had a good aftertaste to it.
Yakima Craft Brewing was not a bad experience but I am a beer snob to the extreme and questioned if I really got what I was looking for here. A buzz? Yes. Experimental beer in regards to ingredients? Not quite.

5 Stars and let me tell you why.
When you come to a craft brewery, I think you should judge them on how they do as a craft brewery, these folks do an excellent job!
Is it a hole in the wall — yes.
Do they have a grill that will knock your socks off — no.
Do they have great locally crafted beer — YES!
So Doug R. — I don’t believe a limited menu holds them back from being 5 stars. The beer and the vibe is enough for me (God bless Bert and his traditions).
So Jason T.- hoping the beer would be better… Not everything will compare well once you’ve decided that Keystone Ice is your thing. No worries. This beer is a local brew you can be proud of. Even if you are from Zillah you should be able to claim this.
Corey G. has it right, this place has great beer. All of it.
I had their sampler (twice) and they all tasted great! On Tuesday they knock of two bucks the cost of a growler refill — come and get it!
This place is great, the customers and staff are friendly, and you can definitely taste some fantastic beers.
I will be back!!!
Joe

Seems like I’ve been meeting a few folks here lately. No surprise since the beer’s damned decent! Limited menu (which is the only thing holding back a 5-​Star), but, a great vibe! Really happy to see them making a good go of it. Local Guys doing their best to keep Bert’s tradition alive.

I will give Yakima Craft 5-​stars for their beer. One of the best ways to end a hard day at work or take family and friends visiting Yakima for a good pint of brew. Their staff is always great at explaining the ins and outs of each of their beers. I would like to see some more seating because it sometimes gets a little cramped in the small tasting room but you can’t beat everything else they have to offer!

I was really hoping the beer would be better. It’s nice to have a local brew that you can be proud to drink.
We got the beer sampler. Nothing really stood out. Most were marginal, a few were downright bad, but the 1982 has been good elsewhere. Maybe they just don’t have the QA/​consistency thing down yet.
Do not go there to eat. If it doesn’t come in a package from the grocer’s freezer, they don’t make it. Maybe the sausage is ok, but nothing really made us want to eat.
It’s a nice, quaint space, but wasn’t friendly enough to justify becoming a regular until the beers get better.

I like little quiet places like this that are well off the beaten path. Service is appropriately well versed in brew talk & you can get good snacks. I had 2−10oz glasses of good monkey & it was well deserved after my first 20 mile bike ride of the year. Their to-​go beer prices are very reasonable and I look forward to getting my own Yakima Craft Growler. Definately will go back and often!

After a day of cross-​country skiing on the minimal snow up on White Pass, I came down the hill and planned to fill up my growler at Yakima Craft Brewing Co. I thought they might be closed since it was about 7pm, but when I called they were open till 10.
I was further surprised to see they had a new place to sample their brews: the Taproom!
Yup, in the industrial building their brewery is held up in, they have now converted a nice & cozy space into a cool pub-​like area. The Taproom has a handful of tables, a small bar, and they serve a small menu of food.
So, my idea of a quick growler fill-​up turned into a more major pitstop of trying a sampler (it’s my duty), ordering some tots, watchin’ some X-​Games, chatting with the nice server, listening to some KEXP (yes! they stream KEXP in here!!), and THEN filling up my growler.
They have (5) regular brews on tap, and Bad Monkey (dark Belgian ale) & Good Monkey (light Belgian ale) as their seasonals. I found all of their brews decent. It was hard to decide which one to fill my growler up with at first, but after a while Vern became my clear favorite: it’s ultra-​hoppy taste sang to me.
Taproom’s only been open for a month, but my server said they’ve been doing good. So, come on down and support your local brewery!