Machine House Brewery — Restaurant in Seattle

I have nothing but heavily coisterous praise for this place, nay I even give it Cheers... picture this.... you are making your way in this world today and you're giving it all you've got You are trying so God damn hard to earn your way and have to forage ahead. You find yourself desperately needing to take a break from all your worries,Sure would help a lot...Wouldn't you like to get away?(like the rest of us poor souls).All those nights when you've got no lights The check is in the mail And your little angel Hung the cat up by it's tail And your third fiance didn't show... because she wasn't the "Norm" .....Sometimes you just wanna go to a familiar type of place... a place where everybody knows your name. and they're always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see that many of our troubles are all the same, you wanna be where everybody knows your name. A place where you can roll out of bed, Mr. Coffee is not going to be as lively as this place. Be glad there's one place in the world where. everybody knows your name. ....And come to think of it, they're always glad you came..... You wanna go where people know , that the People are all the same. You wanna go where everybody knows your name.... Pints on the shelf happen to be engraved, because they also have my name on it... and clearly EVERYONE KNOWS MY NAME... or they can just read it from my glass. Anywho..." this place is foundational to what dreams may come" -...

Machine House’s Dark Mild is one of my favorite beers in Seattle. It looks dark, but it goes down light. It’s good any time of the day.

Their seasonal beers are usually good with the occasional banger, but every now and then there’s a dud. But their Dark Mild is always there, and it’s always good.

This is cask beer. Google that if you’re not sure what that is. It’s not carbonated or fully refrigerated. It’s an old way of doing things. And there’s a real charm to that.

My second recommendation is to try a bottle pour of their IPA. I think it’s better fully chilled.

Three people run this operation. I don’t know how they do it. But...

Lots of American breweries (especially back on the East coast) promise "English style ales" but very few of them deliver. Instead what you get are ales yes, but they are carbonated not hand pumped, and rather than being nuanced & subtle like a true cask ale, they are merely monotone & bland, not to mention way too high in alcohol. Machine house does Real Ale right though. Their beers dance across the tongue and sit light in the stomach. They express both a British sensitivity to balance and an American love of fresh and flavorful local ingredients. My favorite brewery in Seattle so far and I highly recommend swinging in for...