Hilliard's Beer was a
brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...
located in
Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the List of Unit ...
, United States. The brewery opened on October 7, 2011, in the city's
Ballard neighborhood, in a building constructed in 1947. The company is named after its founder Ryan Hilliard, a former flight instructor.
Hilliard's was one of the first craft breweries in Washington which focused on producing beer in aluminum cans.
In June 2016, it was announced that Hilliard's was to be bought by
Tukwila-based Odin Brewing Company, and that Hilliard himself was to leave the craft beer industry rather than to merge his company or join the new team. The brewery is now permanently closed.
History
Hilliard's brewed various styles of beer in 16-ounce tall boy cans. It typically served several beers on draft such as Hilliard's Nautical Reference Pale Ale (Pale Ale), Chrome Satan (California Common 'Style' Beer), Murdered Out Stout (Dry Irish Stout) and E.xtra S.pecial B.elgian (a Dark Saison, E.S.B. for short.)
The Hilliard's taproom served people seven days a week. The brewery's overall production in 2012 (its first calendar year) was 1600 barrels; or 384,000 cans. They were able to can beer at a rate of 24 cans per minute.
Community
Hilliard's frequently supported local non-profit groups in the visual arts, theater, youth media, film, and sports fields. Organizations which partnered with Hilliard's Beer included the Northwest Film Forum,
Seattle Art Museum
The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as SAM) is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in ...
, Henry Art Gallery, Tilted Thunder Rail Birds Roller Derby, Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Frye Art Museum, and the Uganda Village Project.
Hilliard's Beer was also active in collaborations within the brewing community and was the first small craft brewery to jointly brew a beer with craft beer veteran,
Redhook Ale Brewery
The Redhook Ale Brewery is a beer brewery operating out of Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in Seattle in 1981 by Paul Shipman and Gordon Bowker, and is currently owned by Tilray. Its flagship brewery, the Redhook Brewlab, was ...
. Together they manufactured a product in July 2013 called, "Joint Effort", a hemp-infused beer brewed in response to the legalization of marijuana in
Washington state
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...
. The session ale was brewed with hemp seeds and dry-hopped with Zeus, Cascade and Summit hops.
See also
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Beer in the United States
In the United States, beer is manufactured in breweries which range in size from industry giants to brew pubs and microbreweries. The United States produced 196 million barrels () of beer in 2012, and consumes roughly of beer per capita a ...
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Beer brewing companies based in Washington (state)
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2011 establishments in Washington (state)
2016 disestablishments in Washington (state)