Finding Good Beer at Safeco Field
by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog
Sometimes finding good beer at the ballpark can be challenging. We want to help. Below we have a list of the craft beers you will find on tap at Safeco Field along with a bit of information about exactly where you can find them.
In the future I hope to have more detailed information for you about Safeco Field’s approach to ballpark beers. Over the last few years I have noticed things getting better at the ballpark. The other night I was talking to John Tufano of Odom Corporation (a local beer distribution company) about beer at the ballpark. Safeco Field is one of his accounts and he tells me that it worked hard over the years to convince the ballpark to include more craft options. He says that starting to get better and the concessionaires are at last starting to recognize the value of providing more craft beer choices at the ballpark.
The Mariners and other sources tell me that this year there will be more craft beer on tap, and in more places around the ballpark, than any year previous. I will reserve final judgment until I actually get in the stadium and see for myself.
In addition to the draft beer listed below, the Hit it Here Cafe has 24 beers in bottles. Last year the Cafe had 51 beers in bottles. Honestly, that’s probably not a sustainable number of beers for a ballpark.
Without having all of the details, here is what we know. This information (the list of beer by section) came from Odom so it focuses on the beers they distribute. We do not intend for this be the comprehensive list of where to find good beer at the ballpark. We’re just trying to steer you in the right direction. More information is coming.
- Section 121 Short Stop Beer Cart
- Section 134 Short Stop Beer Cart
- Section 136 Good Hops
- Section 185 Good Hops (Fremont Universale and Big Sky Moose Drool)
- Section 223 Club Level (Diamond Knot IPA and Fremont Universale Pale)
- Section 244 Club Level (Diamond Knot IPA and Fremont Universale Pale)
- Section 248 Good Hops (Big Sky Moose Drool and Skagit River Scullers IPA)
- Section 319 Good Hops (Dick’s Danger and Diamond Knot IPA)
- Hit it Here Cafe (Big Sky Moose Drool and Skagit River Scullers IPA)
Here is the comprehensive draft beer list for Safeco Field as provided by the Mariners. In some instances, we only know the brewery and not the exact beer. Of course, in addition to the beers listed below, you will also find the usual suspects (Bud, Miller, Coors, Blue Moon, Stella, etc).
- Alaskan Amber
- Alaskan Pale
- Alaskan Summer
- Big Sky Moose Drool
- Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat
- Bridgeport IPA
- Deschutes Mirror Pond
- Diamond Knot ESB
- Diamond Knot IPA
- Dick’s Brewing, Dick Danger Ale
- Elysian Brewing
- Firestone Walker Brewing
- Fremont IPA
- Fremont Universal Pale
- Full Sail Amber
- Harmon ESB
- Harmon IP
- Leinenkugel (not sure which)
- Mac & Jack (probably African Amber)
- Manny’s Pale Ale
- New Belgian Fat Tire
- Ninkasi Brewing
- Pyramid Hefeweizen
- Pyramid IPA
- Pyramid Seasonal
- Red Hook ESB
- Red Hook IPA
- Red Hook Pilsner
- Sierra Nevada Pale
- Sierra Nevada Summer
- Skagit Scullers IPA
- Snoqulamie Falls Brewing
- Widmer Drop Top
Not quite a comprehensive list provided by the Mariners. I knew there is No-Li ESB at Good Hops in Centre Field. which led me to this list:
http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/beers-at-ballpark-finding-good-stuff-at-safeco-field/