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We're open 7 days a week until midnight!

Home Delivery: 12-3pm | THURSDAYS

We have indoor and outdoor seating and our patio is covered and heated. All seating is first come, first serve. Dogs and kids are welcome! We don't have food, but you are always welcome to bring your own - grab take out from one of 20+ surrounding restaurants!

We are a non-tipping taproom. We believe employees should make a livable, equitable, and consistent wage. Our no-tip, tax-included pricing allows our small-business to compensate fairly and simply.

Welcome to Flying Lion Brewing

Flying Lion is a family owned and operated brewery located in the heart of South Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. Stop by our taproom to choose from 20 constantly changing and varied beers or look for our brews in local bars and restaurants!

11th Annual Dark Beer Fest!!

Winter Solstice, here we come! Flying Lion Brewing invites you to share in our love of dark beer at the 11th Annual Dark Beer Fest.

This year, we're kicking things off early with a curated, and hyper-limited list of Barrel-Aged and Fermented beers on Wednesday 12/18. The main event (and total-dark-beer-takeover) will be Thursday, December 19th through Sunday, December 22nd, 10am-midnight each day.

Our biggest and most awaited event of the year, this festival fills our taproom with beer lovers and flight boards aplenty! No tickets or reservations are required; all seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Dark Beer Fest started at Flying Lion Brewing in 2014 and has grown from a modest 6-beer list to a full 40+ beer, multi-day event complete with cellared favorites, special releases, multi-year verticals, and plenty of limited availability brews. We're talking all dark beer, all weekend, with styles changing each day. If you haven't been, you're missing out. Our production team plots and plans all year long, so mark your calendars - the only reason you should travel this December is if you're going to DBF! To start your appetite, here are some of this year’s highlights:

ANNUAL DARK BEER COLLABORATION! - This year, we're teaming with the creative and intelligent minds of Seapine Brewing to craft the best Dunkelweizen you've ever tasted. Release date 12/1! Local, commissioned can artwork.
DARK CIDER?! - Our friends at Greenwood Cider are crafting up a special dark cider for this event!
DARK HOP WATER - Why not? Our house-crafted NA Hop Water will be taking on a different tint for the 2024 DBF.
10AM EARLY OPEN + DONUTS! - Now an annual tradition (because who doesn’t love donuts and dark beer), the taproom opens at 10AM each day with FREE donuts (while supplies last) for the early risers! Many of the beers are limited and may only last one day, so come early and get that special dark beer you've been waiting for!
BEER FROM OUR FRIENDS! - In the weeks leading up to Dark Beer Fest, we’ll be featuring kegs of dark beer from our friends in and around Seattle. Keep your eyes on our tap list so you don’t miss a single beer!

11th Annual Dark Beer Fest Poster

Enjoy our heated and covered patio!

View inside covered deck, 5 tables with stools and heaters above.
Currently on tap at Flying Lion
1
Call it a Day Balanced, Resinous, Citrusy
Pale Ale 5.8%
2
Trust Weasel Grapefruit, Tangerine, Simcoe
IPA 6.5%
3
Rye Stout Crisp, Roasty, Dry
Stout 6%
4
Velvet Uppercut Complex, Fruity, Smooth
Belgian-Style
Golden Strong
9%
5
Hitt’s Hill Traditional, Easy, Clean
Pilsner 4.2%
6
Love Potion #7 Tropical, Citrus, Dry
Hazy IPA 5.1%
7
Imperial Sweet Potato Porter Smooth, Delicate, Roasted Pecan
Porter 7.6%
8
Nitro Genuine Fake Gold Smooth, Bright, Biscuity
Pale Ale 5%
9
Sunday Gold Lager Malty, Clean, Crisp
American
Lager
5%
10
Strata Fresh Hop IPA Melon, Fruity, Citrusy
Fresh Hop IPA 6.1%
11
Another IPA (Day 1 Original) Citrus, Malt, Pine
Old School
IPA
6.8%
12
Levitator Doppelbock Dried Fruit, Toffee, Clean Finish
German-Style
Dark Lager
8%
13
XXL Tiny Imperial Black Lager Graham Cracker, Cherry, Cocoa
Black Lager 7%
14
Neoteric Imperial Red Malty, Silky, Regal
Imperial
Red Ale
7.8%
15
NA Bev H2O YEAH Effervescent, Hoppy, Citrus
Hop
Water
0%
16
Cask Call it a Day Pale w/ Strata Balanced, Resinous, Citrusy
Pale Ale 5.8%
17
Cider Pear Cider Bright Apple, Pear, Sweet
Guest
Finnriver Cider
6.5%
18
Cider Gravenstein Single-Varietal Dry, Clean, Refreshing
Guest:
Liberty Cider
6%
19
Wine Notebook Red Blend Balanced, Ripe Fruit, Suave Tannins
Guest:
J. Bookwalter
14.7%
20
NA Bev Blackberry Ginger Beer Ginger, Spicy, Blackberry
Guest:
Timber City
0%

Flying Lion Events

Monday Night Run Club

Meet at Flying Lion Brewing every Monday at 6pm for a 5 mile run (there is also a 5k option) at whatever pace you fancy. The course was designed to resemble the profile of FLB's logo. Enjoy the lion's nose/mane through area parks and climb "The Wing" back to the neighborhood streets.

Co-sponsored by FLB and the Seattle Running Club.

Enjoy fun, social events at Flying Lion