Known for: Large selection, tap, and bottle.įamily-friendly East Snohomish County Index, Sultan, Monroe, Snohomish Known for: brew your own or try one of theirs Or you can email me at Snohomish County Breweries South Snohomish County Bothell, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds This guide notes whether the brewery is family and/or dog-friendly and if food is offered (or food truck) or if you need to bring your own (BYO).ĭid I miss your favorite craft beer brewery? Let me know: tell me on Twitter and Instagram at or with the hashtag #SnoCoBeerGuide. All claim to brew their beer with a passion for the process and a love to serve the local community. With 33 breweries to choose from, most craft a wide variety, while some claim a specialty. These days Bannan, 75, owns a microbrewery near downtown Everett and a restaurant on the waterfront.I put together this guide to craft breweries in Snohomish County to help you discover your next favorite, locally crafted beer, whether it’s poured at an independent taproom of a small production brewery or a larger, established brewpub. He and his wife have four grown children: Maggie, twins Judy and Janet and son, Phil Jr., who manages the restaurant. His father is a very smart man and a good sounding board, Phil Jr. said.Ĭar dealership owner Dwayne Lane, a regular at the restaurant, said he has a lot of respect for Bannan. “He’s a self-starter, he’s loyal and he has vision,” Lane said.Īdd to that a willingness to do whatever needs to be done - whether it be sweeping the floor or hefting beer kegs - as well as a propensity to think things through before taking action, and it’s clear Bannan is the right guy for Entrepreneur of the Year, he said. “I just think he’s as good as you’ve got in Everett,” Lane said. Others agreed, including Langus and Port of Everett attorney Brad Cattle. Said Cattle, “He’s contributed significantly to the community through his public service, and he’s built a great family business.” “Phil is such a terrific gentleman and a good person, I’m really glad he was chosen Entrepreneur of the Year,” Langus said. That family business, which today employs about 75 people, started with a home-brewing kit Bannan’s wife bought him in 1990. “I’d seen an article about home brewing and I said, ‘Hey, that looks like fun,’” Bannan said. She’s the “Scuttlebutt” of the enterprise. Born to a Navy family in Norfolk, Virginia, Cynthia Bannan’s father gave her the nickname because her impending birth had been the scuttlebutt, or gossip, of the base. After begging him to stop when she turned 13, he dropped the “butt” and she’s been “Scuttle” ever since. ![]() ![]() Mostly, she feels honored the company bears her old nickname, she said, though she doesn’t take it too seriously. “Phil just ran out of ideas,” she said, laughing. “Everybody else had animals or mountains.”īack to that home-brewing kit. “They were growing at a phenomenal rate,” he said, “and it was the right time in our lives to make a change.” Turns out, the beer he was able to make from it was pretty good, Bannan said.Ĭoupled with the fact that craft breweries seemed to be popping up everywhere, it got Bannan to thinking about starting his own microbrewery. “I told Phil he wasn’t getting any younger,” she said, “and ‘if you’re going to do it, you’d better do it now.’” His wife, now 71, was right there with him. Plans for a microbrewery changed course when it was discovered that zoning laws didn’t jibe with a brewery at the favored site on West Marine View Drive in Everett.
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