I’m in Seattle this week and from the view of my hotel room and hot tub I have a clear view of Safeco Field and Pyramid Brewery. It was a long day of travel from New York, we were tired and hungry, and I was very thirsty.

Pyramid offered up their standards along with some from MacTarnahan’s from Portland. We ordered the sampler where we could select five of our choice. We skipped the wheats and the IPA; the wheats because we are tired of them and the IPA because I knew I was going to order a pint of it anyway.

My wife liked the MacTarnahan’s Amber the best, but liked all of the samples except the Sling Shot, an extra pale ale. My favorite was the Pyramid Fling Pale Ale. The Thunderhead IPA was also very good. It was not in-your-face hoppy, and a pleasant IPA.

The pub fair was well done, but nothing special you can’t find other places. we grabbed a six pack of the MacTarnahan’s Amber and we will probably be back for another visit.