About
Pivotal experience
Pivotal experiences are not easy to come by and at Fair Isle, our goal is to provide you with a connection to beer and where we live. We are a brewery in the Ballard Neighborhood of Seattle creating farmhouse beers rooted in the Pacific Northwest.
Farmhouse beer originated before the industrial revolution when beer was not yet produced with laboratory isolated and tightly controlled commercial yeasts, as is common today. Instead, beer was naturally fermented with wild yeasts and bacteria. Because the yeast cultures were locally and naturally occurring, the beers were unique to each specific brewery’s location, creating flavors representing a specific place and time.
Today, farmhouse beer doesn't have to be brewed on a farm; its more about a mindset and respect for its origins. It’s about embracing variation rather than avoiding it. We like to think of ourselves as shepherds rather than controllers - giving our fermentation cultures the time they need to make great beer.
From the first mention of starting Fair Isle, it was important for us to use ingredients grown in the Pacific Northwest. Not local for local's sake, but because of the variety of high quality malts, hops and fruit grown around us, creating beers that reflect the place we live. Let us pour you a beer and experience the story of the community that creates the ingredients in your glass.
Fair Isle began with intention:
Creating purposeful farmhouse ales that reflect the Pacific Northwest.
