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Tasting Room Test: Hilliard’s Beer

1Ballard’s new brewery also pours beers three days a week.2Ballard’s new brewery also pours beers three days a week.3The chandeliers come courtesy of partner Adam Merkl, who worked at Design Within Reach before leaving to co-found Hilliard’s.4The chandeliers come courtesy of partner Adam Merkl, who worked at Design Within Reach before leaving to co-found Hilliard’s.5Both […]

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Ballard’s new brewery also pours beers three days a week.

Ballard’s new brewery also pours beers three days a week.

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Ballard’s new brewery also pours beers three days a week.

Ballard’s new brewery also pours beers three days a week.

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The chandeliers come courtesy of partner Adam Merkl, who worked at Design Within Reach before leaving to co-found Hilliard’s.

The chandeliers come courtesy of partner Adam Merkl, who worked at Design Within Reach before leaving to co-found Hilliard’s.

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The chandeliers come courtesy of partner Adam Merkl, who worked at Design Within Reach before leaving to co-found Hilliard’s.

The chandeliers come courtesy of partner Adam Merkl, who worked at Design Within Reach before leaving to co-found Hilliard’s.

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Both cans and pours will run you $4.

Both cans and pours will run you $4.

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Both cans and pours will run you $4.

Both cans and pours will run you $4.

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The rejiggered beer vending machine is just for fun. Sadly you cannot actually buy Hilliard’s beer for 55 cents.

The rejiggered beer vending machine is just for fun. Sadly you cannot actually buy Hilliard’s beer for 55 cents.

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The rejiggered beer vending machine is just for fun. Sadly you cannot actually buy Hilliard’s beer for 55 cents.

The rejiggered beer vending machine is just for fun. Sadly you cannot actually buy Hilliard’s beer for 55 cents.

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Merkl also conceived of the herringbone-esque pattern that graces the cans…

Merkl also conceived of the herringbone-esque pattern that graces the cans…

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Merkl also conceived of the herringbone-esque pattern that graces the cans…

Merkl also conceived of the herringbone-esque pattern that graces the cans…

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…and the bathroom. OK, fine: the can.

…and the bathroom. OK, fine: the can.

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…and the bathroom. OK, fine: the can.

…and the bathroom. OK, fine: the can.

When Hilliard’s Beer opened its tasting room in October, the Ballard brewery didn’t have a sign. Now a 55-gallon drum painted with the logo sits outside (it’s less likely to fall over than an A-frame sign). And the word “BEER” is painted on the facility’s outside wall, the former…




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