The Hop and Hound

A very small and rather cramped bottle shop and taproom / growler fill station. Bottle selection is limited but well-curated, as is the taplist. You can order anything in 5 oz pours for a reasonable price. Super friendly service. Just a few minutes from the Beardslee, so worth popping in.

Small bottle shop and tap room, that looks like it fills out to a wonderful outdoor place in the summer. I’ve unfortunately only been in the cold months and it is a bit cramped and uncomfortable. A hugely admirable attention to new and smaller local breweries, with a few rare big hitters from the West Coast showing up on tap, but the prices are skeptically high. Nice location in the old town center of Bothell, which is growing to be a hub near the highway, with two breweries/brewpubs opening this year nearby. Its a great local place, and I’m glad to have them in the neighborhood, but its not the first place I think of nor my favorite atmosphere. And unlikely to be worth the drive for out of towners.

I like that this place had beers I haven't seen many other places. I'm not looking for another place that has Black Raven. It could not be more dog friendly. I'll be back there again but I wish they had cable, I would like to have watched the Mariners game.

These guys have scored a fantastic location in Main Street Bothell and they are absolutely tearing it up as a specialty craft beer bar. They’re right on the shoulder of how Main Street now overlooks Bothell Way, and they’ve made the most of a small shoebox-shaped space on a side street that links those two thoroughfares. There’s tons of seating upstairs, and tons of covered seating outside in the parking lot. The outside space features several picnic tables cloaked in by tent-like walls and roofing. There’s even a decent-sized flat-screen out there, usually showing the game. Inside, it feels like it barely has any footprint at all, at least when you first walk in. There are a couple of coolers with a small variety of bottles there. There are about 14 faucets pouring behind the bar, usually with very small-batch local stuff or very interesting beers from out of state--sometimes featuring kegs that are very hard to get. They’re steadily building up a nice network with breweries and distributors. The prices are fair here, given the quality and scarcity of the beers on offer. The staff is small--just a younger couple and their dog. That hound seems kinda barky at first, but he’s perfectly friendly and loves the company that he gets from "working" here. Evidently, the owners are fairly new to the beer world, but you’d never guess it. They’re learning so fast and doing such a great job that all bases are covered. For beer lovers, there’s been a pretty long geographical gap between the east side and the north end. Bothell and Kenmore had decent places to grab a pint, but nothing that really specialized in unusual stuff. These guys have turned that around completely, and now are pouring stuff that not too many other places have. Will definitely be back.

Small bottle shop opened up off the main strip in old town Bothell. They always have 14 taps on, which are guaranteed to have something new. Ciders on tap as well. Very limited bottle selection, but what they do have there is all good, well rotated, and constantly updated. Owners are always there, and can strike a conversation with you about not just beer (though they know a lot about it), but about anything really. Very importantly to me as well, this is a dog friendly establishment. Food trucks occasionally be available out front. Love this place. I’ll keep going back.

As beer shop, this is a small one. But they have beer on tap and in the summer they can use a patio. Cool place.