Brewery Review: Wingman Brewers

No trip I take down south of Renton is ever wasted. Or perhaps I should say that I make sure all my trips down south are worth it. To that end I recently visited a brewery which had been on my list for a long time. Wingman Brewers!

Flagship: mutiple

Dogs: yes

Kids: yes

Do they brew there: yes

Food: bagged chips

Has guest taps: yes

Events: yes

Outside seating: no

Wifi: yes

Located practically in the shadow of the Tacoma Dome this brewery sits on a wide street surrounded by highways and interstates. Despite busy roads all around them, the area is quiet. Just a little remote. If you weren't looking for the brewery you might just miss it.

Doing some research before I headed to Tacoma my girlfriend remarked that they didn't serve wings there. "Why are they called Wingman then?" She remarked. I silently agreed with her and felt all the more silly for it with a single look at the brewery when I arrived

Ah. Wingman. Wing-man. Of course. Planes. They're committed to the style though. Beer names like P-51 Porter or Ace IPA are served in a place completely decked out with an aircraft photos, and wall art. Everywhere I looked I could see art that wouldn't be out of place on the nose of a WWII fighter.

The inside isn't too large. From the look of it much of the space is occupied by the brewing equipment. The rest of the space is largely open. A pair of arcade machines are along one wall and a few TV's round out the electronics in the brewery.

The bar was unique. Simple in the extreme, but it worked very well with the style. A thick, polished board that was more than adequate to rest my pint on.

Loved by locals, soccer fans, and now myself Wingman Brewers was a real treat to find in Tacoma. This was a trip down south that wasn't wasted, and as I drove back home I reflected that with this brewery, no future trip will be wasted later.

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