Obec Brewing Company, the latest to beef up the Ballard's busy taproom scene, just launched this summer. The name is Czech for “community,” and the owners are hoping to foster it partly by offering wines from Fall Lines Winery and vermouth from Solera Bravo Wines in addition to their own broad range of beer styles.

Floating Bridge opened last July in the U District's former Fusion nightclub space. The bright, welcoming space, which has ample seating and a logo-adorned shuffleboard table, is barely recognizable. You'll find just about every style under the sun here, like the Cascadian dark ale, IPA, wheat, bitter, juniper bitter, and amber, and a constantly rotating menu.

California-based brewery Lagunitas has acquired the former Hilliard's Beer space in Ballard, transforming it into a new "Taproom and Beer Sanctuary." Expect the full gamut of Lagunitas beers on draft at the Seattle location, with major brands shipped from the California brewery. Onsite, the company plans to brew small-batch, experimental beers. The kitchen will open down the line and will serve a full restaurant-style menu.

Figurehead hit the Interbay area last September. The seven-barrel brewery near the Fishermen's Terminal is focusing largely on Belgian and British beers, styles that tend to showcase yeasts and/or malts with less focus on aggressive hops than many modern American varieties. You might find an Abbey-style ale called a Patersbier, a dubbel, an IPA, a Belgian IPA, an English-style brown, and an ESB, for example.

The former Bell and Whete gastropub has been rebranded as Belltown Brewing, where classic pub fare meets house beer. The brewery has rolled out a lager, IPA, amber, and the like, and also offers guest taps and cocktails aplenty.

Though its production space remains in its original South Park home, Lowercase Brewing has relocated its taproom to Georgetown. The new public venue is a 1,500-square-foot former gas station with room for about 90 people, plus a roll-up door and a patio for outdoor seating when the weather is nice.

South Park’s rehomed Burdick Brewery taproom is now pouring on the main drag in South Park. The new space opened in May with a small patio and several beers on tap, including staples like the IPA, pale, whiskey red, and whiskey stout.