The pub’s front room offers a comfortable, refined beer drinking experience, with couches and library tables, but the back room is all about getting loud and rowdy at game time. You’ll find plenty of televisions and 32 taps pouring great beer. No kitchen, but ordering food from local restaurants is encouraged. (21 and over.)

One of Seattle’s original alehouses is still one of its best. For 30 years, Cooper’s Alehouse has pulled double duty, acting as both a legitimate sports bar and a legitimate beer bar, offering an outstanding selection of beer along with a great game day experience. (21 and over.)

Literally a few steps away from Century Link Field, Elysian Brewing Company’s stadium district brewpub is as close as you can get to the game without actually being there. Although you won’t be in the stadium, you’ll enjoy a much better beer selection. On game day, it is not for the faint of heart. The crowd packs the place elbow-to-elbow for pregame lubrication and then dissipates only slightly at kickoff. Get there early, be strong, and prepare to be washed away by the wave of celebration (or despair) pouring from the stadium at game’s end. (All ages.)

The people who operate The Pine Box are among the city’s most seriously afflicted beer geeks. That does not mean they are above firing up the big screen and unleashing the 12th man within. Dozens of great beers on tap and a food menu devised with the help of former Bisato chef Scott Carsberg await fervent football fans on lower Capitol Hill. (21 and over.)