All Hail Hale's

We've lived in Seattle since 1997 and have somehow never made it to Hale's Alehouse in Fremont. For no good reason, I assumed that Hale's was as uninteresting a large alehouse as Pyramid but I was wrong. We went to Hale's in Silverdale after a day of shopping on the Kitsap Peninsula and had some great beer and food. Between E and I, we had a total of 4 Hale's beers (El Jefe Weizen, Cream HSB, Kolsch and Supergoose IPA) and 4 guest beers (Firestone Walker's Union Jack IPA, Alpine Bohemian Pilsner, Firestone Walker's Red Nectar and Battenkill Brewing's Summer Rain Pale Ale). Man, Hale's makes an excellent traditional hefeweizen. We enjoyed it so much and we got a growler of it to go. The food is great as is the service, and they have outside seating which came in real handy for the brief hint of summer we've had thus far. I highly recommend the chili, though I've rarely met a bowl of seasoned beef that I didn't like. Maybe we'll even make it to Hale's in Fremont at some point!