Gasworks Brewing Expands to SoDo With New Production Brewery and Taproom

The space at 4660 Ohio Ave S already has a decade of active craft brewing baked into its bones. It was the longtime home of Two Beers Brewing and Seattle Cider Company before both wound down, and that history is a big part of why Gasworks Brewing owner Cody Cluff can move fast: the fermenters, drains, and production infrastructure don't need to be built from scratch. Gasworks announced the SoDo expansion on social media on March 31, targeting a May brewing start with the public taproom to follow.

For anyone who's logged time at the Lake Union original at 2441 N Northlake Way, the contrast between the two locations is immediate and intentional. That spot, perched on the northern shore of Lake Union about a quarter-mile east of Gasworks Park, runs on waterfront foot traffic, paddleboard access from the lake, and views that justify a longer tab. SoDo trades all of that for what a production brewer actually needs: industrial zoning, loading dock access, freeway proximity, and ceiling height that scales. This is the split-site model that separates a taproom brewery from a regional brand, and it's a playbook Two Beers ran out of the same address before things changed.

For your first visit, the logistics are genuinely easy. The 4660 Ohio Ave S address sits in the core SoDo industrial strip, accessible off the 1st Ave S corridor with ample parking in a neighborhood designed for freight, not just foot traffic. The LINK Light Rail's SoDo Station is a short walk, which makes a Gasworks stop sensible before or after a Mariners or Sounders game at T-Mobile Park or Lumen Field. No firm public opening date has been set beyond "after May," so the move is to follow Gasworks on social channels for a soft-open announcement.

On the pour side, Gasworks built its Lake Union following on approachable, technically clean lagers and IPAs. The Helles, brewed with Grungeist hops, is the malt-forward flagship: honey and biscuit with light floral notes, lower bitterness than a Pilsner. The hazy IPA, loaded with Nectaron, El Dorado, Mosaic, and CTZ, runs tropical and fruit-forward. At production scale, expect the SoDo taproom to carry pilot batches and small-run variants that never reach Northlake Way; more tank volume means more room to experiment without cannibalizing the core lineup.

The SoDo move also fits into something bigger Cluff is building across Seattle. He announced Greenlake Brewing shortly before the Gasworks expansion, slotting into the former Wooden City Tavern space across from Green Lake Park in a roughly 5,000-square-foot footprint, expected this summer. Add in Magnuson Brewery, and Cluff is quietly assembling one of the more ambitious multi-site brewing portfolios in the city. The SoDo production house is the piece that makes the rest of it possible: without the capacity it unlocks, steady distribution and consistent keg supply to the expanding roster of locations doesn't pencil out.