Spar Café Brewery

At Spar Café

114 4th Ave. E, Olympia, WA 98501
(360) 357-6444
Contact Us

Tours:
Brewery tours are available!
Inquire by phone before your visit.

Kegs:
Sorry, we don’t offer keg sales at this location.

About Spar Café Brewery

Established: January 2007
2016 Brewery Production: 3 barrels • 6 kegs • 744 pints

McMenamins ales, including the pub's namesake Spartesian Ale (first conceived by former Washington Brewery Manager Tony Balzola) are sporadically brewed onsite in this, the most diminutive of McMenamin Breweries, and using the Spar's legendary Artesian water!

Want to try a beer made with 3,330-year-old artesian well water (give or take 50 years)? Then you’ve come to the right place. Our beer is brewed onsite, and the water comes from the artesian well bubbling away in the basement!

According to one hydrogeologist, the water is from an aquifer called the Tumwater Sand of the Holocene Epoch, a deposit of the Deschutes River (in Wa., not Ore.). The sand was deposited as the Deschutes re-established its channel after the last glacier withdrew from the Puget Sound, about 12,000 years ago – all of which makes for one historic pint of beer.

What We Make

Bring your own growler to fill from our taps:

(or purchase a glass growler at any of our locations)

 
Beer Hard Cider
32 ounce starting at $6 (+ $6 with growler) 32 ounce starting at $7 (+ $6 with growler)
64 ounce starting at $12 (+ $8 with growler) 64 ounce starting at $14 (+ $8 with growler)
 

Growler Fills and Weekly Specials

Growler Fill Card
Fill a 64-oz growler ten times and enjoy a free fill. Pick up a fill card at any McMenamins and get a stamp each time you fill a 64-oz growler with McMenamins beer or cider. After your tenth, you’ve earned a $15 gift card so you can top off with the McMenamins draft of your choice!

Beer Monday: $2 off 64-oz growler of McMenamins beer
Crowler Tuesday*: $2 off 32-oz Crowler of McMenamins beer or cider
Cider Wednesday: $3 off 64-oz growler of Edgefield apple or seasonal cider

*Crowlers are available at select locations, see details below

Check out what's ON TAP at WHICH LOCATIONS on the free McMenamins app.

Apple Store   Android App

Cans
Our cans of signature Ruby and Hammerhead are available at all locations. Ask about seasonal and limited-edition cans and bottles as well.

Crowlers
Offered at our 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop, Cedar Hills, Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, Elks Temple Bottle Shop, Roseburg Station Pub & Brewery and Winery Tasting Room (just for cider), a Crowler is a 32-ounce vessel that we fill fresh from an ale or cider tap of your choice and seal up.

Kegs/Cornelius Can

Limited-edition specialty beers can be purchased at these locations while supplies last
23rd Avenue Bottle Shop · Portland, Ore.
Anderson School Market · Bothell, Wash.
Edgefield Gift Shop · Troutdale, Ore.
Elks Temple Bottle Shop · Tacoma, Wash.
Gearhart Hotel · Gearhart, Ore.
Grand Lodge · Forest Grove, Ore.
Kalama Harbor Lodge Market · Kalama, Wash.
Kennedy School Gift Shop · Portland, Ore.
Old St. Francis School · Bend, Ore.

Shipping Beer
We ship our handcrafted beer, cider and spirits within the state of Oregon. You can order up to 40 cans of beer, 18 cans of cider and six bottles of spirits (two maximum of each spirit) at shopmcmenamins.com. All alcohol orders are shipped using GLS, a licensed OLCC carrier. Signature of an adult age 21 or older required at delivery.

Or call the Edgefield Gift Shop to ask about shipping: (503) 492-5470

  • Tours:
    Brewery tours are available!
    Inquire by phone before your visit.

    Kegs:
    Sorry, we don’t offer keg sales at this location.

    Upcoming Events

    see all events
    Ugly Sweater Day
    Friday, December 20

    Established: January 2007
    2016 Brewery Production: 3 barrels • 6 kegs • 744 pints

    McMenamins ales, including the pub's namesake Spartesian Ale (first conceived by former Washington Brewery Manager Tony Balzola) are sporadically brewed onsite in this, the most diminutive of McMenamin Breweries, and using the Spar's legendary Artesian water!

    Want to try a beer made with 3,330-year-old artesian well water (give or take 50 years)? Then you’ve come to the right place. Our beer is brewed onsite, and the water comes from the artesian well bubbling away in the basement!

    According to one hydrogeologist, the water is from an aquifer called the Tumwater Sand of the Holocene Epoch, a deposit of the Deschutes River (in Wa., not Ore.). The sand was deposited as the Deschutes re-established its channel after the last glacier withdrew from the Puget Sound, about 12,000 years ago – all of which makes for one historic pint of beer.

  • Bring your own growler to fill from our taps:

    (or purchase a glass growler at any of our locations)

     
    Beer Hard Cider
    32 ounce starting at $6 (+ $6 with growler) 32 ounce starting at $7 (+ $6 with growler)
    64 ounce starting at $12 (+ $8 with growler) 64 ounce starting at $14 (+ $8 with growler)
     

    Growler Fills and Weekly Specials

    Growler Fill Card
    Fill a 64-oz growler ten times and enjoy a free fill. Pick up a fill card at any McMenamins and get a stamp each time you fill a 64-oz growler with McMenamins beer or cider. After your tenth, you’ve earned a $15 gift card so you can top off with the McMenamins draft of your choice!

    Beer Monday: $2 off 64-oz growler of McMenamins beer
    Crowler Tuesday*: $2 off 32-oz Crowler of McMenamins beer or cider
    Cider Wednesday: $3 off 64-oz growler of Edgefield apple or seasonal cider

    *Crowlers are available at select locations, see details below

    Check out what's ON TAP at WHICH LOCATIONS on the free McMenamins app.

    Apple Store   Android App

    Cans
    Our cans of signature Ruby and Hammerhead are available at all locations. Ask about seasonal and limited-edition cans and bottles as well.

    Crowlers
    Offered at our 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop, Cedar Hills, Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, Elks Temple Bottle Shop, Roseburg Station Pub & Brewery and Winery Tasting Room (just for cider), a Crowler is a 32-ounce vessel that we fill fresh from an ale or cider tap of your choice and seal up.

    Kegs/Cornelius Can

    Limited-edition specialty beers can be purchased at these locations while supplies last
    23rd Avenue Bottle Shop · Portland, Ore.
    Anderson School Market · Bothell, Wash.
    Edgefield Gift Shop · Troutdale, Ore.
    Elks Temple Bottle Shop · Tacoma, Wash.
    Gearhart Hotel · Gearhart, Ore.
    Grand Lodge · Forest Grove, Ore.
    Kalama Harbor Lodge Market · Kalama, Wash.
    Kennedy School Gift Shop · Portland, Ore.
    Old St. Francis School · Bend, Ore.

    Shipping Beer
    We ship our handcrafted beer, cider and spirits within the state of Oregon. You can order up to 40 cans of beer, 18 cans of cider and six bottles of spirits (two maximum of each spirit) at shopmcmenamins.com. All alcohol orders are shipped using GLS, a licensed OLCC carrier. Signature of an adult age 21 or older required at delivery.

    Or call the Edgefield Gift Shop to ask about shipping: (503) 492-5470

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