Established in 2013, Buoy Beer was founded by Dan Hamilton.

Runner-up: Frite & Scoop, Astoria

Honorable mention: Lost Roo, Long Beach

Buoy Beer Co. opened in a former Bornstein Seafoods processing plant on the Astoria waterfront in 2014 and has been rapidly growing ever since.

The buildout mostly cannibalized parts of the former seafood plant. Noticing a portion of the floor just inside the entrance was rotting, general contractor Jared Rickenbach jokingly suggested creating a glass window through which to watch sea lions on the pilings below.

The suggestion turned into a double-layered, half-inch-thick tempered glass plate where children and adults alike can be seen peering down at sea lions lounging on a board below. The brewery provides a full kids menu, crayons, drawings to color and merchandise such as t-shirts identifying the wearer as a “sea lion supervisor.”

Jessyka Dart-McLean, a marketing specialist with the brewery, said she enjoys the trend of family friendly brewpubs, especially as a mother who likes craft beer.

“The people who are really into the craft brew scene are late 20s to mid-40s,” she said. “Those people have kids.”