# Garden Path Fermentation — Burlington, Washington

> Garden Path Fermentation in Burlington, Washington, United States scores 3.92 out of 5 — Fine, #102 in Washington.

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Garden Path Fermentation is a brewery in Burlington, Washington, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.92 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #102 in Washington. Of the 124 beers we track, 42% are Sour / Wild Ale and 24% Saison.

## Rating

- Score: 3.92 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #102 in Washington · #2,247 in United States · #3,059 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 124

## About

Located in the beautiful Skagit Valley in Northwest Washington, with its uniquely fertile soils and cool, temperate climate, Garden Path Fermentation is one of very few producers in the world that’s able to make beer, wine, cider, and mead, all using ingredients sourced from our own backyard, and may be the only one to do so using only native yeast fermentation.

Our production process draws on old-world brewing and winemaking techniques from a variety of traditions, which we reinterpret and adapt to take advantage of our abundant local resources, including Skagit-grown and locally-malted grain, Skagit-grown fruit, much of which we tend to ourselves, locally-cultivated honey, and organic hops from our friends’ nearby farm. Fermentation takes places in oak barrels of varying sizes, including a large, open-top foudre, and each unique batch is hand-blended to taste and is a singular expression of time and place that we can never recreate.

A garden path is a beautiful way to get somewhere you may not have expected to go. Our products–the results of careful selection, blending, aging and curation–will take you on what may be an unanticipated journey that we hope you enjoy!

## What they brew

- Sour / Wild Ale — 42% of the beers we track
- Saison — 24% of the beers we track
- Other — 11% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 9% of the beers we track
- IPA — 5% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 5% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 11653 Higgins Airport Way, Burlington, Washington, United States
- Coordinates: 48.476433, -122.417813
- Website: https://gardenpathwa.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Cardinal Craft Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/cardinal-craft-brewing-2623.md) — 3.46, Poor — Burlington, Washington — 0.5 mi away
- [North Sound Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/north-sound-brewing-company-982.md) — 3.77, Fine — Mount Vernon, Washington — 3.8 mi away
- [Farmstrong Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/farmstrong-brewing-company-5364.md) — 3.83, Fine — Mount Vernon, Washington — 4.2 mi away
- [District Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/district-brewing-24014.md) — 3.87, Fine — Mount Vernon, Washington — 5.4 mi away
- [District Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/district-brewing-35711.md) — 3.88, Fine — Mount Vernon, Washington — 5.4 mi away
- [Temperate Habits Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/temperate-habits-brewing-company-27403.md) — 3.81, Fine — Mount Vernon, Washington — 5.4 mi away
- [Skagit River Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/skagit-river-brewery-32487.md) — 2.99, Limited — Mount Vernon, Washington — 5.5 mi away
- [Terramar Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/terramar-brewing-27175.md) — 3.83, Fine — Bow, Washington — 6.1 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Mount Vernon, Washington](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/washington/mount-vernon.md)
- [Best breweries in Washington](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/washington.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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