In 1982, Scotland-born Bert Grant started a brewpub in Yakima's old opera house and later moved it to the city's train depot.
[2] In 1995, Grant sold the brewpub and Yakima Brewing & Malting Co., to Stimson Lane Vineyards & Estates.
In 2003, it avoided foreclosure by giving its plant, property and equipment to International Wine & Spirits Ltd. and entering into a lease agreement.
Brewing operations and the pub were closed after the BNSF Railway won a judgment for more than $85,000 in unpaid rent on the property and legal costs in late 2004.
The chief executive of Redhook said that having such a brewpub was essential to fledgling craft brewers.