AOL CityGuide Selects Pyramid Alehouse Seattle's Top Beer Spot for 2006; #1 Network for Local Entertainment on the Web Awards Pyramid Best Beer Selection.

SEATTLE -- In a city known for its great brew pubs and brewery-style restaurants, consumers voted Seattle's Pyramid Alehouse for Best Beer Selection, according to AOL CityGuide 2006 City's Best Program.

The annual City's Best program provides an opportunity for local residents to vote for their favorite venues in their hometown, as well as cities they enjoy visiting. The wide range of categories includes: Best Beer Selection, Best Weekend Brunch, Best Cheap Eats, Best Chinese, Best Romantic Restaurants, Best Steakhouses, Best Mexican, Best Outdoor Dining, Best Family-Friendly Restaurants, Best Sports Bars, Best Singles Scene and many more. All City's Best(TM) establishments are nominated based primarily on recommendations from AOL City Guide's local correspondents who live and work in the cities they cover. Ultimately, the consumers selected the rankings and chose Pyramid Alehouse the #1 venue for Best Beer Selection.

"The great thing about City's Best is the winners truly reflect the voice of the local consumer in major markets such as Seattle," said Scott Richman, Vice President and General Manager, AOL CityGuide. "AOL CityGuide provides the opportunity for the preferences of our users to determine the winners of the campaign and let us know the establishments they deem best in their city. In this case, Pyramid Alehouse was the clear winner."

"We are thrilled that our local customers and even visitors to Seattle and the Puget Sound Region consider Pyramid Alehouse and our unique line of 'Refreshingly Unfiltered,' handcrafted wheat beers the top spot for great beer, food and entertainment," said John Lennon, CEO, Pyramid Breweries Inc. "We encourage everyone to come and experience the taste of our incomparable Pyramid HefeWeizen, which is made the way beer was meant to be. Once you taste one of our unfiltered wheat beers, you may never think the same about other beers again. By not filtering the good stuff out of our beer, like flavor, Pyramid is truly defining the next generation of superior-quality beer."

About Pyramid Breweries Inc.

Pyramid Breweries Inc. (Nasdaq:PMID) is a leading brewer of specialty, full-flavored beers and sodas produced under the Pyramid, MacTarnahan's and Thomas Kemper brands. The independent company owns two alehouse restaurants adjacent to its full-production breweries under the Pyramid Alehouse and MacTarnahan Taproom brand names in Berkeley, California, and Portland, Oregon, respectively, and three alehouse restaurants in Walnut Creek and Sacramento, California, and Seattle, Washington. More information about Pyramid Breweries is available at www.pyramidbrew.com.

City's Best 2006
    Beer Selection
    http://cityguide.aol.com/seattle/bestbeer/?page=cb2006

    1. Pyramid Alehouse
       Pioneer Square
       Fine microbrews and pub food,
       plus its choice location near
       Safeco Field gets it the votes.

    2. Redhook Ale Brewery
       Woodinville

    3. Tap House Grill
       Bellevue

    4. Pike Pub & Brewery
       Pike Place Market

    5. Hale's Ales Brewery & Restaurant
       Fremont

    6. Elliott Bay Brewery Pub
       West Seattle

    7. Elysian Brewing Company
       Capitol Hill

    8. die BierStube
       University District

    9. Brouwer's Cafe
       Fremont

   10. Duck Island Ale House
       Greenlake