Ferment Brewing Company

Situated right on the Columbia River, the s cond floor taproom provides nice views. Great service, taplist refects a range of styles. A tried a smattering of styles, all good. Food is available, although I didn't eat, the enu looked good. And pFriem is just down the street.

Right on the water front park on the Columbia River, where the windsurfers congregate. Modern, 2 story facility with much wood, making up the wall surfaces. Half round long bar, second story tap room, with windows on three sides, looking down on the brewery production floor. On the other side of taps are windows for people to place beer orders from the big platform landing, where the stairs lead to the brewery. When the weather is good, this area is a popular stand and drink area, outdoors. Had just one beer, their ESB, but it was quite good. A block away from Pfriem.

 

Very unique space, mixed use building down by the river. Large partially covered patio space on 2nd floor, with small indoor taproom. There was also a well manicured lawn on the back side of the building with a few picnic tables. Place had the feel of a courtyard at a first tier museum. About a dozen beers on tap, I had the IPA which was very nice. I also had the chicken sandwich which was very tasty.

 

 

this place is absolutely incredible, a huge new structure that must include some shared space, right on the river just a block or two from pfriem. seems bold, not only to open another brewery here, but also to start so big and grandiose, this is anything but a humble taproom, its a monument to modern architecture, and feels immediately high class, thoughtful in every way, and just intelligent and nice, a different vibe for a brewery, this almost has a winery vibe, classy like that, but the space is really stunning, with a huge second floor patio space, partially covered, with a big gas fireplace as a centerpiece, epic views up and down the valley from here. the inside is cool too, wood and iron and concrete and neat angles and lighting and lots of windows, a view down to the brewery from above, a long bar with a wide variety of interesting beers on tap, and a relaxed energy, humble folks for how almost opulent the place seems, but its about quality, and thats evident in the beers. across the board the beer was fabulous, and real diverse too, a near perfect german helles, a complex biere de garde and a local yeast saison, a fun brett beer, a wet hopped ipa, and many more, really pretty awesome, and i liked or loved each of them i had. we sat outside by the fire and it was a great place to be, but the dude behind the bar inside was a legend, super informative, accommodating, and generous, and he made our experience what it was. the attention to detail in everything is high, from the packing of the beers, to the layout of the space, to the almost perfectionist recipes, they have a really good thing going, and its shocking how polished everything seems for how new they still are. its hard to imagine that in a place like this that already has such good beer, yet another one could spring up, but these guys are clearly forging their own identity and doing some pretty unique stuff. so glad we made it in, it was a highlight of our trip!

edit: after a couple of beer only visits i can finally and happily report that that their food here is also really good, handmade, inventive, delicious. we had falafel wraps and salads and fries and loved the food and the sides and the sauces, harissa and pickled beets and that sort of thing, great summer food. no surprise that the food is as good as the beer, it was awesome to finally get to check that aspect of the business out, these guys absolutely rule! they also do this british blended beer now that is a mix of nitro dry stout, esb, and pale ale, and its awesome, flavorful and creamy and different, not sure ive seen a three beer blend in this style space, heady stuff!

well thought out place. architecture lets the sun in. a year old and just competent. Down the street and closer to parking than Pfriem, the latter far outshining it in beer and likely food.