Steeplejack Brewing Company - Hillsboro

Located in an industrial park, in a set of meandering parking lots. Inside is all industrial vibe, the brewhouse wide open to the seating area. The bar sits at one end, the kitchen at the other. Seating consists of a central area of booths, surrounded by low tables, windows all the way around. A few high tables at the far end near the fire pit. Small patio set up in the parking lot. Fast, friendly service, a nice variety on the tap handles. Pretty quiet on a Friday afternoon.

We stopped here to try their beers and to have lunch. This brewery is located in a commercial development of multiple buildings with multiple occupants in each. GPS got us to the development but it took some driving around before we found the brewery. But it was worth it.There is parking outside the entrance, but workers in the other surrounding buildings had most of the other spaces occupied in the daytime. The interior is mostly a wide-open space with the brewing equipment right there, but it is also semi-finished with partition walls, and the place has a decent vibe to it. The size of the space allows them to have a corn hole game indoors. I also noted a Foosball game table. There is plenty of seating, including some stools at the bar, plus picnic tables in the parking lot. Service is at the bar for ordering food and beer. An electronic pager lets you know when your food is ready, and you walk way to the back ast the restrooms to the kitchen to get it. They weren't busy, so service was good.

There were 13 beers available with a nice selection of styles including two English-style beers on cask. The menu also listed two cans available for drinking on site. We ordered a sampler flight of 5 beers so that we could try to get an overall evaluation of their beers. There is a fair number of low ABV beers here, including the two cask offerings, but the ones that we ordered that were low in abv had plenty of flavor in them. Each of our beers were brewed well to style, and our ratings arrived at an overall 4.05 score. The one that we liked best was a West Coast Pilsner. I marked down the West Coast Double IPA a bit because I didn't like the hops that were used, but it was brewed very well to the style.

The pizza that we had for our lunch was very good. I neglected to write a note about other food offerings, but pizza may be the main choice here. (I think beer and food menus are online.) Wine and cocktails are also available. Beer to-go in cans is available in a cooler. The brewery is dog friendly indoors and outside. This brewery is a worthy visit.