Visiting Portland (Spring 2016 update)

Not Portland-specific, but Block 15 has them.

 

Anyone going to the Heretic Brewing Night at Imperial or the Barley Browns Tap Takeover at Green Dragon? Can't decide which to attend.

https://www.facebook.com/events/595905483903991/ - Heretic

https://www.facebook.com/events/1090391364389293/ - Barley Browns

 

I'd say anyone in this thread has a bunch. I have like 50, happy to give you as many as you want. I have a few alesmith ones too...
This one looks a bit more expensive than the cheaper ones though. Between block 15, and bfna, there are plenty around. Lol

 

Seems obvious to me. Heretic = ok beer... Barley Brown's = great beer!

 

That's a no brainer. 20 different BB beers is the most I've ever seen in one spot outside of their pub in Baker City.

 

Barley Browns it is

 

I live in Bend and will be in Portland 5/19 to 5/22. I'm there on business to some extent but will be trying to catch up on breweries like Great Notions and maybe W&P if it ain't a shite show.

Any bottle shares goin' on that weekend? My beer closet is overflowing!

 

Exactly the same dates as my visit

 

If you want to actually go north of the river (blasphemy for some people in Oregon) Walking Man, Backwoods, and Everybody's are all just off Route 14 and have good beer. Doesn't add that much time on to the trip (15 minutes) to travel the scenic two lane road with commanding views of the gorge in a few points.

This also gives you the opportunity to drive over the fun decking on Columbia river non-interstate bridges. ($1 fee to cross.)

 

Yeah, I'm a big fan of Everybody's, I would certainly suggest going across the bridge from HR, even if you don't drive out 14. Which you should.

 

Wasn't on my radar, thanks for the recommend. The patio pics on yelp look amazing. If I go that far is the Logsdon farm something that is open to the public or just the barrel house in HR?

Thanks, I will definitely take the 14 out. I have two days in HR, so I'm not too time strapped.

 

any bottle shops/breweries worth checking out around Beaverton? or is Portland the only place to go?

 

John's Marketplace is not far from Beaverton, and has the best bottle selection on this side of the river. ABV Public House in Hillsboro has a good selection of bottles.

No breweries in Beaverton, aside from Golden Valley and maybe a McMenamins. Sasquatch and Raccoon Lodge (Cascade Brewing beers) are probably the closest breweries to Beaverton, but it's hard for me to recommend those when so many top-notch options are available just a bit further east in Portland proper.

 

thanks @vurt

 

yeah, the farmhouse is done. which is a shame because that place was really unique.

their taproom is a stones thrown from Dbl Mountain though

 

The farmhouse was amazing, very glad I was able to visit once.

Is it still used for brewing or have they moved everything into Hood River?