Great Notion

I don't know. After trying it on tap I had no interest in trying cans of the regular version (without the coconut). The last few adjunct stouts I've had from them have not been very good. The Blueberry pancakes was terrible and the Chocolate Covered Strawberry was worse.

They do a lot of experimentation at GN, so I think it's to be expected that there's going to be the occasional "swing and a miss." That being said, I really thought the Double Fudge Brownie Coconut would be right in their wheelhouse.

 

I remember envisioning a double stack type of stout, but with some strawberries in the blend. I remember thinking "hey, that might be a tasty variation."

Life is a learning experience at times. When GN comes out with their brand new bacon flavored ginger rhubarb imperial stout with hazelnut syrup, I like to think I'll remember this experience and give it a hard pass.

 

I just hope they crowler it. Can you imagine how much treehouse and hf stuff I could get for something like that?

 

The (tad late) weekly Friday update:


3 Notion Fridays Coming at Ya Cold and Light! (not hot and hevs, get it?)

1. Can Release Tomorrow 11-16-18 at 12 noon at 2444 NW 28th Ave. Last release of Space Invader from us ever . Taito, the Japanese video game company who owns the international rights to Space Invader won’t let us use the name for our beer any longer. We will officially be changing the name to Juice Invader at the end of this year. Come out tomorrow and buy the final release in 16oz cans of our Galaxy-forward hazy friend.
2. Special super limited edition Space Invader tee shirts! You got it, we get one last hurrah with the name, so before we can’t use it any more, why not throw our fave lumberjack alien on a tee shirt and call it Space Invader one last time?!?! $20 tomorrow at 12 noon at 2444 NW 28th Ave.

Food specials:
Crab Avocado Salad
Pacific lump crab meat, avocado, jicama coleslaw, sour rye toast croutons, house salad mix, sweet and sour lime vinaigrette

Braised Short Rib
Spanish braised short rib, rich red wine beef gravy, patatas bravas, pickled pepper chimichurri, arugula, parmesan


Impossibolognese
Vegan house-made Impossible bolognese, bucatini pasta, basil, olive oil, topped with vegan “parmesan”

 

To on the safe side, I'd probably get over there sometime between 12:15 and 12:30. That should minimize the amount of wait in line time you'll be looking at (which shouldn't be all that great anyway), and that way you can be fairly certain you'll be there before they shut down sales.

Good luck.

 

I haven't had any BL stouts, but I've had a number of the sweet stouts made over at Modern Times. If anything, MT's stouts are even sweeter than those being made by GN. Not by a lot, but I think they are sweeter.

Personally, I haven't found any GN stouts to be cloyingly sweet (some double stack versions have been pretty close), so maybe I'm not the best one to answer this.

Blueberry pancakes and the chocolate strawberry stout, it just seemed like the adjuncts didn't blend in all that well with the base beer. In the case of the Double Fudge brownie, if anything I think the beer could have used a bit more richness and chocolate flavor. As drone mentioned, considering the abv., I was surprised it didn't come across as richer on the palate (it was almost a bit thin).

 

The weekly update:


It’s the last day of November, crazy how time flies. Let’s just say it, Happy Holidays! Make sure to stop by our Alberta taproom this weekend for a sick taplist and awesome weekend food specials by the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Killin’ it in the Kitchen, Javier! Here's whats been happening:



Sat. Can Release
December 1st


Double Stack - This Imperial Breakfast Stout, was fermented with an irresponsible amount of maple syrup & aged on whole bean Sumatra from Clutch Coffee PDX. We made 60 bbls of this batch, so most likely will go no limits tomorrow! $22/4-pack

Guava Mochi - This beer is a thick and juicy fruited IPA brewed with toasted rice and fermented with milk sugar, guava, and vanilla bean. Note that we went back to using milk sugar in our mochi beer. 30 bbl batch. $20/4-pack



Info here



Draft at Alberta


Our taplist is popping hard right now w/ new stouts like PB&J (Imperial Stout) and Midnight Howler (Imperial Hazelnut Coffee Stout), plus new sours and wild ales like Unbalanced Breakfast and Funky Pants, so come on down! Also, we have a couple of Mumford beers still to kick from our good homies down in LA.



See beer list here



Tap Takeovers


Tap Takeover Next Week from Highland Park and it's the first time they're Portland! Mad funky and sour beers, plus the malted milk ball imperial stout we collaborated on coming next Thursday night, December 6th. Stay tuned to our Instagram for more info on this in the coming days.