RR in Portland?

Pliny bottles are no longer available, but you can still get it and Blind Pig on draft. Apex normally has them.

I think Oregon still gets bottles of the -tion beers, though.

Russian River pulled out of Washington completely a couple years back, just partially cut back in Oregon.

 

We don't get bottles of Blind Pig or Pliny anymore, and the sours are hit or miss, so your odds of finding anything packaged is slim. That said, they send kegs of BP & Pliny to town every 4-5 weeks, so if you check the taplists at the beer bars in town you can almost always find one or both pouring somewhere.

Unless something weird happens, the Horse Brass pretty much always has one or the other pouring, and Apex has Pliny on quite often (although it's not on their list today), but they charge more for it than everyone else in town.

 

Is this place not getting the hook-up any more? http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24185/?view=ratings

 

I pulled up Twist on Untappd. Looks like folks have been checking in on Pliny and Blind Pig recently. I also saw that they had a few Younger check-ins scattered between 2/21-2/28. The keg lasted a week!

OP...Twist is in Pacific City, about a 2hr drive from Portland.

 

They still get draft, but AFAIK there's no bottles.

 

Apex had about six different bottles available yesterday, but be prepared for a pretty high markup.

 

I saw RR sours (temptation and consecration) on the shelf at the Whole Foods on Fremont/15th recently, single faced as if they put out a bottle at a time. They could still have some, but I'd imagine any guess as to where you may stumble onto them is a crapshoot. But it could happen.

 

I would also check out Roscoe's in SE Portland, they very frequently have RR on tap. I also saw bottles of Consecration at the Tin Bucket last week. Best of luck

 

Apex did have Pliny on tap a couple months back - maybe they dont get it anymore...it was right around new years i think.

 

It was on at Apex last week. It will be back soon. Always is.

 

keep an eye on online tap lists for bars around the city.

As for bottles, I see the -tions at New Seasons rarely. I think John's Market has it more frequently, but that could have changed since I last went there about two years ago.

 

Pliny tapped today at Belmont Station. Having some right now.

 

When I was in town a few weeks back Bailey's Upper Lip had bottles of 2014 Temptation for $15 (compared to the $35 2011 bottles at Apex.) According to the website they still have it.

 

Please make sure you drink local beer while in Portland.

 

Aside from the Portland breweries look for Boneyard, Block 15, Logsdon, de Garde, Barley Browns, Crux and Ale Apothecary.

While in Seattle look for Bale Breaker, Fremont, Holy Mountain, Reuben's and Black Raven.