ALEXANDER BASEK.ĭRINK THIS: The Riesling Radler is proof that it’s OK to mix grape and grain after all. Anyone who considers themselves a part of the berry brigade will find plenty of fruit-flavored beers to call their jam-just look for anything named after a breakfast food-though I preferred the Double Gold Digger IPA, which drinks like a Pilsner but punches like an IPA. are easy to drink, with lots of citrus on the nose, ideal for sitting in the bustling original Alberta location while waiting for food from the built-in Matt’s BBQ Tacos. Great Notion is best known for its hazy IPAs, and with good reason. 11 am-9 pm Monday-Thursday, 11 am-10 pm Friday, 9 am-10 pm Saturday, 9 am-9 pm Sunday.īERRY GOOD | In seven short years, the Great Notion team has branched out from the original Alberta Street location to destinations near (Cedar Mill) and far (Seattle), which is practically a miracle if you think about their humble beginnings as homebrewers who took over the moldering Mash Tun space. It’s brewed with local beans from Spella Caffè Espresso Roasters.įire-on-the-Mountain_Julian-Alexander_3 (Fire on the Mountain, Julian Alexander)Ģ204 NE Alberta St., Suite 101, 50,. LUCAS MANFIELD.ĭRINK THIS: Give yourself a jolt with the Vanilla Bourbon Coffee Stout. The bar, framed by a large window that looks into the gleaming brewery next door, has 10 taps total. Seats weren’t hard to find-there’s a covered patio out back. Soft classic rock played on the speakers. On a recent Sunday afternoon, the Fremont brewery had a line out the door as families split generous baskets of wings and friends chatted over beers as they watched the game. The chain has proven so successful for owners Sara Sawicki and Jordan Busch they expanded by opening a second restaurant in Denver a few years ago and are in the process of launching Bend’s first FOTM. It has certainly proved a winning recipe for Fire on the Mountain, the wing joint that opened in Portland in 2005 and later became a brewery with its addition of a Northeast outpost in 2011. 11 am-9 pm Sunday-Thursday, 11 am-10 pm Friday-Saturday.įIRED UP | Wings and beer, name a better combo. It’s liquefied Funfetti.ģ443 NE 57th Ave., 50,. But while it’s on, order that Last Bite: Pineapple Upside Down. ANDI PREWITT.ĭRINK THIS: Don’t overlook another classic, Phaedrus IPA, a beer that tastes as though it’s been infused with the boughs from an entire Christmas tree farm.

For instance, the pineapple-cherry dessert sour during my visit seemed a questionable-at-best concoction, but it tasted as lovely as a freshly baked birthday cake. Do your palate a favor and order something that sounds wacky. Culmination, its founder Tomas Sluiter, and his deep bench of young talent have all gone on to earn numerous accolades, and the tap list still features 4&20, an imperial black IPA that opens as a stout with roasty-cocoa notes before blooming into a bold IPA. As the wide-eyed editor-in-chief of a scrappy beer magazine still learning about the industry, it was easy to get swept up in moments that felt exclusive and brews that tasted novel. The scene: a semi-secret industry party at a yet-to-open Culmination, where the only furniture was a bar frame and a couple of folding camp chairs. I’ll admit, the circumstances may have caused me to fall harder and faster for a beer than I would these days. 3-8 pm Monday, 3-9 pm Tuesday-Thursday, noon-9 pm Saturday, noon-8 pm Sunday.īLACKBIRD, FLY | The first time my lips touched a snifter of 4&20, I suspected Culmination would ascend to the upper echelon of Portland breweries.

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