Vancouver: Fortside (on your list) but you need Trap Door and Loowit as well.
Portland: you need Great Notion and Gigantic. Great Notion makes the best fruit based beers on the entire West Coast. Labrewatory is (was) also a must. They're still alive but they're swallowed up by the Mexican place next door but you can still sit down and get their shit. They used to make tons of experimental batches with other breweries all over the area, and most were great. Kobe's economy destroyed them.
Camas: Mill City, but no Grains of Wrath? 😆 GoW is the closest thing you'll get to a Bend area establisent here.
Vancouver: Fortside (on your list) but you need Trap Door and Loowit as well.
Portland: you need Great Notion and Gigantic. Great Notion makes the best fruit based beers on the entire West Coast. Labrewatory is (was) also a must. They're still alive but they're swallowed up by the Mexican place next door but you can still sit down and get their shit. They used to make tons of experimental batches with other breweries all over the area, and most were great. Kobe's economy destroyed them.
Camas: Mill City, but no Grains of Wrath? 😆 GoW is the closest thing you'll get to a Bend area establisent here.
Washougal has better places anyways. 5440, etc.
Most of the places you list I’ve been to, but sadly had no growlers for sale when I was there. The list above are the ones that added to my collection.
ABERDEEN (2) - Mount Olympus#, Steam Donkey ARLINGTON - Skookum AUBURN - Rail Hop’n BATTLE GROUND (2) - Barrel Mountain, Northwood BELFAIR - Bent Bine BELLEVUE - Bellevue BROWNS POINT - North 47 BUCKLEY - Elk Head BURIEN - Elliott Bay CAMAS - Mill City Brew Werks CENTRALIA - Dick's CHEHALIS - Flood Valley CHELAN - Stormy Mountain COPALIS BEACH - Green Lantern* EAST SOUND - Island Hoppin’ EDGEWOOD - Acorn ENUMCLAW - Cole Street EVERETT (3) - At Large, Crucible, Scuttlebutt FRIDAY HARBOR - San Juan Island GRAND MOUND - Talking Cedar HOQUIAM - Hoquiam KENMORE - Cairn KENT - Airways KINGSTON - Hood Canal KIRKLAND (3) - Chainline, Flycaster, Maelstrom LACEY - Top Rung LA CONNER - La Conner LAKE STEVENS - Lake Stevens LONG BEACH - North Jetty LONGVIEW - Ashtown MANSON - Lake Chelan MARYSVILLE (2) - Five Rights, Whitewall MOSES LAKE - Ten Pin MOUNT VERNON (2) - Farmstrong, North Sound MUKILTEO - Diamond Knot OLYMPIA (3) - Cascadia, Fish Tale, 3 Magnets PASCO - Sage PE ELL - Jones Creek POULSBO (3) - Rainy Daze, Sound, Slippery Pig# PROSSER - Horse Heaven Hills RAYMOND - Wild Man REDMOND (2) - Black Raven, Mac & Jack's RENTON - Four Generals RICHLAND (2) - Bombing Range, White Bluffs SAMMAMISH - Big Block SEATTLE (29) - Bad Jimmy, Big Time, Bluebird, Burke Gilman, Counterbalance, Figurehead, Floating Bridge#, Flying Lion$, Fremont, Georgetown, Ghostfish, Hale’s Ales, Hell Bent#, Jellyfish, Lantern#, Lucky Envelope, Outer Planet, Outlander, Obec, Peddler, Perihelion, Pike, Reuben's, Rooftop, Seahawks*, Seapine, Snapshot, Stoup, Two Beers# SILVERDALE - Cash SNOHOMISH - SnoTown SNOQUALMIE (2) - No Boat, Snoqualmie Falls SOUTH BEND - Willapa SPOKANE (5) - Bellwether~, Brick West, Iron Goat, Mountain Lakes#, No-Li SUMNER - Half Lion TACOMA (8) - Dystopian State, E9, Gig Harbor, Harmon, Odd Otter, Pacific Brewing & Malting, 7 Seas, Wingman TUMWATER (3) - Hoh River, Matchless, Triceratops UNIVERSITY PLACE - Narrows VANCOUVER - Fortside WALLA WALLA (3) - Burwood, Crossbuck, Quirk WENATCHEE (3) - Badger Mountain, Saddle Rock, Wenatchee Valley WESTPORT - Blackbeard’s YAKIMA (2) - Bale Breaker, Signal Hill YELM - Nisqually Valley
Alabama (2)
GULF SHORES - Big Beach MOBILE - Serda
California (6):
LOMPOC - Solvang SAN DIEGO (4) - Ballast Point, Karl Strauss, Mission, Stone SAN LUIS OBISPO - Central Coast
Colorado (15):
BOULDER - Boulder BRECKENRIDGE - Broken Compass DENVER (3) - Great Divide, Ratio, Wynkoop ESTES PARK (2) - Estes Park, Rockcut FORT COLLINS - Gilded Goat GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Glenwood Canyon GRANBY - Never Summer HAYDEN - Yampa Valley LEADVILLE - Periodic STEAMBOAT SPRINGS (2) - Mountain Tap, Storm Peak VAIL - Vail
Florida (32)
APALACHICOLA - Oyster City BOYNTON BEACH - Copperpoint # BRADENTON - 3 Keys DESTIN - Destin DUNEDIN - Woodwright EASTPOINT - Eastpoint% FORT PIERCE - Sailfish GAINESVILLE (2) - Black Adder, First Magnitude GRAYTON BEACH - Grayton HIGH SPRINGS - High Springs# HOLLYWOOD - Hollywood ISLAMORADA (2) - Florida Keys, Islamorada JACKSONVILLE BEACH - Green Room KEY WEST - Waterfront# MIAMI - Nightlife MIAMI BEACH - Abbey NAPLES (3)- Ankrolab, Bone Hook, Industry NEW SMYRNA BEACH - New Smyrna Beach# NICEVILLE (2) - 3rd Planet, Props PALM HARBOR - Stilt House# PENSACOLA (2) - McGuires$, Pensacola Bay PORT ST. LUCIE - Side Door# PUNTA GORDA - Fat Point ST. PETERSBURG - St. Pete TITUSVILLE - Playalinda VERO BEACH - American Icon#
Georgia (1)
SAVANNAH - Two Tides
Hawaii (3)
HILO - Hilo& KAILUA-KONA - Kona WAIMEA (Kamuela) - Big Island
Illinois (4)
DOWNERS GROVE - Goldfinger TINLEY PARK - Hailstorm URBANA - Riggs WOODRIDGE - Skeleton Key
Indiana (13)
BEECH GROVE - Beech Bank BLOOMINGTON (2) - Function, Upland FISHERS - Four Day Ray GREENWOOD - Planetary INDIANAPOLIS (6) - Centerpoint, Chilly Water, Fountain Square, Metazoa, St. Joseph, Sun King NEW ALBANY - Floyd County WHITELAND - Nailers#
Iowa (6)
BETTENDORF - Five Cities CEDAR RAPIDS (3): Clock House#, Iowa, Lions Bridge# DUBUQUE (2) - Backpocket, 7 Hills
Kentucky (3)
COVINGTON - Braxton LOUISVILLE - Falls City VERSAILLES - Versailles
Louisiana (8)
ABITA SPRINGS - Abita ARNAUDVILLE - Bayou Teche# BATON ROUGE - Tin Roof BROUSSARD - Parish LAKE CHARLES - Crying Eagle NEW ORLEANS (3) - Courtyard#, Second Line%, Urban South
Massachusetts (3):
MARTHA’S VINEYARD - Off Shore ORLEANS - Hog Island PROVINCETOWN - Provincetown
Minnesota (1):
READS LANDING - Reads Landing
Mississippi (2)
GULFPORT - Chandeleur Island KILN - Lazy Magnolia
New Mexico (23)
ALBUQUERQUE (14) Bombs Away, Bosque, Boxing Bear, Canteen, Cantero, Desert Valley, High and Dry, La Cumbre, Marble, Ponderosa, Sidetrack, Steel Bender, Toltec, Tractor ANGEL FIRE - Enchanted Circle MORIARTY - Sierra Blanca RED RIVER - Red River RIO RANCHO (2) - Brew Lab 101#, Turtle Mountain SANTA FE (3) - Blue Corn, Santa Fe, Second Street TAOS - Taos Mesa
New York (23)
BINGHAMTON (2) - Galaxy, Water Street# CALLICOON - Callicoon CAZENOVIA (2) - Critz Farms, Empire CHEMUNG - Diversion CHERRY VALLEY - Red Shed COOPERSTOWN (3) - Cooperstown, Council Rock, Ommegang GARRATSVILLE - Butternuts HAMILTON - Good Nature LAKE PLACID (2) years - Great Adirondack#, Lake Placid LIVINGSTON MANOR - Catskill MIDDLESBURG - Green Wolf# ONEONTA - Roots# OWEGO - Farmhouse PORT JERVIS - Fox N Hare ROSCOE - Trout Town SCHROON LAKE - Paradox SYRACUSE - Middle Ages TUPPER LAKE - Raquette River
North Carolina (5)
WILMINGTON (4) - Edward Teach, Front Street#, Ironclad, Wilmington WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH - Wrightsville Beach
ASTORIA (4) - Astoria, Buoy, Fort George, Rogue CASCADE LOCKS - Thunder Island HOOD RIVER (2) - Double Mountain, Pfriem PENDLETON - Prodigal Son PORTLAND - Breakside
Pennsylvania (5):
PHILADELPHIA - Yards POTTSVILLE - Yuengling STILLWATER - Pocono SAYRE - Bluestone TANNERSVILLE - Barley Creek
South Carolina (7):
CHARLESTON (5) - Edmund’s Oast, Lo-Fi#, Munkle, Palmetto, Revelry JOHNS ISLAND - Low Tide NORTH CHARLESTON - Holy City
Texas (18):
ARLINGTON - Humperdinks CARROLLTON - 3 Nations CEDAR PARK - Whitestone CORPUS CHRISTI - Lazy Beach DALLAS (3) - Braindead, Pecan Lodge*, Peticolas# DICKINSON - Galveston Bay GALVESTON - Galveston Island JERSEY VILLAGE - Senate Ave. KATY - No Label RICHARDSON - Four Bullets ROUND ROCK - Blue Bonnet ROWLETT - Bankhead SAN ANTONIO (2) - Künstler, Weathered Souls SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Padre Island TYLER - ETX
Vermont (2):
BURLINGTON - Zero Gravity GREENSBORO - Hill Farmstead
Virginia (8):
CHANTILLY - Mustang Sally CHARLOTTESVILLE - Three Notch'd CROZET - Red Hill DULLES - Ocelot FRONT ROYAL - Front Royal MADISON - Bald Top SCOTTSVILLE - James River WARENTON - Old Bust Head
Wisconsin (7):
CHIPPEWA FALLS - Leinenkugel KENOSHA (2) - Kenosha, Rustic Road LA CROSSE - Turtle Stack MADISON - Next Door MIDDLETON - Capital POTOSI - Potosi
Had a flight at Great Notion in Ballard on Saturday. I typically LOVE their stuff. I said, "Give me all five of the stouts."
Did not finish a single one. I've never experienced such a stark contrast between expectations and reality in the beer world. Several were downright disgusting. Did not think that possible from them.
Great Notion produces the best fruit beers. Friend I hired recently had me over to his house and had an orange beer that was like drinking an alcoholic smoothie. I don't normally like stuff that sweet but I have to respect their niche. It's second to none. Friend also says their quality reduces hangover substantially.
I don't live in Portland anymore, hardly go there, and haven't had much of their stuff outside of fruit IPAs and Pales.
When I waited tables at Chili's in my early 20s we had Yuengling on tap and people went crazy for that shit. I never knew it existed before that. At first I thought it was some Asian beer or something based on the name. @RoadDawg55
Vancouver: Fortside (on your list) but you need Trap Door and Loowit as well.
Portland: you need Great Notion and Gigantic. Great Notion makes the best fruit based beers on the entire West Coast. Labrewatory is (was) also a must. They're still alive but they're swallowed up by the Mexican place next door but you can still sit down and get their shit. They used to make tons of experimental batches with other breweries all over the area, and most were great. Kobe's economy destroyed them.
Camas: Mill City, but no Grains of Wrath? 😆 GoW is the closest thing you'll get to a Bend area establisent here.
Microbreweries make their own versions of shitty beer now (but better quality) so there isn't much excuse to drink shitty beer unless you're a poor.
No hangover because of the quality.
#1 - Yuengling ain’t shitty #2 - PNW microbreweries have tried to imitate Yuengling (typically labeled “Vienna Lager”), such as Triceratops Brewery in Tumwater, but no one has come close to the original.
No,it’s shitty. There are many “drink all day” beers now that say Yuengling is shitty.
Some of you I think I are the types that go up to the bar and sample 10 beers before you pick one while holding up the fucking line for people who don’t need to act like they are beer experts and if they want to try something they have never had, will go ahead and risk the $5 and get a pint.
Microbreweries make their own versions of shitty beer now (but better quality) so there isn't much excuse to drink shitty beer unless you're a poor.
No hangover because of the quality.
#1 - Yuengling ain’t shitty #2 - PNW microbreweries have tried to imitate Yuengling (typically labeled “Vienna Lager”), such as Triceratops Brewery in Tumwater, but no one has come close to the original.
No,it’s shitty. There are many “drink all day” beers now that say Yuengling is shitty.
Some of you I think I are the types that go up to the bar and sample 10 beers before you pick one while holding up the fucking line for people who don’t need to act like they are beer experts and if they want to try something they have never had, will go ahead and risk the $5 and get a pint.
Those people are the worst. Just order the fucking flight if you want samples.
Some of you I think I are the types that go up to the bar and sample 10 beers before you pick one while holding up the fucking line for people who don’t need to act like they are beer experts and if they want to try something they have never had, will go ahead and risk the $5 and get a pint.
I did exactly this today. In fact, not only did I do this, but I did this for a totally Hardcore Husky reason: When I found out that the Deep Draft Brewing porter was brewed on a dirty, rainy night in Gorst, I was sold.
Microbreweries make their own versions of shitty beer now (but better quality) so there isn't much excuse to drink shitty beer unless you're a poor.
No hangover because of the quality.
#1 - Yuengling ain’t shitty #2 - PNW microbreweries have tried to imitate Yuengling (typically labeled “Vienna Lager”), such as Triceratops Brewery in Tumwater, but no one has come close to the original.
No,it’s shitty. There are many “drink all day” beers now that say Yuengling is shitty.
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Portland: you need Great Notion and Gigantic. Great Notion makes the best fruit based beers on the entire West Coast. Labrewatory is (was) also a must. They're still alive but they're swallowed up by the Mexican place next door but you can still sit down and get their shit. They used to make tons of experimental batches with other breweries all over the area, and most were great. Kobe's economy destroyed them.
Camas: Mill City, but no Grains of Wrath? 😆 GoW is the closest thing you'll get to a Bend area establisent here.
Washougal has better places anyways. 5440, etc.
Did not finish a single one. I've never experienced such a stark contrast between expectations and reality in the beer world. Several were downright disgusting. Did not think that possible from them.
I don't live in Portland anymore, hardly go there, and haven't had much of their stuff outside of fruit IPAs and Pales.
Yuengling has some seriously loyal drinkers.
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Some of you I think I are the types that go up to the bar and sample 10 beers before you pick one while holding up the fucking line for people who don’t need to act like they are beer experts and if they want to try something they have never had, will go ahead and risk the $5 and get a pint.
Grains of Wrath Dive Bar Lager.
I don't care about price.