portland

The Pilsner Room for all the Full Sail beers, Higgins 'cause of the good food and beers, and if you want to rub elbows with the yupoids, check out the new Henry's 100-tap beer bar in the Brewery Blocks. Also check out the County Cork if you have the time.

I'd add in the Laurelwood brewpub. Very well-done beers, with a good variety, and a nice atmosphere. Higgins has a great selection, very nice atmosphere as well. Full Sail's Pilsner Room has a nice view over the river. Rose and Raindrop has got a cool vibe to it.

-Steve

I would HIGHLY recommend visiting the Hair of the Dog brewery if you can. If you are unable to do this, definitely sample their beers at the bars you visit. Alan, the head brewer, is a great guy and personally gives tours of the brewery by appointment according to his availability. Give the brewery a call to try to set something up. Trust me, it will be well worth your while.

Dan

Yes, all excellent places. There are so many great places here that it's really hard to go wrong. Other than those already mentioned, I would recommend the following:

New Old Lompoc (over the top beers. try the C-Note) McMenamins Edgefield or Kennedy School (must be the first brewery resorts in the country) Baghdad or Mission Theaters (McMenamins restaurant/theaters with second run films) Rogue Flanders Street Pub (Most of Rogues legendary brews on tap, if there was a word that decribed "more than delicious", I'd use it) Crystal Ballroom/Ringlers Pub (McMenamins night club and cool terra-cotta pub, also right across the street from Whole Foods Market and the best used record store in town) Main Street Brewery (new place that makes great beer, used to be called Port Halling) Alameda Brewpub (cool neighborhood and Indian Summer Pale is tasty) Old Market Pub (underrated brew pub in Garden Home neighborhood) Fearless Brewery (about 20 miles out of town but worth the trip. Has great beer but not much else) Crow Bar or Amnesia Brewing (both have limited but excellent and hard to find taps. Amnesia should be brewing on there own soon. If you're in the Mississippi neighborhood, you should also try the new Lovely Hula Hands restaurand) Widmer Brew Pub (Yes, they have quite a selection of small-batch strong ales, and a really great restaurant too) Lots of other places, but how much time to you have?

apparently not enough!

I will be there for 3 nights: fri, sat sun, this weekend. I've already visited widmer (nice) Bridgeport(both brewery and taproom). I plan to go back to bridgeport for handpump IPA, and it looks like Pilsner room and Higgins for dinner. Also, a few pints at Rose and Raindrop, Brass Horse, and Lucky Lab are in the plans.

The rest of my days will be spent following a route; still working on that part. I'm staying near Lloyd Center, so I plan to visit the BJ's and McMenamins near there on fri night after I get in. The rest, though, is up in the air.

Don't know if I will make it this time to Hair of the Dog; too out of the way. Looks like that visit is next time.

Here in the SF Bay area we see the following OR breweries, on tap, and in bottles: Portland (Pyramid), Bridgeport, Hair of the Dog, Deschutes, Rogue, Widmer; would like to try something I don't normally see. Anything you guys like? I prefer pale ales/IPA,s, but do love a good stout, porter, belgian, and or hefe.

thanks for everyone's help.

mikron

That had me confused for a couple of minutes. I have been to Portland many times and tried their beer. Portland, Dorset, England, that is. Not recommended.