Oregon beer this week: Beaverton Great Notion opens; Fort George/GOW, Little Beast releases – OregonLive

Great Notion Brewing, the pioneer known for popularizing New England IPAs in Portland along with boundary-pushing culinary-style beers, this weekend opens its new westside location.

The Cedar Mill taproom, at 230 N.W. Lost Spring Terrace, will hold a grand opening with ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. then complimentary barbecue.

The Beaverton location features 20 taps, a limited, barbecue-focused menu, and beer to go. The location includes 2,000 indoor square feet with rollup garage doors leading to a stone beer garden.

We really like the Timberland shopping center because it doesnt have that old strip mall vibe, said Ryan OConnor, vice president of operations. The wood, stone and metal really echos our Alberta and NW 28th locations.

Great Notion, which opened in Northeast Portland in 2016 and expanded to outer industrial Northwest Portland a year ago, is planning a fourth location, which is scheduled to open this summer in Seattles Ballard neighborhood.

Parties for the release of Fanzine IPA, a collaboration between Grains of Wrath Brewing in Camas and Fort George Brewing in Astoria, will be held tonight in Vancouver and Saturday in Portland.Courtesy of Fort George Brewing

Fanzine IPA, the recent gold medal winner in the American IPA category of the Oregon Beer Awards, was released this week at Grains of Wrath in Camas, and parties are planned in Vancouver and Portland.

The collaboration between Fort George Brewery of Astoria and Grains of Wrath Brewing in Camas will be celebrated tonight at Tap Union Freehouse in downtown Vancouver, then Saturday at Roscoes in Southeast Portlands Montavilla neighborhood.

Both parties are from 5 to 8 p.m. Roscoes is at 8105 S.E. Stark St., and Tap Union is at 1300 Washington St. #200.

The makers of the West Coast IPA described it thusly: A piney bitterness backs up the heavy hop additions, with grapefruit and other citrus notes. Mild sweetness from the malt bill lingers with a taste of orange juice.

Little Beast Brewery located at 3412 SE Division St, Portland, Or., May 24, 2019. Mark Graves/StaffMark Graves/Staff

Little Beast Brewing on Saturday will release the 2019 vintage of Dream State, whose predecessor earned a spot in The Oregonian/OregonLives 2019 ranking of Portlands top 10 beers.

The maker of fruited and funky farmhouse ales will release this years version at noon at its tap house, 3412 S.E. Division St.

For the first time, the brewery will offer vertical tastings of the foeder-aged ale with strawberries, pouring 2017, 2018 and now 2019 vintages.

The collector boxes sell for $99 and include limited-edition 6x9 prints of each label and a tap-handle magnet for each character. The last of the boxes are being offered Saturday at the brewery.Courtesy of Gigantic Brewing

Gigantic Brewing on Saturday will sell the last of its limited edition Hellboy collectors boxes, featuring all six Hellboy beers.

The Hellboy series, based on the popular horror comic-book character created by artist Mike Mignola, includes:

The collector boxes sell for $99 and include limited-edition 6x9 prints of each label and a tap-handle magnet for each character. Fifty-eight of the original 666 boxes remain.

Sales of the last of the boxes will begin at noon Saturday at the Southeast Portland brewery, 5224 S.E. 26th Ave.

Tight Tacos had been a mainstay at Growlers Taproom at Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and 32th Avenue, but it was forced to find a new home after the taproom closed. Now it's taken over the kitchen at Southeast Portland's Thirsty Monk.Courtesy of Tight Tacos

The Thirsty Monk, a Belgian-beer focused bar in Southeast Portland, will reopen this weekend after closing for three weeks to remodel and incorporate Tight Tacos, a former food truck, into the bars kitchen.

Tight Tacos had been a mainstay at Growlers Taproom at Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and 32th Avenue, but it was forced to find a new home after the taproom closed because of a landlord dispute.

Thirsty Monk CEO Barry Bialik said the bar will shed a few more remnants of its former European soccer bar vibe and incorporate elements of the Tight Tacos branding. The brewery taproom will reopen at 11 a.m. Saturday with Thirsty Monk taps only, craft cocktails and of course, delicious tacos from Tight Tacos.

Thirsty Monk also has pubs in Asheville, North Carolina, where it was founded, and Denver, and it brews Belgian-rooted modern ales at those locations, as well. It opened in Portland in 2018 in the former home of Bazi Brasserie.

The Belmont Station bottle shop at 4500 S.E. Stark St.The Oregonian

Belmont Station, the longtime Southeast Portland beer bar and bottle shop, is Oregons sole candidate for USA Todays readers choice Top 10 Best Beer Bars annual ranking.

Readers are able to vote once a day for their favorite from a list of nominees compiled by a panel of beer experts. The bars were chosen for their stellar selection of draft and bottled beers, many with a focus on regional or Belgian selections. Pair that with a relaxed atmosphere and knowledgeable bar staff ready to help any guest become a beer junkie, and you've got a recipe for a great beer bar.

Voting ends at noon Tuesday, March 17. The top 10 will be announced Friday, March 27.

-- Andre Meunier

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