BJ’s Jantzen Beach

11/19/2007 12:41:26 PM, monday, november 19, 2007
The purpose of this place rating is that I since BJs is a chain, I wasn’t sure of/able to find the beers from this location. This brewer is exceptionalperhaps one of the best in Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Like other TGIFinnegans/Rock Bottom/Applebees like places, the atmosphere and motif is quite generic and stale. The bartenders at the Janzen Beach location were quite friendly, accomidating, and fairly knowledgable of the brewer’s selection. Also, like other chain brewery’s the standard selection was proffered, but on top of that, the house special beers were indeed special. A wonderfully floral IPA (A+), a bright and crisp flavorful pumpkin ale (not a big fan of this genre of beer, but it was well crafted, B+), a chocolate stout (B), an oatmeal stout (B-), and a wonderfully bright, floral and well-balanced barley wine (light bodied, yet distictly balanced like Avery’s Hog Heaven, A) were all sampled in 5-ounce glass pours. I left feeling quite sated and very pleased. Well worth the 9+ mile drive from SE Portland. If you get a chance, quaff these delectable brews. I was also told that the Pirhana Pale Ale won a silver at the 2007 GABF. No surprise considering the craftsmanship of the brews I sampled!

4/25/2007 5:32:36 PM, wednesday, april 25, 2007
Great food, beers are decent and the service not too bad. I loved the beers and the pizza. It was a great little gold mind to find in this neck of the woods. Can be full of kids some days. This is also a very busy place with mall shoppersso beware.

2/19/2007 9:18:25 PM, monday, february 19, 2007
Again it has that BJ’s feeling. Service here is much better than the Lloyd Centre location. Food is better cooked here as well. Beer selection is better due to the fondness of the brewer for Belgian beers. Beers are drinkable

1/7/2006 2:00:37 AM, saturday, january 07, 2006
This is a nice place with a great view, the food is average and the beer selection here is better than the other locations, because the owner and brewer is a huge fan of Belgians and even has a selection of sometimes hard to find Belgians in bottles behind the bar. The bar staff was great and seemed to care a little bit about the beer.

10/18/2004 1:15:35 PM, monday, october 18, 2004
Inside this has a nice restaurant/bar feel with a great view of the brewery as you enter. Everything here is pretty standard as far as chains go. The beers are put on focus here with everything revolving slightly around them. The staff was great and friendly and the food was f’ing awesome. I had a custom made pizza and it was perfect. No complaints about the quality or beer selection either, they even had an Imperial Stout on tap! Overall this was a nice place to come and relax. Not something to really seek out, but worth visiting if you’re in the neighborhood.