Concordia Ale House

6/1/2008 11:33:03 AM, sunday, june 01, 2008
Was only able to spend a short time here, but that time was enjoyable. Excellent selection of beers that I got impression changes frequently. Staff was quite knowledgeable about the selection of beers. We only had some fries, but those were nice and hot and well done. Too bad I don’t live closer!

3/2/2008 11:25:50 PM, sunday, march 02, 2008
Concordia Ale House pales in comparison to its former self. It used to be one of the best pubs in the country rivaling Uber and Brouwers in Seattle, Monks and Eulogy in Philly, the Gingerman in Houston and Max’s and Brewer’s Art in Baltimore. It was a pub for beer geeks. This just isn’t the case anymore. I miss the being able to count on 4 to 5 good rarish Belgians on draft. Instead the tap list is weighted heavily toward Northwest micros...most often IPA’s. The bottle selection is still extensive but there seem very few strange and wonderful brews. This is still one of the better pubs in Portland but it once had so much momentum and promise. The food is better than you’ll find in most pubs.

8/3/2007 6:56:46 PM, friday, august 03, 2007
Passing through Portland looking for great PNW beer and am happy to have found the Concordia Ale House (thanks, RateBeer!). Very good beer selection. Love the bottle cooler. I tried the Ninkasi IPA and Amnesia ESB, both were great. Didn’t eat but I did get great service at the bar. Very friendly, helpful and informed barstaff. Thanks for your suggestions! Nice, clean, non-smoking place to drink great beers. Wish we had this back home. Prost!

6/17/2007 3:50:13 PM, sunday, june 17, 2007
Good selection, and the food was quite good. Service was average. The place was a bit dark for my liking, but definitely worth a visit.

3/9/2007 2:10:30 AM, friday, march 09, 2007
The most beer friendly place in Portland outside of the Horse Brass. But this is more of a dining spot then the horse brass. The food is fairly standard in selection but far better prepared than average. If its busy the service can be a little slow but the friendliness and the selection more than make up for it. THe best variety in portland and welcome to anybody.

2/19/2007 6:02:38 PM, monday, february 19, 2007
I love the Concordia Ale House. Not only do they have an AMAZING selection of 20 (ish) beers on tap, they’ve got hundreds of bottles, AND they have killer food. This is not a place you’ll walk away hungry or thirsty from. I love to come on Saturday or Sunday morning for breakfast and brew. It’s not crowded at that time, and the breakfast/lunch follows suit with the rest of the menu, top noch! The owners are really great people to chat with. If they don’t carry something you want. Bring Matt in a bottle of something you’ve found in another part of the country, and if he can, he’ll have it brought in and put on the shelves in the nice big beer cooler. And if you needed any more reason, they’ve got pool x2.

1/27/2007 5:04:40 AM, saturday, january 27, 2007
At the moment, Concordia is the best overall beer place in Portland, period. They haven’t been around as long as the Horse Brass, don’t have the style of Higgins, but they’re the best of both those places when it comes to beer. Food? Sure, it’s pub grub, but there are many tasty things (the Reuben). What they do that the other don’t is, the have a great balance between American craft beers & premium imports. They also take great care in their selections. Just because you have 100 taps doesn’t mean you have a good beer selection. Absolutely essential in your beer travels. Some of the most "beer inspried" bartenders I have ever encountered.

1/10/2007 8:54:07 PM, wednesday, january 10, 2007 [ Updated thursday, january 11, 2007 ]
Looks kind of bare and unfinished, even with the pink elephants on the wall. Service is often delayed when it is crowded, but at other times is attentive and VERY knowledgeable. Food is standard Ami pubkos, burgers and toebroedtjies, with very good breakfast on weekends and a lekker flat steak. But the selection, here the place shines. Here are 22 taps, all served at the proper temperature. Here are bottles from everywhere but Africa. Here is the right glasswear. They need more parking.

12/2/2006 12:10:58 PM, saturday, december 02, 2006 [ Updated saturday, december 02, 2006 ]
Solid, solid beer bar. In the same vein as Brouwer’s though less pretentious. Not all local taps, probably about 1/2 from the PNW, all but 3 Belgians from the Western US and Colorado. Didn’t seem like they had any really rare beers on tap, but still had a decent selection. I just wish they had another 20 taps to choose from. I think I’ve tried all but two things on their tap list during my visit, and I was looking for something new. Ninkasi IPA was just that, and it was quite good. Glanced at the food menu, which looked pretty good, but they did not have a late night happy hour. Whoever our server was, she was really cute.

11/25/2006 2:18:04 PM, saturday, november 25, 2006
Very nice place in a strange building- "L" shaped establishment in a square building, weird. Great tap selection, looks like they rotate the local stuff quite a bit. Was able to pick up a bottle of Fantome Circus at a great price too. I like having bottles to-go at my beer bars. Good service.