I really enjoyed stopping by here as the atmosphere was pretty cool, the beers were mostly good, and I had a great cheese plate. It’s downtown, so it’s easy to get to if you’re staying downtown. Must-see on a Portland brewery tour.

Couldn’t make it to Bend, but was very impressed by their space in downtown Portland. Huge place with a surprising number of taps and a great atmosphere. The set up at the bar is weird, and doesn’t really allow for chatting with the staff, but it’s well worth anyone’s time.

Enjoyed a sampler tray here after spending several hours in Powell’s books - damn, that place is huge! - anyway, this is a nice spot - homey, log-cabin-esque interior - high ceilings and hardwood everything - a little piece of rustic mountain cabin in the middle of Portland - many of the standard Deschutes brews, plus about 8 taproom exclusives - friendly and attentive staff - food is fairly good (I had some lamb sausage) - prices on the beers are good, but the food is a little steep - a very solid spot.

After stumbling over the paupers in front of this place, I found it to be really large and airy. The place was totally crowded and I had to wait about 10 minutes to find a seat at the bar. Service was a touch slow, due in part to how busy it was. I did not eat while I was there, and had a sampler platter. They had a nice selection of about 14 taps or so, with a couple beers that I had never seen before. Nevertheless, I knew this would be a quick stop after seeing how mobbed it was. I couldn’t really enjoy myself at this place, and there were much better places for me to be whilst in Portland.

Visited here in August ’12. Great downtown location, economical parking nearby. Beautiful decor with high ceilings, big windows with a view of passers by, plenty of brass. Had about 15 of their beers on taps with a few specialties like their Black Butte Anniversary. Food and service was outstanding - I had a spent grain pizza. Prices were not outrageous considering the location. Would be a regular stop if I worked in downtown Portland.

2010-06. Waited about 20 minutes for a table on a very busy Saturday night. Waiter was mostly friendly but had that look/air about him of not expecting much of a tip when we started by ordering samples and an appetizer to share. I compounded this by promptly knocking over my glass of water not too long after that. We weren’t overly hungry so we shared the elk balls (stop laughing, very tasty) and later a marionberry cobbler (super awesome). The main menu looked pretty decent as well. Beer was generally pretty good, we went through most of the range. Atmosphere is interesting. Wood everywhere it is going for a lodge like feel, but it also has that overly polished, trying too hard feel about it that Widmer did, but it seems to work better here. I think part of it is the newness, part of it is just the nature of having a place big enough to need those vibrating pagers to tell you your table is ready. In the end I decided I liked it. Overall based on the beer, the downtown location, and the food its probably a no-brainer to visit if you are in town.

Sat at the bar for a few beers. The place is nice, clean and open feeling with big, high ceilings. Service at the bar was very good and the employees seemed to be knowledgeable about the beers and offered samples. Selection was good, all the regular beers with a nice list of pub only one off’s. Prices were decent and pours were good. Nice place overall, I was just a bit disappointed in the quality of the pub only beers, they all seemed to taste the same and a lot of them had a soapy/medicinal quality.

Yeah, this place represents a bunch of cash sunk into a place by a brewer that has largely succeeded by catering to mainstream tastes. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially given that brewers like Deschutes paved the way for the roads we enjoy traveling today. This place is huge and well-lit; used to be an auto shop. Portland beer establishments hit me again and again in my historical reclamation/architectural repurposing sweet spot, and this one’s no exception. Nicely decorated, well-organized. Semi-display kitchen. Huge, airy bar. Huge, airy dining rooms. Servers from cute to hot. Good food. Nice tvs. Really not seeing a downside to most of it. Unfortunately: no guest taps, not much info on upcoming special beers. Not too many big-deal specials available on tap, but they had a few things you don’t see elsewhere. And cool bathrooms. The urinals look like they’re from a 19th-century subway station; they come up to my shoulder and I’m 6’2"""". They’re a foot

2010-06. Visited on a busy Sunday evening last June, we had a bit of a wait to get in but were happily situated eventually. Outside there was a loud concert going on; inside the rooms were bustling with happy customers. Service was friendly and fairly quick, considering. We tried the elk meatballs in melted goat cheese, the marionberry ginger cobbler, and a couple 6-glass samplers of their own brews. Quite a range of beers were available, my favourite probably being the Hop in the Dark CDA. Glad to have visited but would probably return on a less busy night.

Big and busy place. They had a big selection of own beers on tap and seems that printed beer menu is updated daily. I had a sampler - you can choose any 6 beers. Service was good and quick. There is a separate disk in the hall where you can buy merchandise and bottles to go,