"I feel like a lot of the people who have lived here for years and have seen the whole Northwestern style develop think it's a dig at the style, or a lack of respect for the roots and origins of what an IPA represents in this region," Dugan says. Last spring, a mere photo of the beer in a glass could cause a thread to get heated. Opinions were divided at first-sometimes bitterly. They named their Great Notion after Oregon author Ken Kesey's novel about a scrappy logging family, which was in turn named for a line in a Lead Belly song. It took a while, but Dugan finally got his foot in the door-by buying the place, along with two other guys from his street in the Overlook neighborhood. "I dropped my résumé off, like, three times and never heard back." "I walked by one day and looked in the window and applied for a job, because I liked how the brewhouse looked," he says. Maybe it was the shiny copper kettles, or the cozy patio, or the simple seven-barrel brewhouse a homebrewer could see himself manning with a little practice. It’s usually the coffee that gets me to Portland, Oregon, but I wouldn’t mind a Blueberry Muffin milkshake.(Great Notion, Thomas Teal) By Martin Cizmar Februat 9:01 pm PSTīe fore he showed up at the Mash Tun with a real estate agent, James Dugan tried dropping off a résumé.įor whatever reason, Dugan was taken with the moldering little space off Northeast Alberta Street, long forgotten by local beer geeks and with literal cobwebs in the corner.
The space will also have beer milkshake versions of two of Great Notion’s most popular beers: Double Stack and Blueberry Muffin. The food and service at GNB NW will be a bit elevated from its Alberta Street location, with dishes like an Imperial Caesar Salad, Steak Frites (with Painted Hills Ribeye, wild lavender butter, and demi-glace), and a Wild Boar Stroganoff. The new location will be overseen by Ryan O’Connor, VP of Operations at Great Notion, as well as Tom Hayden, General Manager and Javier Chin, Chef & Kitchen Manager.
Fermentation tanks and brewing equipment are visible through a glass wall behind the taproom bar. The entry is covered in dark Shou Sugi Ban Japanese burnt timber, which contrasts the expansive natural light and cross-laminated timber. That led us to the idea of opening a morning coffee shop and adding some fun twists on our beers, like the Double Stack Beer Milkshake!”ĭesigned by ZGF Architects LLC and developed by OBS2LAN MGM LLC, the design of the new building acknowledges its industrial past while also using modern materials to create a warm and inviting space. “When we first opened the production brewery here, there was hardly anywhere to go to eat, drink or get a good cup of coffee. “We are very psyched to open a fun-filled brewpub in the industrial part of Northwest Portland,” said Great Notion co-founder Paul Reiter. Sierra Nevada’s Iconic Oktoberfest Collab Returns with German Innovator Kehrwieder That all changed Monday when Great Notion announced the opening of its second taproom, restaurant, and coffee shop: Great Notion Brewing Northwest.
When founder James Dugan showed me his production space, I couldn’t believe that it was so tiny. I even had the chance to collaborate on a Hop Culture x Great Notion beer and glass! Through it all, I wondered how a brewery with such a massive national reputation maintained such a small local footprint. I’ve not only had the chance to try more Great Notion beers, but I’ve watched with joy as they’ve started canning, and visited their taproom to interview the founders.
The beer tasted like a liquid blueberry muffin! And lo and behold, I looked at the name scrawled on the crowler - Blueberry Muffin.įlash forward several years. The beer was made a few thousand miles away at the Great Notion Taproom in Portland, Oregon, but someone at Brew Gentlemen had a growler and was willing to share. I first tried Great Notion Brewing’s beer during a trip to Brew Gentlemen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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