![]() Mouthfeel: This has a thin front, but opens up and has a prickly back end. Enough lighter malt profile to blanace out the sour/hop profile. Taste: The front is bright with a great balance of citrus/tropical hops, dried fruits like pineapple and guava that express the sour profile well, some hints of tart-yeasty funk. Smell/Aroma: This has a bit of sweet tropical fruits and yeast funk on the nose. Note, they do distribute bottles of their beers to some local stores, and they offer crowler and growler fills on site, so you can take some home with you today!Īppearance: Slight hazy golden yellow draft, minimal head, no lacing to speak of. I’d highly recommend you check them out if you’re in the NE Alberta area, just during later hours unless you like being around noisy kids. Overall, they do have a great selection of food, awesome range of styles that are well executed and hold up to expectations and their reputation as an amazing brewery. It’s hard to pick one that stands above the others, as everyone loved their beers but the Stacks of Coconut was by far one of the best imperial stouts I’ve ever had and my pick for best of show. The beer reviews go back to front, left to right as pictured. Out of the seven beers we tried, there was a great range of fruit and sour beers, porter and stout, with a NE style IPA, none of which were bad. While it was dissapointing not to have the chance for my friends to try that beer, they did have the Blueberry Muffin and Double Stack on draft and those demonstrate Great Notion’s ability to push the flavor profile of beers to the extreme. The one unfortunate thing is that they were not serving one of their best beers, the Orange Creamsicle IPA. We were able to order the samplers and ordered our food, both of which came out pretty quickly and we all tried the beers with great interest in the broad range of styles and flavors they offered. We were lucky when we got there when we did as a large group of parents and kids were using the back dining room area right next to us and it got really loud really quick as we were finnishing up. The prices for their beers and food is pretty typical for this neighborhood, and they do offer weekly food specials. snifters as they don’t have the capacity to produce enough to keep up with the demand, so they limit their vessels to just smaller tulip glasses, which helps you enjoy the beer the way it’s meant to be drank. Please note they don’t offer any of their beers in pints, just 10 to 13 oz. They normally have at least eight to ten of their own beers available with a number of regular beers and a few one-offs and special barrel aged available by glass. They do offer swag like hats, shirts, and stickers at average prices. The food lineup is interesting and not mid-priced. They do have two main dining areas and a large outdoor patio which is great when the weather cooperates. The restaurant has a small bar you can sit at, with the beer board behind it. The front of the business is pretty non-descript with a sign above their front door and a couple of windows that look into the 7 BBL production area. They are in the heart of the Alberta Arts District and have a lot of local customers but their parking is limited to on-street so you may have to walk a little bit to get there if it’s during regular dining hours. The brewery is located in the former “Mash Tun Brewing” location on NE 22nd, just south of NE Alberta St. The one warning I have to give about this great brewery, is that they are an all ages restaurant, so unless you can handle being around a lot of kids, you might want to try and visit them during later hours. Great Notion is known for pushing the flavor boundaries of barrel aged and unfiltered beers, most notibly their fruit and sour beers. 7th, 2017 with a few of my beer loving friends for happy hour. ![]() I have been able to visit them a few times since they opened and most recently on Feb. Review: Great Notion Brewing, Portland, OR One of the great new additions to the Portland brewing scene in 2016 is Great Notion Brewing. ![]()
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