Full Sail Brewing
“Beer you can believe in”
506 Columbia St.
Hood River, OR 97031
541.386.2247
0307 S.W. Montgomery
Portland, OR 97201
503.222.5343
www.fullsailbrewing.com
Founded: 1987
When we stopped in for a pint: September 2000
Microbrewery#: 11
Full Sail Brewing
The Beer hunt: The picturesque town of Hood River boasts a brewery lucky enough to sit right at the water’s edge. Even though the sky was overcast and a slight breeze off the river made us zip up our jackets, we couldn’t resist drinking our beers out on the deck at Full Sail Brewing. We would’ve liked to have had more time to hang out and watch the windsurfers (and sample more of Full Sail’s ales), but we still had a long drive ahead of us. We sailed out Hood River with a pint glass.
In 2011, Phil visited Full Sail’s Portland location while on a business trip. In the decade since our last Full Sail experience, the company began brewing three varieties of Session Lager, which it sells in appealingly stumpy bottles.
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BJ’s Pizza, Grill and Brewery
825 N.E. Weidler St.
Portland, OR 97232
(This location closed in 2008)
www.bjsbrewhouse.com
Founded: The first BJ’s opened in Orange County, CA in 1978. BJ’s currently operates over 100 locations across the U.S.
When we stopped in for a pint: September 2000
Microbrewery#: 10
BJ's Pizza, Grill and Brewery at 825 NE Weidler, Portland, OR (now closed)
The Beer hunt: We arrived in Portland hungry and struggling with directions. It took us over an hour after entering the city to reach Bridgeport BrewPub on NW Marshall Street, and then we found out that all they were serving that night was pizza. That’s not good news for someone who’s allergic to tomato sauce like me. We abandoned the place and headed for the next closest brewery we could find – BJ’s Pizza, Grill and Brewery. We were worried that it would turn out to be another pizza-only place, but luckily they had other menu options. We didn’t stop grumbling for long, though. We were disappointed to find out that BJ’s was a chain brewery. The exterior shot above shows that it looks kind of like an upscale Kentucky Fried Chicken. The family-friendly atmosphere inside and the unhealthy food and the plastic-ness of the furniture definitely emanated a McMicrobrewery vibe that neither one of us liked. But hey, satisfied or not, BJ’s was a technically a microbrewery, so we added a pint glass to our tab.
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*At other, still open locations, like the one at 12105 N. Center in Portland
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