tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post4010266958014194919..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: New Bottle Shop: BeermongersJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-57310410354286937642009-09-12T19:31:56.751-07:002009-09-12T19:31:56.751-07:00Great points!
Reason sales are more is because a ...Great points!<br /><br />Reason sales are more is because a lot like me have to drive all the way down to buy $200 a month in NE, and SE Portland.<br /><br />If all those great craft beers were available in the outskirts such as Gresham/Troutdale... sales would automatically increase in this area. There is a huge market out here for it... and yes, a very culturally diverse area it is... even DOSiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406354869646971733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-15792661225577917272009-09-12T11:14:26.200-07:002009-09-12T11:14:26.200-07:00Damn guys, retract the claws and have a beer!
I&#...Damn guys, retract the claws and have a beer!<br /><br />I'm not going to get involved in the PDX/suburb pissing match, but I do want to offer a perspective from inside the industry.<br /><br />The fact of the matter is that the VAST majority of craft and imported beer sold in the Portland Metro is sold in NE, SE, and downtown. According to a couple sales reps I've spoken to, upwards of Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670279083285348299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-90687209406514604572009-09-11T19:56:57.592-07:002009-09-11T19:56:57.592-07:00@Samurai Artist
Awesome! Nothing like a product o...@Samurai Artist<br /><br />Awesome! Nothing like a product of the suburbs or some podunk town looking down on those currently in the suburbs!<br /><br />And you know nothing about Gresham--a place arguably more culturally diverse than uber-homogenous, lily-white inner SE Portland.<br /><br />Keep it up!jmattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-84516137609414927762009-09-11T17:31:59.173-07:002009-09-11T17:31:59.173-07:00Samurai.. I think you haven't followed a lot o...Samurai.. I think you haven't followed a lot of my reviews or places I like to shop much. I wouldn't call Beaumont Market, or By the Bottle corporate as you speak it. Those are the places I do most of my bottle shopping... I think you are referring to my 55th Burnside QFC, and Whole Foods at 15th Fremont post... which I must say DO have a huge selection and beat many of the prices DOSiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406354869646971733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-86487082524672064322009-09-11T01:10:43.392-07:002009-09-11T01:10:43.392-07:00DOSIR,
I think a lot of us here in inner portland ...DOSIR,<br />I think a lot of us here in inner portland are low income. I am sure I make no more, probably less then most people on this blog.<br />I just find Gresham a culture wasteland as do most of us here I think. All highways and shopping centers. Yeah, I think its lame.<br />And 4th st. I have had some decent beers and some extremely bad beers from. <br />I would happily give any brewery Samurai Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16768164070860831715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-2976137612458170882009-09-10T21:40:22.429-07:002009-09-10T21:40:22.429-07:00I thought Beer Mongers was cool, and I would rathe...I thought Beer Mongers was cool, and I would rather spend my money there or at Belmont Station, than New Seasons any day. They are both places that you can hang out, talk beer, and walk away pretty happy. They are not trying to sell organic radishes or cruelty free soy bologna. It's all about the beer. True, if you live super far away, probably not worth the trip, but nice if, like me, you cidermasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476120199535432563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-44009259814365218232009-09-10T10:41:55.258-07:002009-09-10T10:41:55.258-07:00At least Gresham has a brewpub. Where I live in Or...At least Gresham has a brewpub. Where I live in Oregon City has zip... Unless you count McMenamins, but the ones in our area only have their standard 5 or so beers. <br /><br />Oh, let me drive to West Linn... nope nothing there<br /><br />Lake Oswego? nope try again. <br /><br />Milwaukee? nada. <br /><br />Selwood? no way, Phillys is an insult to brewpubs. <br /><br />Clackamas?, nope. <br /><DA Beershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592377918990052792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-56504024880444651242009-09-10T09:42:50.628-07:002009-09-10T09:42:50.628-07:00Also Jeff, are you gonna let me buy you a Fresh Ho...Also Jeff, are you gonna let me buy you a Fresh Hop Ale at 4th St. brewing in a couple of weeks? :-)DOSiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406354869646971733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-65891084117409143592009-09-10T09:36:52.142-07:002009-09-10T09:36:52.142-07:00Thx Jeff... and you are correct.
SE spans many m...Thx Jeff... and you are correct.<br /><br />SE spans many miles as does NE... look around 82nd, Woodstock, etc... and boy oh boy... but then look around Mt. Tabor.. and a drive up Lincoln St. and it is quite nice.<br /><br />I worked down on Belmont... and don't like deep SE because of the Hawthorne district and almost snotty New York attitude from many in the area... sure I make DOSiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406354869646971733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-85307694837179856872009-09-10T09:10:39.185-07:002009-09-10T09:10:39.185-07:00I think everyone should lay off DOSIR and Gresham....I think everyone should lay off DOSIR and Gresham. It's all Beervana, folks.<br /><br />(As for cleaner--that is a most debatable proposition.)Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-91167163801402286192009-09-10T08:32:17.677-07:002009-09-10T08:32:17.677-07:00Funny, there is actually some nice housing out her...Funny, there is actually some nice housing out here... and wait.. wait... what is that... Lower income folks buy 85% of the craft beer EVERYWHERE... you are missing out on a big chunk of the pie Samurai/PinkNoodle.<br /><br />Huge market, big loss... just sayin'!<br /><br />I do however have Edgefield just around the corner... but my gripe are the bottle shops. I guess I'll just makeDOSiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406354869646971733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-12303069356230084932009-09-09T22:49:00.036-07:002009-09-09T22:49:00.036-07:00DOSiR, the Beer Gods are punishing you for living ...DOSiR, the Beer Gods are punishing you for living in Gresham. Renounce your sinful ways and move to inner SE with the rest of us.<br /><br />--JT (who is still waiting for a brewpub in Foster-Powell... HUB is great, but not drunken-stumbling-home distance. I wish somebody would buy the Phoenix Building an 67th & Foster... it'd be a great location. I'd settle for McMenamins!))Jeremy in SE PDXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-6869458037193413562009-09-09T22:43:41.838-07:002009-09-09T22:43:41.838-07:00I read that Gresham/Troutdale has the largest Sect...I read that Gresham/Troutdale has the largest Section 8 housing in the Metro area. Is that true? That might explain the lack of good bottle shops and pubs.pink poodlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-3102845423924278302009-09-09T16:38:36.614-07:002009-09-09T16:38:36.614-07:00sure it makes sense GDOSIR, we all avoid gresham/t...sure it makes sense GDOSIR, we all avoid gresham/troutdale as much as humanly possible.Samurai Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16768164070860831715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-77828686155632086642009-09-09T10:38:07.864-07:002009-09-09T10:38:07.864-07:00I haven't really read anything about bridgetow...I haven't really read anything about bridgetown beer house either as far as their selection and prices go. I would love to go to these places... but most are just too far away for me to drive all the time.<br /><br />I can't understand why someone would open a bottleshop right where so many already exist... especially near the newly revamped 39th Hawthorne Fred Meyer, Johns which is hugeDOSiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406354869646971733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-290383302631134122009-09-08T15:48:26.963-07:002009-09-08T15:48:26.963-07:00You are always exchange time and money; but, I hav...You are always exchange time and money; but, I have time. I am a retired geezer. <br /><br />I am influenced price.<br /><br />When I am in a chain grocery store, I walk the beer aisle looking for something interesting; if local [Pacific NW], interesting, and 'On Special', I'm taking it home.<br /><br />Additionally, living in Salem, I frequent Mr. Fu's Capital Market. Not for Jack R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07625645308707849072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-38666950243011372202009-09-08T14:23:22.775-07:002009-09-08T14:23:22.775-07:00...but will you find anything to buy....?...but will you find anything to buy....?sweet pollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-83762901691813194742009-09-08T14:05:28.975-07:002009-09-08T14:05:28.975-07:00Bill's post is quite useful, incidentally. Pr...Bill's post is quite useful, incidentally. Price is important. I have too often dumped double-digits on a bottle of beer that turned out to be a dud. It inhibits my experimentation. The cheaper the beer, the more likely I am to give it a shot. Which, for an experimenter like me, is great. Hafta get over there soon.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5160014436857586412009-09-08T13:51:38.841-07:002009-09-08T13:51:38.841-07:00Time and Convenience trumps a bargain in most case...Time and Convenience trumps a bargain in most cases. We all know that. Time is money. If you live in the general vicinity of this place you'd be in good shape. For the rest, convenience plays a major roll. Why drive across town to save .50 to $2.00? What's the old idiom? 'Penny Wise and Pound Foolish.'<br /><br />If someone wants to buy beer cheap there are Trader Joes, Win Co'average Joe consumernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-75214351697840741352009-09-08T12:28:18.592-07:002009-09-08T12:28:18.592-07:00P-Paul: You're quite right. The gimmick they ...P-Paul: You're quite right. The gimmick they chose is: low prices. Read all about it <a href="http://www.its-pub-night.com/2009/09/beermongers-now-open.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Bill Nighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202318621724165312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-72379149058295720562009-09-08T11:43:10.593-07:002009-09-08T11:43:10.593-07:00New Seasons has a decent beer selection right up t...New Seasons has a decent beer selection right up the street, not far from this place. Beermongers might be a little cheaper, but they'll need a decent hook or gimmick to keep people coming in the door. Maybe have operating hours till 2 AM?? Topless tasting bar? Beer sampling likes Cinetopia's wine by the ounce? Something different.<br /><br />The local competition is pretty heavy and theyP-Paulnoreply@blogger.com