tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post5620204594988633830..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: What Makes a Good Brewpub?Jeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-6302333136575729562012-08-04T16:57:48.744-07:002012-08-04T16:57:48.744-07:00Sorry Shawn , we will have to agree to disagree. I...Sorry Shawn , we will have to agree to disagree. I find the beer at HUB sort of ok , but I would never cross town to go there to drink it, The place looks like a low rent shopping mall , no Design or History at all. <br />Bikes on the ceiling , oh , I get the joke , [ugly] <br />I have eaten there a few times , mehh...<br />Yea Bridgeport is not the cool old pub it was when I first went there 14 billbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14336779231711006466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-19584550734391668872012-08-02T12:08:19.388-07:002012-08-02T12:08:19.388-07:00National lists for anything related to Craft Beer ...National lists for anything related to Craft Beer don't make any sense to me. Local - yes, statewide - sure, regional - iffy and borderline, national - no way, just not meaningful.Jim Ficknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-41138249006682143272012-08-02T11:46:04.902-07:002012-08-02T11:46:04.902-07:00Interesting question. Good beer does not make a go...Interesting question. Good beer does not make a good pub. I think Walking Man is actually a great example of this, and I’m shocked it made anybody’s top anything list of great brewpubs. <br /><br />My parents live in Stevenson, so I go to Walking Man all the time. I’d say: GREAT beer, good food (though extremely limited menu), terrible pub. <br /><br />The service is awful. The people are grumpy.Jeremy in SEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-8249527755326953072012-08-02T10:45:39.562-07:002012-08-02T10:45:39.562-07:00Well, hold onto your chair: for a change, I actual...Well, hold onto your chair: for a change, I actually agree with you. I find the beer fan sites useless for another other than finding the websites for breweries and, sometimes, information about the brewery (address, telephone number, etc.). However, anything contributed by the users of those sites is, to borrow your phrase "fatally flawed." FWIW, I don't find IMDB much better for Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-3816074698398457622012-08-01T23:26:07.192-07:002012-08-01T23:26:07.192-07:00Bridgeport? Were you able to type that with a stra...Bridgeport? Were you able to type that with a straight face? Neither their beer nor their food is a reason to stop at Bridgeport. HUB has excellent beer, and at least some of their food is above average (and they have a very large menu).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097878173622170668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34068465790354091552012-08-01T20:57:49.457-07:002012-08-01T20:57:49.457-07:00I agree with you on Deschutes (even though it'...I agree with you on Deschutes (even though it's a recent addition here) and I'm okay with Hopworks and the Lab, too. Once upon a time, Bridgeport would have been on my list. Not now. That place is a shell of its former self...and the beers just aren't that great. <br /><br />The other one that comes to my mind is Amnesia, with its rustic, year-round patio, metal exterior, grubby Pete Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456380762400522665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-51972695219561264452012-08-01T16:31:33.715-07:002012-08-01T16:31:33.715-07:00I think we might give a score element to history a...I think we might give a score element to history also.If we throw in points for Bridgeport's foundational role in PDX brewpubs [and national] I would think they go higher than most.<br />Beer every bit as good as hopwrks , much better food , spectacular historic building , and stunning interiors. If one had to vote best overall pub in Portland , [and thank goodness we don't , we can go tobillbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14336779231711006466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-4728132150214383682012-08-01T14:05:23.324-07:002012-08-01T14:05:23.324-07:00I wonder if the concept of brewpub has to include ...I wonder if the concept of brewpub has to include stainless steel porn seen through a window but there was none at Ray McNeil’s place in Brattleboro, VT — good beer, gobby but friendlyl locals though can’t remember if there was food. Loved it. Also enjoyed Zero Gravity in Burlington, VT, more for the beer and food, while I remember Portsmouth”s from a few years ago. Not bad at all.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.com