Trip North

So I had the occasion to travel up north to the rose town. And I had the chance to visit three brewpubs/pubs.

1- Roots -A great little brewpub. It is all organic beers. Hey Organic beers are great. But the beers are good. A chocolate habanero stout!! Great stout choco flavor with a tingle of habanero on the lips. So good. It is a place that if I live near, I would drink like a fish all the time. It is not a huge place, but it felt like a nice pub. It was a shame I didn't bring the back any in the growler to my wife (nitro doesn't last or travel)

2-Laurelwood - I evidently went to the new location. I only had a taste of the one beer and a bit of food. But it didn't have a great feel to it. It felt less like a family pub and more like a business. The spaceship stout was one of the most unimpressive stouts I have had in a while.

3-Oakbottom - not a great new, shiny pub, making a spectacular beers, but a great local pub. I must have driven by 20 taverns, bars, grills etc. The oakbottom was a tiny place but a great typical portland feel. Friendly weirdos.