5115 NE Sandy Blvd., 282-0622, laurelwoodbrewpub.com, 11 am-10 pm Monday-Thursday, 11 am-11 pm Friday, 10 am-11 pm Saturday, 10 am-10 pm Sunday.
Laurelwood's Workhorse IPA is a balanced introduction
to Portland's beer scene that you can get fresh on tap before you've
even exited the terminal at PDX. Vasilios Gletsos, the guy who
brilliantly rebuilt the Workhorse recipe in the throes of a hop
shortage, just moved on to Vermont's vaunted Hill Farmstead. So far, new
brew boss Shane Watterson is keeping the momentum going. At the
welcoming brewpub on Northeast Sandy Boulevard, kids and parents eat
organic burgers topped with mustard and barbecue sauce made from the
beer. It stays pretty busy cranking out the regular lineup, but when
Laurelwood does something limited—like, say, Megafauna Imperial IPA—it's
usually worth searching out.
Happy hour: 3-6 pm and 9 pm-close daily. $3.50 pints, $5 wine, food specials.
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