Max Fanno Creek Brew Pub

Belated posting from Dec 2008

This beer drinking session at Fanno Creek was held during the longest snow storm in recent Oregon history. We endured bitter cold temperatures (by NW standards) and high risk driving on icy roads while risking life and limb, potentially leaving our wonderful children father-less, all in the name of BEER. A worthy risk we all agreed.

Awesome, knowledgeable waiter (Ron) was a bonus to the experience.
As for the pub, this was not your high end brew pub; felt like something between a bar and pub, but an excellent place for a bite to eat and some good beer drinking with a decent family atmosphere.

Side note: They need to measure their ceilings before buying Christmas trees. The tree was jammed into the ceiling tiles and bent at a 90 degree angle at the top.

Food: We had some interesting delicacies….
Todd and Scott had the “Hee Haw Burger”, Rob the Black Forest Panini and Steve had the Pot Roast Sandwich as a tribute the big steak he ate for lunch.

Beer:
Pacific Red – general assessment was a little dark for RED, but good combo, not too hoppy.
Doppelbock – good, smooth, creamy and thick – generally okay.
Scottish Ale – Good character, good winter beer, malty flavor, little too carbonated.
Nit Wit – tasty wheat. Subtle orange peel flavor, very good. Nit Wit was a major hit. Good all gender beer (not that we care about what our wives like to drink)
Golden Ale – thick on the tongue for golden. Scott was waiting for something to happen, but it never did. Not sure what he meant, but didn’t notice anything happening either?
Celestyne Pilsner – Awesome, good thickness, delicious, smooth
IPA – Came back down to earth after the Celestyne. Not a lot of flavor, just the typical IPA bitterness. Scott disliked this IPA less than other IPA (sorry for the double negative, it’s just a quote).

Then we embarked on a religious journey with the last two beers:

O Holy Hops – Some comments include: Whoa, I’ve never smelled beer like this…Tough Pint….Coco when hits tongue….malty follow by bitter
Reverends Daughter – creepy taste. Need beer chaser to get rid of taste. Nasty wheat beer - no wonder they call it reverends daughter (I won’t comment on who said that).

Our recommendation is to stick with the staples and stay away from the religious experience.
In here were our top picks:
Todd, Rob, and Scott all chose the Nit Wit
Steve chose the Celestyne Pilsner