Thursday 11th of July 2013 02:25:28 PM

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Located in an older neighborhood at the end of a street near the highway, this brewery is located in what looks like a 1960's house with attached garage. The brewery is in the garage and the fermentation is inside the main building. The garage door was open and I could see the cobbled together ghetto system inside. The tasting room is the size of a household guest bedroom, walls coated in nick-nacks as well as the black, red and white tattoo style artwork for the beer labels. There is a tiny bar where you are served samples and pay by Square on an iPad. The two folks working the counter were a bit goth/hipster and really nice. When we first arrived, there was a beer-bus full of college guys taking up the entire tasting room but luckily they were on the way out. The beers here were of amazing quality despite the ramshackle appearance of the brewery, including one of the best IPAs I had in Oregon. Proof that all you need is a good brewer who knows his system to make amazing beer. One of the best beers I had on this trip was the Diablo Rojo, a habanero infused version of their hoppy red ale--so hot but so flavorful. I had also had their incredible triple IPA at Apex in Portland, so I think these guys are the ones to watch. They seem to strike the same hard-nosed metal pose that Surly has done so well with, and also put out a suitably impressive line up of beers. I'll be shocked if they haven't expanded into a larger brewery within a year or two.