Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Double Mountain Brewery (Hood River, OR) - 3 FEB 2016

Places close early in Hood River, Oregon.

Thankfully, there are lots of places.

I was really hoping to go to Full Sail Brewing Company but arrived just as they were closing the doors at 9:00.  No problem.  I simply walked around the corner to Double Mountain Brewery.  (Later I discovered that there was a brewery taproom - Logsdon Barrel House & Taproom - specializing in organic farmhouse ales just across the street from there.)


The brewery had an industrial feel from the outside, but the inside was strictly old school.  One had the feeling that they were back in 1895 when Hood River was first incorporated.  Lewis and Clark had made their way through the region 80 years earlier.


I sampled a couple of the beers, but it was hard to pass up one called Hop Lava - a Northwest IPA - recommended by the bar maid.  As I slowly enjoyed my beer sitting at the bar looking just like the ones in every Western movie you've ever seen.  No doubt this place was full of character.