Krauski's Brewskis

By Parker Hall

328 N Main Ave., Gresham, 328-8474, oregonshoppyplace.com. 11 am-9 pm Monday-Thursday, 11 am-10 pm Friday, 9 am-6 pm Sunday.

The Hoppy Brewer is downtown Gresham's one-stop BeerWorld. It's a bottle shop, homebrew shop, and 28-tap beer and cider room, and also crafts its own beer, by way of a large and licensed homebrew system. A quaint, suburban affair, complete with beer patio and order-in food from the burger joint next door, the shop featured two taps of the house-made Krauski's Brewskis at the time of our visit: a dark and somewhat acidic winter warmer called Winter's Splendor, and a more sessionable Oktoberfest-inspired brew called Alpenfest, which tasted a bit like apple cider. Both were wanting, but that's the best thing about this place: With another 26 taps and more than 200 bottles to choose from, there's plenty of room for error.

Drink This: Given the choice, we'd wait to visit until one of the brewery's more-acclaimed IPAs is on tap.

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Parker Hall

Parker Hall

Parker Hall is a writer, musician, and home brewer from Portland. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, where he studied jazz percussion with drum legend Billy Hart (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock). Now a freelance writer and professional member of the city's jazz and indie rock scenes, he spends most of his days writing, playing music or drinking brews in his spacious North Portland basement.

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