Boring

By Matthew Korfhage

28150 SE Highway 212, Suite A, Boring, boringbrewing.com. Noon-6 pm Thursday, noon-7 pm Friday, noon-6 pm Saturday-Sunday.

Boring brewer John Griffin has a master plan. After years selling growlers next to a field of goats on his farm property on Southeast Richey Road, he moved this December into a tiny six-seat taproom along the town's main drag. The taproom is in the same building as a garden supply store, and Griffin figures that if half a couple wants a poinsettia, the other might want a beer. Well, they should. Griffin's been brewing for 27 years, and it shows in his dedication to the beer: a scotch ale with a hot-but-not-too-hot scotch bonnet pepper, a dark and smooth and slightly English Big Yawn IPA, and especially his Boring Brown ale, with biscuity malts that round out into beautiful, doughy richness.

Drink This: The Boring Brown might be the Portland area's best of the style, all warm comfort and well-rounded richness.

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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