Riverport Brewing Company, Clarkston WA

30 June 2023

Temperatures were nearing 100º on this full-sun afternoon so I was really looking forward to enjoying some cold microbrews in an air-conditioned space. Oh well.

Riverport is the only brewery in this area, as far as I can tell. The beers were cold when poured although they didn’t stay that way for long as the indoors was wide open to the outdoors. I actually sat outdoors in the shade just to have the breeze.

None of these were so marvelous that I’m going to bother looking up details, so I’ll just tell you the style and what I thought. The beers zig-zag across the board; the back row left-to-right is numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, and the front row has 3 and 5.

Kölsch – It’s a Kölsch, not the best I’ve had but far from the worst. I took a crowler of it for the evening.

Blonde – Haha, it’s a Blonde Ale! But it was pretty bland in my opinion, neither good nor bad.

Bullseye – This was a Pale Ale and arguably the best of the flight.

Seven – An IPA, but less hoppy than the Bullseye, and that puzzled me. It was good, but it struck me as more of a mildly hoppy lager than an IPA.

Haze – This is their attempt at an NEIPA but it wasn’t at all well balanced; the bitterness was far too prominent and there wasn’t enough fruitiness from late addition hops or dry hopping.

Dirty Larry – The bartender said I should definitely try this one. It’s a lager with lemon, but I didn’t really get that at all – it just tasted off to me.

Rather than leave things at just the flight and a crowler – and especially because there just isn’t anything else around – I added a pint of the Bullseye Pale Ale. It was fine although the heat of the day warmed it up far too quickly.