Great Notion Brewing

Microbrewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 6 Venues

Established in 2016

Contact
2444 NW 28th Ave, Portland, OR, 97210, United States
Description
Great Notion Brewing is a project started by three friends; Andy Miller, James Dugan, and Paul Reiter. All three guys met each other out of coincidence, they live on the same street in North Portland. Andy and James met each other while home brewing in 2010, and began developing recipes and building a friendship. Together they have 25 years of brewing experience with medals in the National Homebrew Competition for fruit lambic and Double IPA. Paul Reiter has a degree in business and finance with a focus on start-ups and creative enterprise . In April of 2014, the boys finally got together and shared some home brew. On this night they enjoyed a Stout with hand smoked Vienna malt, a 3 year old Peach Sour, and a 10% double IPA. It’s fair to say, on this night, Great Notion Brewing was born.

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8.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Great Notion Unbalanced Breakfast 6.4%

I’ve gotta say this smells and tastes like a stack of blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. It had thick fluffy beige foam on a not so attractive amber brown body which makes it perfect for my metal glass. The coffee comes through in the finish but I’ve gotta say this is ba lazy Sunday breakfast in a glass. Great.

It’s been awhile since I’ve had something from Great Notion but I’ve gotta say this is among the best I’ve had from them. #keepbeerfun indeed.

Tried from Can on 16 Jan 2026 at 15:51


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Dark body with thick off white head. Maple and malt aroma. Sweet maple and malt taste with a lasting sweet finish. No alcohol burn. Breakfast? This is a dessert in itself.

Tried from Can at Saraveza on 15 Jan 2026 at 00:54


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5.9
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Aromas are blueberries, malt and dirty underwear. Flavors are similar to nose and on the tart side. Would have been better a little sweeter.

Tried from Can at Bodega Brew Pub, Inc. on 15 Jan 2026 at 00:11

gave a cheers!

7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draft at Taphiuse and Pub in Manteca.

Tried on 11 Jan 2026 at 19:30


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6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Write. the review included the photo and the scoring. was canceled by an error from the website and lost it all.

Tried from Can at Bodega Brew Pub, Inc. on 30 Dec 2025 at 02:42


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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Aroma has notes of guava, orange, SweeTarts; a weird pukey off-note comes out after warming up a little. Pours hazy orange with a half finger off-white head that settles into a ring after a minute. Taste is moderately sour (7/10) with flavors of the added fruit.

Tried from Can from Pilgrim's Market on 28 Dec 2025 at 00:52


8

Tried from Draft on 24 Dec 2025 at 00:58


8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can.

A- Black color, opaque liquid, brown head.

A- Maple, pancake batter.

F- Maple syrup, pancakes, coffee liquer, slightly sweet.

T- Medium body, slightly thick texture, average carbonation, slightly sweet finish.

O- Wow, I love maple and always buy maple beers and they usually let me down as the flavor is not there and it just adds a general sweetness. Not this one. Loads of real maple and a solid pancake batter flavor. The coffee tastes like Mr Black espresso liqueur adding a touch of alcohol behind the sweetness. This was super good but about 8 oz is really enough in one sitting as much as I did enjoy the full can.

Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2025 at 02:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Black beer with a light brown head. Cocoa and light coffee aroma. Cocoa and light roast flavor with nuttiness. Medium bodied. Cocoa and light roast linger with nuttiness.

Tried on 18 Dec 2025 at 22:20


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Big maple aroma with chocolate and vanilla. Coffee and chocolate flavor with roast and maple. Medium-plus bodied. Coffee and chocolate linger with light maple.

Tried on 18 Dec 2025 at 20:11