Great Notion Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Portland,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 6 Venues
Established in 2016
Contact
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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Orange pour. Sour flavor of lemon orange with creamsicle palate. Nice and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Run
on 22 Jul 2026
at 00:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Banana, orange, vanilla nose. Opaque orange, headless. Orange soda, real orange, lemon. Full hofy, easy carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Run
on 21 Jul 2026
at 23:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8
Black pour. Sweet coconut and chocolate flavor, like a Mounds bar. Black coffee palate. Delicious!
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Run
on 19 Jul 2026
at 22:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Strong coconut aroma. Black, headless.Coconut, soil, fudge. Full body, easy carbonation, warm. A bit sweet and boozy, intense flavor. Wicked sippah.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Run
on 19 Jul 2026
at 19:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from Tavor as Tropical Hazy IPA at 7.0%. Pours hazy gold with a moderate white head. Aroma is fruity - something like a mix of green and pink guava. Med body. Fairly dry but there's a good dose of lactose. Not bitter, xpt maybe a touch of woody twigs. For flavor still going with mixed guava. Can shows green guavas, but I still think there's a touch of ripe pink. Might be wishful thinking.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 13 Jul 2026
at 23:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
First tick of the beer! Tasty from Ale Arsenal.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2026
at 02:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at Ale Arsenal.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2026
at 01:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tropical Zesty, Strong
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jul 2026
at 04:26
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jul 2026
at 22:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster flight at Function X. Clear golden pour, disappearing head. Soft fruity aroma with notes of pine. Taste is hoppy, gentle citrus fruity, pine with some dryness . Really tasty.
Tried
from Draft
at
Western Collective Beer
on 09 Jul 2026
at 22:29