pFriem Family Brewers
Microbrewery
in Hood River,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: pFriem Family Brewers
Established in 2011
Contact
Description
pFriem Family Brewers is a Northwest & Belgian inspired 15-barrel brewery and tasting room offering lunch and dinner in Hood River, OR. Located on the beautiful waterfront of the Columbia River.
pFriem artisanal beers are symphonies of flavor and balance, influenced by the great brewers of Europe, but unmistakably true to our homegrown roots in the Pacific Northwest. We are guided by a religious commitment to quality and the never ending pursuit of innovation. Although they are served humbly, each glass is overflowing with pride and a relentless aspiration to brew the best beer in the world.
pFriem artisanal beers are symphonies of flavor and balance, influenced by the great brewers of Europe, but unmistakably true to our homegrown roots in the Pacific Northwest. We are guided by a religious commitment to quality and the never ending pursuit of innovation. Although they are served humbly, each glass is overflowing with pride and a relentless aspiration to brew the best beer in the world.
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Dark body with thick light tan head. Aroma of chocolate, sweet fruit and and toast. Full caramel roast, berry and malt taste. Long malty finish with a berry note.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2026
at 23:56
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Orange body with thin white head. Nice lasting fruity aroma, not big, but pleasant. Full hop taste, citrus and sweet berries. Long hop finish on top of tongue and top of mouth. Full bodied. Sip.
Tried
from Can
at
Saraveza
on 20 Mar 2026
at 02:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle, pours a beautiful clear dark ruby red with a large pink, foamy head. Nose reveals lots of complex wild yeast, a great harmony of slightly tart raspberries and cherries, light oak, and a touch of funk. Flavour is complex and refined, with fairly dry, wonderfully tart raspberries and cherries upfront, followed by a very complex wild yeast expression, moderate funk, some dry oak tannins, and just enough bitterness on the finish. Complex, integrated, no rough edges. This is excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Elizabeth Station
on 17 Mar 2026
at 04:02
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
375ml bottle. Hazy yellow, white head. Tart nose, wheaty, some oat too. Leafy hops. Papery. Tart pear. Flavor follows. Decent minerality. Medium acid. 7 7 7 7 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2026
at 14:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
375 c&c from Tavour. Pours clear bright orange or pink or red - depending on what it's held up against. Very slight and very transient head. Aroma of red berry and more. Med body. Somewhat tart, a very little bit sour. Very astringent. Flavor is red berry, wood, kiwi and some actual oak wood. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2026
at 00:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Boise Co-op. Pale, clear golden , small creamy white head leaves rings of chinky lacing. Light grainy aroma with some tropical fruity notes. Taste is mellow and light, mild bitter bite, gentle tropical flavors. Smooth
Tried
from Can
from
Boise Co-Op - The Village
on 26 Feb 2026
at 07:19
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
16 oz can from a four pack from Costco. Aroma of tangerine, strawberry, pine, dank, grapefruit. Pours hazy golden with a two finger bleach white head with excellent retention. Taste has a high pithy bitterness with juicy citrus and piney flavors. This is great.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2026
at 22:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
375mL bottled 3/7/2024, drunk 2/22/2026.
Stored this thing in a very cold cellar for weeks, and it still aggressively gushed upon uncorking, thus now I have a hazy, muddled, yeasty beer.
The yeast doesn't dampen the bright, acidic apricot, however (or maybe it does help mitigate some of the acid). Juicy and fruity with very, very piquant acidity. Seems like one that you worry is going to be too intensely acidic in the flavor. But the apricot character in and of itself is wonderful. Don't really get too much funk other than the fruit. Certainly no lambic character.
Very, very, very carbonated with an apricot puree-like character. The yeast does dull the flavor somewhat, and it's far from too acidic, thankfully. Similar to the nose, the apricot is lovely, but there really isn't much else here. Some chewy wheat and well-attenuated malts, but hardly even a bit of lactic character, let alone Brett and funk. At least it's a perfectly pleasant, tart, lightly oaky fruit beer.
Rating this as a sour/fruit beer, not as a lambic. If numbers were scored to a lambic, this would be abysmal.
Stored this thing in a very cold cellar for weeks, and it still aggressively gushed upon uncorking, thus now I have a hazy, muddled, yeasty beer.
The yeast doesn't dampen the bright, acidic apricot, however (or maybe it does help mitigate some of the acid). Juicy and fruity with very, very piquant acidity. Seems like one that you worry is going to be too intensely acidic in the flavor. But the apricot character in and of itself is wonderful. Don't really get too much funk other than the fruit. Certainly no lambic character.
Very, very, very carbonated with an apricot puree-like character. The yeast does dull the flavor somewhat, and it's far from too acidic, thankfully. Similar to the nose, the apricot is lovely, but there really isn't much else here. Some chewy wheat and well-attenuated malts, but hardly even a bit of lactic character, let alone Brett and funk. At least it's a perfectly pleasant, tart, lightly oaky fruit beer.
Rating this as a sour/fruit beer, not as a lambic. If numbers were scored to a lambic, this would be abysmal.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 22 Feb 2026
at 20:46
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Shared with Josh at Festival of Dark Arts 2026 in Astoria, OR.
American oak, bold, a bit of meaty notes, touch of dark fruits. Full-bodied. Nice.
American oak, bold, a bit of meaty notes, touch of dark fruits. Full-bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2026
at 23:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown. Toasty aroma and basic bourbon, has a decbt bourbon note, good chocolate, a bit boozy in the finish. Maybe some juiciness late but more heavy on the toastiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2026
at 23:16