Block 15 Production Brewery & Tap Room

Visited July 2017. Industrial/business park sort of location. They had a big space inside along with some picnic tables outside. Some patio games as well (e.g., cornhole). Some families hanging out playing games and enjoying some food and beverage. Got some sandwiches and tried the beers we hadn't had before. The food was quite good and so were the beers, of course. They have stuff to go as well. Good service and great selection.

Loacted out a bit from town, industrial/office park, but jammed on a Saturday. Indoor and outdoor seating, brand new, modern. To go beets also available. Nice selection of their beers. Food menu available.

Visited here for the Turbulent Consequences release. Sat outside the building with free coffee and donuts (and then some free beer! Thanks Nick!) before getting outside. It’s a big place, but it looks very inviting. There are a great number of tables both inside and out - which all filled up very quickly - and there are plenty of taps here to keep a person occupied. Moreover, despite the fact that you’re in a production brewery, it has a lot of charm, with some great bottle art on the walls, and plenty of breathing space. Service was great, and the beer, as always, shows across the board skill. Really, the only complaint I have is that it’s so far away from Portland because I would be here just about every night if I could.

Wow, what a gorgeous facility! Before you even get there, you can clearly see the great work they have done to build fruitful relationships around them: The city has put up multiple signs on the streets leading in, guiding to you to the brewery with directions and distances. They obviously expect lots of visitors heading out this way and want to make sure they get there. That’s nothing unusual for a sports stadium or something, but I can’t remember the last time I saw official street signs pointing to a small independent brewery. Dig it.

The building is out in some fairly open space; there’s a decent amount of parking but on a big bottle release day they still spill way out into surrounding streets, because so many people show up. It’s not overly flashy, but it’s beautifully built—nice high ceilings with pretty blond wood everywhere. Flooded with light thanks to the big wall of windows. There’s a huge patio where you can hang out for fresh air with your beer.

Inside there are long tables, a big bar, and around the corner is a huge production facility packed floor to ceiling with gleaming stainless steel. The taps focus primarily (if not exclusively) on house beers. About a dozen faucets pouring awesome sours and hoppy stuff, for the most part. They have some bottles for sale out of a cooler behind the bar, too.

These guys are truly special even in a state with dozens of good to great breweries. They really shape up their beers and get them just how they want before they release them; you just never hear about B15 beers that are still works in progress. They must have a few things now and then that are only okay and only the locals taste, but for an out-of-towner like me, it seems like these guys make dozens of spectacular sours, fruit sours, hoppy things, stouts, and strong ales. They just consistently make beers that are about as good as anything anyone else is doing.

I have to say the kids working here are so, so nice and friendly. Even on a crazy stressful huge release day (five beers at once) with never-ending lines, they were always in a great mood. Three really funny, likeable bartenders and a cool sales/distro guy all made time to chat and answer questions, and they kept slinging more and more boxes of beer on the bar for me. I dig everything about this place.

This is the actual production brewery with a large tap room and kitchen. Very modern and quite nice. Service is at the counter, so can be slow, but they know their stuff. The food is similar but a smaller scale of the restaraunt and seems to be cheaper. A great spot.