(For a list of all Portland bars reviewed, see the blog post dated 12/26/2015 immediately below this post.)

Those who follow this blog know that Thebeerchaser’s journey, begun in August 2011, was intended to be a tour of Portland bars, taverns and pubs with observations posted on the blog.   Since we had just retired and started traveling with much greater intensity than during working years, the hobby expanded to include watering holes throughout the United State and Europe.  You can probably understand how that might happen!!

The “dedication” to Portland watering holes has not been compromised during the ensuing four and one-half years as evidenced by the list of 69 Portland establishments listed by sector of the City on Thebeerchaser post dated 12/26/15.  The list of the bars outside Portland through August 2016 – five years since the “journey” commenced – is at the bottom of this post.

A 2013 trip to Central and Eastern Oregon with my brother-in-law, Dave Booher and his good friend, Steve Larson from Pendleton was so enjoyable that it “compelled” me to expand the geography on the bars visited. For example, stories from the Central Pastime Tavern in Burns and the Long Branch Saloon in LaGrande just had to be told.

When my wife and I visited Europe for the first time in 2013 on a Rick Steves’ Best of Europe tour – six countries in twenty-one hectic but glorious days – our experience at the Devil’s Forest Pub in Venice, the Publican Bar in Beaune France, having a brewski at 9,700 near the summit of Mt. Schilthorn, as well as being chased out of the Beer Station in Paris (the only establishment in 53 months that objected to me taking pictures in their bar) also deserved relating.

Well, you understand the story….the next year, Dave, Steve and I repeated our prior three-day journey to Oregon’s desert country in 2013 with a similar sojourn along the Central Oregon Coast.

Aided by studying the wonderful blog of author and journalist, Matt Love, entitled “Let it Pour – An unconventional drinking guide to the north and central oregon coast” –  a worthy predecessor to my blog – we hit thirteen taverns in three days in Lincoln City, Newport, Depoe Bay and Pacific City.

We tasted the wonderful pizza and marveled at the Tank of Death at Depoe Bay’s Tide Pool Pub “a salt-water glass coffin….. packed with all manner of marine creatures caught by local fishermen who bucket in their curious finds and dump them in.  Eels, crabs, sea bass, perch, Dick Cheney, octipi and urchins all end up in the mix. 

According to the bartender, aquatic creatures regularly stage a battle royal to the death and the tank serves as a Roman arena of savagery and merciless predation  – with bets slapped down and accelerated drinking when the water turns a creamy, cloudy red.”   (Matt Love – “Let it Pour” blog)  

We heard stories about Paul Newman’s inebriated exploits during the filming of “Sometimes a Great Notion” in Newport, by Steve the friendly bartender in the historic Bay Haven Inn and we reveled in the great bars along the coast.

Oh yeah, I forgot the “splendor” of one of the West’s great dive bars – the Sportsman Pub and Grub in Pacific City.

As I have stated before, I owe much of the “success” of this blog – 17,906 views by 14,179  visitors in 2015, to my wife, Janet’s, (Beerchaser-of-the Year in 2014) willingness to switch from her preferred beverage of wine to beer when we visited breweries.

New Belgium was our favorite in Fort Collins, Colorado.  We raised mugs and talked to wonderful people in bars in Alaska (2014), Colorado (2015) and the Southeast U.S. (2015 – Atlanta, Asheville, Charleston and Savannah).

 

And the summer of 2015 also included outstanding visits to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks after visiting some great bars and brewpubs in Missoula and Helena, Montana.  The narrative was posted in 2016.

               

                                                             

Janet has one inviolate rule – “No dive bars for her!”  I might add that this is notwithstanding my explanation on the ambiance and hospitable nature of dive bars as asserted by the author of this quote:

“Dive bars can be a wonderful thing — I’m not talking about the type of place where you’re afraid of getting a shiv in the bathroom, but a comfortable, neighborhood establishment where locals go to enjoy each other’s company and a drink or five….It’s like sitting in your own living room – only with a bunch of surly strangers who are on the verge of inebriation.”  

Well, the end result appears below in a chronologic listing of bars visited outside Portland – broken down by state or country – a total of ninety-six during the 53 months of Thebeerchaser’s tour.

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How to Use This List of Bars Outside Portland

The month of the posting (not the date we visited it) for each bar or pub on the list below is in the far right column, so if you want to glean some details or see pictures of a particular bar, just click on the link of the applicable month and year shown in columnar form on the right side of your computer screen and you will see each of the bars reviewed in that particular month.

You may also want to do a search in the box at the top right of the blog header although a number of the bars are mentioned in multiple posts and you might not get the most comprehensive review unless you scroll down a bit.  And if you want to receive an e-mail with a link each time I do a new Beerchaser post, sign up in the small box labeled “Follow” at the lower right hand side of your screen.

 Cheers!

1	2012	Port Townsend, Washington	Pour House	August
2	2012	Astoria	Desdemona	September
3	2012	Astoria	Wet Monkey Cafe	September
4	2012	Joseph	Embers Brew Pub	October
1	2013	Prineville	Solstice Brew Pub	November
2	2013	Prineville	Horseshoe Tavern	November
3	2013	LaGrande	Long Branch Saloon	November
4	2013	LaGrande	Hideout Saloon	November
5	2013	LaGrande	10 Depot Bar	November
6	2013	Baker City	Bull Ridge Brewery	Closed in 2014
7	2013	Baker City	Mt. Emily Ale House	November
8	2013	Burns	Central Pastime Tavern	November
9	2013	Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland	Horner Pub and Tavern	September
10	2013	Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland	Mt. Schilthorn Tavern	September
11	2013	Arnheim, Austria	Bier Brewery	July
12	2013	Rothenburg, Germany	Hell’s Tavern	July
13	2013	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Café Karperschoek	June
14	2013	Vernazza, Italy	Blue Marlin Café	September
15	2013	Beaune, France	Publican Bar	September
16	2013	Rome, Italy	Miscellana Café	September
17	2013	Venice, Italy	Devil’s Forrest Café	July
18	2013	Venice, Italy	Bacaro Jazz Café	July
19	2013	Paris, France	Beer Station	September
20	2013	Paris, France	La Vin Cover Café	September
1	2014	Anchorage	Darwin’s Theory	July
2	2014	Anchorage	Humpy’s Great Alaskan Ale House	July
3	2014	Anchorage	Pioneer Bar	July
4	2014	Anchorage	Glacier Brewery	July
5	2014	Anchorage	Snow Goose Brewery	July
6	2014	Haines	Haines Brewery	July
7	2014	Juneau	Red Dog Saloon	July
8	2014	Lincoln City	Old Oregon Saloon	September
9	2014	Lincoln City	Rusty Truck Brewery –  Road House 101	October
10	2014	Pacific City	Sportsman Pub and Grub	October
11	2014	Pacific City	Oar House	October
12	2014	Pacific City	Pelican Pub and Brewery	October
13	2014	Lincoln City	Snug Harbor Bar and Grill	November
14	2014	Lincoln City	Nauti Mermaid	November
15	2014	Lincoln City	Cruise Inn	November
16	2014	Depoe Bay	Tide Pool Inn	November
17	2014	Newport	Hoovers	November
18	2014	Newport	Bay Haven Bar	November
19	2014	Newport	Mad Dog Country Tavern	November
20	2014	Dundee	Lumpy’s Landing	November
1	2015	Boulder	Crystal Springs Brewing	February
2	2015	Boulder	The Sink	February
3	2015	Boulder	Avery Brewing	February
4	2015	Boulder	Gravity Brewing	February
5	2015	Boulder	Post Brewing	February
6	2015	Fort Collins	New Belgium Brewery	May
7	2015	Breckenridge	Gold Pan Saloon	May
8	2015	Fort Collins	Town Pump	May
9	2015	Fort Collins	Mayor of Old Town	May
10	2015	Colorado Springs	Ritz Bar and Grill	May
11	2015	Colorado Springs	Phantom Canyon Brewing	May
12	2015	Breckenridge	Angel Hollow Bar	May
13	2015	Breckenridge	Apres’ Handcrafted Libations	May
14	2015	Breckenridge	Ollie’s Pub and Grub	May
15	2015	Dillon	Dillon Dam Brewery	May
16	2015	Breckenridge	Breckenridge Brewery	May
17	2015	Breckenridge	Broken Compass Brewery	May
18	2015	Atlanta, Georgia	Max’s Wine Dive	July
19	2015	Atlanta, Georgia	Eleventh Street Pub and Bistro	July
20	2015	Atlanta, Georgia	The Nook on Piedmont Park	July
21	2015	Asheville, North Carolina	Wicked Weed Brewery	July
22	2015	Asheville, North Carolina	Lexington Avenue Brewery	July
23	2015	Asheville, North Carolina	Jack of the Woods Public House	July
24	2015	Charleston, South Carolina	Blind Tiger Pub	September
25	2015	Charleston, South Carolina	Charleston Beer Exchange	September
26	2015	Charleston, South Carolina	The Gin Joint	September
27	2015	Charleston, South Carolina	South End Brewery and Smokehouse	September
28	2015	Savannah, Georgia	Pinky’s Master Lounge	September
29	2015	Savannah, Georgia	The Boar’s Head Grill and Tavern	September
30	2015	Savannah, Georgia	JJ Bonerz Sports Bar	September
31	2015	Savannah,Georgia	Moon River Brew Pub	September
1	2016	Missoula, Montana	Tamarack Brewery	February
2	2016	Missoula, Montana	Stockman Bar	February
3	2016	Missoula, Montana	Big Sky Brewing	February
4	2016	Missoula, Montana	Flathead Lake Brewery	February
5	2016	Missoula, Montana	Draught Works Brewery	February
6	2016	Missoula, Montana	Kettle House Brewing	February
7	2016	Missoula, Montana	Charlie B’s Bar	February
8	2016	Missoula, Montana	Oxford Bar	February
9	2016	Missoula, Montana	Plonk Wine Bar	February
10	2016	Helena, Montana	Blackfoot River Brewing	July
11	2016	Helena, Montana	Lewis and Clark Brewery	July
12	2016	Grand Teton Natl. Park	Jackson Lake Lodge Bar	July
13	2016	Jackson, Wyoming	Local Restaurant and Bar	July
14	2016	Jackson, Wyoming	Gather Food and Drink	July
15	2016	Jackson, Wyoming	Million Dollar Cowboy Bar	July
16	2016	Jackson, Wyoming	Melvin Brewing	July
17	2016	West Yellowstone, Wyoming	Wild West Pizzeria and Saloon	July
19	2016	Lihue, Kauai	Kauai Beer Company	May
20	2016	Lihue, Kauai	Dukes Bar and Grill	May
21	2016	Port Allen, Kauai	Kauai Island Brewing Company	May
22	2016	Lihue, Kauai	Nawiliwili Tavern	May