Belmont Station, Portland, OR

Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Robert Gale in Pubs, Shop

Belmont Station, Portland, OR

Located in the Southeast quarter of Portland, Oregon, Belmont Station is one of the best bottle shops in the city.

Brief History

Belmont Station opened in 1997 and was originally located next to the Horse Brass Pub on SE Belmont St. Upon opening it was the first beer bottle store in Northwest USA.

The store was successful and a few years ago it moved a few blocks north to its current location on SE Stark St. At the same time, the Biercafé was added.

Interior

Belmont Station is split into two distinct halves – a bottle shop and a bar.

The bottle shop features a staggering 1,300+ different beers properly stored under UV-filtered light in order to ensure that the beers kept in top condition. Impressively, they maintain a fairly accurate list of all bottled beers on their website. As well as bottles, Belmont also has an impressive selection of kegs available.

The other half is the Biercafé, a small bar a handful of tables and a long bar. The bar serves a good selection of beers on tap and holds regular tasting sessions with breweries from all over the US.

Beers

In addition to the 1,300+ or so beers from across the USA and beyond, Belmont Station had around 15 or so beers on tap. Rather than serving mainstream beers, Belmont specialises in beers that are harder to find or are more unusual.

For example at the beginning of October, 2011, some of the beers available were Epic Sour Apple Saison, Epic Smoked and Oaked Belgian and many fresh hop beers.

More Photos of the Belmont Station

Venue Location

Belmont Station

4500 SE Stark St

Portland, Oregon 97215

Tel: (503) 232-8538

www.belmont-station.com

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Robert Gale (Twitter: @awv)

Beer Taster, Pub Attendee, Photo Taker

Robert Gale likes beer, pubs and beer festivals. He also likes to take photos of beer, pubs and beer festivals. Most weekends of the year you can find him travelling around the UK (and sometimes beyond) photographing and reviewing good quality pubs and beer festivals. He also has a day job in the form of a web developer for Ozum.