![]() It’s serious fruit leather cotton candy with a zesty tart note, plus strawberry and blueberry for days. The “crazy” straw - you know, the one that lets you watch the liquid ride a small roller coaster in plastic before reaching your mouth - was the inspiration behind Great Notion’s tart smoothie-style ale’s name - “Twisty.” It’s brewed with a massive amount of strawberry puree, blueberry puree, and a touch of lemon. It’s a drinkable dessert without being overly sweet. The nose is all strawberry shortcake followed by is more tart than cake with vanilla cream, pleasant strawberry flavor and actual shortcake texture and flavor. It’s the strawberry version of Great Notion’s Zest Berliner Weisse series, the cousin to Blueberry Muffin and Key Lime Pie. Strawberry Shortcake is a tart ale made with Oregon strawberries and a swirl of vanilla. Turn off that oven and crack open Baked (Cherry) with its cherry, cinnamon, vanilla, and milk sugar. Their tart series, Baked, features ales “that’s just as good as a pie straight from the oven,” according to the brewery. Great Notion Brewing is known for its award-winning barrel-aged sour ale program, which highlights native Oregon fruit such as strawberries, apricots, peaches, and in this case, cherries. Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Great Notion Barrels On The Fly Great Notion Baked (Cherry) Today, Peaks & Pints presents a to-go flight of Great Notion’s barrel beers - a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Great Notion Barrels On The Fly. ![]() ![]() In addition to their hazies, the brewery’s barrel program offers award-winning American sour ales aged for 9-24 months in oak barrels with portion of their sour ales blended with Oregon fruit and freshly emptied bourbon barrels age their imperial stouts on ingredients such as roasted coffee, vanilla beans, chocolate, and maple syrup. Now the traditionalists are all wearing Great Notion T-shirts. Great Notion was the first Portland brewery to become known for hazies, and the controversial style, and traditionalists hated it. The awards followed: World Beer Cup, GABF, Best of Craft Beer Awards, and Oregon Beer Awards, as well as the 2018 #1 IPA in America from Paste Magazine, Ripe IPA. Owners James Dugan, Andy Miller, and Paul Reiter basically freaked out the city known as Beervana with their New England-style IPAs and boundary-pushing culinary-style beers. In 2016, Great Notion Brewing opened in Northeast Portland and opened the city’s eyes.
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