Up in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood sits Lombard Home, a pleasant informal beer bar that has been serving the area people for the previous eight years. Based by Brian Koch, he’s put his coronary heart and soul into this place to create a heat and welcoming place to get pleasure from just a few beers.
Brian has been a staple within the native beer business for fairly some years. He’s been behind the bar at many locations right here in Portland, together with stints on the defunct Roots Brewing, Upright Brewing, and The Commons Brewery. And now for the previous eight years he’s been the proprietor of a neighborhood assembly place, Lombard Home.
As we speak, Brian will deliver again an idea that has appeared to go to the wayside over the previous few years, an excellent ole’ Meet the Brewer night time. When the doorways open at the moment at 5:00pm, Brian will welcome in his former boss, Alex Ganum, Proprietor/Brewmaster of Upright Brewing. Alex will likely be round till no less than 7:00pm, so deliver your questions for the brewer that lately celebrated 15 years of brewing earlier this yr.
“As a few of you recognize, I used to be fortunate sufficient to work half time at Upright Brewing within the years main as much as my opening Lombard Home,” said Brian, in a social media submit. “Upright will without end stay my favourite job associated to the brewing facet of the enterprise, and Alex, the proprietor and head brewer, has remained certainly one of my closest mates, in or out of the career. This week we have fun our eighth yr at Lombard Home. To have fun that, we’re taking it again to the place all of it started.”
For this night’s Meet the Brewer, Brian has secured 5 beers from Upright Brewing, even a Contemporary Hop IIPA! On faucet search for Contemporary Hop Tremendous Cool IPA, Foeder-Aged Watermelon Wit, Engelberg Pilsner, Festbier, and Flora Rustica, all from Upright Brewing!
“If I ever served you a pint at Upright, I’d like to see you out for this occasion. I’m actually wanting ahead to this intimate night, having just a few pints with mates. I hope to see you all there!”
Study extra about Brian on this nice podcast, Getting By, from Kenny X Hamlett as the 2 focus on the beer, life in St. Johns, looking and extra…
Lombard Home is open six days every week from Tuesday – Sunday. Be at liberty to herald your individual meals from St. Johns Meals Porch that’s throughout the road and meet some new mates!
Lombard Home – 7337 N. Lombard Road – Portland, OR
About The Writer
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D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based mostly author that spent his adolescence within the Midwest. With over 25 years below his belt of consuming beer at festivals throughout America and the world, he has developed a robust appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the business that surrounds it. He might be present in any of the nice breweries or beer bars that make Portland one of the best beer metropolis on this planet. His writing will also be discovered within the archives of Northwest Brewing Information and might be adopted on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.
