A couple of weeks ago I went down to visit my parents in McMinnville for a wine tasting and finally hit Heater Allen Brewing after a five year wait.... I'm from McMinnville and even lived in McMinnville in the last five years but I never made it down to the brewery until a few weeks ago. I have, however, had the Heater Allen Coastal and Pils at various establishments....anyway I lucked out that it was in the same warehouse complex as the winery we visited with my parents. Heater Allen has been around since 2007 and only brews lager/unfiltered beers. So, like I said, I lucked out they were open as they really don't have a tap room or anything - just an open garage door that puts you right into the brewery. They have a kegerator with a couple of beers on tap and then a refrigerator with all the bottles they are selling at the moment for tasting and for sale. The brewer/owner Rick Allen wasn't there but his wife was and she was really nice and let my brother and I try all the beers on tap. We had the Pils, Coastal, Schwarz, Dunkel, and IsarWeizen. All excellent beers. The IsarWeizen was a really interesting wheat beer - it had all sorts of clove, nutmeg, banana... a very crisp and refreshing beer, especially since it was a hot day. I bought bottles of the Pils, Dunkel, Coastal, and IsarWeizan. And I strongly recommend you buy any of their beers if you see them in the stores or on tap.
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The pig lagering away with the popular Bobtoberfest (Octoberfest style beer)
Heater Allen Pils - Had it at the Horse Radish in Carlton,OR while out wine tasting. Excellent beer, nice head with a pale straw color, very aromatic with biscuit and malt, clean and dry flavor, with a bit of hop and malt. A great beer.
