As I swirl the hazy golden sour around my glass, I’m able to get the dough, fresh blueberries, even the crumbs on the top of the muffin with faint notes of tartness.
#Great notion brewing crack#
Once again, sounding like a broken record, the nose on these beers right when you crack the crowler is just insane, but this beer in particular left me doing a double take, as Great Notion manages to perfectly capture the aroma of a blueberry muffin. Great Notion was inspired by the blueberry muffins their moms used to make when they created this variant of their Berliner Weisse. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one thinking a blueberry muffin beer would be a stout, or even a wheat beer. While the taste isn’t as in-your-face as the nose, the maple and coffee are still quite present.įirst off, I was a bit surprised myself when I found out this beer was a sour. The backend leaves an enjoyable maple flavor that lingers on the palate. The taste provides an upfront maple sweetness you expect to be cloying, however suddenly the coffee kicks in to cut that sweetness. The mouthfeel is a little thin, and drinks well below the 10% ABV, which could be dangerous if you’re not sharing your crowler with a friend. The beer pours jet black with a thick head that dissipates fairly quick, leaving a thin creamy amber film around the edge of the glass. Right from the crack of the crowler, an aroma of chocolate maple pancakes takes over the room. The guys from Great Notion first tried Good Morning a few years back at Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beer Festival and were completely blown away. The inspiration behind this beer actually came from one of my favorites, Tree House’s Good Morning. Great Notion (GNB) has won numerous gold and silver medals, including accolades at World Beer Cup, Best of Craft Beer Awards, and Oregon Beer Awards.One of the beers Great Notion has become known for is their imperial stout with coffee and maple, Double Stack. So far, two other breweries have indicated a keen interest in the idea. Inspired by the success of the ‘Black is Beautiful’ Beer from Weathered Souls, Great Notion has invited other breweries in the Northwest region of the country to join the Reparations Movement and brew their own version of a Reparations beer. After several rounds of consultations Great Notion launched the product on social media, built a Website ( ) and issued a press release All proceeds from the sale of Reparations Beer will be donated to IBW in support of the educational work of NAARC. IBW was involved in drafting the wording and designing the label for the ‘Reparations beer’ can.
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It’s time we acknowledge our wrongdoings and start healing ourselves as a nation and brewing ‘Reparations’ is part of that process for us.
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Our goal is to help educate, motivate, and build grassroots support around the HR-40 bill.
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In a press release announcing the launch of ‘Reparations Beer’, Jim Dugan, Co-Founder of Great Notion said, “We dreamed up this beer with the intention not only to raise money, but to raise awareness of the Reparations Movement. Great Notion Brewery (GNB) is a Portland, Oregon based company (micro-brewery) founded by three socially-responsible entrepreneurs dedicated to supporting racial and social justice causes with an emphasis on educating White Americans, beginning with the clientele for their company’s specialty beers.