Great Notion Adding The Soughten Collaboration

This morning, I have another new can coming soon from Great Notion Brewing in Portland, Oregon. This is The Soughten, and it will be a 10 Year Anniversary west coast IPA brewed in collaboration with Breakside Brewery. The beer will fly in at 6.8%-ABV, and it will be packaged in 16-oz cans. Stay tuned here for full release details.

About Great Notion Brewing:

Great Notion is a brewery started by three friends and neighbors in Portland, Oregon. We offer hazy, fruit-forward IPAs and culinary-inspired sours & stouts while striving to always keep beer fun.

GNB has won numerous Gold and Silver medals over the years, including accolades at 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.

Our barrel program offers award-winning American sour ales aged for 9-24 months in oak barrels. A portion of our sour ales are blended with Oregon fruit like pinot noir grapes, blueberries, strawberries, and cherries. Freshly emptied Bourbon barrels age our imperial stouts on ingredients like roasted coffee, vanilla beans, chocolate, and maple syrup.

GN has six locations in the Pacific Northwest: Great Notion Alberta , Great Notion NW, Great Notion Beaverton, and Great Notion Division in Portland and Great Notion Ballard and Great Notion Georgetown in Seattle. We also have two locations California: Great Notion Berkeley, a taproom where we serve up our favorite beers; and an e-commerce fulfillment center in Sacramento. We sell our beer direct to beer drinkers from our own taprooms in draft and cans to-go, as well as through our app and website. Shipping is also available in the 14 states, including Oregon, Washington, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington DC, New Hampshire, Vermont, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Ohio, as well as to Anchorage, Alaska. As of 2022 you can also find select Great Notion brands in the coolest bars, restaurants, bottle shops and specialty grocers up and down the western seaboard.

The Great Notion was founded by James Dugan, Andy Miller, and Paul Reiter, with brewpubs being led by COO Ryan O’Connor.

Great Notion Brewing is a brewery with multiple locations on the West Coast that serves a variety of beers, including IPAs, sours, stouts, and lagers. They also offer food and merchandise.

Locations:

Alberta: The flagship location in the Alberta Arts District with a large beer garden and view of the brewhouse
Ballard: A taproom in Seattle with take-out beer and merchandise
Berkeley: A 2,000 sq ft taproom in Berkeley, CA with a patio, to-go beer, and local delivery
Beaverton: A location in Timberland Town Center with indoor and outdoor seating, take-out beer, and food
Georgetown: A location in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood with outdoor seating, take-out beer, and merchandise
NW Portland: A taproom in the Slabtown area with a tasting room and production brewery

Beers:
Hazy IPAs
Sours
Stouts
Lagers

Food:
Fresh baked pretzels
Smashburgers
Chicken sandwiches
Crispy Brussel sprouts

Events:
Trivia
Game night
Yoga classes

About Breakside Brewery:

Breakside Brewery opened in 2010 in Northeast Portland as a restaurant and pub brewery and has grown to be a highly regarded regional brewery producing 30,000 barrels annually. The brewery is known for its broad portfolio of award-winning, innovative beers. In 2013, Breakside expanded operations to Milwaukie, OR with a production facility and taproom capable of producing 40,000 barrels of beer per year. Today, Breakside operates eight locations in the Portland area as well as a taproom on the Oregon Coast in Astoria, Oregon. In 2019, Breakside became one of only a handful of employee-owned breweries in the country.

In addition to winning many national, international, and regional awards for its beers, Breakside was named Brewery of the Year in 2017 and 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 at the Oregon Beer Awards and the 2018 Best of Craft Beer Awards. Breakside sells beer on draft and in package in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, California, British Columbia, Alberta and Japan.

Breakside Brewery is an award-winning craft brewery founded in Portland, Oregon, in 2010. Known for its flavorful IPAs and innovative, high-quality beers, Breakside has expanded to multiple locations in Oregon and Washington. The brewery was named “Brewery of the Year” at the Oregon Beer Awards in 2017. 

Locations
Breakside operates several establishments, including brewpubs with full food menus and taprooms. 

Portland Metro Area: The original brewpub is in NE Portland, with additional locations throughout the Portland area.
Astoria, Oregon: A taproom featuring a seafood bar opened in Astoria in 2023.
Vancouver, Washington: A new location in downtown Vancouver opened in 2025.
 
Beer and brewing
Breakside is celebrated for its wide range of beers, including: 
IPAs: The brewery is especially known for its hoppy and aromatic IPAs, such as Wanderlust IPA and Rainbows & Unicorns IPA.

Award-winning beers: Breakside has won multiple awards at the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup for beers like their Session Brown, Passionfruit Sour, and Lunch Break ISA.

Experimental brews: The brewing team is encouraged to innovate, resulting in a diverse tap list that also features collaborations with other breweries. 

Food and atmosphere
Many Breakside locations are brewpubs that serve a full food menu in addition to beer. 

Brewpub fare: Offerings often include burgers, sandwiches, salads, and shareable appetizers like nachos and wings.
Food cart pods: The Beaverton location features a bar with indoor and outdoor seating connected to a pod of food carts, offering diverse cuisine from various vendors.

Atmosphere: Locations vary, but many feature casual settings with indoor and outdoor seating, making them family- and dog-friendly (in outdoor spaces). 

Founding and growth
Founded by Scott Lawrence in 2010, the brewery started as a small “nano brewery” in a basement in Northeast Portland.

From its humble beginnings, the business has grown significantly, distributing its beer to multiple states.
Its success is attributed to a focus on quality, innovation, and a positive customer experience. 

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