Open 12:00pm to 9:00pm Friday & Saturday.
Open 12:00pm to 8:00pm Sunday through Thursday.
Food, beer, cocktails and mocktails available for dine-in or for carry-out by ordering online . Outdoor seating available.
FERMENT IS A MODERN BREWERY THAT FUSES TRADITIONAL FARMHOUSE TECHNIQUES WITH A FORWARD-THINKING SCIENTIFIC APPROACH.
Born out of an appreciation for the art of fermentation, Ferment offers a unique
family of beers that tap the wild terrain of the Columbia River Gorge for
inspiration and foraged ingredients.
TASTING ROOM
Located on Hood River’s waterfront, the second floor tasting room at Ferment offers expansive views of the Columbia River Gorge, frequent sightings of world-class kiting, and observation of our brewery down below. It’s an ideal spot to sit and gather yourself while enjoying one of our delicious beers after a day of skiing, mountain biking or hiking—the end to a perfect day.
The tasting room plaza seats on a first come first serve basis. The plaza is dog friendly but they must be on leash.
Not in Hood River? Keep an eye out for Ferment beer at your favorite tap room or beer hall.
Bottles, crowlers, growler fills and kegs are readily available at Ferment's Tasting Room.
For dock sales of kegs, please call or email us.
Curious about job opportunities in FBC's Tasting Room?
Send us your resume.
EVENTS
DATE
LOCATION
INFO
Every Tuesday
@ 6:00pm
Ferment
Tasting Room
Ferment Fun Run
Meet at the Fire-pit @ 6:00pm
Complimentary house-made beverage, soda or hot cocoa after your run.
HANDCRAFTED ALES AND LAGERS WITH NUANCED FLAVORS.
SIGNATURE BEERS
INDIA PALE ALE
DRAFT & 500ML : 5.8% ABV
Carefully crafted to fully express its curated hops and yeasts, Ferment India Pale Ale brings the hops without being buried by bitterness. The biscuity, lightly sweet malts and fruity, dry yeast notes impart an herbaceous aroma to give the ale a complex nose of peach, tangerine, and red cedar.
PALE ALE
DRAFT & 500ML : 4.8% ABV
Ferment Pale Ale is inspired by the brewing traditions of Burton-on-Trent at the turn of the 19th century. Heirloom malted barley and hop varieties come together with a specially sourced English ale yeast to produce a result that is crisp and refreshing, featuring a complex depth of character with notes of tea, marmalade, and a hint of rose.
12°PILS CZECH LAGER
DRAFT & 500ML : 5% ABV
Ferment 12° Pils Czech-Style Lager uses barley raised and malted in Bohemia and the revered Saaz hop grown in Czech Republic. It’s brewed with the naturally soft and pure water from Mt. Hood to achieve a truly authentic European-style lager.
WOODSMAN PORTER
DRAFT & 500ML : 5.6% ABV
Ferment Woodsman Porter embodies the spirit of Ferment. Malts from England, Belgium, Germany, and Chile come together in a mash imparting a rich, fruity character. Hop varieties from England and the Pacific Northwest combine with wild foraged Doug Fir tips to lend earthy evergreen notes. Facial hair and flannel optional.
DRY STOUT
NITRO DRAFT & 500ML : 4.5% ABV
Ferment Dry Stout embodies the spirit of the extremely quaffable, midnight-black ales of Dublin. A pale mash and unique black sparge technique imparts a gentle acidity to the beer along with a clean, delicate roast character in this surprisingly refreshing dark ale.
ESB
DRAFT & 500ML : 5.4% ABV
Ferment ESB Extra Special Bitter is almost paradoxically complex. Rich flavors and aromas are complimented by a clean, dry finish that makes it a perfect pair with a wide range of foods. Yes, you have permission to have another.
BOTTLE CONDITIONED BEERS
BIÈRE DE GARDE
DRAFT & 500ML BOTTLE CONDITIONED : 5.8% ABV
A farmhouse ale styled after the traditional brews of the Pas de Calais and Nord regions of France. Our Bière De Garde is brewed with malts from France, Germany, and England and utilizes hops from throughout Europe to provide balance and present a delicate spicy / herbal character. It is then fermented with our wild yeast from the slopes of Mount Hood producing un véritable terroir.
WHITE RIVER SAISON
DRAFT & 500ML BOTTLE CONDITIONED : 5% ABV
White River Saison follows the tradition of small farmhouse breweries of Wallonia. We combine malts and hops from the Belgian, French, and German and fermented yeast captured from the wind on the slopes of Mt. Hood to create an ale that is refreshing and complex.
THE SENTINAL
DRAFT & 500ML BOTTLE CONDITIONED : 5.3% ABV
The Sentinel mixed culture Saison was first fermented with our own yeast strain isolated from the wild on Mt. Hood. It then spent the better part of a year in French oak wine barrels where Brettanomyces was allowed to develop. Finally, a charge of Doug Fir tips handpicked from the forest surrounding Hood River was added to create an ale mildly sour and wildly complex.
PREMIUM BEERS
IMPERIAL STOUT
PREMIUM BARREL AGED
500ML : 11% ABV
Originally crafted by English Brewers for the Russian Czar, it is the bold monarch of craft beer styles. This rendition has notes of coffee, dried fruits, juicy berries, leather, and oak.
BARLEYWINE
PREMIUM BARREL AGED
500ML : 11% ABV
Brewed with a blend of seven different malt varieties from England and aged for a year in French oak wine barrels, Barleywine Ale explores deep layers of dried fruit and toffee.
L'OR DE NOIR
PREMIUM BARREL AGED
500ML : 11% ABV
What happens when you cellar a French farmhouse ale in red wine barrels? The result is a far from ordinary ale. This “Gold of Black” ale, a collaboration with Idiot's Grace Winery, seeks to recreate the lost character of the original Bière de Garde style described in L’ Industrie de la Brasserie from 1880 as a “highly special brew... with a very vinous flavor”.
WHACK & PEEL STOUT
FARM TO MARKET SERIES
PREMIUM BARREL AGED
500ML : 11% ABV
Ferment x Zupan's 2020 Collaboration
Ferment Farm-to-Market Whack & Peel Stout is a rich, bold Imperial Stout aged in rum barrels and finished with a blend of orange peels from Spain, Haiti, and Paraguay.
SEASONAL AND SINGLE BATCH BEERS
SULTANA IPA
DRAFT & 16OZ CANS : 6.9% ABV
The newly released Sultana Hop variety and El Dorado Hop Hash have joined forces to dominate this Northwest-style IPA with a powerful blend of citrus, pineapple, and dank herbal hoppiness.
A NOBLE LOOSE OBJECTIVE
UNFILTERED HOPPY LAGER
DRAFT & 16OZ CANS : 5% ABV
While lagers tend to be seen as cold and restrained, Loose Objective has adopted some contemporary ale-brewing techniques to loosen things up. Using a cool whirlpool and dry hopping with a mix of noble hops from Germany, this unfiltered brew brings some extra chill to our lager offerings.
GALAXY IN A CAN
DOUBLE IPA
16OZ CANS : 8% ABV
Best experienced with your eyes closed. Galaxy in a Can brings the mindblowing wonder of Galaxy hops from Australia. Bold yet refreshing with a touch of haze, an initial blast herbal notes gives way to a swell of passionfruit and guava.
VIENNA-STYLE LAGER
DRAFT & 16OZ CANS : 5.4% ABV
Rich in color from Vienna Malts, this lager is slightly sweet but brings the hop flavor with only a touch of bitterness.
BRIGHT WEST IPA
DRAFT & 16OZ CANS : 6.5% ABV
Celebrating the most iconic beer style to emerge from the Great American West, Ferment Bright West IPA loads Chinook, Crystal, Mosaic, and Cascade hops into a brew of fossil-fuel free pilsner malt. Bright West is then filtered to the brilliance of a perfect Pacific Sunset. The result is a quite dry bright golden ale supporting a thick head of foam, rich with the pine and citrus best enjoyed with good friends and an adventurous spirit.
HELLES BOCK
DRAFT & 16OZ CANS : 6.9% ABV
As the days become cooler and shorter this golden German-style lager offers a warm depth of imported malts balanced by peppery notes of noble Tettnanger and Saaz hops.
AT FERMENT BREWING COMPANY, WE BELIEVE IN SCIENCE - THE RIGHT CONDITIONS ALLOW MAGIC TO BLOOM.
THE ALCHEMY OF FERMENTATION HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN, BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO FUEL THE PROCESS WITH PURE, SIMPLE INGREDIENTS, LIKE WILD HARVESTED YEAST, HOPS AND MALT FROM EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AND THE PUREST MOUNTAIN SPRING WATER ON THE PLANET SOURCED FROM THE SLOPES OF MT. HOOD.
MEET THE BREWMASTER
Growing up in Vermont, Dan Peterson spent nearly as much time in the woods as anywhere else. An interest in life sciences led to a curiosity of the phenomena of cell biology. Dan studied Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at The University of Vermont to stoke that curiosity. Upon completion of his degree, Dan remained at the University as a lab tech studying novel breast cancer treatment strategies.
As long days in the lab began to lose their luster and a seemingly harmless hobby of home brewing began occupying his headspace Dan left on a solo cross-country road trip and returned determined to be a brewer of great beer. He and his high school sweetheart, Jenn, packed up their things, said goodbye to their hangout, an art studio turned brew space in an industrial part of Burlington, and hauled off to New York City to take brewing and culinary arts seriously.
The following eight years saw Dan develop his brewing and beer lab-guy skills at the Brooklyn Brewery, start a family, and move to Hood River. Two and a half years each at Full Sail as a Brewer and at pFriem as Head Brewer gave him some valuable experience and friendships. Now as Brewmaster at Ferment, Dan aims to share his love for good food and drink with all.
STAY IN TOUCH
For general or media inquiries, please email hello@fermentbrewing.com
The tasting room seats on a first come first serve basis.
The plaza is dog friendly but they must be on leash.
FBC
403 Portway Ave.
Hood River, Oregon 97031
541 436 3499
HOURS OF OPERATION
Friday & Saturday 12pm - 9pm
Sunday - Thursday 12pm - 8pm
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