Hours:
Open daily, 10am-10pm

Just call the Bottle Shop (971) 202-7256

About 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop

800+ bottles of beer, wine, cider and McMenamins spirits
Next to McMenamins Tavern & Pool!

Located on bustling Northwest 23rd Avenue, the Bottle Shop offers more than 800 bottles – rare, local and otherwise – for your choosing. Our selection includes beer, ciders, wine, sparkling wine and McMenamins spirits. Take bottles to go, or stay a while and we’ll open them right in the shop for you to enjoy.

Or choose from one of our 24 rotating McMenamins' and guest beers and ciders on tap. Stay for a pint, get your growler filled, or a try a Crowler® of your choosing. We’ll pour and seal a 32-ounce Crowler to go, and it will last up to six months. A Rubinator (Ruby + Terminator), perhaps?

So stop in, have some samples, and pick up necessities for your bar or as gifts. We also offer a discount on each case of 24 McMenamins cans;  get your case of Ruby cans, Hammerhead cans, or a mix, for 10% off.

This location has its own stamp for the McMenamins Passport, which is required for completion of the Passport.

The Bottle Shop is all ages (21 and over to drink) and also allows pets while you shop and at our sidewalk seating.
 

Meet the "Crowlers"

It's a can...It's a growler...No, it's a Crowler®!

The Crowler® is a one-use, recyclable 32 oz. can that's filled and seamed right at the bar. As an alternative to a growler, it’s light, portable and keeps the beer fresher longer. 

We purge the cans with CO2 before filling them, so no beer-degrading oxygen is added to the beer. The Crowler® is then filled immediately. The lid is applied and sealed under pressure. A Crowler® can keep beer or cider fresh and shelf stable for up to six months. Let us know what you’d like, and we’ll fill one for you, to go! 

Crowler Prices:
McMenamins Ales $6 to $9 + deposit
Edgefield Ciders $7 + deposit
Guest Beer & Cider on Draft Price will vary.

Locations
Offered at our 23rd Avenue Bottle ShopCedar HillsCornelius Pass RoadhouseElks Temple Bottle ShopRoseburg Station Pub & BreweryMcMenamins on Monroe , Ringlers Pub* and Edgefield Gift ShopWinery Tasting Room (just for cider).

*Ringlers Pub can fill 16-oz cans to-go at the bar; however, they do not carry 32-oz Crowlers®.

History

The 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop is located across the parking lot from Tavern and Pool in a grocery store that was a comfortable old fixture of the NW Portland community (aka: Slabtown).

The shop was owned by Homer Medica (first photo taken in 1985, the second more recently) and his mother Rose, who were longtime friends of McMenamins.

In 1993, famed Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin – writer of more than 80 short stories, two collections of essays, three volumes of poetry, and 16 novels – published a photo essay book called Blue Moon Over Thurman Street, in which she and a photographer documented all 45 blocks of people and places. As a fixture of the neighborhood, Homer was interviewed for Le Guin's book and was included in her acknowledgements. A recent book review said: "What was new or soon to be, already has faded, just a little. While the book is wistful and worried of an ugly future, the street itself abides. Old families remain. Nice new shops have opened. Houses are restored. It's still a very beautiful street and it still spans everything from industrial to commercial to rich and not so rich."

We are pleased to continue the legacy of this welcoming neighborhood joint, albeit in a slightly different fashion than Homer did. Instead of sandwiches, soda and bubblegum, McMenamins serves up 800+ bottles of craft beers, ciders, wines and spirits – from McMenamins and around the world.

Not only that, but the shop offers sparkling wine, cocktail specials, growler fill specials, small bites and 20 taps featuring our own beers and ciders, plus rotating guest brews. Head to the north end of NW 23rd to get all bottled up.

New Arrivals

These are fresh off the delivery truck, though they could be gone tomorrow:

April 11, 2025: New Arrivals

McMenamins Strawberry Moon Shrub 
2 Towns Ciderhouse Chocolate Marionberry Imperial 
2 Towns Ciderhouse Westward Whiskey Bad Apple 
Bend Brewing 30th Anniversary IPA 
Claim 52 Brewing Stuffed Fruity Cereal 
Claim 52 Brewing Stuffed Raspberry Gingerbread Cheesecake 
Coopers Pale Ale 
Coopers Sparkling Ale 
Coopers Stout 
Dogfish Head 90 Min IPA 
Double Mountain Pale Death  
Fremont Brewing POG 
Fremont Brewing Kush 
Ilk Beer American Bittern 
Ilk Beer Blow The Whistle WC IPA 
Ilk Beer Rainbow Dome IPA 
Ilk Beer Shuck Around & Find Out 
Little Beast Mexican Style Lager 
Living Haus Lisa WC IPA 
pFriem Breakside Collab New Zealand IPA 
pFriem Von Ebert Collab WC IPA 
Seattle Cider Guava Citrus 
Stormbreaker Krushin’ It Daily 
Thunder Island Centennial Lager 
Monkless Shepplekofeggan 
Monkless Curtain Closer 
Kings & Daughters Grounding West Coast IPA 
Prairie Rainbow Sherbet 
Urban Family Blackberry Dream 
Urban Family Dragon’s Wrath Sour 
Chuckanut Pilsner 
Florida Seltzer Blood Orange Pomegranate 
Florida Seltzer Pineapple Mango 
Untitled Art FLVR NA Chocolate Dark Brew 
Untitled Art FLVR! NA Mango Dragonfruit Sour 
Dutchess Kezer Lager 
Dutchess Telios Transatlantic IPA 
Dutchess Augur Porter English Porter 
Fieldwork Encore Hazy NA IPA  
Ruse Brain Glow Hazy IPA 
Ruse Similar Science Hazy IPA 
Stone Circle Lavender Tarragon Semi-dry Farmhouse Cider 
Wolves & People La Truff Table Stout 

April 4, 2025: New Arrivals

Lagunitas Waldos Special Ale
Fort George Double Dry Hopped Vortex IPA
Fort George Vortex Hands IPA
Fort George Vortizafa IPA
Samuel Smith Organic Lager
Fort George Sudachi Ace Lager
Great Notion Bicycle Day Sour
Great Notion Electric Headband Fruited Sour
Great Notion Over Ripe IPA
Threshold Pixie rocker Mushroom Gose
King’s & Daughters A Horse of A Different Color IPA
Finnriver Bloom Blueberry Cider
Brown Do Epic Sh*t Sparkling Wine
Perrier Jouet Grand Brut
Baumans Aepfelschurle NA Loganberry Cider

March 28, 2025: New Arrivals

Russian River Pliny The Elder IIPA
Russian River Blind Pig IPA
Russian River Happy Hops IPA
Russian River Robert T. Saison
Russian River Sauvignon Blanc Intinction
Russian River Funky Foeder Cherry
Russian River Damnation Belgian golden Ale
Block 15 Animal Cookies Hazy IPA
Fonta Flora Darwin’s Forehead Salted Brown Porter
Fonta Flora Hello, Gorgeous Hazy IPA
Fonta Flora Specks of Sand Roggenbier
Fonta Flora Your Tai West Coast IPA
Funky Fauna Forest Fizz Lavender Lemonade
Funky Fauna Obscure Creature
Funky Fauna Sea Plague
Bale Breaker Frenz Iceicle
Buoy Bohemian Pilsner
Buoy West Coast Pilsner
Buoy West Coast IPA
Swift Mai Thai Cider

March 21, 2025: New Arrivals

McMenamins Sparkling Sunflower Hop Water
2 Towns Cider Spring Forward
2 Towns Cider Pineapple Cosmic Crisp
Anderson Valley Tropical Hazy Sour
Away Days Bermondsey Brown Ale
Away Days Mythic Quest
Away Days Walking On Air XPA
Backwoods Dreamsicle
Block 15 Ancient Grove
Block 15 Cosmic Cold Brew
Block 15 45 Below
Boss Rambler Citra State of Mind
Coldfire Easy Tiger
Crux Ferment NA Bright Sky Pils
Dogfish Head 30 Minutes
Double Mountain Cluster F#ck
Ecliptic Triangulum Series-Runaway Star
Ever Grain Brewing Angels and Ghosts
Ever Grain Joose Juicy
Firestone Walker Mind Haze
Fort George Everybody Loves Brown Ale
Fort George Design Trends
Fremont Brew Coconut and Coffee BA Cuvee
Fremont Head Full of Dynomite
Go Brewing New School Sour Berry
Hetty Alice Mosaic Single Hop
Hopworks Chilly Bin
Maui Peach Mango Hard Tea
Oak Union Artio
Recluse Water Goblin
Schilling Rhube Awakening
Silver City Phantasm IPA
Storm Breaker Triple Double
Untitled Art Grapefruit Radler NA
Urban Family Hot Cake Sour
Vice Taco Bros
Von Ebert Wave Decay
When I Froot I Froot For The Timbers

  • Hours:
    Open daily, 10am-10pm

    Just call the Bottle Shop (971) 202-7256

    800+ bottles of beer, wine, cider and McMenamins spirits
    Next to McMenamins Tavern & Pool!

    Located on bustling Northwest 23rd Avenue, the Bottle Shop offers more than 800 bottles – rare, local and otherwise – for your choosing. Our selection includes beer, ciders, wine, sparkling wine and McMenamins spirits. Take bottles to go, or stay a while and we’ll open them right in the shop for you to enjoy.

    Or choose from one of our 24 rotating McMenamins' and guest beers and ciders on tap. Stay for a pint, get your growler filled, or a try a Crowler® of your choosing. We’ll pour and seal a 32-ounce Crowler to go, and it will last up to six months. A Rubinator (Ruby + Terminator), perhaps?

    So stop in, have some samples, and pick up necessities for your bar or as gifts. We also offer a discount on each case of 24 McMenamins cans;  get your case of Ruby cans, Hammerhead cans, or a mix, for 10% off.

    This location has its own stamp for the McMenamins Passport, which is required for completion of the Passport.

    The Bottle Shop is all ages (21 and over to drink) and also allows pets while you shop and at our sidewalk seating.
     

  • Meet the "Crowlers"

    It's a can...It's a growler...No, it's a Crowler®!

    The Crowler® is a one-use, recyclable 32 oz. can that's filled and seamed right at the bar. As an alternative to a growler, it’s light, portable and keeps the beer fresher longer. 

    We purge the cans with CO2 before filling them, so no beer-degrading oxygen is added to the beer. The Crowler® is then filled immediately. The lid is applied and sealed under pressure. A Crowler® can keep beer or cider fresh and shelf stable for up to six months. Let us know what you’d like, and we’ll fill one for you, to go! 

    Crowler Prices:
    McMenamins Ales $6 to $9 + deposit
    Edgefield Ciders $7 + deposit
    Guest Beer & Cider on Draft Price will vary.

    Locations
    Offered at our 23rd Avenue Bottle ShopCedar HillsCornelius Pass RoadhouseElks Temple Bottle ShopRoseburg Station Pub & BreweryMcMenamins on Monroe , Ringlers Pub* and Edgefield Gift ShopWinery Tasting Room (just for cider).

    *Ringlers Pub can fill 16-oz cans to-go at the bar; however, they do not carry 32-oz Crowlers®.

  • The 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop is located across the parking lot from Tavern and Pool in a grocery store that was a comfortable old fixture of the NW Portland community (aka: Slabtown).

    The shop was owned by Homer Medica (first photo taken in 1985, the second more recently) and his mother Rose, who were longtime friends of McMenamins.

    In 1993, famed Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin – writer of more than 80 short stories, two collections of essays, three volumes of poetry, and 16 novels – published a photo essay book called Blue Moon Over Thurman Street, in which she and a photographer documented all 45 blocks of people and places. As a fixture of the neighborhood, Homer was interviewed for Le Guin's book and was included in her acknowledgements. A recent book review said: "What was new or soon to be, already has faded, just a little. While the book is wistful and worried of an ugly future, the street itself abides. Old families remain. Nice new shops have opened. Houses are restored. It's still a very beautiful street and it still spans everything from industrial to commercial to rich and not so rich."

    We are pleased to continue the legacy of this welcoming neighborhood joint, albeit in a slightly different fashion than Homer did. Instead of sandwiches, soda and bubblegum, McMenamins serves up 800+ bottles of craft beers, ciders, wines and spirits – from McMenamins and around the world.

    Not only that, but the shop offers sparkling wine, cocktail specials, growler fill specials, small bites and 20 taps featuring our own beers and ciders, plus rotating guest brews. Head to the north end of NW 23rd to get all bottled up.

  • New Arrivals

    These are fresh off the delivery truck, though they could be gone tomorrow:

    April 11, 2025: New Arrivals

    McMenamins Strawberry Moon Shrub 
    2 Towns Ciderhouse Chocolate Marionberry Imperial 
    2 Towns Ciderhouse Westward Whiskey Bad Apple 
    Bend Brewing 30th Anniversary IPA 
    Claim 52 Brewing Stuffed Fruity Cereal 
    Claim 52 Brewing Stuffed Raspberry Gingerbread Cheesecake 
    Coopers Pale Ale 
    Coopers Sparkling Ale 
    Coopers Stout 
    Dogfish Head 90 Min IPA 
    Double Mountain Pale Death  
    Fremont Brewing POG 
    Fremont Brewing Kush 
    Ilk Beer American Bittern 
    Ilk Beer Blow The Whistle WC IPA 
    Ilk Beer Rainbow Dome IPA 
    Ilk Beer Shuck Around & Find Out 
    Little Beast Mexican Style Lager 
    Living Haus Lisa WC IPA 
    pFriem Breakside Collab New Zealand IPA 
    pFriem Von Ebert Collab WC IPA 
    Seattle Cider Guava Citrus 
    Stormbreaker Krushin’ It Daily 
    Thunder Island Centennial Lager 
    Monkless Shepplekofeggan 
    Monkless Curtain Closer 
    Kings & Daughters Grounding West Coast IPA 
    Prairie Rainbow Sherbet 
    Urban Family Blackberry Dream 
    Urban Family Dragon’s Wrath Sour 
    Chuckanut Pilsner 
    Florida Seltzer Blood Orange Pomegranate 
    Florida Seltzer Pineapple Mango 
    Untitled Art FLVR NA Chocolate Dark Brew 
    Untitled Art FLVR! NA Mango Dragonfruit Sour 
    Dutchess Kezer Lager 
    Dutchess Telios Transatlantic IPA 
    Dutchess Augur Porter English Porter 
    Fieldwork Encore Hazy NA IPA  
    Ruse Brain Glow Hazy IPA 
    Ruse Similar Science Hazy IPA 
    Stone Circle Lavender Tarragon Semi-dry Farmhouse Cider 
    Wolves & People La Truff Table Stout 

    April 4, 2025: New Arrivals

    Lagunitas Waldos Special Ale
    Fort George Double Dry Hopped Vortex IPA
    Fort George Vortex Hands IPA
    Fort George Vortizafa IPA
    Samuel Smith Organic Lager
    Fort George Sudachi Ace Lager
    Great Notion Bicycle Day Sour
    Great Notion Electric Headband Fruited Sour
    Great Notion Over Ripe IPA
    Threshold Pixie rocker Mushroom Gose
    King’s & Daughters A Horse of A Different Color IPA
    Finnriver Bloom Blueberry Cider
    Brown Do Epic Sh*t Sparkling Wine
    Perrier Jouet Grand Brut
    Baumans Aepfelschurle NA Loganberry Cider

    March 28, 2025: New Arrivals

    Russian River Pliny The Elder IIPA
    Russian River Blind Pig IPA
    Russian River Happy Hops IPA
    Russian River Robert T. Saison
    Russian River Sauvignon Blanc Intinction
    Russian River Funky Foeder Cherry
    Russian River Damnation Belgian golden Ale
    Block 15 Animal Cookies Hazy IPA
    Fonta Flora Darwin’s Forehead Salted Brown Porter
    Fonta Flora Hello, Gorgeous Hazy IPA
    Fonta Flora Specks of Sand Roggenbier
    Fonta Flora Your Tai West Coast IPA
    Funky Fauna Forest Fizz Lavender Lemonade
    Funky Fauna Obscure Creature
    Funky Fauna Sea Plague
    Bale Breaker Frenz Iceicle
    Buoy Bohemian Pilsner
    Buoy West Coast Pilsner
    Buoy West Coast IPA
    Swift Mai Thai Cider

    March 21, 2025: New Arrivals

    McMenamins Sparkling Sunflower Hop Water
    2 Towns Cider Spring Forward
    2 Towns Cider Pineapple Cosmic Crisp
    Anderson Valley Tropical Hazy Sour
    Away Days Bermondsey Brown Ale
    Away Days Mythic Quest
    Away Days Walking On Air XPA
    Backwoods Dreamsicle
    Block 15 Ancient Grove
    Block 15 Cosmic Cold Brew
    Block 15 45 Below
    Boss Rambler Citra State of Mind
    Coldfire Easy Tiger
    Crux Ferment NA Bright Sky Pils
    Dogfish Head 30 Minutes
    Double Mountain Cluster F#ck
    Ecliptic Triangulum Series-Runaway Star
    Ever Grain Brewing Angels and Ghosts
    Ever Grain Joose Juicy
    Firestone Walker Mind Haze
    Fort George Everybody Loves Brown Ale
    Fort George Design Trends
    Fremont Brew Coconut and Coffee BA Cuvee
    Fremont Head Full of Dynomite
    Go Brewing New School Sour Berry
    Hetty Alice Mosaic Single Hop
    Hopworks Chilly Bin
    Maui Peach Mango Hard Tea
    Oak Union Artio
    Recluse Water Goblin
    Schilling Rhube Awakening
    Silver City Phantasm IPA
    Storm Breaker Triple Double
    Untitled Art Grapefruit Radler NA
    Urban Family Hot Cake Sour
    Vice Taco Bros
    Von Ebert Wave Decay
    When I Froot I Froot For The Timbers

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