Clinton Market — Local services in Portland

I love this place - I love the owner Barry - and I wish I could love his beer program...but I fear that he lets the beer get too warm on the shelf - and his coolers are not very cold...the beer suffers.

Call me crazy - but Breakside Wanderjack - canned just 2 weeks ago should not have a sweet malty flavor...i suspect it's the temp of his store...it's waaaay too hot for fresh beer on the shelf.

I've drank a lot more Breakside beer than I should - and their 2x dry hopped IPA - I know this beer very well...it's not a sweet malty beer...but everything from his store ends up tasting the same sweet malty flavor and the only thing I can think of is that's like 89 degrees in there all the time...the beer gets too hot before he moves it to his coolers.

Barry is great and I really want him to be successful - maybe this message will resonate with enough people that he'll get the message...

my partner and i have been walking around this neighborhood a lot more lately. we took a stroll here to purchase adult beverages to take back home to safely consume. on the way we ate a cherry from this tree a few blocks east. it was too juicy for my liking. the texture was as if it had frozen and the cell walls had broken down and the water expansion caused leakage throughout the weakened cell walls, ruining what could have been a delightful treat (that is not a pun about eating something grown on a tree that is delightful). having said that, i chose a pina colada flavored beer and one that looked old, but it was new to me. as luck would have it, the pina colada beer was only slightly sour to me and the old-looking...

Stellar beer selection, friendly owners (Barry is awesome & helpful), growler fill station, a lot of this and that you find yourself needing that you wouldn't expect from the oldest little convenience store in Portland. It's not fair to compare to the huge grocery stores in Portland like Fred Meyer, however they have the best price on my favorite beverages in town. ATM on premises comes in handy with all the nearby cash only places (which Clinton Market is not). Great soft drink selection too, lots of natural options. If you want convenience & if supporting a small local business is important to you, I highly recommend. (Yes I realize how Portland that sounds but whatever,...