The Quest for the Holy Grain - Best Beer Bars
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Rogue Ales Public House - Astoria
100 39th St. (Pier 39)
Astoria, OR 97103
503-468-0923

Took a spur of the moment trip to Oregon (via Seattle) to help fulfill several goals: revisiting all 50 states -- Oregon is now state 49 leaving only North Dakota for "ALL50X2," and to drink a beer brewed in the state visited (am at around 40 on this one).
Headed from Seattle to Astoria where I spent the night, and had dinner and beers at the Rogue Public House.
This is one of Rogue's Meeting Halls... a string of beer bars dispensing Rogue Ales along the West Coast. At this time (2017) they number 12, most of which are in Oregon.
The Astoria location features 30 taps of Rogue Ales, as well as wine and Rogue Spirits.
This particular venue is housed inside an old tuna cannery, and overlooks the Columbia River.
The Public House offers a complete pub-style food menu.
Rogue Public House also fills growlers and sells kegged beer.
It is bike-friendly and dog-friendly, and for the Questor, offers some limited edition beers that you won't be able to get outside the Meeting Halls.
Having said all this...

It was very crowded the evening of my visit, and unseasonably warm.
The staff was completely overwhelmed.
The establishment is NOT air conditioned, and the ceiling fans and open windows did little to cool down the room.
(The summer of '17 had abnormally high temperatures by Oregon standards.)
Under other circumstances, this place might be a beer Mecca, but on this evening, it was no better than mediocre.
The food was actually quite good; the beer was barely cooler than room temperature.
I started with the 4 Hop, and then had the Chipotle Ale. The first was okay -- I've had much better IPAs. The second had a very interesting taste; one can definitely taste the heat of the peppers.
Both would have been better served cold.
It took over 45 minutes from when the order was placed to when the entrée was served.

Worth a revisit on a cooler, less crowded day to get a true gauge.