Hours:
Open daily, 10am-10pm

Just call the Bottle Shop (971) 202-7256

Upcoming Events

Days Between
Friday, Aug 01

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:

July 11, 2025: New Arrivals

Drekker Brains Cherry Berry Smoothie Sour
Drekker Brains Strawberry Lemonade Smoothie Sour
Drekker Chonk blueberry White Chocolate Sundae
Drekker Fluff Stuff Blueberry Fruited Sour
Drekker What So Proudly We PRRRT Fruited Sour
Great Notion Juice JR Hazy IPA
Great Notion Over Ripe IPA
Great Notion Passionfruit Mochi Milkshake IPA
Great Notion Top Down Fruited Sour
Threshold The Cruize Grodziskie
Threshold Island Drip Sour
Threshold Good Dog Guava Fruited Gose
Vanguard McGarrahan’s Irish Red
Vanguard Hazelnut Brown
Obelisk Fragments ESB
Obelisk Quiet Hours
Obelisk Deep In The Cold Ground
Old Town Old Baby Lager
Bale Breaker Frenz
Bauman’s Oak St Dry cider
Best Day Belgian White
Buoy Japanese Lager
Franzkaner Weissbier
Hoegaarden White Ale
Leffe Blonde
Mother Earth All Purpose Pilsner
Mother Earth Ascent West Coast IPA
Mother Earth Cali Creamin Vanilla Cream Ale
Mother Earth/ Breakside Collaboration IPA
Mother Earth Nitro Cali Creamin
Mother Earth Project Z Rotating Hazy IPA
Wyld CBD Blackberry
Fremont Rusty Nail
Ablis Cranberry Blood Orange CBD Soda
Belhaven Wee Heavy
Boochcraft Ginger Lime
Hoochbooch Chai Old Fashioned
pFreim Cosmic Guava IPA
Schneider Weisse
Straffe Hendrik Quad
Straffe Hendrik Triple
Von Ebert Triple Dry Hopped Volatile Substance

July 3, 2025: New Arrivals

Fort George 3-Way Hazy IPA
Wayfinder La Magie
Wayfinder Original Cold IPA
Kings & Daughters Salute From Shore WC IPA
Urban Family Briar Heart Sour
Urban Family Tropic Heart Sour
Holy Mountain Vesper Table Beer
Holy Mountain Marked For Death Leichbier Lager
Holy Mountain Pilgrimage Bavarian Hefeweizen
Holy Mountain White Lodge Wit
Holy Mountain The Dark Kingdom Czech Dark Lager
Tired Hands Alien Church IPA
Tired Hands Watermelon Single Milkshake IPA
Xicha Chela Mexican Lager
Little Beast Japanese Style Rice Lager
Little Beast Pinetop IPA
Monkless Meet Your Maker
Monkless The Trinity
Monkless Capitulation
Monkless Hazy Day in Brussels
Monkless Peppercorn Imperial Wit
Freebridge Slap & Pickle Gose
Celestial Satelite American Lager
Meanwhile Cosmic Echoes Hazy IPA
Evil Twin Imperial biscotti Break
Von Ebert Drink Me Potion
Schilling Moonberries Cider
Schilling Excelsior: Passionfruit Pineapple Cider
Ablis Cranberry Blood Orange CBD Soda
Battle Creek unconditional Pinot Noir

June 27, 2025: New Arrivals

McMenamins Tropic Heat Sour
ColdFire/Claim 52 Fluffs Tigers IPA
Japas San Tres Blond with Guava and Jasmin
Japas Sawa Peach
Japas Yuzu Nama Biiru
Craftwell Pineapple Margarita
Craftwell Hibiscus Lemonade
Other Half All Citra Everything Hazy DIPA
Other Half Big Rowaka Vibes Hazy IPA
Other Half Broccoli Hazy IPA
Other Half Broccoli-Where Hazy IPA
Other Half Green Diamonds Hazy IPA
Other Half Vapor Rings Hazy DIPA
Pure Project Eclipsing Echoes West Coast DIPA
Pure Project Serpents in the Bramble West Coast IPA
The Veil Cat Boy hazy IPA
The Veil Numb Light American Lager
The Veil thaw Kolsch
The Veil We Ded Mon Hazy Triple IPA
Seven Seeds Midnight Blue Dragon Cider
Swift Marionberry Cider
Swift Strawberry Cider
Ten towers Soulless Pear Cider
Sea Cider Bittersweet
Bauman’s Mountain Rose Cider
Emmolo Sauvignon Blanc
Tormaresca Calafuria Rose
La Marca Prosecco

June 20, 2025: New Arrivals

Edgefield Lavender Elixir Cider
Wayfinder Beholder
Wayfinder party Time Pilsner
Threshold Dozunki Harvest White
Threshold Bra Code Rice Lager
Threshold Switchback Cutter IPA
Chuckanut Kolsch
Chuckanut Summer Pale Ale
Chuckanut Japanese Lager
Chuckanut Marzen
Bull Run Strawberry Fields Cider
Ruse Take A Little Trip Mexican Lager
Human People By Guess of By gosh Golden Ale
Tiny Gants Chaos Circle West Coast Pale Ale
Tiny Giants Elevator Rocketship DDH Hazy IPA
Tiny Giants Nexus of the Universe West Coast IPA
Prairie Blueberry Boyfriend Sour
Urban Family Blackberry Dawn
Urban Family Surfin’ Bird POP Sour
Kings & Daughters Rosy Lea Soft IPA
Block 15 Sticky Hands
Block 15 Gloria Pilsner
Block 15 Alumni Club: Sunriver
Hopworks Lemon Drop Hazy Pale Ale
Russian River Pliny The Elder
Russian River DDH Pliny The Elder
Russian River Happy Hops
2 Towns Pitch Perfect Cider
Kronenbourg Blanc
Fruh Kolsch
Everybody Pink Guava Sour
Great Divide Strawberry/ Rhubarb Sour
Tieton Watermelon Basil Cider
Weihenstaphan Dunkelweiss
Ghostfish Cranberry Hibiscus Gose
Schofferhofer Grapefruit

  • Hours:
    Open daily, 10am-10pm

    Just call the Bottle Shop (971) 202-7256

    Upcoming Events

    see all events
    Days Between
    Friday, August 01
    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:

    July 11, 2025: New Arrivals

    Drekker Brains Cherry Berry Smoothie Sour
    Drekker Brains Strawberry Lemonade Smoothie Sour
    Drekker Chonk blueberry White Chocolate Sundae
    Drekker Fluff Stuff Blueberry Fruited Sour
    Drekker What So Proudly We PRRRT Fruited Sour
    Great Notion Juice JR Hazy IPA
    Great Notion Over Ripe IPA
    Great Notion Passionfruit Mochi Milkshake IPA
    Great Notion Top Down Fruited Sour
    Threshold The Cruize Grodziskie
    Threshold Island Drip Sour
    Threshold Good Dog Guava Fruited Gose
    Vanguard McGarrahan’s Irish Red
    Vanguard Hazelnut Brown
    Obelisk Fragments ESB
    Obelisk Quiet Hours
    Obelisk Deep In The Cold Ground
    Old Town Old Baby Lager
    Bale Breaker Frenz
    Bauman’s Oak St Dry cider
    Best Day Belgian White
    Buoy Japanese Lager
    Franzkaner Weissbier
    Hoegaarden White Ale
    Leffe Blonde
    Mother Earth All Purpose Pilsner
    Mother Earth Ascent West Coast IPA
    Mother Earth Cali Creamin Vanilla Cream Ale
    Mother Earth/ Breakside Collaboration IPA
    Mother Earth Nitro Cali Creamin
    Mother Earth Project Z Rotating Hazy IPA
    Wyld CBD Blackberry
    Fremont Rusty Nail
    Ablis Cranberry Blood Orange CBD Soda
    Belhaven Wee Heavy
    Boochcraft Ginger Lime
    Hoochbooch Chai Old Fashioned
    pFreim Cosmic Guava IPA
    Schneider Weisse
    Straffe Hendrik Quad
    Straffe Hendrik Triple
    Von Ebert Triple Dry Hopped Volatile Substance

    July 3, 2025: New Arrivals

    Fort George 3-Way Hazy IPA
    Wayfinder La Magie
    Wayfinder Original Cold IPA
    Kings & Daughters Salute From Shore WC IPA
    Urban Family Briar Heart Sour
    Urban Family Tropic Heart Sour
    Holy Mountain Vesper Table Beer
    Holy Mountain Marked For Death Leichbier Lager
    Holy Mountain Pilgrimage Bavarian Hefeweizen
    Holy Mountain White Lodge Wit
    Holy Mountain The Dark Kingdom Czech Dark Lager
    Tired Hands Alien Church IPA
    Tired Hands Watermelon Single Milkshake IPA
    Xicha Chela Mexican Lager
    Little Beast Japanese Style Rice Lager
    Little Beast Pinetop IPA
    Monkless Meet Your Maker
    Monkless The Trinity
    Monkless Capitulation
    Monkless Hazy Day in Brussels
    Monkless Peppercorn Imperial Wit
    Freebridge Slap & Pickle Gose
    Celestial Satelite American Lager
    Meanwhile Cosmic Echoes Hazy IPA
    Evil Twin Imperial biscotti Break
    Von Ebert Drink Me Potion
    Schilling Moonberries Cider
    Schilling Excelsior: Passionfruit Pineapple Cider
    Ablis Cranberry Blood Orange CBD Soda
    Battle Creek unconditional Pinot Noir

    June 27, 2025: New Arrivals

    McMenamins Tropic Heat Sour
    ColdFire/Claim 52 Fluffs Tigers IPA
    Japas San Tres Blond with Guava and Jasmin
    Japas Sawa Peach
    Japas Yuzu Nama Biiru
    Craftwell Pineapple Margarita
    Craftwell Hibiscus Lemonade
    Other Half All Citra Everything Hazy DIPA
    Other Half Big Rowaka Vibes Hazy IPA
    Other Half Broccoli Hazy IPA
    Other Half Broccoli-Where Hazy IPA
    Other Half Green Diamonds Hazy IPA
    Other Half Vapor Rings Hazy DIPA
    Pure Project Eclipsing Echoes West Coast DIPA
    Pure Project Serpents in the Bramble West Coast IPA
    The Veil Cat Boy hazy IPA
    The Veil Numb Light American Lager
    The Veil thaw Kolsch
    The Veil We Ded Mon Hazy Triple IPA
    Seven Seeds Midnight Blue Dragon Cider
    Swift Marionberry Cider
    Swift Strawberry Cider
    Ten towers Soulless Pear Cider
    Sea Cider Bittersweet
    Bauman’s Mountain Rose Cider
    Emmolo Sauvignon Blanc
    Tormaresca Calafuria Rose
    La Marca Prosecco

    June 20, 2025: New Arrivals

    Edgefield Lavender Elixir Cider
    Wayfinder Beholder
    Wayfinder party Time Pilsner
    Threshold Dozunki Harvest White
    Threshold Bra Code Rice Lager
    Threshold Switchback Cutter IPA
    Chuckanut Kolsch
    Chuckanut Summer Pale Ale
    Chuckanut Japanese Lager
    Chuckanut Marzen
    Bull Run Strawberry Fields Cider
    Ruse Take A Little Trip Mexican Lager
    Human People By Guess of By gosh Golden Ale
    Tiny Gants Chaos Circle West Coast Pale Ale
    Tiny Giants Elevator Rocketship DDH Hazy IPA
    Tiny Giants Nexus of the Universe West Coast IPA
    Prairie Blueberry Boyfriend Sour
    Urban Family Blackberry Dawn
    Urban Family Surfin’ Bird POP Sour
    Kings & Daughters Rosy Lea Soft IPA
    Block 15 Sticky Hands
    Block 15 Gloria Pilsner
    Block 15 Alumni Club: Sunriver
    Hopworks Lemon Drop Hazy Pale Ale
    Russian River Pliny The Elder
    Russian River DDH Pliny The Elder
    Russian River Happy Hops
    2 Towns Pitch Perfect Cider
    Kronenbourg Blanc
    Fruh Kolsch
    Everybody Pink Guava Sour
    Great Divide Strawberry/ Rhubarb Sour
    Tieton Watermelon Basil Cider
    Weihenstaphan Dunkelweiss
    Ghostfish Cranberry Hibiscus Gose
    Schofferhofer Grapefruit

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