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:

May 30, 2025: New Arrivals

Maine Beer Co Lunch IPA
Maine Beer Co Peeper Pale Ale
Drekker Swirlee Raspberry Creamsicle Smoothie Sour
Great Notion Double Blueberry Cheesecake
Great Notion The Smoothies Hard Pastry Seltzer
Hetty Alice Poof Hazy IPA
Ruse Ageless Emblems West Coast IPA
Wolves & People Crushpad Pils
Alesong Double Barrel Oak And Ember 2025 Cuvee
New Glory Gummy Worms Hazy Pale Ale
New Glory Spectral Chill West Coast IPA
New Glory Sun of A Beach Imperial Sour
Stormbreaker Chair Raiser IPA
Buoy Love Lost at Sea Barleywine
Buoy Pride Hazy IPA
Gigantic Kolschtastic
Oakshire Sunmade Cucumber Sour
Rubens Pride Crikey IPA
Double Mountain Basic Rights IPA
pFriem Japanese Lager
Dogfish Head Grateful Dead Juicy Pale
Fremont POG Gose
Silver City Whole Leaf IPA
Silver City WC Pilsner
Pacifico
Corona NA

May 23, 2025: New Arrivals

McMenamins Sparky NA Cider
Fort George 3-Way IPA
Block 15 Sticky Vortex
Russian River Pliny The Elder
Russian River Blind Pig
Russian River RND IPA
Russian River Jannemie Saison
Little Beast Electric Sunshine Sour
Little Beast Wolf Camp
Living Haus/Grand Fir Orville Smoked Helles
Living Haus Toby Modern Cram Ale
Bale Breaker Mango Tango
Chimay Premiere
Chimay Cinq Cents
2 Towns POG Cosmic Crisp
Black Raven Tapache Sour
Florida Seltzer Electric Lemonade
Untitled Art Flvr! NA Chela Con Limon
Field Work Supertonic Passionfruit & Bitters
Beachwood Silver Fern West Coast IPA
Bull Run Cherry Blush Cider
Great Notion Bicicle Day Fruited Sour
Great Notion Northleft Hazy IPA
Hetty Alice Kodachrome IPA
Oak Union Hiddedn Garden West Coast IPA
Yonder Dry Cider

May 9, 2025: New Arrivals

3 Floyds Zombie Dust Pale Ale
3 Floyds Gumball Head Wheat Pale Ale
Block 15 Jokers Jest Sticky Hands
Block 15 Board Shorts IPA
Block 15 Alpine Ibex Mai Bock
Ferment Lost in Fragaria
Ferment Calliope IPA
Ferment La Palama Mexican Style Lager
Cold Fire InAppropriate IIPA
Block 15 Fluffs Travels Barbe Rouge IPA
Fort George Dank Tales IPA
Franziskaner Weissbier
Rubens Citra Wit
Rubens Krush Crush
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
Cellador Chenille Farmhouse Ale With Apple Must
Cellador Universal Traveler Wild Ale W/ Olallieberries
Cellador Witbier
Kings & Daughters Frolic NIPA
Little Beast Electric Midnight Sour
Little Beast Pinky Sparkling Rose Sour
Sullivan’s Golden Ale
Boneyard Lava Fuel Litter Critter
Wayfinder House of Hades
Wayfinder Kolsch
Wayfinder Outlaw Country
Wayfinder Party Time
Wayfinder Scorpio Moon Sichuan Lager
WeldWerks Chronic Berry Smoothie Sour
WledWerks Itsy Bitsy Hazy Pale Ale
Binary Qwerty IPA
Single Hill Cabana Cooler Fruited Sour
Varietal Time Reflection West Coast IPA
Boss Rambler Palm Dot Come DDH Hazy IPA
WeldWerks Extra Extra Juicy Bits
WeldWerks Juicy Bits
Prairie Hollaback Girl
Prairie Rainbow Sherbet
Prairie Transfusion Sour
Freebridge Slap and Pickle Gose
Monkless Pour Pour Pitiful Me
Monkless The Trinity
Monkless Brothers Beer
 
Art+ Science Prairie Dog Cider
Art + Science Mutualism
 
Meinklang Weisser Mulatschak Orange Wine
 
19 Acres Brazilian Lime Aid
Florida Seltzer Pineapple Mango
Craftwell Pineapple Margarita
Kyle Lavender Lemonade Hard Komboucha
 
Singha Soda Water

April 4, 2025: New Arrivals

McMenamins Electric Orange Weizen
Beachwood Thrillseeker West Coast IPA
Hetty Alice DDH Hazy IPA
Radiant Best Case Scenario IPA
Radiant Time To Dream West Coast PA
Son of Man Txiki Cider
Ayinger Maibock
Best Day Natures Pils
Breakside Portland IPA
Level Sweep The Leg Lager
Left hand Mango Hibiscus White Ale Nitro
Aecht Schlenkerla Helles
Aecht Schlenkerla Marzen
Bend Desert Sky IPA
 
Bero Double Tasty NA IPA
Bero Edge Hill Hazy NA IPA
Bero Kingston Golden NA Pils
Bero Noon NA Wheat
 
Happy Dad Fruit Punch Hard Seltzer
Happy Dad Raspberry Hard Seltzer
Happy Dad Grape Hard Seltzer
Florida Seltzer Blackberry Agave
Florida Seltzer Prickly Pear Guava
Florida Seltzer Strawberry Kiwi
 
Son of Man Someday Vermouth

  • Hours:
    Open daily, 10am-10pm

    Just call the Bottle Shop (971) 202-7256

    Upcoming Events

    see all events
    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:

    May 30, 2025: New Arrivals

    Maine Beer Co Lunch IPA
    Maine Beer Co Peeper Pale Ale
    Drekker Swirlee Raspberry Creamsicle Smoothie Sour
    Great Notion Double Blueberry Cheesecake
    Great Notion The Smoothies Hard Pastry Seltzer
    Hetty Alice Poof Hazy IPA
    Ruse Ageless Emblems West Coast IPA
    Wolves & People Crushpad Pils
    Alesong Double Barrel Oak And Ember 2025 Cuvee
    New Glory Gummy Worms Hazy Pale Ale
    New Glory Spectral Chill West Coast IPA
    New Glory Sun of A Beach Imperial Sour
    Stormbreaker Chair Raiser IPA
    Buoy Love Lost at Sea Barleywine
    Buoy Pride Hazy IPA
    Gigantic Kolschtastic
    Oakshire Sunmade Cucumber Sour
    Rubens Pride Crikey IPA
    Double Mountain Basic Rights IPA
    pFriem Japanese Lager
    Dogfish Head Grateful Dead Juicy Pale
    Fremont POG Gose
    Silver City Whole Leaf IPA
    Silver City WC Pilsner
    Pacifico
    Corona NA

    May 23, 2025: New Arrivals

    McMenamins Sparky NA Cider
    Fort George 3-Way IPA
    Block 15 Sticky Vortex
    Russian River Pliny The Elder
    Russian River Blind Pig
    Russian River RND IPA
    Russian River Jannemie Saison
    Little Beast Electric Sunshine Sour
    Little Beast Wolf Camp
    Living Haus/Grand Fir Orville Smoked Helles
    Living Haus Toby Modern Cram Ale
    Bale Breaker Mango Tango
    Chimay Premiere
    Chimay Cinq Cents
    2 Towns POG Cosmic Crisp
    Black Raven Tapache Sour
    Florida Seltzer Electric Lemonade
    Untitled Art Flvr! NA Chela Con Limon
    Field Work Supertonic Passionfruit & Bitters
    Beachwood Silver Fern West Coast IPA
    Bull Run Cherry Blush Cider
    Great Notion Bicicle Day Fruited Sour
    Great Notion Northleft Hazy IPA
    Hetty Alice Kodachrome IPA
    Oak Union Hiddedn Garden West Coast IPA
    Yonder Dry Cider

    May 9, 2025: New Arrivals

    3 Floyds Zombie Dust Pale Ale
    3 Floyds Gumball Head Wheat Pale Ale
    Block 15 Jokers Jest Sticky Hands
    Block 15 Board Shorts IPA
    Block 15 Alpine Ibex Mai Bock
    Ferment Lost in Fragaria
    Ferment Calliope IPA
    Ferment La Palama Mexican Style Lager
    Cold Fire InAppropriate IIPA
    Block 15 Fluffs Travels Barbe Rouge IPA
    Fort George Dank Tales IPA
    Franziskaner Weissbier
    Rubens Citra Wit
    Rubens Krush Crush
    Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
    Cellador Chenille Farmhouse Ale With Apple Must
    Cellador Universal Traveler Wild Ale W/ Olallieberries
    Cellador Witbier
    Kings & Daughters Frolic NIPA
    Little Beast Electric Midnight Sour
    Little Beast Pinky Sparkling Rose Sour
    Sullivan’s Golden Ale
    Boneyard Lava Fuel Litter Critter
    Wayfinder House of Hades
    Wayfinder Kolsch
    Wayfinder Outlaw Country
    Wayfinder Party Time
    Wayfinder Scorpio Moon Sichuan Lager
    WeldWerks Chronic Berry Smoothie Sour
    WledWerks Itsy Bitsy Hazy Pale Ale
    Binary Qwerty IPA
    Single Hill Cabana Cooler Fruited Sour
    Varietal Time Reflection West Coast IPA
    Boss Rambler Palm Dot Come DDH Hazy IPA
    WeldWerks Extra Extra Juicy Bits
    WeldWerks Juicy Bits
    Prairie Hollaback Girl
    Prairie Rainbow Sherbet
    Prairie Transfusion Sour
    Freebridge Slap and Pickle Gose
    Monkless Pour Pour Pitiful Me
    Monkless The Trinity
    Monkless Brothers Beer
     
    Art+ Science Prairie Dog Cider
    Art + Science Mutualism
     
    Meinklang Weisser Mulatschak Orange Wine
     
    19 Acres Brazilian Lime Aid
    Florida Seltzer Pineapple Mango
    Craftwell Pineapple Margarita
    Kyle Lavender Lemonade Hard Komboucha
     
    Singha Soda Water

    April 4, 2025: New Arrivals

    McMenamins Electric Orange Weizen
    Beachwood Thrillseeker West Coast IPA
    Hetty Alice DDH Hazy IPA
    Radiant Best Case Scenario IPA
    Radiant Time To Dream West Coast PA
    Son of Man Txiki Cider
    Ayinger Maibock
    Best Day Natures Pils
    Breakside Portland IPA
    Level Sweep The Leg Lager
    Left hand Mango Hibiscus White Ale Nitro
    Aecht Schlenkerla Helles
    Aecht Schlenkerla Marzen
    Bend Desert Sky IPA
     
    Bero Double Tasty NA IPA
    Bero Edge Hill Hazy NA IPA
    Bero Kingston Golden NA Pils
    Bero Noon NA Wheat
     
    Happy Dad Fruit Punch Hard Seltzer
    Happy Dad Raspberry Hard Seltzer
    Happy Dad Grape Hard Seltzer
    Florida Seltzer Blackberry Agave
    Florida Seltzer Prickly Pear Guava
    Florida Seltzer Strawberry Kiwi
     
    Son of Man Someday Vermouth

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