Mt Tabor Brewing

Amazing beer! Highly recommend it! Check the hours before you head down but it’s well worth a trip. They’ve got their beers down and lots of choices :)

The beer was kinda sweet… like Splenda sweet. I’m 32.
The view of Mt. Tabor is not. Mt. Tabor is in another state.
The hilarious names of their beers reflect the 3 years they have believed they were in Portland while actually being in Vancouver. 3 damned years.
However this one guy that hangs out there is p cool.

I’m updating my review and downgrading my rating because of their horrible hours. My husband and I went here on a Friday night and started looking over the beer list. We immediately got ushered out rather rudely by a bar tender who told us that they closed at 8 and would not be serving. I was completely in awe that they would close at 8 o’clock on a Friday. In addition, we have tried to go multiple times before that and they were closed every time whether weekend or weekday which is absurd for a downtown taproom. They need some consistency in hours or they will lose our business for good, especially since Heathen has opened up right down the street.

I really like the beer. I tried their simcoe SMASH and it was great! I wish there was more seating and open more days!

Awesome name! Great branding!
Minus some stars for — you know — placing the business nowhere near Mt. Tabor. Wrong city, wrong state — major cop out. I will never be able to wrap my brain around supporting this joint, although I’m sure the beer is far less terrible than the Cougs.

If you want some amazing beer come here! The only thing I don’t like are the hours, only being open Thursday and Fridays. But hands down the best beer in town.

Love me some Mt. Tabor! I discovered them a few months ago when I moved downtown Vancouver — just a block away. Small, cozy, and laid back with a wide variety of delicious brew always on tap. Toasty nuts has to be my all time fave. The staff is always super friendly and the beer always tasty! Want food? They have a small menu from Low Bar around the corner that delivers. Thanks Mt. Tabor for always starting off my weekends right!

Love this place. My Husband and I have been going to Mt. tabor for almost 2 years now. Eric, the owner and brew master, is a great guy. He’s very friendly and delivers a great product and excellent customer service. The beer is very flavorful and he always has a great selection. He frequently has Dj’s and food trucks and it’s always a good time. The other patrons are regulars and very friendly. Great atmosphere with a casual vibe.
Eric puts on great first Friday events too.
Check out Mt. tabor.

For beer drinkers it’s a great place to hold an event. The staff was great during the WSU Cougar Pub Crawl 2013. It was the first stop and the best stop. Looking forward to returning to enjoy a tasting.

Cant wait to see it in the store.

It’s an open space and rather boring, standing room only, you go up to a bar and order a beer and they pour you a pint. The beer is okay, comparable to most microbrews in Portland. So if it’s not the beer that makes me want to go back to this place, what’s next?
I realize that this is a tasting room and most tasting rooms don’t offer amenities such as chairs and food. However, if the beer is not great, they need some redeeming factors: great atmosphere, great staff, and light fare.
They don’t serve food, and their service is average at best. The owner does not seem to really want to talk about his beer. Most microbrews I’ve been to, the brewmaster is always stoked about talking about beer, the beer making process, etc. I got a «I’m snooty» vibe from him. He was nice and all, but I just didn’t get a welcoming feel from him at all.
I appreciate the concept. However, when it’s okay beer, okay service, no chairs, no music, and no food. It’s hard to love this place.

I quite enjoy finding diamonds in the rough. Love finding places that the Unilocaling community hasn’t completely found just yet and giving them some good words in hopes of them getting more business. Not that this place apparently really needs Unilocal to establish a good business. On the Saturday afternoon that we were there, we might have been the second and third people to walk through the doors, but we certainly weren’t the last.
My date and I were looking for a place to find an afternoon beer on a beautiful weekend summer day. Upon another smart phone search, we came across one place that she had been to previously. The bad thing was that they were closed so our second choice ended up being Mt. Tabor. This was not a bad thing. Now it would be my first choice for a cold beer in Vancouver, WA.
Mt. Tabor is a very unassuming place. It is a fairly small room. Production side is over to the right (upon entering) and the tasting side is on the left. Simple as that. Seems like they offer 4 rotating drafts on any given day. Actually I think right now they are only open Friday’s and weekends, but I might be incorrect on that one. We did speak to the owner/​brewer and he still does work a full time job, but hopes to do this as his full time job soon. I think he said eventually he would be open Thursday nights as well.
To the most important part of the review. The beer. I had the Red Lion Red as I didn’t really want their summery beer which was an IPA on this visit. The Red Lion was perfect for the warm weather. Not too hoppy. Just a very easy drinking beer. We took our beers over to one of the standing tables and watched as the crowd got bigger and bigger. Sadly they don’t have tables outside. We were hoping to sit outside, but that wasn’t an option. I hope it becomes an option at some point as they are down a side street that doesn’t get much traffic and it would be the perfect place to set up some tables for the weather we have here for the next few months.
Not too many brewing options here in Vancouver so check out Mt. Tabor. If you like good beer served in a very unassuming place, there is no doubt in my mind that you will like this place.

First, this review is somewhat skewed (+1 star) by the fact this is Vancouver, and they deserve proper perspective and context. Yes, some of PDX’s finest breweries are a mere 10 minute drive away, but sometimes us locals don’t want to drive/​bike/​C-​Tran-​it anywhere. It’s all relative, right?
Anyway, since relocating and reopening in downtown Vancouver late last year, visiting Mt. Tabor Brewing’s tasting room Friday nights has never disappointed. I’m sure it’s significantly cheaper to operate here, but it is odd to still be named after a Portland, OR land-​feature/​neighborhood. Anyway, I can’t say the beer is great, but it’s not bad either. I’ve gotten the impression there are some kinks and adjustments to work out with the new digs and equipment. I expect improvements.
The service is solid, and it’s your typical atmosphere for a brewery tasting room; smells like malt, surrounded by brewing equipment, concrete, etc.
If you do some combo of Tabor, By the Bottle, Salmon Creek (just purchased by By the Bottle), and Brickhouse on a Friday evening, it’s not much different than an evening in PDX. Worth a chance.

These guys just reopened after moving north across the Columbia River. Although they have a nice location in downtown Vancouver that is open to customers, the ordinary retail operation is still very much in development. Currently (as of Fall 2011), the tasting room is open only on Fridays from 4PM to closing (whenever that might be). The owner (Eric) serves the beer and is more than willing to talk about any aspect of his business and plans. The facility is very industrial as you are being served and will be drinking amidst commercial brewing equipment.
The space is otherwise pretty spartan. There’s a nice stainless bar to belly up to and there are 3 – 4 chest height round tables to gather around with your pints. No chairs or stools. There is a clean bathroom.
Minors are allowed in the tasting room and Eric has a bucket of sidewalk chalk available for the really young ones. But parents are advised to hit up the new Vancouver library (just three blocks away) for a few books if they plan on spending more than a few minutes in the tasting room.
But on to the beer. As they are essentially restarting their business, supply has been spotty. The P5 pale ale has been consistently on tap and is very good (and quite bitter). Although the Asylum IPA has a substantially higher IBU rating than the pale ale, it seems much more mellow. Don’t expect something like Hop Czar or some of the more aggressive Pacific NW IPAs. He also has a unique rye pale ale that is made with some sort of tea. An interesting experiment but I don’t know if I’d get a second pint in one visit. I’m really waiting for some darker efforts as the stout that is on tap at Seraveza is awesome. It’s pretty brutal at 7.5% ABV so you only get half pints when it does become available but it’s awesome. I was told in mid November 2011 that a similar stout or porter should be available in the tasting room before year’s end.
I stopped in right at 4PM on a totally cold and rainy Friday in November and there were already a dozen people in line. When I left 30 minutes later, there were about 20 people in the place. I hope this is a portend of good things to come for Mt. Tabor Brewing. In fact, I am a bit worried about them getting too popular for this space. Check this place out as the beer is good, you’ll be supporting the emerging craft brewing scene in Vancouver, and you can learn a lot about the trials of getting a business like this up and running direct from the source.
PS — he apparently plans to start selling growlers later this month. Additionally, Eric said that he would fill soda kegs eventually (so call before you bring something in). Like most places that fill soda kegs, you’ll need to bring the key in clean and pressurized. I’m not sure about pricing for either option.
Finally, the best way to get up to date info about what’s on tap and open hours is their facebook page.

Can’t wait for Mt. Tabor Brewing to open their doors next. Having another brewery in the downtown Vancouver area will be a breath of fresh air. Having already tried some of their outstanding ales, I know the brewery will thrive in their new location.