Rogue brewery in the sea port town of Newport

Newport, sounds like this town should be in North Carolina doesn’t it. Well it is not - it is in Oregon. We scooted back over to the coast for a couple of reasons. 1. To drive on the coastal highway more. 2. To go to Rogue Brewery. It was a typical port town and it smelled like fish. All the buildings were gray and/or blue and blended in with the sky making a pretty drab scene. There were sea scenes painted in mural fashion on the sides of some of the buildings, which helped a bit. We both like Rogue beers but Bradley really really likes them. I was not quite up for sampling so Brad stepped up and took one for the team and just had to drink by himself. I was there the next bar stool over to offer moral support for my team. The bar here was grungier than we expected, but the Brad said the beers were good. It was impressive how many taps there were and all from Rogue. The pub was right on the water and the brewery was right across the bay. We thought we were actually at the brewery and we were surprised by how small it was, but we were wrong. Brad got excited because they had a series of beers called Track Town. I assume because Oregon is known for its famous runners such as Pre. We purchased a pint glass with a picture of old smelly track shoes on it. I wanted to just take the glass but honest Abe (Brad) bought it even though it was over priced and she did not even get us a new one from a box but just grabbed on from her rotation and handed it over. All sorts of people have had their mouths all over these glasses before – yuck. At least they were washed. There were a bunch of weird halfway drunken locals and the bar tender was not rude but she was not nice either. She was a grumpster who I am guessing has been working in a restaurant for too long and needs to move on or find a happy place. The lady who was sitting next to us randomly was about to visit her younger brother in North Carolina. Even more randomly he had just graduated from App last year. It’s a small world after all. I sneezed a lot in this bar and then we moved on. Luckily we only had 15 minutes of driving ahead of us.