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Portland Brewing Will Close in February After 34 Years of Business

One of the breweries from the class of the mid-’80s that helped put Portland on the map as a beer mecca is shutting its doors for good.

Great Notion Has Begun Offering Direct-to-Consumer Shipping Through UPS

Getting beer dropped at your doorstep became common last spring following the stay-at-home order, but Great Notion now offers direct-to-customer shipping through UPS in Oregon. The service launched this month.

The Habits We Picked Up

After a year in isolation, hobbies turn to habits, and the longer this goes on, the more permanent they become.

Restaurants and Bars Should See Some Assistance From the Congressional COVID-19 Relief Package

After a seven-month long stalemate, Congressional Republicans and Democrats appear to have reached an agreement on a COVID-19 relief package—which includes some much-needed money directed at bars and restaurants. U.S. Rep Earl Blumenauer has been pushing Congress for months to pass the Restaurants Act, which he originally introduced, in order to help those small businesses in ways the Paycheck Protection Program fell short. Senate Republicans blocked the inclusion of a revitalization fund for independent restaurants in the latest relief bill. But Congressman Blumenauer, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, did manage to secure several changes to the PPP, which should improve it for food and drink establishments, which have been devastated by pandemic restrictions.

Astoria’s Buoy Beer and Pilot House Distilling Are Preparing for Growth Along the Columbia River

Buoy Beer is expanding its footprint on Astoria’s historic Riverwalk. This last summer, the nearly 7-year-old brewery moved into the Astor Street building just across the path used by both pedestrians and a seasonal trolley from its pub, formerly home to a video rental store, and turned it into a giant drinking hall. Now the business is literally raising the roof on that structure in order to accommodate a new 50-barrel, four-vessel brewhouse along with more fermentation tanks.

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While Their Pubs Remain Shut, Some Breweries Are Turning Them Into Marketplaces

But in the meantime, owners aren’t letting their pubs sit idle. Some are transforming those spaces into marketplaces, whether in-person or virtual, to boost their own sales while also helping others during this difficult time. Hopworks is the most recent brewery to open what it’s calling a “seasonal B Store,” which is a nod to the business’s B Corporation certification. The status lets potential customers know that the company makes decisions not just out of concern for profit, but also considers the impact on the environment, its employees and the community at large.

As Taprooms Closed, Full Sail Brewing Pivoted to Hard Kombucha

It produces more gallons than the five largest Oregon wineries combined.

Oregon Public House Has Closed Its Doors for the Foreseeable Future

Winter is technically still more than three weeks away, but already another brewery has decided it won’t even try to make it through the next season. Oregon Public House announced today on its website and social media platforms that it will be closing its doors until its “board of directors determines that it will be safe and sustainable” to reopen.

Breweries and Bars Are Starting to Close or Move to Outdoor-Only Service During the Two-Week Pause

We’re only two days into Gov. Kate Brown’s two-week pause in nine counties, and already bars and restaurants are throwing in the towel for the duration—or strongly considering it. This evening, Von Ebert Brewing’s founder, Tom Cook, announced that he will close its two properties for the duration of the period where in-person dining has been capped at 50 people, including the staff. The move is meant to help quell the skyrocketing coronavirus caseload in Oregon, which has still managed to fare better than almost every other state in the country in keeping infection rates down.

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