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In honor of the first festival of beers made only within Portland city limits, here are the first beers made by every brewery in the city:
BridgePort
Brewing
November 1984 as Columbia River Brewing
BridgePort Ale
Widmer Brothers
April 1985
Altbier
Hillsdale Brewery
(McMenamins)
October 1985
Hillsdale Ale
Portland Brewing
March 1986
Bert Grant's Ale
Fulton Brewery
(McMenamins)
May 1988
Cascade Head G
olden Ale
Oak Hills
(McMenamins)
August 1990
Golden Oak traditional English-style bitter
Tugboat Brewing
Sometime in 1993
Declined to comment
13 Virtues
October 1993
Independence Pale Ale
Hair of the Dog
November 1993
"Adam"
Lucky Labrador
October 1994
Königs Kölsch
Rock Bottom
November 1994
Pelican Pale
Alameda
Brewing
August 1996
Klickitat Pale Ale
Lompoc
Brewing
December 1996
Erstfest Amber Ale
Crystal
Ballroom
(McMenamins)
February 1997
Gold Ale
Concordia
(McMenamins)
September 1997
Cascade Head
(Golden Ale)
Raccoon Lodge
December 1998
Ring Tail Pale Ale
Laurelwood
Brewery
March 2001
Vienna Lager
Mash Tun
September 2005
Kilgore Stout
Hopworks Urban
Brewery
September 2007
Organic Hopworks IPA
Upright Brewing
April 2009
Billy the Mountain
Deschutes Portland
May 2008
Armory XPA
Natian Brewery
September 2009
Everyday Mild IPA
Migration
Brewing
February 2010
Migration Pale Ale
Pints Brewing
April 2010
Seismic IPA
Breakside
May 2010
Irish-Style Dry Stout
Coalition
Brewing
June 2010
Mr. Pig's Pale Ale
The Commons
June 2010 as Beetje Brewery; renamed in December 2011
Urban Farmhouse Ale
Columbia River
Brewing Co.
July 2010
Columbia River
Brewing Pale
Burnside Brewing
December 2010
Burnside IPA
Buckman
Botanical Brewery
June 2011
Chamellow pale ale
with chamomile
Occidental
Brewing
June 2011
Kölsch
Portland U-Brew
June 2011
Sacred Smoke smoked IPA
Sasquatch
Brewing
October 2011
Healy Heights
Pale Ale
Fire on the
Mountain
November 2011
11 Pale Ale
Humble Brewing
November 2011
IPA
Ground Breaker
December 2011
Ground Breaker
Pale Ale
Old Town Pizza
December 2011
Stout
Base Camp
November 2012
In-Tents India
Pale Lager
Gigantic Brewing
May 2012
Gigantic IPA
Kells Brew Pub
August 2012
Kells Irish Red Ale
Ecliptic
Brewing
October 2013
Procyon Pale Ale
Awesome Ales
October 2013
Southern Sky
French Pale
Uptown Market
Brewery opened
November 2013
Stop Work Stout
Baerlic
Brewing
June 2014
Cavalier Cream Ale
StormBreaker
Brewing
February 2014
Mississippi Red Ale
Royale Brewing
April 2014
Fat Unicorn Pale Ale
Ex Novo Brewing
July 2014
Eliot IPA
BTU Brasserie
August 2014
Out for a Rip IPA
Fat Head's Brewery
November 2014
No. 1 Saison
10 Barrel
Brewing
March 2015
Pearl Pale Ale
Culmination
Brewing
May 2015
Citrus Sour
GO: The Portland Craft Brewers Festival is July 3-5. 4-10 pm Friday, noon-10 pm Saturday, noon-7 pm Sunday. The Fields Park, 1099 NW Overton St. $20 for 10-15 tasters. portlandcraftbeerfestival.com.
WWeek 2015