The 10 Best and Most Iconic Beer Bars in Oregon

Where to Get Proper Cask Ales Inside and Outside Portland

Higgins was the first fine-dining spot in Portland to focus on beer from local breweries, and in their classic wood-grain bar they always keep one cask-conditioned beer from a local brewery on tap—recently a 12-percent Orange Giant barleywine from Ecliptic.

Upright’s Going Gris, Made With Experimental Winery Minimus, is the White Wine of Fruit Beers

Upright fermented 100 pounds of grape with orchard yeast, blended with a mix of saison and rose beer, and aged it in acacia for about six months.

Baileys Taproom Is the Prince of Downtown Beer Bars

But if Bailey’s is too busy, the biggest little secret in the Portland beer scene is the Upper Lip.

Beer Buyers Are the New Rock Stars of the Craft Beer World. We Crawled Across Town To Rank Their Lists.

On a recent Wednesday afternoon, four of our writers spent 10 hours crawling between 12 of the city’s finest beer bars to find the best.

Where to Get Crowlers in Portland

A friend to forgetful growler fans everywhere, the crowler is like a steroidal tallboy that bottle shops and breweries can spin together on the spot using Space Age technology.

The Best Portland Bars for Hardcore Beer Geeks

Bailey’s Taproom is still the best and most popular beer bar in downtown Portland, with 25 hand-selected taps stocked with the rarest, newest and most-desirable pours.

Beer Hall: Roscoe's Tenth Anniversary, Matt Ward's Bottle Share, and NYE at Bailey's Taproom

Rare pours emerge from cellars citywide this week, allowing you a seemingly endless amount of good sips before your resolution to cut back on liquid bread and hit the gym kicks in.