Beloved Downtown Beer Bar Bailey’s Taproom Has Closed Its Doors Indefinitely

No one really needed further proof that 2020 is utter garbage, but the hits just keep on coming, as Bailey’s Taproom, the beloved downtown beer bar, is closing due to a loss of revenue amid the pandemic.

Bailey’s Taproom

The 26-strong rotating tap selection and streamlined maze of barstools demonstrates beer drinking at its most efficient.

Bailey’s Taproom is the Best Beer Bar on the Westside

In a world of beer-geek dens, Bailey’s Taproom welcomes all.

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.