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Suttle Lodge’s Virtual Winter Beer Festival Aims to Raise $50,000 for the Local Restaurant Industry

Tickets are now on sale for the Suttle Lodge’s second annual Winter Beer Festival, which includes six-packs, commemorative mugs as well as optional raffle and Bingo add-ons. Then on Saturday, Feb. 20, participants will come together in front of their screens to enjoy their beers apart, but together, while watching everything from brewer panel discussions, to cooking classes led by chefs from restaurants like Ned Ludd and Sunshine Noodles, to musical performances. Organizers hope to raise $50,000 for the Independent Restaurant Alliance of Oregon by selling at least 1,000 tickets. All proceeds will go directly to the organization and its efforts to support businesses that have struggled to remain open during the past year.

The Portland Beer Scene Is Continuing to Expand in 2021

After a year when most everybody feared Portland’s acclaimed beer industry would crumble under the burden of COVID-19 restrictions and below-normal sales, perhaps the last thing you would expect to happen next is a growth spurt.

Two College Buddies Are Turning a Century-Old Portland Church Into an Awesome New Brewery

Brody Day and his business partner, Dustin Harder, had been looking for a place to start their own brewery. When they saw the church listed online, they knew they’d found the location—and the building found an unlikely savior.

Breakside Is One of Several Breweries Moving Forward With New Openings in 2021

As we head into the new year with more reasons to feel hopeful, some local brewers are boosting our optimism, and it’s not just because they’re still around. A number are moving forward with expansions despite the fact that they still face COVID-19 serving restrictions. Breakside Brewery is among those with the most ambitious projects, as The New School first reported. The Dekum-born brand is branching out to the suburbs and opening sites in Beaverton and Lake Oswego. It will also serve as the core beer bar at a developing food hall on Southeast 82nd Avenue.

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.

New Numbers From the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Show the Pandemic Is Hitting the Hospitality Industry Harder Than All Others

Today, the agency released its 2020 Economic and Revenue Forecast, which found that revenue for food and beverage establishments is down by more than 50 percent. The state’s entire leisure and hospitality sector will have shed 50,000 jobs this year, far more than any other field.

The Oregon Beer Awards Announces Its Fresh Hop Winners for the 2021 Competition

The Fresh Hop winners have been decided as part of the Oregon Beer Awards, and if there’s one thing this year’s competition makes clear it’s that Breakside knows what it’s doing when it comes to squeezing out some spectacular flavor from those little green cones. The Portland- and Milwaukie-based brewery won four of the nine medals in three categories that were judged earlier this month, including two golds for Fresh Hop Cascade Wanderlust and Fresh Hop Sterling Pils.

Oregon Breweries Won 22 Medals at the Great American Beer Festival

Despite the challenges associated with holding a massive competition during a global health crisis on both ends, Oregon breweries had a stellar showing, matching their 2018 high of 22 medals.

Astoria Has Come Up With a Unique Plan to Hold Its Annual Pacific Northwest Beer Cup

The Astoria Downtown Historic District Association has come up with a clever way to hold the annual Pacific Northwest Brew Cup without jamming hundreds of bodies together in a single space. Instead of hosting the event on the waterfront next to the Columbia River Maritime Museum, participants will sample beer by taking a walking tour of the town.

Base Camp Brewing Will Shut Its Doors Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Base Camp Brewing announced this afternoon on its Instagram account that it will be closing its brewpub at 930 SE Oak St. “for the foreseeable future” due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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