Willamette Week

After a Record Year of Closures, Craft Breweries Are Rethinking Some Things

Are there too many craft breweries now? Not long ago, that would have seemed a laughable idea. But a wave of recent closures—including Lompoc Brewing’s Hedge House, BTU Brasserie and most notably the Commons at the red-hot intersection of Southeast 7th Avenue and Belmont Street last year—have beer geeks wondering if the craft bubble has finally burst.

Four Portland Beer Spots Got Major Upgrades This Year

Royale’s New Railside Taproom Offers a World of Brews on Ten Taps

Despite being very able to distribute its beers to supermarkets—it was founded by Portland’s a bottling company in 2015—Royale cheekily decided to start its brewery without an IPA.

Cascade Started the Sour Beer Trend in Portland, And Its Brewers Are Still Crafting Excellent Ales

When Cascade started making sours, they pretty much had the game to themselves—locally, at least. Fifteen years ago, the brewery started stuffing some fruit and bacteria into the wooden barrels left over from an oddball project in which they recreated the journey of transcontinental journey of traditional English IPAs.

You Can Now Eat Spicy, Funky, Kashmiri Soul Food at One of Portland’s Best Breweries

Kashmiri food is all about the devil’s dirt. Asafetida, which has acquired all sorts of hilarious nicknames going back to Alexander the Great, is a bulbous fennel known for its strong and funky odor. But when you cook its resin, the spice smooths into deep umami, an almost leeklike smoothness.

The Portland Outpost of San Diego’s Modern Times Brewery Pours Good Beer, at Very High Prices

Portland Now Has a Beer Tasting Room Devoted Full-Time to Showing Penguin and Whale Videos

The Nine Beers and Ciders We’re Most Excited to Try at the 2017 Cider and Beer Pro/Am Festival

We look forward to the Beer and Cider Pro/Am Festival pretty much all year, and not just because we’re putting on the event. This raucous fest is all about tapping the talent of homebrewers by teaming them up with some of the best breweries and cideries in town. Then we pit them against each other to pour at a huge party for the public.

The Nine Beers and Ciders We’re Most Excited to Try at the 2017 Cider and Beer Pro/Am Festival

We look forward to the Beer and Cider Pro/Am Festival pretty much all year, and not just because we’re putting on the event. This raucous fest is all about tapping the talent of homebrewers by teaming them up with some of the best breweries and cideries in town. Then we pit them against each other to pour at a huge party for the public.

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