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New Team Beers Will Debut at Providence Park When Fans Return for Matches This Month

As soccer fans prepare to head back into Providence Park to watch the Timbers and Thorns in person once again, they will also find a couple of new team beers waiting for them at the concession stands. When the Thorns play their home opener first on April 9, Pelican Brewing is introducing its beer made in collaboration with the team called the Side Tackle Hazy IPA. Meanwhile, the Timbers will also be getting their own beer courtesy of Widmer Brothers, a longstanding partner with the men’s Major League Soccer team. Debuting for the 2021 season is ‘Til I Die IPA, a classic West Coast take on the style.

Oregon Craft Beer Month and Zwickelmania Will Move Primarily Online This February

2021 would have been just the second time Oregon Craft Beer Month was held in February instead of July, ushering in four straight weeks of festivals, guided tastings and behind-the-scenes tours. Those events cannot continue as normal, of course. Large gatherings continue to be dangerous—and prohibited. But the party will go on virtually, which means drinking from your couch actually just got a whole lot more interesting this month.

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.

PH Experiment Creates Small Batches of Category-Crushing Drinks, From Hard Chai to Pickle Juice Gose

To make that happen, Olson and Bleigh work with co-creators across the country to forget and reimagine what they know about a good drink. They pour these dreams into limited-edition cans and gather feedback from their imbibers. Past experiments include a pickle juice gose, carbonated sangria, nitro hard chai tea and an alcohol-free tequila soda.

Watch a Tribute Video to Kurt and Rob Widmer, the Latest Inductees Into the Oregon Beer Awards Hall of Fame

Kurt and Rob Widmer, founders of Widmer Brothers Brewery and producers of the now-ubiquitous Hefeweizen, were part of a small group of pioneers that helped launch the modern craft beer industry in the mid-1980s. The duo were honored at the annual Oregon Beer Awards, held in front of a sold-out crowd at Revolution Hall in Southeast Portland on Feb. 18

Portland Loved Vodka, Blue Dream, Michelle Obama, Billie Eilish and Documentaries About Mushrooms In 2019

Portland’s year in numbers.

Anheuser-Busch is Buying Out Portland-Based Craft Brew Alliance

Three months after Anheuser-Busch InBev declined to make an offer to purchase the remaining stake of Portland-based Craft Brew Alliance, the world’s largest beer company will buy out the rest of the business.

Widmer Brothers Closes Its North Portland Pub After 23 Years

It’s the end of an era for one of the state’s oldest and largest breweries. Widmer Brothers has closed its pub and tasting room, effective today.

Dozens of Oregon Breweries Will Be Making the Same Beer to Raise Money for Victims of the Camp Fire

Most brewers work hard to create their own unique recipes. But more than 1,000 breweries across the country, including dozens across Oregon, are making the same batch in order to support those devastated by the deadly Camp Fire in Northern California.

Widmer’s New Saison Is the First Beer to Be Placed Inside One of the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative’s Fully Reusable Bottles

They can be washed and reused up to 40 times instead of being crushed and melted like the rest of your glass beverage receptacles

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