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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

The Best of What’s Left of Portland Beer Week

The “week” kicked off June 7, but there’s still plenty left on the docket.

The Five Hottest Beer Trends of the Season

Summer guzzlin’

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.

Widmer Brothers Thinks Outside the Six-Pack

Last year, these pioneers decided to shutter their full-service restaurant and replace it with a more intimate taproom.

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