Portland Oregon is the "beer capital of the world". Hood River is the "beer capitol of the Columbia R. Gorge". Astoria is the "beer capitol of the Oregon Coast". And My Chauffeur is the "capitol brewery tour company of Portland!", and has the spectacular Portland Brew Bus (see at bottom).
GO 3/4s Down the Page for Hood River and the Oregon Coast (Astoria) Breweries
Portland, Oregon
Our current line-up or your custom choice below: (this list may change without notice) - Tasting Tips
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'TOP 50' BREWERY LIST
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Portland's Small But Mighty Breweries! (+ Selections by District (N. Mississippi, Westside & Central Eastside), Hood River & Astoria)
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McMenamins - My Chauffeur Brewpub Tours also do the McMenamin's Kozmik Beer Tour,
"If you are looking for a grand, themed, whimsical brewpub tour...and you enjoy your beer with great atmosphere and a side of local history and historic architecture, don't miss 3 or 4 of the dozens of pubs operated by the McMenamin Brothers. You can enjoy the elementary school experience, the poor farm experience, the Masonic Temple experience or the tiny flat-iron building looking out onto busy Portland experience, among others. They all come with Portland's crunchy vibe, psychedelic art and a slightly country feel." The Pearl.
Take your pick from any of the McMenamin's locations sprinkled all over town and the outlying areas. This is an institution in Portland. Buildings run the gamut from renovated historic hotels, grade schools to old to restored movie theaters. McMenamin's beers offer a full range of microbrews, with some great seasonals like Purple Haze. Some of our favorites in or near Portland are the Kennedy School, Ringlers Annex, The White Eagle and Edgefield, a great property 15 mins from downtown that is an old county poor farm, a designated National Historic Landmark and has a winery & distillery too. Each of these properties come with a heated salt-water soaking pool, so bring your suit. Or just stroll around the property with beer in hand. Check out the details HERE. Cheers!
"If you are looking for a grand, themed, whimsical brewpub tour...and you enjoy your beer with great atmosphere and a side of local history and historic architecture, don't miss 3 or 4 of the dozens of pubs operated by the McMenamin Brothers. You can enjoy the elementary school experience, the poor farm experience, the Masonic Temple experience or the tiny flat-iron building looking out onto busy Portland experience, among others. They all come with Portland's crunchy vibe, psychedelic art and a slightly country feel." The Pearl.
Take your pick from any of the McMenamin's locations sprinkled all over town and the outlying areas. This is an institution in Portland. Buildings run the gamut from renovated historic hotels, grade schools to old to restored movie theaters. McMenamin's beers offer a full range of microbrews, with some great seasonals like Purple Haze. Some of our favorites in or near Portland are the Kennedy School, Ringlers Annex, The White Eagle and Edgefield, a great property 15 mins from downtown that is an old county poor farm, a designated National Historic Landmark and has a winery & distillery too. Each of these properties come with a heated salt-water soaking pool, so bring your suit. Or just stroll around the property with beer in hand. Check out the details HERE. Cheers!
TOURS BY DISTRICT/QUADRANT
N. MISSISSIPPI/ WILLIAMS AVE: https://www.travelportland.com/itinerary/mississippiwilliams-brewery-tour/
- Ecliptic Brewing -(825 N Cook St.) 265-8002) You may not have yet stopped by Ecliptic Brewing, but you've almost certainly had John Harris' beer. The Oregon brewing luminary perfected the recipes for some of the state's most iconic brews, including Deschutes' Black Butte Porter and McMenamins' Hammerhead. Harris spent three decades working under others, most recently at Full Sail. Now, he's his own boss, running a just-opened brewpub in a colossal former auto-body shop off Mississippi Avenue. The space pays homage to Harris' love of astronomy, with constellations pinpricked in the concrete walls and a chandelier shaped like a lopsided figure eight to represent the sun's path through the sky. The beers, accordingly, are named after stars. Try the supremely balanced Procyon Pale Ale or the Spica Hefepils, which is bottom-fermented like a Pilsner but unfiltered-it's a cloudy golden lager with a pleasant, lingering bitterness. On a recent Friday, the place was packed, with grown-ups eating trout po' boys and kids munching on grilled cheese. I'll be back in a few weeks-Harris plans to roll out new beers around the solstices and equinoxes, and next up is a hearty winter ale. WW
- Stormbreaker Brewing - 832 N. Beech St. Portland
- Prost! - ŦŘ 4237 N Mississippi Ave., 954-2674 Not a brewpub itself, but it's always Oktoberfest here, a cheery neighborhood bar with a rotating tap list of hard-to-find German beers.
- Hopworks Bikebar (3947 N WILLIAMS AVE. F-T FD ORG - Hours: Sunday–Thursday 11:00am–11 pm; Friday–Saturday 11:00am–midnight F-T FD ORG - Eco-brewpub with hand-crafted organic beer and fresh local ingredients (they walk the talk of reduce, reuse, recycle!). Tours available. VIDEO.
Come inside to see what makes our town sooooo Portland by ordering an organic beer, a vegan or gluten-free item and then going next door to the tattoo parlor! Their one of about a dozed breweries in the U.S. to exclusively brew organic beers. Yes...it's a big deal. Insider's Tip - The Survival "7 Grain" Stout and Hopworks IPA are 2 classics, but don't pass the chance to try special releases, like a Belgium strong ale or fresh hop blonde. Insider's Tip #2: At the N Williams location, jump on one of the stationary bikes out front and get into time trial form. Each pedal stroke produces for the off-the-grid ECoFlats building that houses the Bikebar - (PSSTS! - Each Fall they throw a Bide-to-Beer-Fest, with live music, bike competitions (like BMX throwing) and plenty of beer.) - Lompoc Brewing 5th Quadrant and Sidebar 3901 & 3901A N Williams Ave. Portland, OR 97217 503-288-3996 Right next to Hopworks Bikebar, it's a classic Portland brewery brewing delicious beers including special barrel-aged ales available for tasting at the attached Sidebar.
- Amnesia Brewing Company 832 N Beech Portland, OR 97227 503-281-7708 It always feels like a beach party here, even on rainy days. Formerly a run-down neighborhood, it has become one of the 1st businesses to anchor what has become a prime destination for eating, shopping and drinking. (Insider's Tip - The Copacetic is one of Portland's classic IPAs. Pours cloudy and orange and tastes hop piney. Enjoy it with a brat topped with kraut.) (PSSTS! - Their annual Single Hop Fest features beers made with a single hop!
- Saraveza - 1004 N Killingsworth This beer bar & bottleshop is a cross between a Victorian parlor and 70s rec room...a wonderful dark & cozy place hi ceilings, vintage beer kitsch and bottle cap mosaics. (Insider's Tip - Every second Monday, slices of homemade bacon with every pint, but only if you ask) - (PSSTS! - The bars name is a play on the owners name (Sarah Pederson).
WEST SIDE DT/ PEARL DIST./ NW Industrial/ Old-Town/ WALKING TOUR: https://www.travelportland.com/itinerary/pearl-district-nw-portland-brewery-itinerary/
(List in no particular order; open hours should be checked and confirmed):
* All breweries in this district OPEN about 11:30AM, and close by 10 or 11PM. In other districts, they close by 12 midnight or earlier (Breakside 11:30-11pm, Gigantic 12-10pm, Deschutes 11-12am and Lucky Lab 11-12am)
**What we mean by this is that they carry Boneyard RPM IPA (7.5%!). Casa Diablo
- Deschutes Brewery & Public House* - FD (210 NW 11th Ave.) HOURS Sun-Tues 11am-10pm Wed-Thurs 11am-11pm Fri-Sat 11am-12am It's still on the short-list for the state's best brewery, and has a huge selection--everything from 4.5% cask ales, experimental Belgium's to imperial giants. Try their Fresh-Squeezed IPA. In the Pearl. This Portland-outpost brewpub (originally from Bend Oregon) is a tight-tabled Pearl District beer barn, not overtly pleasant, but one settles in immediately upon tasting its rotating array of interesting seasonals and experimentals. Winter favorites included the Cassis Abbey, a wine-stained black currant sour with a dry finish, and the fireplace comforts of the house's Bomb Squad Smoked Imperial, which clambers back to tickle the entire top of the palate, and maybe even the sinuses, before settling into dark chocolate. So even if you're rammed too close to some dude who just tricked out his Dodge Ram for no reason at all, the taster tray will soon distract you, and the servers are overworked but quick on delivery. And their garlic burger comes with whole cloves of garlic so soft you can spread them around! MATTHEW KORFHAGE. WW Some of the one-offs beers are brewed on-site in the shining copper kettles, but most are brewed in the larger Bend brewery. Classics include Mirror Pond and Black Butte Porter. But don't ignore the one-offs, which include saisons to black IPAs, raspberry stouts, smoked wheat beers and gluten-free spiced golden ales. Insider's Tip - There is always 2 beers on cask. Try the same beer on cask and keg and notice the difference, all in the name of beerducation) - (PSSTS! - 5th largest craft brewery in the U.S.)
- BridgePort CLOSED (1313 NW MARSHALL ST. | 3632 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Hours - Tuesday - Thursday 11:30am - 11:00pm; Friday - Saturday 11:30am - 12:00am; Sunday - Monday 11:30am - 10:00pm ) F-T FD - Located in the welcoming Pearl District; Great burgers, creative Hawaiian food, pasta, and pizza. And, of course, the beer is legendary. Oregon's oldest craft brewery at 30 years old, producing high quality innovative ales. There are two pub locations in Portland, one in the Northwest (in the historic Pearl District in a century-old warehouse on the National Historic Register-brick and old-growth timber) and one in Southeast, to cover you no matter what side of the Willamette River you find yourself on. Its IPA recently won the world-championship trophy, and it will be served to you in "Imperial" pints - that's 20 ounces. Take a free tour of what happens behind the scenes if you want to see how it all comes together (Saturday's at 1, 3 & 5pm or by appt.). Gleaming stainless steel tanks offer a hint at what happens at this large-scale brewery. Most famous for their floral IPAs, you may catch an annual seasonal like Stumptown Tart, made with Oregon berries and aged in oak barrels! In October, you'll be trying their fresh hop beer, made with hops right off the vine from a farm an hour outside of town. Insider's Tip - Sit on the former loading dock--now the outdoor dining area--to properly savor Oregon's bounty) - (PSSTS! - Ask about the limited edition barrel-aged beers)
- Rogue Ales Public House & Rogue Eastside FD - (2 locations @ 1339 NW Flanders & 929 SE 9th Ave.) Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11AM - 12AM; Friday & Saturday: 11AM - 1AM; Sunday: 11AM - 11PM Rogue is a small revolution, which expresses itself through handcrafted Ales, Porters, Stouts, Lagers and Spirits, and this is the way they conduct their business. The spirit of the Rogue brand, even the name, suggests doing things differently, a desire and a willingness to change the status quo. They believe if a Rogue Ale, Porter, Stout, Lager or Spirit cannot be all of these things, it should not be made at all. Based in Newport, they make some uniquely homegrown brews using malted baley and aromatic hops from Oregon farms owned by the brewery. These beers make up the "Chatoe" series, which expresses Oregon terroir. The whole array of their brews are available on tap and in bottles at this outpost.
- Portland Brewing/ Pyramid Brewing CLOSED (2730 NW 31st) HOURS: Monday 11:00am - 9:00pm; Tuesday - Thursday 11:00am - 10:00pm; Friday 11:00am - 11:00pm; Saturday 12:00pm - 11:00pm; Sunday 12:00pm - 9:00pm FD - Home of McTarnahan's Taproom/Pyramid Breweries. Every year Portland Brewing has a charity keg-tossing contest, and the throwers have to wear kilts! The Taproom with their great copper brewing tanks in Northwest Portland serves up great pints or samples and food to go with them. Portland Brewing offers a tasty core of staple beers throwing some great seasonal mixes in to keep it interesting.
- Breakside Brewery-Slabtown (1570 NW 22nd ave.) FD - Gaining instant fame in 2015 for their IPA ("Best Beer in Oregon"), they are known for experimental ales using culinary ingredients. The brewery makes beer in many idiom's (IPAs, pilsners, kolsches, saisons and abbeys). 2 locations in the NW (Slabtown) and NE (out toward the airport). The space impresses: window-paneled garage doors and a larger-than-life mural mark the entrance. With two stories and two bars (soon to be three when the rooftop is completed), the Slabtown brewpub will offer 16 of its exclusive beers on tap and spruced-up pub grub-like massive cheese and meat-filled tater tots, jalapeño poppers, and Jacobsen Salt-finished nachos! They're making a range of unique brews that blur the lines of food and beer...think beer brewed with whole pumpkins, fresh herbs, cedar boughs, chestnuts, lychee and more. Their Collaboration Fall Harvest Ale (Made with tomatoes, corn, roasted chiles and lime) will have you salsa dancing through the brewery in September. (Insider's Tip - The Aztec Ale is made with cocoa as well as habanero and serrano peppers) - (PSSTS! - The seasonal beers move fast here--if you see a good one, get it now.)
- Ringlers Annex Cellar Bar FD - A hidden McMenamin's gem frequented by in-the-know locals.
- Von Ebert Brewery, 131 NW 13th Ave., Portland, OR 97209 (503)820-7721 - If you ask, you might score a tour. If you make prior arrangements, they will try to accommodate a tour.
- 10 Barrel Brewing* 1411 NW Flanders St. - While owned by Anhauser-Busch, this Bend gem still carries it's charm in a nice roof-top setting.
- PINTS Brewing - 412 NW 5th Ave. Very Portland--Coffee shop in the morning and taproom in the evening. A beer oasis in the otherwise parched old-town zone. They make consistently sessionable English-style ales, from an ESB to a red ale. Insider's Tip - The Steel Bridge Stout is delightfully creamy with a hint of dryness) - (PSSTS! - Live music Fridays/Saturdays liven up this quiet watering hole)
- Old Town Pizza & Brewing* - 226 NW Davis & 5201 NE MLK. Located in the old Merchants Hotel lobby in Old-town, this is a haunted experience and have an official haunted tour. Try the Sun Dazed Kolsch and Shanghai IPA or Brussels Black Ale if you like dark beers.
- Great Notion Brewing Sun-Thurs 12pm-10pm; Fri and Sat 12pm-11 pm - 2204 NE Alberta St. (503) 548-4491 & 2444 NW 28th Ave. - FD "Juice Sr. is a citrusy IPA that has the smoothest finish I've ever had in an IPA. It has just the right amount of hoppy, floral notes. It is an extremely potent beer at 8.2%, but you'd never know it while drinking it. I can't recommend this beer enough." YELP Great Notion Ripe IPA - Winner of WWs Feb 2018 blind taste test of damn near every IPA in Portland. It's "a candied IPA so creamy and fruity it almost shoots off into its own category of beer." SHOUTOUT - Winner of WWs Feb 2018 blind taste test of damn near every IPA in Portland. It's "a candied IPA so creamy and fruity it almost shoots off into its own category of beer."
- Backwoods - 231 NW 11th ave.
- Kells Irish Pub* - 112 SW 2nd ave.
* All breweries in this district OPEN about 11:30AM, and close by 10 or 11PM. In other districts, they close by 12 midnight or earlier (Breakside 11:30-11pm, Gigantic 12-10pm, Deschutes 11-12am and Lucky Lab 11-12am)
**What we mean by this is that they carry Boneyard RPM IPA (7.5%!). Casa Diablo
CENTRAL EASTSIDE: https://www.travelportland.com/itinerary/central-eastside-brewery-tour/
https://www.wweek.com/beerguide/2020/02/19/southeast-portland-route-1/
https://www.wweek.com/beerguide/2020/02/19/southeast-portland-route-1/
- Hair of the Dog Brewing Co. FD - (61 SE YAMHILL ST.) - Hours can be limited 11:30AM - 10PM, SUN 11:30AM - 8PM) In this big, boxy former warehouse; what looms large is the outstanding ales. With cult following status, these beers were made to be cellared and aged and are highly collectible. The complex big beers are named after the brewmasters friends, Fred, Adam, Ruth, Matt & Michael. Take your time no matter what you drink--these beers deserve your full attention. Insider's Tip - You can order rare bottles inside the tasting room, such as "From the Wood" beers. Blue Dot is one of the more delicate and interesting of the IPAs in town) - (PSSTS! - The owner/brewer likes to cook. The short ribs braised in beer and mac n cheese are his.) - SHOUTOUT - When Adam (Hair of the Dog's 1st beer) debuted in 1993, it showed Portland what mature brewing looked like. It's a giant beer, dark and smoky and very very rich. But tread lightly on Adam (10% abv!). Only available at Hair of the Dog.
- Wayfinder Beer - PATIO* FIRE PIT 304 SE 2nd ave. 503-718-BEER; Sun-Wed. 11-10pm Thurs-Sat. 11-midnight - Voted 'Best Brewpub', 'Best Brewer' & 'Brewery of the Year' by New School beer blog (2018) - Article - Portland’s newest brewery/cocktail bar is Wayfinder Beer, and with almost 9,000 square feet it can fit a massive crowd. The sprawling wood deck itself can fit a hundred guests. With umbrellas for shade, a fire pit for warmth in the evenings, and Wayfinder’s own lagers finally on tap, it’s sure to bring in crowds all summer long. *A lot of breweries have outdoor patios, but this is one of the best.
- Cascade Barrel House 939 SE Belmont St. Hours: Sun - Mon: Noon - 10pm; Tues - Thu: Noon - 11pm; Fri - Sat: Noon - 12am FD - Cascade Barrel House is particularly interesting, serving beers aged for up to 18 months in oak barrels and lambic-style sour beers flavored with apricot or cherry. An oddity you won't soon forget with big oak barrels bubbling with beers-in-progress--barrel aged sour ales blended with everything from figs to peaches to lemon peel to apricots. Insider's Tip - Every Tuesday at 6, a guest taps the barrel of the day which includes a spray of beer called the 'sour shower') - (PSSTS! - This is no fancy bar: Sports are on the TV behind the bar and the food is served in plastic baskets) - SHOUTOUT: Cascade Noyaux - It's been 10 years since Cascade started making its very strong, very tart 'Northwest Sours'. Using Lactobacillus, aged months or years in barrels and usually flavored with local fruits, they're unique to the city and the world. It's hugely laborious and time--consuming and worth a try. We'd also recommend Apricot Ale or Kriek, but Noyaux best illustrates Cascade's approach... After shucking the fruit off for other beers, they take the stone, crack it and remove the meat (the noyaux) which gives this beer its amaretto-to-maraschino flavor. Only available at Cascade.
- Modern Times - There's no better place in Portland to snap a trendy photo of a hazy IPA, sweet stout, or neon-red kettle sour. A giant mural of Macho Man Randy Savage gazes toward a wall collage of comic book pages inside this cavernous taproom, just around the corner from a food window designed to look like a San Diego taco truck (if it were a lifesize piñata). For those of us without blue checkmarks on Instagram, the SoCal brand's Portland outpost can be a bit much. But if you look past the sea of perfectly dressed beer tourists (and the more obvious styles), you'll find some of the city's finest beers. I've been particularly obsessed with the lagers. If the taproom has it, try the Italian Pilsner, which marries crackery malt with perfumey modern hopping techniques—taming the face-melting flavors of Modern Times' hazy IPAs. Parker Hall. WW
- Coalition Brewing Co. (2724 SE Ankeny St.) 894-8080 HOURS: Tues-Fri 3pm-12am, Sat-Sun 12pm-12am. - Supports home brewers by showcasing their beers on tap. Now that's local! Even if it's only about 3 years old, Coalition is very much a classic Portland brewpub. Though it now bottles and cans, Coalition's soul is an inviting tasting room where a neighborhood crowd shows up to chat while serviced by some of our town's friendlier bartenders. The flagship Two Dogs IPA is magnificently balanced, with the crisp bitterness of dandelion leaves and a melty caramel sweetness. It's a throwback to when IPAs offered floral, zesty complexity instead of stinging acidity. It was a beer I remembered loving, even as I sipped my first pint. Founders Kiley Hoyt and Elan Walsky started as homebrewers participating in Widmer Brothers' collaboration project, and the brewery pays it forward with a similar Coalator program. The Coalator Program brings home brewers into their brewery so they can brew their best recipes. Ask if a Coalator beer is on tap, and taste just how good home brew can be. MARTIN CIZMAR. WW ...quietly sit with a book and a pint and while away a rainy afternoon or...on more sunny days, check out the sidewalk picnic tables. Ask the bartender if a coalator is on tap from their collaboration project to help reward the DIYs. (Insider's Tip - There's no better deal than the $3 beer on Wednesdays and $10 pitchers on Sundays) - (PSSTS! - The food is made by former food cart Savvy Js, which went brick n mortar when they partnered with Coalition)
- Upright Brewing 240 N Broadway. Open from Thu 5-9pm, Fri 4:30-9pm, Sat 1-8pm, Sun 1-6pm. - Tucked away in the basement of the Leftbank Building across from the Rose Garden Arena, this tasting room is only open Friday - Sunday. Those in the know go here to quaff pints of Belgium-inspired, farmhouse-style ales in what feels like the Batcave of Portland Beerdom. It's a little underground tasting room inside one of Portland's coolest, most innovative breweries and is a Portland secret. The place is named after jazz musisian Charles Mingus (& his upright bass). The beer is Belgium and French Farmhouse. Insider's Tip - Take your time is this relaxed cavern, where beer ages in barrels and brews in steel. Play a board game or chat up other imbibers, most of whom will be Upright super-fans who can tell you about their favorite releases or Alex's (brewmaster) accomplishments. - (PSSTS! - Some of their beers are named after numbers that corresponds to that beers 'starting gravity', the amount of sugar in the beer before it ferments.) - SHOUTOUT - Upright has had a huge effect on our beer, directing the city's palate toward complex, food-friendly ales. Their #6, a dark rye saison is one of their heavier ales, their most food-friendly and the most unusual.
- Baerlic Brewing 2235 SE 11TH ave. OPEN MON-THURS 4-10, FRI 2-12, SAT 12-12, SUN 12-9 (503) 477-9418 - "Of their five year-round beers, I prefer the Noble Oatmeal Stout. That said, there's something for every taste. Whether you prefer dark or light, hops or malt, strong or sessionable, one of the 12 taps will speak to you." YELP
- Mt. Hood Brewing Co. - PDX - "They brought Mt. Hood to Portland! Mt. Hood Brewing Co. Tilikum Station is NOW OPEN, located on the east end of Tilikum Crossing across from the Oregon Rail Heritage Center and near OMSI. This new Mt. Hood Brewing location features wood-fired pizzas alongside our classic Mt. Hood Brewing craft ales, including a new Tilikum exclusive, the Mt. Hood Lager. The restaurant with extra seating in an adjacent train car and caboose is air-conditioned and family-friendly. We look forward to seeing you in Portland!"
- Away Days - English Classics / Bright geometric stools and hanging houseplants greet you inside this tiny pub, a wall- and kitchen-sharing satellite of the Toffee Club next door. The owners of the popular British-themed pub took over this space and the brewery within it upon the closing of Scout Beer in early 2019, bringing on ex-Alameda brewer Marshall Kunz to help make English-style ales. Two cask taps pour warm, flat classics like Bus Stop Bitter and Brits Abroad Red Ale, with all beers leaning toward a more classic malty balance than fruit-bombed modernity. There's even the occasional lager for good measure. The real ace up Away Days' sleeve is those casks. If you're looking for a place to drink a classic English ale and scarf down a döner kebab, this is the only game in town. It even shows the Timbers on real-world away days. Parker Hall. WW
- Laurelwood Public House and Brewery 5115 NE Sandy
- Lucky Lab Brewpub/Beer Hall/Tap Room FD 3 LOCATIONS - 915 SE HAWTHORNE BLVD., 1945 NW QUIMBY & 1700 N/KILLINGSWORTH - Check out the renovated warehouse known as the Lucky Lab. It's a smoke-free, laid-back pub in the heart of Southeast Portland. Most menu items come in under five bucks, and on Mondays, 20-ounce pints are just over two bucks. The Lab's beers cover a broad range of tastes from pale ales to porters. Lucky Lab/ McMenamins - Making old-school (1995) hoppy ales, they began back when Portland was a working class, blue collar town with a hippie sub-culture. The mellow, communal, lefty spirit that makes Portland both the least religious and one of the most liberal cities; you can see right here with people gathering on the back patio with their dogs that frequently turns into a union rally... If you want to understand Portland, stop at Lucky Lab for a quick pint. Also has great pizza. Inner SE. If you are looking for a grand, themed brewpub, a McMenamins choice is in order. With a dozen or more properties to choose from, you can enjoy the elementary school experience, the poor farm experience, the Masonic Temple experience or the tiny flat-iron building looking out onto busy Portland experience (Ringlers Annex), amongst others. They all come with Portland's crunchy vibe, psychedelic art and a slightly country feel. The Pearl.
- Apex Beer Bar - Near historic Ladd's Addition. Not a brewery, but Apex is a serious beer bar with 50 taps and an impressive bottle list, a craft-beer mecca. There, long communal picnic tables are packed with people on summer nights and even some drizzly days. But that shouldn't be too much of a surprise-this is Portland; we drink beer no matter the weather. Insider's Tip - Unlike most on-line tap listings-Apex's is always up to date, as it matches the list behind the bar. apexbar.com/menu) - (PSSTS! - No dogs, kids or credit cards. Yes to beer, pinball and food from elsewhere)
Hood River Oregon - Oregonian File Photo
Hood River & Astoria
In Hood River, you sit in one brewpub, and you’ve got a close-up, backyard view of one of the grandest mountains on Earth. You sit in a few others, and you see the sparkling blue of the Columbia River and a rainbow visual of this water sports mecca, with a ballet of windsurfers and kiteboarders gliding past in seeming effortlessness. And yet another brewery’s view brings it all together, with the river, the town across the way and Mount Hood in the background, then throw in the dramatic landscape of the Columbia River Gorge, just to make the whole thing absurdly beautiful. More
HOOD RIVER BREWERIES:
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Double Mountain tasting tray
"Taster tray at Double Mountain Brewing in Hood River OR." by PDX Beer Geek is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 |
Near Hood River:
Portland’s play to beat The Dalles literally cost a mint
The Oregon delegation would not stop trying to switch the mint's location to Portland. Finally the gold rush petered out, and the feds said, “Never mind!” |
The vaults under The Dalles City Mint, which now do service as part of Freebridge Brewing. (Image: Jon Chavers/The Dalles Main Street Project)
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The Coast
Photo by Sam Beebe/Ecotrust, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47831490
The source of Oregon is not Portland, it is Astoria, a wild-west port town which became known as 'The most wicked place on Earth'. Astoria is the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies, established in 1811 at Fort Astoria (reconstruction; right) with other historic forts being Fort Clatsop (reconstruction) and Fort Stevens (original). It is dotted with Victorian-era homes and a 1920s Art Deco-era downtown, set in the backdrop of where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean.
It's a town built on disasters.
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ASTORIA - Oldest city west of the Mississippi, from 1811 (Brewery List)
* Along the old trolley route
* Along the old trolley route
...Astoria is rich with history and feels, more than anything, like old Portland. It's perhaps the most Oregon place in Oregon. Its history is the fishing & logging industries. |
Buoy Beer photo:
"Astoria's Buoy Brewery is a great place to spend some time. We filled our @portlandgrowlerco growlet and played some disk golf at the fairgrounds." by Walnut Studiolo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 |
Links & Events
Special thanks to Hop in the Saddle-A Guide to Portland's Craft Beer Scene, for their many special suggestions.
You may view our guide to enjoying alcohol responsibly.
You may view our guide to enjoying alcohol responsibly.
LINKS:
- Oregonbeer.org (the latest info on all the events)
- PortlandBeer.org
- It's Pub Night
- Brewpublic.com
- Oregon Brewers Guild
- View the Barfly Happy Hour here.
- 4 Beer Crawls by bike or on foot (please inquire)
- Top Rated Oregon Beers
- 10 Most Influential IPAs
- Zwickelmania (February)
- Portland Spring Beer and Wine Fest (April)
- Pints in the Pearl (June)
- PDX Beer Week (June)
- Portland Fruit Beer Fest (June)
- www.OregonCraftBeerMonth.com (July)
- Oregon Brewers Festival (last full weekend in July)
- Hood River Hops Fest (September)
- Fresh Hop Fest at Oaks Park (October)
- Brewpublic Killer Beer Week (October)
- Holiday Ale Festival (December)
- VIEW ALL FESTIVALS
Other
Gentlemen's Club Beer Tour (length varies) - Our gentlemen's clubs are also dotted all over town and there's a lot of them! We know the best ones with the best beer deals. With 55 gentlemen's clubs, give or take, 5 dozen breweries, give or take, Portland Oregon IS ALL ABOUT STRIP CLUBS & BEER. Known as the "strip club capitol of America" and the "beer capital of the world", the city boasts more gentlemen's clubs and breweries than anyone! You will not imbibe lightly, so order your strip club brew bus now!
McMenamin's Portland Brewpubs (length varies) - Please Inquire.
My Chauffeur Dt & Near Dt Picks for Cheap Micro Brews during special days, Happy Hour, your B-Day & Beyond All price quotes should be confirmed.
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Marathon
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What you'll Get:
- A private customized tour
- The ability to choose your stops, if desired
- Intro's at each stop
- Concierge service to choose meal options and make appts (if needed)
- A luxury comfortable vehicle
The Portland Brew Bus:
Enjoy Touring Limos Custom-Designed for Panoramic City Viewing. Travel in style and comfort in our 21-passenger Shuttle Brew Bus or any of our other vehicles. See the city through the oversized windows, stretch out with ample leg room & 6' 4" standing room and tour comfortably with luxury interior and deluxe air-conditioning.
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