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I keep a running list of all the breweries in Portland and which ones I still have to visit. The list is constantly growing as new breweries open and close. Here’s how you can track your own quest to visit all the breweries in Portland, Oregon. So here’s my Portland Beer list, freshly updated for 2023. Including: ALL the currently operating Portland breweries & map, the best breweries in Portland (as-if), Portland breweries that have closed down for good, and a short list of nearby metro area breweries that don’t technically make the cut as a Portland brewery, but worth a mention. Enjoy!
- Best Breweries in Portland
- ALL 70+ Portland Breweries List
- Breweries MAP
- Closed Portland Breweries
- Breweries Near Portland
5 Best Breweries in Portland:
What kind of person writes a list called the 5 best breweries? Obviously, this list is highly opinionated and good luck getting anyone in Portland, or anywhere, to agree on the top 5 breweries. So think of this list is kind of top 5 if you’re new to Portland beer. You clearly can’t visit all 60+ breweries, so here are a few of my favs for Portland visitors and why.
- Breakside – Going strong for over a decade. They’re known for their IPAs and barrel-aged beers, have expanded into a regional brewery with 4 locations, and are known for solid innovative beers and bringing home ALL the beer awards to prove it.
- Great Notion – Still the newer kid on the block, Great Notion made a name for themselves with juicy / hazy IPAs and now make all kinds of wild beer that is like dessert in liquid form. And each can’s design is like artwork on its own. They’re just plain fun and have a bit of a fan club following.
- McMenamins – It may not be your favorite beer, but the history of McMenamins in the NW is legendary! And other than Widmer, they’re the only brewery still standing 30 years later. Gotta respect that.
- Migration – Migration is one of those breweries routinely left off best of lists. What started as a neighborhood brewery a decade ago, has now expanded to several locations and they’re still making solid beer and their locations have that local neighborhood feel.
- Upright Brewing – what started as basement-level Belgian-style farmhouse ales – (open before Blazers games!), has now moved into a new taproom on the street level, and making all different styles of beer. See it’s impossible to list just five, and with that, keep reading for the full list of Portland breweries!
- RIP: Hair of the Dog (closed 2022) – If you’re not immersed in the beer world, Hair of the Dog is notable for their creative and strong beers, and have been brewing since the early 90s. So while they have a huge following, they still fly a bit under the radar for some beer drinkers.
Portland Breweries Map:
Here’s a map of all the Portland breweries in the list below.
ALL 70+ Portland Breweries List:
There are over 70 breweries in Portland, if you count individual locations of the same brewery. This list is by ordered by brewery first opening date, and brewery brand that still has a tap room open to the public. The map below includes multiple locations for some breweries!
- Widmer Brothers Brewing Company – 1984 (closed briefly 2021, reopened May 2022!)
- McMenamins -1985 (Hillsdale Brewery original)
- Lucky Labrador Brewing – 1994
- Old Market Pub & Brewery – 1994
- Rogue Ales East Side Pub & Pilot Brewery, & Rogue Hall – (started 1985 in Newport, Portland 90s)
- Laurelwood Brewing – 2001 – (still brewing, brewpub closed 2023)
- The Broadway Grill & Brewery – 2006
- Hopworks Urban Brewery – 2007
- Deschutes Brewery – 2008 (Bend in 1988)
- Upright Brewing – 2009
- Cascade Brewing – 1998 (2010 taproom)
- Migration Brewing – 2010
- Breakside Brewing – 2010 (Woodlawn, NW, Milwaukie, Lake O)
- Occidental Brewing – 2011
- Fire on the Mountain – 2011
- Ground Breaker Brewing – 2011 (was Harvester Brewing)
- Gigantic Brewing Company – 2012
- Old Town Brewing – 2012 brewpub
- Kells Brewery – 2012
- Uptown Beer Co & Market – 2012
- Sasquatch Brewing – 2012 – closed 2022, reopened 2023
- The Oregon Public House – 2013
- Stormbreaker Brewing – 2014 (Mississippi, St John’s)
- Mt Tabor Brewing – 2014 (Vancouver 2011)
- Baerlic Brewing – 2014
- 10 Barrel Brewing – 2015 (Bend brewery 2006)
- Culmination Brewing – 2015
- Back Pedal Brewing – 2015
- Labrewatory – 2015
- Montavilla Brew Works – 2015
- Gateway Brewing – 2015 nano
- Double Mountain Taproom – 2016 (Hood River in 2007)
- Wayfinder Beer – 2016
- Zoiglhaus Brewing – 2016
- Ancestry Brewing – 2016
- Scout Brewing & Scout Beer Garden – 2016
- Labyrinth Forge Brewing – 2016 (2023 in former Hair of the Dog space)
- Great Notion Brewing – 2016
- Level Beer – 2017 (Level 3 on Sandy 2021)
- Von Ebert Brewing – 2018
- West Coast Grocery – 2018
- Little Beast Brewing – 2018
- Ruse Brewing – 2018
- Ascendant Beer Co – 2018 – 2020 (“temporarily closed”)
- Arbor Beer Lodge (renamed from Look Long Brewing Co) – 2018
- Mt Hood Brewing Co – 2018 taproom (Government Camp 1991)
- Assembly Brewing – 2019
- Away Days Brewing – 2019
- Leikam Brewing – 2019
- Oakshire Beer Hall – 2019 (Eugene in 2006)
- Threshold Brewing – 2019
- Brewery 26 – 2020
- Mutanis Brewery & Bottle Shop – 2020
- Steeplejack Brewing Co – 2021
- ForeLand Beer Taproom – 2021 (brewery in McMinnville)
- Fracture Brewing – 2022
- Duality Brewing – 2022
- Living Häus Beer Co – July 2022 (Commons, Modern Times space)
- Grand Fir Brewing – Nov 2022 (former West Coast Grocery space)
- Crux Fermentation Project – summer 2023! (former Vagabond space)
- Little Hop Brewing – 2023
- Lazy Days Brewing – 2024 (former Ex Novo space)
You can keep up with the latest breweries in Portland and other Oregon regions, with the Oregon Brewers Guild.
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Closed Portland Breweries – RIP:
- 13 Virtues Brewing (at Philadelphia’s Steaks & Hoagies) – 1993 – 2023
- Alemeda Brewhouse – 1996-closed 2018
- Amnesia Brewing – moved to WA 2013, closed 2017 (Mississippi location now Stormbreaker)
- Basecamp Brewing – closed 2020
- Bridgeport Brewing – 1984-closed 2019
- BTU Brasserie & Brewery – closed 2017
- Burnside Brewing – closed 2019 (space became Mikkeller popup)
- Coalition Brewery -closed 2019 (Gorges Beer)
- Columbia River Brewing – closed 2019
- Ecliptic Brewing – 2013 – 2023
- Ex Novo Brewing – 2014 – 2023 (space became Lazy Days Brewing)
- The Commons – closed 2017
- Fat Heads Brewing – closed 2018 (space became Von Ebert Brewing)
- Full Sail Brew Pub (Riverplace) – 1987 in Hood River closed 2016 in Portland
- Grains of Wrath – 2020-2023 (former Lompoc Sidebar space)
- Green Dragon (Rogue) / Buckman Botanical – closed 2016, now Rogue Eastside Pub & Pilot Brewery
- Grixsen Brewing Company – 2015-2020
- Hair of the Dog – 1993 (2010 taproom) – closed summer 2022
- Hammer & Stitch Brewing – 2020 -2023
- Lompoc Brewing (New Old Lompoc, Tavern, 5th Quad and Lompoc Sidebar etc) – 1996-closed 2019
- MacTarnahans Brewing – 1986-2021 switched to original Portland Brewing Co name in 2013. – Closed 2021
- Mash Tun – closed 2015, (space became Great Notion in 2016)
- Modern Times Beer – 2019 closed Feb 2022
- Natian Brewing – stopped brewing in 2020
- PINTS Brewing Urban Tap Room – rebranded in 2018 as Ascendant Beer Company
- Pono Brewing – 2013 nano – 2023
- Portland Brewing Co – see MacTarnahans above
- Portland U-Brew and Unicorn Brewing – 2011 – 2023
- Racoon Lodge & Brew Pub – 1998 – now The Lodge at Cascade Brewing
- Rock Bottom Brewery – closed 2019
- Ross Island Brewing – closed 2020
- Royale Brewing – 2016-2018
- Sessionable – closed 2023
- Splash Bar & Brewing – 2015 – closed 2019
- Tugboat Brewing – 1993-closed 2017
- Vagabond Brewing – 2019 (Salem in 2014) – closed 2022
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Other Breweries Near Portland:
There are a lot of great breweries in the Portland Metro area. So here’s a list of nearby breweries. And also note that quite a few of the bigger breweries in Portland have expanded to locations in the suburbs! For example: Breakside, Migration, Great Notion, Level etc.
- Bent Shovel – Oregon City/Estacada
- Binary – Beaverton
- Coin Toss Brewing – Oregon City
- Fearless Brewing – Estacada
- ForeLand Brewing – McMinnville
- G Man Brewing – Tualatin
- Mad Cow Brewing – Gresham
- Maxs Fanno Creek – Tigard, Oregon
- Mazama Brewing – Hillsboro
- Ordnance Brewing – Wilsonville
- Oregon City Brewing Co – Oregon City
- Stickmen Brewing Co – Lake Oswego, Tualatin
- The Hoppy Brewer – Gresham
- Three Mugs Brewing Co – Hillsboro
- Vanguard Brewing – Wilsonville
- Vertigo Brewing – Hillsboro
Cheers! I hope you found this list useful and enjoy some Oregon beer!
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