![]() A good example to try is Upright Brewing, known for their French, Belgian, and English ales.Īnother good example of fresh styles can be found at Great Notion Brewing, from hazy IPAs to sours and fruity beers, stouts, porters.īreakside Brewery, another of our favorites, brews the popular Breakside IPA. You can easily find a vast array of styles at Portland breweries, including English-style ales, Belgiums, and even German-style wheat beers. I like to see the variety of beer styles increase, and the overly hoppy beers decrease. Once stuck in the trend to see who could make the most insanely hopped beer (started by BridgePort Brewing), Portland has since cooled it on that front and have moved on to other pursuits. In fact, Portland was sort of where it all started for uber-hoppy IPAs and fresh-hops brewing. There are a couple dozen more in the nearby Hood River area of Oregon that you should also check out. So, all things considered, Portland does have more breweries. In terms of numbers, Portland may only have 133 breweries (as of 2017), but Oregon does have a whopping 6 breweries per capita, beating out Seattle. Those same people may not even know that Seattle is equally as committed to craft beer. If you travel anywhere outside the United States for craft beer, many of the people you will meet in those breweries know all about Portland and its contribution to the beer world. They have been pioneering the way for craft breweries around the world for decades. Portland was one of the first contenders on the craft beer scene, long before Seattle got on board. One brewery in Seattle, GhostFish Brewing, has even started brewing gluten-free beer with unusual grains like millet, buckwheat, and brown rice.ĭeschutes Brewing tasting tray (photo via Flickr by Demis Gallisto) There are often food trucks nearby, but you can also bring your own food. ![]() Populuxe is a favorite place to hang out because of it’s large beer garden. I personally love the robust porter and the American brown. You can get a taster tray of any that you want to try. ![]() They have at least 12 different styles on tap at any given time. One of my favorite breweries for variety is Reuben’s Brews. There are dozens of other, less hoppy beers, like Reuben’s Robust Porter and Stoup’s Bavarian Hefeweizen. You can find incredibly hoppy IPAs, like Stoup’s Citra IPA Pike Double IPA.īut there are also many beer lovers who don’t want their taste buds assaulted with all that hoppiness. The locals prefer beer that is bitter and hoppy, so the higher the IBUs (international bitterness units) the better. One of the most popular types of beer in Seattle is IPA, which is made with hops that are grown in the Pacific Northwest. Reuben’s Brews in Seattle Beer on Tap in Seattle That’s more breweries than any other city in the country. ![]() While Portland once had the largest number of breweries in the Pacific Northwest, a report published in 2017 by Datafiniti showed that Seattle had overtaken Portland’s 133 breweries with 174 of its own. Although both are currently swarming with breweries. To say there is a bit of a rivalry between the two cities is an understatement. Portland has their own Craft Beer Festival, and PDX Beer Week, which they’ve deemed a “celebration of the world’s greatest beer city”. Seattle truly embraces the beer culture, with dozens of beer festivals throughout the year, and with the growing popularity of home brewing. This is due, in part, to the fact that the vast majority of the country’s hops production is located in the Pacific Northwest.īoth of these cities are now known worldwide as pioneers of craft beer. Craft beer has become popular all over the world, but it first started to gain real momentum in the Pacific Northwest – particularly in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.
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