Andre Meunier

Portlanders Marla and Liam Hoban recognized the potential and growing popularity of nonalcoholic beverages, and their Roaming Nobles styles — including IPAs and pilsners, with others in development — increasingly can now be found in Portland area stores and restaurants.

Portland Cider Co. is leaving its Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard taproom and turning the lease over to La Familia Cider, a Salem-based ciderhouse that makes aguas frescas-inspired ciders.

The Portland-born effort asks breweries to source environmentally responsible ingredients for a beer then donate to a local environmentally focused nonprofit. Also in this beer news roundup, North Portland’s Mayfly throws a three-day party this weekend for its fifth anniversary.

The Hood River brewery’s second location will offer a taproom in Milwaukie that seats over 100, with a large patio and a private events space.

In one of Portland’s most anticipated brewery openings in years, Brujos Brewing, a gothic and dark arts themed brewery that over the past decade has developed a large and passionate following of fans seeking out its big and bold beers, opened its first bricks and mortar location. It is also the home of Saint LoveJoy, Brujos’ kitchen partner and a new operation from longtime chef Colin Murray.

Also in this week’s beer and brewery news roundup, Montavilla Brew Works gets cask program rolling with new beer engine, Zwickelmania adds SE Portland shuttle and Function PDX expands.

Also in this week’s Oregon Brews and News, numerous closures are announced, Breakside unveils 2024 releases, and ForeLand begins residency program.

Assembly’s second location, the Pizza Annex, opens Friday in the former Bella Faccia Pizza, which closed last summer at Northeast Alberta Street and 29th Avenue.

Lazy Days Brewing has purchased the Portland and Beaverton locations of Ex Novo Brewing and invites the public to celebrations Thursday and Friday, Feb. 1-2, 2024.

Co-founded by Mike Mathis, former head brewer of Cascade Brewing, along with his two partners, the brewery and its taproom provide a warm and welcoming space on North Williams Avenue, fireplace included.

In a move craft producers say would boost innovation, the longtime champion of Oregon’s craft beverage industry has introduced legislation that would “level the playing field” for makers of lower-alcohol, fruit-based sparkling beverages,

The double-digit growth of craft cider in the Northwest is creating a buzz as two big cider events get set to begin in Portland: Oregon Cider Week and CiderCon.

This week’s Oregon Brews and News includes Bauman’s Cider taking over the former Base Camp/Ecliptic Moon Room space, plus nonalcoholic ideas for Dry January.

Plus, Breakside and Level offer New Year’s Eve parties, Culmination’s Fir Baby IPA is our Beer of the Week, and check out all the new beer releases in this week’s Oregon Brews and News.

The couple turned a passion for beer into a community gathering spot, one that Lin hopes will carry on the legacy of her late husband

Gus Everson, a former Widmer Brothers brewer and former lead brewer at Wayfinder Beer, builds his own brand at the confluence of nature and industry in southwest Washington

Founder and legendary Oregon brewer John Harris said the economy and the post-pandemic malaise forced the sale, and now hundreds of rare bottles will be offered on Friday, Nov. 24.

As the beer sales slump nationwide, a handful of Portland taphouse owners have formed a small support group to brainstorm ideas, talk about planning events together and yes, on occasion, metaphorically cry in their beers.

Function PDX, the Northwest 23rd Avenue beer events space, has announced its monthly lineup for the next year, kicking it off this week with Bow & Arrow Brewing of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Plus the latest beer and cider news out of Portland and Oregon.

Spouses and co-owners Jarek Oliver and Laurence Oliver on Saturday open Mosaic Taphouse, a place they envision as being warm, welcoming to all, and offering a curated taplist and Vietnamese street food.