Andre Meunier

Oregon breweries and cideries won 38 medals, plus three Brewery of the Year and a Cidery of the Year honors, at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

Zoiglhaus Brewing's partners are launching a second similar project, this one in the Northeast Portland space that was formerly home to numerous breweries, most famously Laurelwood Brewing & Public House.

The White Salmon, Washington, brewery will open its 2nd location, taking over Northwood, whose owners are retiring.

Ruse Brewing of Southeast Portland is opening a location in Northwest Portland's Slabtown neighborhood. It will be Ruse's second Crust Collective pizzeria, the brewery's third taproom and its first cocktail bar.

Loyal Legion Beer Hall has opened a new location — its third, after Southeast Portland and Beaverton — in the recently redesigned main terminal at Portland International Airport.

The renowned brewery created and donated a batch of beer to the world's largest rare-beer auction, which is held annually in Portland and supports New Avenues for Youth, a nonprofit that works to prevent youth homelessness.

The Southeast Portland brewery known for making classic pub-style beers for 13 years along with running a pizza-focused pub in Clark County, has ceased operations, the brewery announced Wednesday on social media.

The festival, to be held Saturday at The Redd in Southeast Portland, pairs 25 teams of breweries and cideries from Japan and Oregon, who them make beer and cider for a cultural celebration that includes music, food and entertainment.

Bauman’s Cider earned seven medals, including Best of Show honors, en route to being named Medium Cidery of the Year, and 2 Towns Ciderhouse brought in six medals to capture the Large Cidery of the Year title at this year’s NW Cider Cup, the most prestigious cider competition in the Northwest.

Cascade Brewing, a pioneer in the sour ale movement that grew to prominence in the late 2000s, has ceased operations less than a month after its founder, Art Larrance, died at age 80.

Forage | Farm | Ferment is a Father’s Day weekend food and beer pairing event in Hood River that celebrates mushrooms, beer and fermented fare prepared by three esteemed Columbia River Gorge area craft makers.

The Bend Brewfest, which began in 2003 and at its peak was one of the most popular beer festivals in Oregon, has been canceled for 2024 after planning to return to the Hayden Homes Amphitheater for the first time since 2019.

A roundup of news and events in Oregon’s and Washington’s brewery and beer scene.

Portland Cider Co., Bauman's Cider and 2 Towns Ciderhouse are the big story at London awards ceremony; in other news, Von Ebert Brewing closes in Pearl, and Ninkasi re-opens tasting room

Sunriver Brewing of Bend came away with the most hardware Thursday night at the ninth annual Oregon Beer Awards, capturing 12 medals and earning Large Brewery of the Year honors.

The North Portland brewery, which has risen to become one of the city’s best and most respected, on Saturday celebrates turning 15. The Oregonian sat down with Ganum for a Q&A session on what’s behind Upright’s success.

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.