Oregon Beer News (2023)

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  1. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    Welcome to the Oregon Beer News thread for 2023!

    To start, New School Beer announced their "Best of the Year in Oregon Beer & Cider 2022 Awards" late last week. There were many familiar names and usual suspects in there. Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up.

    (Side note: I was pleased to see my local, Wildwood Taphouse in Hillsboro, get a mention along with some really big names in the "Best Oregon Taphouse/Beer Bar" category.)
     
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  2. jason_nwx

    jason_nwx Pooh-Bah (2,571) Sep 12, 2012 Oregon
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    Is this also where we take wagers on what will open first in Beaverton, Breakside or John's? (I want to be clear I am very excited for both.)
     
    #2 jason_nwx, Jan 9, 2023
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  3. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Agreed. Not a lot of surprises on the list, and I completely agree with their worst new trend "award."

    Personally, I would have taken Roscoe's over Beermongers for best local taphouse, but both are outstanding (and would get my nod for two best taphouses in PDX).
     
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  4. DefenCorps

    DefenCorps Grand Pooh-Bah (4,838) Jan 18, 2007 Oregon
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    I'm just bummed the Beaverton location of Rose VL Deli has fallen off the radar :-(
     
    #4 DefenCorps, Jan 10, 2023
  5. jason_nwx

    jason_nwx Pooh-Bah (2,571) Sep 12, 2012 Oregon
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    It’s sure been awhile since anything about that was mentioned. This has me excited though.
     
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  6. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    That sounds promising! Looks like it's going to open in that space which used to be a smoke shop.
     
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  7. jason_nwx

    jason_nwx Pooh-Bah (2,571) Sep 12, 2012 Oregon
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    According to today's update on The New School Breakside Beaverton is now "before summer" but does explain some of the why in the delay. John's says March, so I guess they win. All sorts of tasty tidbits in this piece for Oregon AND Washington.
     
    #7 jason_nwx, Jan 10, 2023
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  8. guajolote

    guajolote Maven (1,359) Sep 12, 2008 Oregon

    Looking forward to that new Upright location. Seems like it's been in the works forever. I know they ran into a bunch of permitting issues, so hopefully they're past those and can actually open this year.

    I also like the sound of that new Logsdon location, especially with its walking-distance proximity to Wayfinder.
     
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  9. drone

    drone Savant (1,224) Jun 17, 2013 Oregon
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    Lots of interesting stuff in there, really exciting. Did Logsdon decide to move? Last I recall (and confirmed via the Eater article) the location was further east off Division.

    Also, Gus is leaving Wayfinder!? Or is this a second venture?
     
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  10. sloejams

    sloejams Maven (1,417) Oct 8, 2004 Oregon
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    I drove by that long-awaited Logsdon Division location on my travels today and there has been a lot of construction recently, so I assume so. Definitely a hefty walk to Wayfinder unless there's a newer (forthcoming?) one of those that I'm not aware of.
     
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  11. guajolote

    guajolote Maven (1,359) Sep 12, 2008 Oregon

    Uhhhh... yeah. I don't know how I came up with that. I somehow plugged 201 SE 3rd St into google maps and thought that was the location. Looking back at the article, I have no idea how that happened because that's clearly the wrong address.

    I guess you could walk from the new Logsdon to Wayfinder, but it would take a while. Could definitely make a fun pub crawl out of it though.
     
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  12. jason_nwx

    jason_nwx Pooh-Bah (2,571) Sep 12, 2012 Oregon
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    OBF has been canceled for 2023 and it sounds like there is no real timetable for a revival. That's something I never got to, mostly because my college friends all dispersed across the nation and my wife isn't a beer drinker. And now crowds like those just annoy me and I'd rather drink at home. :grin:
     
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  13. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Interesting article. New School described the 2022 OBF as largely successful, but that's not how I'm reading the comments from the OBF spokesperson. That's also not consistent with my own experience at OBF last summer. Crowds were way down (as the spokesperson acknowledged), and the beer selection was pretty disappointing as well (which likely contributed to the reduced crowd).

    The spokesperson is trying to sound optimistic about possible future OBF's, but it does sound as if there's no guarantee the festival will be returning anytime soon.
     
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  14. drone

    drone Savant (1,224) Jun 17, 2013 Oregon
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    You're not crazy, it looks like NSB originally put the wrong address down (see the original version https://web.archive.org/web/2023011...ew-oregon-amp-sw-washington-breweries-of-2023), then did a ninja edit.
     
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  15. PatKorn

    PatKorn Pundit (971) Aug 30, 2007 Hawaii

    It also was 100 degrees out and miserable that weekend. I thought beer selection was great. Cheers.
     
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  16. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    Upright, Little Beast, Imperial Bottle Shop, Away Days, Loyal Legion, Ecliptic Moon Room, and Wayfinder. You could also add Lucky Lab and Brewery 26 for the hell of it.

    (Yes, I know I didn't mention 'Mongers, Apex, Chuckanut, and Baerlic, but that's a supermassive black hole of beer which can be very difficult to escape.)
     
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    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    It's been that hot before at the OBF and they still got a great crowd. So I don't feel that was a factor in the crowd size for the 2022 fest.

    Obviously, whether the selection was great or not is a completely subjective call. However, what's undeniable is that the selection was much smaller than usual and there were no breweries from out of state (unlike previous OBF's). Also, it seemed to me that most of the beers poured were beers I could find around town or at the brewery without having to go to the OBF. At least for me, that tended to make the fest less enjoyable.
     
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  18. shelby415

    shelby415 Pooh-Bah (2,098) Oct 10, 2011 Oregon
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    It probably didn't help that there's that new Portland Craft Brew Festival to compete with. When they got rid of visiting national breweries and the rarities tent they got rid of what little set them apart. What they should have done was align with the International Beer Festival - which also seems to have called it quits - and make it one big bash. I'd actually show up for that.
     
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    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    This is what Breakside Beaverton looks like this afternoon.

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    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    This is what John's Marketplace - Beaverton looks like this afternoon:

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    Hard to tell if John's or Breakside is going to open first, but it's good to see both of them making progress.
     
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