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Breweries Near Portland

Excellent craft beer isn't confined to Portland city limits.

Updated Mar. 24, 2023 3 min read

Nathan Tucker

With nearly 80 breweries in Portland alone, you certainly don’t need to leave the city to find great beer. But if you’re up for an adventure, these 13 breweries — all less than an hour away — are worth the drive.

Breweries Southwest of Portland

Wolves and People Farmhouse Brewery

Part of what makes Portland’s beer scene great is the wide range of provincial styles available in our mini-metropolis. That’s why Newberg’s Wolves and People seems like a novelty: a farmhouse brewery actually located in a farmhouse! More surprising than a brewery in wine country, though, are the diverse ingredients in Wolves and People’s rustic, unpretentious beers. The Postman Spelt Pale Ale matches the grain with a rotating cast of citrusy hops for a light, sessionable quencher. Meanwhile, the Fig Getit updates traditional Belgian fig beers by fermenting a wheat and rye saison with wild yeast on fresh figs.

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Dundee’s Deception Brewing Co. and Newberg’s Chehalem Valley Brewing both serve their handcrafted ales in the heart of wine country.

Breweries Southeast of Portland

The Hive Taphouse

In 2017, two of the metro area’s most promising breweries joined forces to open The Hive Taphouse. Focusing on German and American style beers, Shattered Oak Brewing keeps the international bitterness units (or IBUs) low and well balanced between barley and malt while New Ancients Brewing concentrates well-made and well-loved classic beer styles. In Tigard, the only 10-barrel brew house is Cooper Mountain Ale Works which serves up handmade sausages, scratch pizzas and inventive cocktails alongside their house-made brews.

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Find a selection of Northwest brews — including a handful brewed on-site — at Oregon City Brewing. Coin Toss Brewing joins the Oregon City beer scene with its 10-barrel brewhouse and taproom pouring flagship Black Hohl CDA.

Breweries East of Portland

Boring Brewing Co.

This tiny operation east of Portland in Boring epitomizes the concept of nano-brewery, brewing just four barrels at a time. Boring Brewing Co. brewer John Griffin’s focus on quality over quantity ensures fresh pints that outshine the town’s unfortunate name. Scotch bonnet peppers tickle the throat and clear the sinuses in the Hot Scotch, a powerful and heat-forward Scottish ale. The Boring RyPA is among the most balanced local takes on IPA, melding peppery rye with bright Northwest hops. The pint-sized taproom is perfect for grabbing a growler on your way to the river or taking a breather while cycling the Springwater Corridor.

Breweries West of Portland

Waltz Brewing

A quick detour off Highway 26 takes you to Forest Grove, where the place for beer is undoubtedly Waltz Brewing. Their formidable tap list usually offers at least eight Waltz beers, in addition to plenty more from around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Even more impressive than the 21-tap array is the space itself: a warm, inviting room full of reclaimed wood. (It took the owners two months just to clear the building, a 30-year-old industrial storage unit, of debris.) Weekly live music and cheap used vinyl for sale can stretch this pit stop into a relaxing afternoon.

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East of Forest Grove you can find unique brews at Vertigo Brewing.

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