Background – 2nd Shift Brewing 2nd Shift Brewing co-owners Steve and Libby Crider have been making beer since 2010. They relocated their brewery to Sublette Avenue, just south of Manchester Avenue on the Hill in December 2016.  It is located in …

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Background – White Labs Brewing Most home brewers are familiar with White Labs for supplying an endless list of yeasts. Maybe not as familiar with White Labs Brewing. Well in 2015, White Labs invested in a four-vessel brewhouse that provides wort …

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Background Mikkeller Brewing was founded by two home brewers: Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, a high school teacher, and journalist Kristian Klarup Keller. Put the names together, you get Mikkeller, founded in 2006. Keller parted ways with the company in 2007. Bjergsø, known as …

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Background Societe Brewing Company opened their doors in May 2012. Co-founders Travis Smith & Douglas Constantiner had been involved in brewing for several years before meeting while working at the Bruery. Co-founder and Head Brewer Travis Smith was the first production …

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Background The idea of opening a brewery began for Agi and Jesse Pine in Costa Rica where they lived and home brewed for three years. When building the infrastructure was revealed as a budget buster in Costa Rica, they got …

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Background – Widmer Brothers Brewing In 1984 the Widmer Brothers, Kurt and Rob quit their jobs and turned their hobby into a vocation. The pair found success and in 1990 moved Widmer Brothers Brewing to their current North Portland location just …

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Background – Deschutes Portland Public House Gary Fish established the Deschutes Brewery & Public House as small brew pub in 1988 in downtown Bend and named it after the Deschutes River. Unable to keep up with demand in its original facility, …

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Background – Culmination Brewing Culmination Brewing principle owner and certified Master Brewer Tomas Sluiter opened the doors in January 2015. One thing that sets Culmination apart is its 5-vessel gravity-fed and automated 5 barrel brewhouse, along with its plans to produce sake …

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Background – Base Camp Brewing Company Base Camp Brewing Company owner & brewer Justin Fay an Oregon native received his Fermentation Science degree from Oregon State University . He started brewing professionally at Klamath Basin Brewing and in 2009 he moved …

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