![]() In 1994, Lucky Labrador Brewing Company started pouring concoctions like their rich and creamy Black Lab Stout when the first of their locations opened to the public (and their pooches). The Second WaveĪgile upstarts are always welcome in Portland’s brewing community, and in the 1990s, a series of newcomers helped keep the city’s beer scene fresh. The Holiday Ale Festival, set beneath the region’s largest decorated holiday tree, returns every year with more than 50 big, bold beers designed to keep revelers warm on cold winter nights. More recently, two Bend-based heavyweights have also opened Portland outposts: legendary Deschutes Brewery, founded in 1988, opened a brewpub in the Pearl District in 2008, and fast-growing 10 Barrel Brewing moved into the same neighborhood in 2015. Hood River’s Full Sail Brewing Company, which started in Hood River in 1987, has a small brewing operation inside McCormick & Schmick’s Harborside at the Marina in downtown Portland. Other Oregon brewing pioneers opened Portland locations in the 1990s, including Rogue Ales, which started in Newport in 1989 and today operates two Portland locations: Rogue Eastside Pub & Pilot Brewery and Rogue Hall. Those three will get you started, or do a little digging and find the perfect beer garden for you. For a good burger as well as a prime spot for people-watching, check out Bar Bar in the Mississippi District. Little Beast Brewing has a charming, cozy beer garden and is smack dab on Division Street, one of Portland’s must-eat destinations. If you’re looking for plenty of space to stretch out, try 10 Barrel Brewing.
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