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Beloved Portland cidery Alter Ego rebooting under new female-ownership
This story was developed in partnership with Cidercraft Magazine Just as Superman’s alter ego is Clark Kent and Peter Parker’s is Spider-Man, Alter Ego Cider was winemaker Anne Ebenreiter Hubatch’s beloved side project to Helioterra Wines. The alter ego cider taproom closed amidst the pandemic in 2021 , and the cidery was officially retired in 2023 . When Anne Hubatch moved to Wiscons in in 2025 that seemed to be the end of the sto ry for the belov ed Portland cidery. But in a Hollywood-esque reboot, the AlterEgo Cider mantle has been picked up by two new Portland entrepreneurs who have relaunched the brand with a fresh new enthusiasm and look. Alter Ego is back in action. Alter Ego Cider has been acquired and revitalized by local entrepreneurs and best friends Michelle Faris and Margaret Drew who are committed to honoring the cider’s heritage while keeping it women-owned and infusing it with fresh ener gy and a unique perspective. Faris and Drew have be en lifelong frie nds since chil
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First look at Tiny Giants Brewing debut in Northeast Portland
Tiny Giants Brewing is growing, one of our most anticipated new Oregon breweries or taprooms of 2026 has opened their first brick-and-mortar location in Portland’s Woodlawn neighborhood at 6719 NE 18th Ave. Founded by former Fracture Brewing head Brewer and Cascade Brewing alumni Steve Beaudoin, Tiny Giants first launched one-year-ago initially producing all of their beers at the no longer in use Gorges Brewing location at 2705 SE Ankeny. The time between securing their own location paid off in establishing their brand in the local market with 16oz cans and draft distributed through Day One Distro. The new permanent Tiny Giants location has a colorful open floor plan taproom shared with a 10-barrel brewing system just behind the bar. While the brewhouse is still being piped and fully installed, when up and running Beaudoin and his team that includes brewer Morgan Clark, have goals to produce about 1,000 barrels annually. Tiny Giants location in the Woodlawn neighborhood may be fa
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21st Amendment Brewery is back in business
Philadelphia's Evil Genius is bringing beloved 21st Amendment beers, including Hell or High Watermelon, Brew Free! or Die IPA, and more back to its coast-to-coast distribution footprint 21st Amendment Brewery will return to coolers coast-to-coast this summer, thanks to Evil Genius Beer Company . The Philadelphia-based brewer, known for its nostalgic and irreverent approach to craft beer, is continuing 21st Amendment’s legacy and beloved year-round 21A brews: Hell or High Watermelon , the cult classic that pioneered the fruited wheat beer category, both Brew Free! or Die flagship West Coast IPA and its citrus-infused variant Brew Free! or Die Blood Orange , and the award-winning retro-americana Amendment Lager . Founded in 2011 by Luke Bowen and Trevor Hayward, Evil Genius has spent nearly 15 years building deep distributor relationships and proving that a craft brewery can maintain a sense of humor while remaining serious about quality. U
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TopWire Hop Project opens for 2026 season w/ exclusive new beer club
TopWire Hop Project, the only Oregon beer garden in a working hop farm, reopens to the public for the 2026 season on Friday, April 17th. New this year is the launch of the Topwire beer club membership program that earns members exclusive perks like priority event entrance, discounts, and exclusive quarterly releases brewed with estate-grown hops Opening Weekend | April 17–19 Come dust off the winter cobwebs on Friday, April 17th, TopWire doors open at 4 pm. Welcome back your favorite food trucks, Curry Bai and Lively Station and welcome TopWire’s newest addition, Gina's Taqueria. See the full food offerings here . Friday, April 17: Open 4 pm – 9 pm | Cascadia Pizza pop-up food truck Saturday, April 18: Open 11 am – 9 pm Sunday, April 19: Open 11 am – 8 pm The Following Weekend | April 23–26 TopWire begins their standard spring hours: Thursday & Sunday: 11 am – 8 pm Friday & Saturday: 11 am – 9 pm Friday, April 24: Funky Friday TopWire taps a funky beer from their secret stas
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Roy Hops partners with National Black Brewers Association on ‘Velvet Cake Hop Blend’
Roy Farms of Moxee, Washington Launches Premium 'Velvet Cake Hop Blend' in Partnership with the National Black Brewers Association Philadelphia, PA — Roy Farms , a multi-generational farm located in Moxee, WA, announces the launch of the Velvet Cake hop blend, a new premium hop blend created in partnership with the National Black Brewers Association nonprofit 501(c)(6) and members' support network. With oversight from Roy Farms leadership, Master Brewers from the National Black Brewers Association hand-selected the blend to add to Roy Farms' world-class portfolio of hops. The blend will be released for purchase From Roy Farms and partners for the first time at the 2026 Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America that will be hosted in the city of Philadelphia - April 20-22, 2026. View fullsize View fullsize Members of the National Black Brewers Association visited Roy Farms during 2025 Harvest to hand-select their favorite varieties and create the first-ever Velvet Cake Hop
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First look at Spotlight Brewing and Hollywood Q food hall
Spotlight Brewing was first profiled in our most anticipated new Oregon breweries opening in 2026 in January View fullsize View fullsize Oregon’s newest brewery has opened their doors in the former Pono Brewing Beer Labs, Columbia River Brewing, and original Laurelwood Brewing location at 4035 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97212. Spotlight Brewing comes from the folks behind Zoiglhaus Brewing but is very much its own thing with its own brewhouse run by brewer Kevin Hanny creating his own original recipes. Spotlight Brewing opens in the larger concept Hollywood Q , a food hall with stalls for 10 different micro restaurant setups that wrap around from the Spotlight entrance on NE 40th to behind neighboring restaurant Sushi Chiyo and with a back/side entrance on NE Sandy boulevard. Spotlight Brewing and Hollywood Q are capitalizing on the combined efforts of the iconic Hollywood Theater and cult video store Movie Madness’ plans to create a Portland Film district within the Hollywood neighbo
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Oregon Brewshed Alliance 2026 Earth Day Collaborations with 17 local breweries
Oregon breweries are rallying behind the Oregon Brewshed Alliance’s wild and scenic Earth Day collaboration series with 17 different beers for 2026. Oregon breweries know better than anyone that great beer starts with clean water and we are fortunate to have great water here which is part of why the beer is so good to begin with. Unfortunately, this incredible resource is more threatened now than ever before. Over the past 15 months, the Trump administration has launched an unprecedented assault on our public lands, forests, and watersheds. These multi-faceted threats include efforts to rescind the Roadless Rule (which protects 58 million acres nationwide and two million acres in Oregon), weaken protections for two million acres of forests in western Oregon , and erode Northwest Forest Plan safeguards for millions more acres across Oregon’s national forests. To help raise awareness about these threats and to build support for watershed conservation, the Or
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Portland Cider Co. Celebrates 13th Anniversary
Portland Cider Co. owners Lynda and Jeff Parrish This Saturday, April 11th from from 5-9pm Portland Cider Co. will celebrate their 13th Anniversary with a blowout party at their Clackamas Taproom + Warehouse (8925 SE Jannsen Rd). Join Portland’s oldest cidery for “honestly good cider” with a big community party featuring rare pours, cellar releases, interactive experiences, and the debut celebration of our newest core cider, Imperial Blackberry Lime. Advanced tickets are available here. Event highlights include: Rare cellar pours and limited ciders on tap Celebration of our new core cider Imperial Blackberry Lime Tattoo pop-up with anniversary flash art Permanent jewelry bar from LUXE+GOLD Face painting for families Dessert from Tipsy Scoop PDX A dedicated Imperial Cider Tent The taproom will remain open to the public for regular service, but the special warehouse pours will be available exclusively through tasting tickets. View fullsize View fullsize 🍎 Cider. Every tap will be p
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Oregon’s own Jamie Floyd and Thomas Shellhammer receive 2026 Brewers Association Industry Awards
Jamie Floyd accepting Craft Advocate of the Year at the 2025 Oregon Beer Awards The Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association representing small and independent American brewers, has announced the recipients of its 2026 Industry Awards. Since 1987, the annual honors have recognized individuals whose leadership, innovation, and service have made a lasting impact on the craft brewing community. Jamie Floyd, Tod Mott, and Dr. Tom Shellhammer will be officially honored during ceremonies at the Craft Brewers Conference®(CBC®) April 20-22 in Philadelphia, PA. “Each of this year’s award recipients has made a profound and lasting impact on the craft brewing community,” said Bart Watson, president and CEO of the Brewers Association. “From advancing brewing science and quality, to shaping iconic beers and advocating for independent brewers, Jamie Floyd, Tod Mott, and Dr. Tom Shellhammer represe
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The Real World Brewers Edition
For the Oregon Beer Awards the New School co-produces a comedic sketch video each year with Willamette Week, the ceremony emcees, and a local filmmaker. For the 2026 Oregon Beer Awards ceremony we teamed up with acclaimed director Dawn J. Redstone and cameraman Sean Conley for a short called “The Real World Brewers Edition” written by Gigantic Brewing’s Ben Love and created as a collaboration with OBA co-emcee Natalie Baldwin and a group of Oregon beer industry “actors.” This year’s Oregon Beer Awards cold open sketch “The Real World Brewers Edition” stars legendary Oregon brewmaster John Harris (Deschutes, Full Sail, Ecliptic Brewing), Tom Field (veteran Oregon craft beer sales pro), Brixton Apon (Binary Brewing head brewer), Jess Hardie (TPK Brewing co-owner/brewer), Sam Zermeno (Brujos Brewing), and 2026 OBA emcees Ben Love (Gigantic Brewing) and Natalie Baldwin (Wayfinder Beer.) View this post on Instagram A post shared by The New School (@newschoolbeer) Some behind-the-scenes foot
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ForeLand Beer negotiating move from McMinnville to Upright Brewing
ForeLand Beer owner David Sanguinetti pulls a cask beer at Upright Brewing ForeLand Beer , a McMinnville, Oregon based brewery with a taproom in Portland, is closing their brewery and center of operations later this year. Located at 777 NE 4th St, the ForeLand Beer real estate has been sold to a new owner and the brewery will exit when their lease is up leaving the brand in a temporary limbo pending a big move. ForeLand Beer is in negotiations at the Leftbank Project development in Portland to take over the former Upright Brewing location at 240 N Broadway which closed in December 2024. Foreland, which was founded in 2020 by brewer Sean Burke and McMinnville brewery and taproom owner David Sanguinetti (The Bitter Monk, Allegory Brewing) won the Oregon Beer Awards Best New Brewery of the Year in 2021. In September 2021 ForeLand opened The Study in an old southeast Portland craftsman house, The Study closed in December 2024 only to reopen one year later in January 2026 with a refreshed c
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Recluse Brew Works “Name That Brew” Winner Gets Beer-For-A-Year & Seasonal Stays at The Hotel Zags
PLS on Sixth & Recluse Beer Works Launch Collab Beer “Name That Brew” Winner Gets Beer-For-A-Year & Seasonal Stays at The Hotel Zags PLS on Sixth at The Hotel Zags is raising a glass to creativity and community with the launch of its newest collaboration - a signature West Coast IPA brewed in partnership with Recluse Beer Works ! To celebrate, the hotel is inviting the public to take part in a citywide “ Name That Brew ” contest, culminating in a lively Launch Party on April 23rd at The Zags. From April 1-10 2026, beer enthusiasts and Portland locals alike can submit potential names for the exclusive new IPA online at plsonsixth.com/name-that-brew . A panel of industry judges will select the final Top Five Finalists , with the Grand Prize winner announced at the April 23rd launch party. Prizes include: Grand Prize : Free Beer for 1 year at PLS on Sixth (1 per visit), $100 PLS on Sixth gift card, Free Hotel Night each season for 1 year at
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Best Day Brewing introduces Wild American Non-Alcoholic Pilsner
Best Day Brewing out of California, is taking on the challenge of a crisp and clean American Pilsner made non-alcoholic. As one of the fastest growing exclusive non-alcoholic (NA) craft beer brands has continuously pushed the category into previously unheard of beer styles in NA such as Galaxy RIpple double IPA. More from a press release: Best Day Brewing’s latest is Wild American, a much anticipated addition to its award-winning craft beer lineup. A golden, classic American Pilsner featuring American-grown ingredients that delivers the refreshing taste of one of America’s most iconic beer styles, without the alcohol. The debut of Wild American showcases Best Day’s commitment to brewing excellence. At just 33 calories, Wild American aims to bring drinkers a new, non-alcoholic craft beverage capturing the same crisp taste and easy-drinkability of the familiar American Pilsner. Best Day Brewing brews its beer to full strength and then removes the alcohol through a process designed to pre
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2026 Oregon Beer Awards Winners & Recap
The 11th annual Oregon Beer Awards winners were announced last night at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon revealing the creme of the crop in one of the best brewing regions in the world. As usual the 2026 Oregon Beer Awards are a highly competitive and meticulously judged event that attracts national attention in both quality of judges and in inspiring other state-wide competitions. By the numbers: 972 entries from 104 breweries across the state (983 beers were registered; 972 were received and judged. This is for both the main comp and Fresh Hop last Oct) 89 judges (main comp only) 130 flights over 6 days (main comp only) 9 categories will be judged in 3 rounds; 20 categories will be judged in 2 rounds If you consolidate categories into broader families, some interesting numbers emerge: IPA and All Hoppy Ales - 353 entries (average category size: 39) Classic Pub Styles (UK, North American, Red Beers, Dark Hoppy, Golden) - 181 entries (average size: 30) Lagers - 215 entries
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West Coast Hop Breeding introduces the Celeste™Hop
Oregon’s own hop innovators at West Coast Hop Breeding have announced the launch of a new hop variety called Celeste™ with major potential. Celeste™ represents a breakthrough in combining excellent agronomics and an intense contemporary aroma profile that will make for a high efficiency aroma variety. The new variety is said to impart bright, sweet, and clean notes of passion fruit, honeydew, and pine. Celeste™ has been in commercial trials since 2023 gathering steam and reputation in all styles from hazy IPA to West Coast IPA to stunning in stripped down hoppy pilsners - including in the Farm Aid collaborative beer to highlight the story of family hop farmers. Formerly known by experimental names WCHB-102 and 2B, Celeste™ was trialed at breweries like Cloudburst Brewing, The Alchemist, Ninkasi, and Our Mutual Friend to name a few, and was extremely well received. “Wow is this an exciting hop. It is the first hop I have in a long while that made me step back and say ‘wow!’” says The Al
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Von Ebert Brewing + Other Half Brewing 8th Anniversary collaborations
Von Ebert Brewing worked with Other Half Brewing Company on a Pilsner and Hazy IPA to celebrate its 8th anniversary. View fullsize View fullsize Portland, Oregon’s acclaimed Von Ebert Brewing is marking its 8th Anniversary with two new collaboration beers with Other Half Brewing Company from Brooklyn, New York. “While we make award-winning beer in many styles, it made sense for us to stick with what we’re most known for – Pilsners and IPAs,” said Sam Pecoraro, brewmaster of Von Ebert Brewing. “Von Ebert Brewing is always looking to produce beers ‘where tradition meets evolution’ and so these collaborations are a perfect way to celebrate us doing that for eight years.” The 8th Anniversary Pilsner is 5.0% ABV with strawberry, passionfruit and noble notes, and the 8th Anniversary Hazy IPA is 7.0% with mango, peach and grapefruit notes. Both beers will be available at all Von Ebert Brewing locations in draft and 16 oz cans, as well as in some Northwest retailers, restaurants and
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Fort George Brewery celebrates 2026 Vortex Month w/ five Vortex IPA variants
FIVE VORTEX VARIANTS FOR FIVE YEARS OF VORTEX MONTH Fort George Brewery out of Astoria, Oregon has announced their 2026 Vortex Month celebrating their flagship IPA with five special variants and a series of events. More from a press release: Over 19 years of making beer, Fort George has worked on a lot of IPAs. At least a few thousand. But by far the IPA they've worked on the most is their bestselling Vortex IPA . Vortex has been a Northwest favorite for nearly two decades, at the top of the charts from the Fort George taproom in Astoria to the shelves of your local bottle shop. Vortex was one of the first beers brewed on the Fort's 8.5 barrel brewhouse which still stands at the back of their Pub in Astoria, cranking out small batch experimental beers. It’s an ever-changing IPA - evolving in response to the tastes of people looking for a new and innovative beer, while maintaining its distinctive, unifying, familiar flavor across all of its many iterations.
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Pix Pâtisserie’s The Big Portland Bake Show is casting for Reality-TV inspired foodie competition event
Portland foodie news from beloved local desserts bakery Pix Pâtisserie hosting a new summer event - The Big Portland Bake Show. Inspired by the popular UK reality TV show the Great British Bake Off, The Big Portland Bake Show is now accepting cast applications to participate in the events which will be held in their courtyard at 2225 E Burnside St. Six aspiring amateur bakers will come together each month for a series of two-day friendly competitions in the tent. Each group of contestants will compete in three challenges: Signature, Technical and Showstopper. One will be named Star Baker and an ultimate winner will take home a 6qt kitchen stand mixer. While contestants are mixing away, spectators from the public are encouraged to come cheer them on. Audience participation will be highly encouraged, with spectator challenges in the tent, audience judging and plenty of games (which means plenty of prizes!) Admission is free and all ages. View fullsize View fullsi