Is Oregon’s Beer Bubble About to Burst?

20 Sep 2019


With the state adding on average 27 new breweries annually, can consumers keep Oregon beered?

A specter is haunting Oregon’s brewing industry: The state’s reputation as a frosty, frothy microbrew wonderland is still going strong, but a rash of closures has some worried the craft brew industry is in decline.

Burnside Brewing, a nine-year veteran of Oregon’s brew culture abruptly bit the dust this year. Bridgeport Brewing, the state’s oldest operating brewery, also turned off its taps for good, citing declining sales since 2017.

Forty breweries have shut doors in Oregon in the past five years, leading some commentators to say Oregon’s beer bubble is about to burst.

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