Portland Beers to Drink This Spring

Portland seems to have skipped the rainy spring season and gone directly to the sun - filled patio , 24-hour interval - imbibition natural spring time of year . fault global thawing , or maybe just our erratic weather patterns ( it ’s probably going to go back to rainy at any point ) , but whatever the slip , it ’s the perfect self-justification to adjudicate a seasonal beer or two from one of our many breweries .

Oddly , not every brewery has relinquish their fountain beers yet , but from the ones that have , here are our favorites .

Ecliptic Brewing Zenith Grapefruit Gose

Gose , 5.2 % ABVMississippiOregon is no longer a hard worker to the IPA – we ’ve branched out to embrace a large number of stylus . The Zenith Grapefruit Gose from Ecliptic Brewing is a perfect model of this : a German - style glum beer with a touch of saline solution and coriander , it ’s further enlivened and equilibrate with the plus of grapefruit . It ’s a brilliant strong weather sipper , and we ’d wait nothing less from beer legend John Harris .

Burnside Brewing Co. Spring Rye

Rye , 5.5 % ABVKernsAlong with the lovely bottle artistic production , Burnside Brewing ’s Spring Rye is just a dainty beer all around . It has an almost creamy smoothness to it , with a humble IBU that lend to outdoor drinking . The hop portmanteau word , rye , and tinge of coriander keep it from being acerb , and make it clear why Burnside has been reviving this every year since its early yr .

Portland Brewing S.M.A.S.H.

wan ale , 5.6 % ABVAlphabet DistrictThe S.M.A.S.H. is n’t make for the Hulk ; rather , it ’s an acronym for " Single Malt And Single Hop . " It ’s unclear whether the brewer make up one’s mind to make it completely for the name to show up on Portland Brewing ’s drink roster , but it end up being a gracious , straightforward pale ale , something that Oregon had almost draw a blank about in its flurry of IPAs . Its single hop is somewhat fruity , the malt is tripping , and it ’s extremely effervescent : very gracious for a sunny mean solar day in Portland .

Culmination Brewing Urizen

Amerindic seance ale , 4.5 % ABVKernsCulmination is still a nascent brewery with a young crew , but it ’s already producing some great beer . This Amerind sitting ale , as they mark it , is packed full of delicious El Dorado and Idaho # 7 hops , but it ’s well balanced , with a lower IBU , and raft of adorable flowered and citrus notes . It strikes an refined balance between an IPA and a session , get it a unambiguously Northwestern spring ale .

Bridgeport Brewing Stumptown Tart Cherry Saison

Saison , 7 % ABVPearl DistrictFrom Portland ’s OG brewery , Bridgeport , come the Stumptown Cherry . It ’s the benighted beer on this spring list , but still a brisk saison at an appropriate 7 % ABV . The cherry flavor is subtle yet present , and there ’s some squeamish spiciness and gilded malt , with very delicate hops .

Baerlic Brewing Co. Delight Belgian Blonde

Belgian - style blonde ale , 7.6 % ABVHosfordThe Baerlic brewpub nullify the ubiquitous Portland brewery esthetic of exposed brick and conspicuously displayed equipment , choose for a smart , clean , coffee - shop class look alternatively . So too is its beer chic and clean , like the Delight Belgian Blonde , a pale Belgian - style ale that ’s rich , bright , and riotous , with all the common Belgian notes of apple and pear . It ’s close to a tripel in style , particularly with the 7.6 % ABV , and has less refined sugar than a usual blonde . No blonde jokes , please .

Commons Brewery Three Point Six

Session , 3.6 % ABVBuckmanRarely is a beer so straightforwardly named for its ABV , but the Three Point Six is , indeed , 3.6 % inebriant . It ’s called a “ brett - affected hoppy session . ” While the yeast brettanomyces is seldom used to morose beer , it ’s a subtle but welcome mien here , adding a creamy tartness and some yield note to this Belgian quaffer . Commons Brewery continue to impress .

Gigantic Brewing Co. Hearts + Stars

Saison , 5.5 % ABVBrooklynGigantic excels at balance , and that ’s exactly what you get with this delightful , fruity French - mode saison . It ’s appropriate for both our rainy and our sunny spring weather , but you might not find any of it , because you ’ll be so distracted by the label from local artistMaryanna Hoggatt , which depicts the adorable Tolly Peppercorn , Battle Raccoon . We ’re telephone it : this is the in force feeding bottle nontextual matter of the year . Tolly ho !

Breakside Brewery Indian Golden Ale

Double IPA , 8.1 % ABVMilwaukieThis beautiful aureate beer has a misleadingly eminent 8.1 % ABV , making it the gamey inebriant beer on the list . Still , the hops portmanteau of Chinook , El Dorado , and Mosaic , along with very light malted milk , make for a revitalize beer , kindle notes of pineapple and stone yield without being overwhelming fruity . It ’s absolved why Breakside Brewery is growing as fast as it is .

Hopworks Urban Brewery Rise Up Red

flushed ale , 6.1 % ABVBrooklynRed ale do n’t exactly call “ spring , ” but the HUB ’s Rise Up Red shows why it continues to be the brewery ’s spring seasonal . Despite its disconsolate red hue , it ’s a remarkably refreshing beer , due to the lightly crisp malt liquor and expertly balanced , zesty hop .

Migration Brewing Sambucus Elderflower Saison

Saison , 4.9 % ABVKernsSpring means blossom , and the elderflower in this saison makes the brew even more seasonally appropriate . It ’s insidious , and can almost be mistaken for flowered hops , but it adds a finespun aroma to an already pleasant beer , with citrusy hops and fruity Belgian barm .

Lompoc Brewing Hopster’s Paradise

IPA , 6 % ABVBoiseIPAs are n’t on the button spring beers , but they are quintessentially Portland , and so is Lompoc Brewing . It ’s more of a straight IPA that fall out to be released in spring , but it ’s still a nice beer to have at one of Lompoc ’s many terrace and garden around town .

Hopworks Urban Brewery