Occidental Brewing

Microbrewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Occidental Brewing

Established in 2011

Contact
6635 N Baltimore Ave, Unit 102, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Description
Occidental Brewing Co. was founded in 2011 by Ben and Dan Engler with the goal of making well-balanced continental-style beers in the land of IPAs: Portland, Oregon. Finding a niche with beer drinkers who had grown tired of the hops arms race, we quickly grew (but not too much) with our lineup of approachable, sessionable, and award-winning ales and lagers. We began canning our core beers in 2013 and now bottle multiple seasonal offerings as well. Over the years we expanded our distribution from our Portland brewery to much of Oregon, Western Washington, Nevada, Idaho, and the occasional shipment to Japan. Look for Occidental beer in your local supermarket, bottle shop, bar or restaurant. Prost!

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7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draft at brewery. Cloudy golden pour, skin of fine bubbles. Yeasty, fruity aroma, pears. Taste brings a minor sour/tart vibe, yeasty, orchard fruit. Light, perky

Tried from Draft on 14 Dec 2025 at 20:08


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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Occidental. Clear, bright golden pour, ring of white foam, effervescent. Light lemony aroma, citrus. Taste features if the lemony flavors, with a bone dry feel. Really interesting

Tried from Draft at Occidental Brewing on 14 Dec 2025 at 19:53


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

I called this an IPA because that's what the brewery called it. Light hoppy aroma. Taste is like a grisette with lots of hops. I cried they put hops in my grisette. Tart finish.

Tried from Can at Saraveza on 03 Aug 2025 at 17:50


7

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:45


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Elizabeth Station, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is quite doughy upfront, with soft tangy hops and crisp biscuity malt in back. Flavour is fresh, bright and clean, with lots of doughy notes, fresh citrusy hops, and a dry biscuity malt base. Real nice use of the fresh hops, making this doughy and more fresher-tasting than usual, with a little less bitterness. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 14 Oct 2024 at 20:19


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Fresh hop smell and taste are great..it's dry hopped. Lovely in the glass, solid and long lasting head of foam, lacing is also very good.

Canned August 15th so less than 2 months old. Great!

Thanks Good Times Oakland!

Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2024 at 14:13


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Pours a clear orange hue with a medium white head. A light citrus nose. Smooth, light, crisp, big oranges, sweet, malty. Malt is pretty upfront.

Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2024 at 07:02


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from a Salem liquor store. Coors orange tinged gold. Decent white head. Aroma is very citrus. A little malty. More than moderately bitter. Good drink.

Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2024 at 03:33


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice crisp cereal malts and a citrus pepper hop. Taste is more of the nice citrus cereal hops and a refreshing end.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2023 at 21:54


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Taster at New Colony. Dark amber pour, clear, no head. Malty aroma, light sweet notes. Taste is malty, light winter spice. Well balanced.

Tried on 29 Dec 2023 at 02:18