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

Draft at BitterCreek. Clear, bright golden, soft head. Full, bready aroma. Taste is also light malts, bread, crackers. Big, full mouthfeel too. Slides down your throat. Really good.

Tried from Draft on 19 Apr 2017 at 18:55


6.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On Tap at BitterCreek Boise. Clear very dark brown. With a persistent light beige head and dense thin lacing. Mlld dark roast flavors, moderately smokey and savory. Fairly quick finish. Smooth light body. Mild and smooth.

Tried from Draft on 31 Mar 2017 at 16:32


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On Tap clear deep chestnut brown. Fine thin lasting light tap head and lacing. Nutty milk chocolate aromas and flavors. Woody and some mocha at the end. A littel ABV burn at the end, for not even 7%.

Tried from Draft on 31 Mar 2017 at 16:10


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Brewers Haven. Hazy medium golden, small bubbly head. Sweet nutty aroma, malty. Taste is also mildly sweet, soft bitterness, more nuts, malt. Smooth, soft. Nice body, and nice lingering bitterness, dry. These guys are getting my attention.

Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2017 at 21:47


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at bittercreek boise. Pours out dark brown almost black topped with a sand head. Nose is smoke ashtray some roast and a little nutty notes. Taste is more of the smoke some meat notes and a nice grain touch.

Tried from Draft on 18 Mar 2017 at 22:26


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at BitterCreek. Spot on from these guys. Ashy smoky notes, mildly sweet, dark malts. Right on for the Bamberg style. Mild , smoky bitterness, dark malty, roasty. Sweet. Nutty. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2017 at 17:33


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz. Can from Brewers Haven. Pours out a cloudy yellow/gold, with thick rocky head. Mildly fruity aroma, snow white bread too. Taste also leans on the fruity notes, but more lemon than banana. Body is also a shade thin, but still a pretty good representation of the style.

Tried from Can on 12 Mar 2017 at 16:13


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

On Tap Clear deep golden, thin wispy off white head. Light slightly carmelized woody malt flavors. Just enough hop bitters to balance. Very clean finish.A light clean amber.

Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2017 at 16:14


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On Tap Clear golden bright white head quickly dissipating. Light pale grain body, plenty of bitter noble hop flavors. A little slick and smooth. Not particularly dry.

Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2017 at 15:49


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On Tap a classic very cloudy yellow beige. Sturdy off white head. Nice soft Bavarian yeast flavors is right. Bananna mostly. Nice wheaty bready malt body. Pleasant.

Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2017 at 15:18