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!
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Pours a clear golden hue with a medium white head. A light floral and citrus nose. Sweet at times, sort of overripe fruit, dusty paper, almost a bit skunky. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2023
at 07:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours out crisp clean straw topped with a white head. Nose is crisp citrus hops and some bread malts. Taste is more of the nice light malts some grain and a light citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2023
at 15:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours out brown amber topped with a sand head. Nose is smoked meat some burnt malts and a little ash. Taste is more of the smoke forward ash and a little wood.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2023
at 16:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16oz can from Brewers Haven. Clear golden pour, patchy foamy head with ring. Malty, bready aroma, light sweetness. Taste follows with a malt-forward profile, light hoppy notes, tropical, floral. A fitting first foray for Occidental into non-Rheinheitsgebot brewing.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2023
at 02:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours out crisp clean straw topped with a white head. Nose is nice bread malts some grass. Taste is more of the nice bread malts grass hops and some husk.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2023
at 02:29
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Pale gold body with thick white head. Faint grass aroma. Rather full grain taste with a bit of maize. Balanced finish
Tried
on 03 May 2023
at 03:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 6
Dark brown body with light head. Light smoke aroma, Balanced smoke and malt taste with a nice finish
Tried
on 04 Mar 2023
at 23:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can. Pours clear golden, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is grain, hint of bathroom, hay, lemon. Wet grass. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Light body.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2022
at 00:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Can) hazy, bright orange colour with a medium tall white head; aroma of banana, clove; clean, balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2022
at 03:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Can) clear, bright, pale yellow colour with a small white head; aroma of cereal, noble hops; rich, balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2022
at 01:08