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

(Tap) hazy bright yellow colour with a small white head; aroma of jam; balanced flavour with a long; light bitter finish

Tried from Draft on 28 Sep 2022 at 01:39


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

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Golden pour, white head fades to thin, fine cap. Grainy, bready aroma, hint of hops. Taste is sweet, malty, biscuits with a crisp finish. Almost creamy texture. Nice!

Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2022 at 01:20


6.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Drink in hot weather. Clear yellow body with white head. Light maize aroma. Malty taste with some sweetness and a bit of fruit in the lager finish.

Tried on 30 Jul 2022 at 21:46


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

Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours clear, bright gold with a creamy wite head. Aroma is Saaz with a pear note. Arguably med body. Flavor is moderate Saaz with that pear note. Bready support. Clean, arguably crisp, tasty, good.

Tried from Can on 24 Jun 2022 at 00:07


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

Can (12/15/21) pour from Valley Beverage, Sherman Oaks. It’s an opaque black with nice sparkle, finger-plus width beige foamy head with good retention and rings of soapy lacing. Aroma is minerals and earthy malts. Taste is strong earthy roasted malt and minerals. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with smooth, frothy texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, drinks pretty light, thanks to the rice no doubt, but decent strength of aroma and flavor.

Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2022 at 00:46


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

Pour is a uber clear gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma is a sweet bready malt with some nobel hop. Flavor is again a little on the sweeter side with some graininess and a pretty aggressive bitter hop. It was ok just a few things that did not do it for me.

Tried on 17 Feb 2022 at 00:04


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

16oz can pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice toast malts some roast and a touch of chocolate. Taste is more of the nice toast malts and touch of chocolate.

Tried from Can on 13 Feb 2022 at 00:49


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

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Black pour, foamy beige head. Aroma is roasty malts, simple. Taste also features dark, roasty malts, pretty much square in schwarzbier territory. Hint of chocolate at the finish, touch of sweetness.

Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2022 at 03:58


6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Black body with off white head. Light malt aroma. Tasty malty taste with no riciness. Crisp finish with some sweetness.

Tried on 25 Dec 2021 at 05:41


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

From can to glass. Pours clear brown-red with khaki head that fades completely. Flavor and aroma are rich malt and breast.

Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2021 at 00:32