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

From a can pours a deep amber. A nice light beige tan head. Smooth slightly sweet malty woody flavors and aromas. Fairly full bodied and rich. At nearly 7% pretty big for a fest beer. Nice flavors and smooth palate. Touches of brown sugar and woody maltiness.

Tried from Can on 01 Sep 2019 at 02:07


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

Refrigerated brown bomber from buckeyeboy poured into a glass. Slightly hazy pale yellow with medium/large white head. Aroma is slightly tart, medium/light body, well carbonated, and pretty good lacing. Taste is tart and some salt.

Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 00:07


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour is a clear gold with a large fizzy white head. Aroma is a nice wet dough bready malt. Flavor is more of a decent malt bread, maybe a bit thin and watery but the malt used in this beer is nice and clean.

Tried on 19 Jun 2019 at 01:59


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Darker than usual Body with a white head. Large grassy aroma. Lighter malt taste, but pleasant. All over finish

Tried on 01 May 2019 at 02:51


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

On tap at prefunk Nampa pours out pale straw topped with a white head. Nose is nice light grain some spice and grass. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts grain and corn.

Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2019 at 21:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On Tap at the Handle Bar, Boise Clear light yellow, quickly receding white fizzy head. Soft light bready pale malts. Just a touch of hops. Very smooth and mellow.

Tried from Draft on 09 Feb 2019 at 22:28


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

On tap at the Beer Junction, pours a dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma is loaded with bourbon barrel character upfront, with some toffee and dark dried fruits. Flavour is dominated by the bourbon barrels, with some booze, dry smoky barrel character, and some dried dark fruits. Nice use of barrels, but lacking the depth one might hope for.

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2018 at 04:27


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

Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can from BuckeyeBoy poured into a weizen glass. Hazy golden with small off-white head. Aroma is clove, medium body, some carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is clove, some banana, and some esters.

Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2018 at 02:24


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Tried on 12 Aug 2018 at 03:15


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Hierdie is 'n Beierse hell. Thin white head with plain yellow clear body. Light pleasant aroma, biscuit and cut grass. Light to medium body, biscuit and bread with a light hop edge, very light, in the finish. For a hot day.

Tried on 01 Aug 2018 at 02:14