Wayfinder Beer

Microbrewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Wayfinder Beer

Established in 2016

Contact
304 SE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Description
WAYFINDER BEER is a new brewery project in Portland, Oregon. We have transformed a 8,900 square feet of a century-old brick warehouse in Portland's Central Eastside into a classic destination for beer and food lovers.

Wayfinder is the brainchild of Charlie Devereux (co-founder of Double Mountain Brewery), Matthew Jacobson (co-founder/owner of Sizzle Pie, Quality Bar, and Relapse Records) and Rodney Muirhead (co-founder/owner of Podnah's Pit and La Taq). Our mission: to bring simple and authentic pleasures of the highest quality to the Rose City and beyond.

Guests to Wayfinder will find enjoyment in our 110-seat taphall, or outside on our massive patio. Our menu of handcrafted comfort food features deliciousness from a custom wood-fired grill. We're using our four-vessel, 10-barrel brewhouse to create world-class lagers and ales for onsite enjoyment and wholesale distribution.

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8.5
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Aroma has notes of garlic, weed, silicon. Taste is moderately too highly bitter with just a little malt sweetness balancing it out. Normally I wouldn’t care for any beer with too much oniony or garlicy hop character, but it works here for some reason. Very tasty, crisp, clean, and refreshing.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 19 Jan 2025 at 02:02

gave a cheers!

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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16oz can from Tavour. Clear golden pour, white foamy head. Biscuity aroma, bready. Taste is grainy, sweet, bread crust, biscuit malts, crackers. Not the Vienna Lager I was expecting.

Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2025 at 02:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Elizabeth Station, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is dry, with bready malt and some toasted nuts. Flavour is dry and bitter, closer to a pils, with dry bready malt, straw, and gentle hoppy bitterness. Finishes nearly bone dry, with a crisp, bready finish. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 13 Jan 2025 at 04:09


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Tried on 07 Jan 2025 at 18:28


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Norm's in a can: pours amber with an off white head. Aroma is caramel, earthy, light hoppy notes. Taste is lightly bitter, not too sweet. Well-balanced. Solid stuff.

Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2025 at 03:12


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

Can from Norms: Pours super pale with white head. Aroma is spicy and herbal hops, a little grass along with that. Taste is low bitterness, fairly dry. Nice aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2025 at 01:05


6.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Can. Pours clear golden amber, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is light smoke, hints of peach, grain. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Medium body

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2024 at 01:30


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

16 oz can from Half Time, 12/27/24. Pours a dark brown color with a creamy medium brown head. Chocolate, roast pumpernickel bread, and earth. Smooth and clean. Highly drinkable. A little dry. Really good. 8/4/8/4/17

Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2024 at 02:42

gave a cheers!

8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz can from the Untappd Wild Year in Beer box. Aroma has notes of toasted marshmallow, bread. Pours nearly black with a one finger beige head with decent retention. Taste is lightly sweet and roasty with some light herbal hop bitterness around the edges. Excellent. Probably the best example of this style I’ve had.

Tried from Can from Half Time on 21 Dec 2024 at 11:50

gave a cheers!

7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bright pale gold color. Large pillowy white head. Spotty lacing. Grainy malt aroma has metallic notes. Flavor follows nose. Added notes of herbal hops and lemon peel. Clean and crisp. Dry, bitter finish.

Tried on 21 Dec 2024 at 04:13