Wayfinder Beer
Microbrewery
in
Portland,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Wayfinder Beer
Established in 2016
Contact
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.
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.
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can from Tavour. Barely translucent dark brown color. Frothy tan head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, chocolate and dark bread. Flavor is lightly sweet, roasted malt, dark corn syrup, cocoa and bitter green herbs. Outstanding!
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 05 Feb 2025
at 06:01
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
16oz can from Tavour. I've been torn on this style, so I knew I had to try the original. Clear golden pour, with an abundant fluffy white head and streaky lacing. Hoppy aroma with some biscuity notes. Taste is sharp and hoppy, nice bitterness that sticks to the palate. Bready, light sweetness and super easy to drink. I can see why this recipe started a trend.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2025
at 02:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aromas are citrus, MJ and dry grain. Flavors are similar to nose with MJ coming out a bit more. Great balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Body is a touch thin. Finish is a little grassy. Pretty good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2025
at 02:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can from Tavour. Dark, clear brown pour, with a layer of cream colored foam. Aroma is light roast malts and cola. Taste is burnt toast, light sweet notes, nutty with a bitterness that lingers well past the finish. Very dry at the end.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2025
at 04:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Tavour. Clear, dark golden pour, foamy head recedes. Malty aroma with a hint of wood smoke, light fruity notes. Taste is malty, toffee, mild sweetness with a hint of the smoke and peach popping up at finish. Very light smoked malt
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2025
at 01:46
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Hommage to one of the best pubs in Prague! Bright gold. Thin head. Big malt, herbaceous hops, well balanced. Great hommage…it’s an more of an Urquell than polotmavy but it's done well.
Tried
from Draft
from
Elizabeth Station
on 22 Jan 2025
at 03:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a 16 oz can dated December 27, 2024.
Aroma is malt forward and rich with lots of toasted bread, caramel, crackers and biscuit. Hints of nuts and chocolate as well. Light herbal hop notes and hints of alcohol.
Pours a clear, brilliant, amber color with ruby and auburn hues and a large, thick, fluffy, tan head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Low lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of bread, toasted bread, caramel and crackers. Lighter notes of toffee, nuts and faint chocolate notes. Medium low bitterness and light alcohol notes. Hints of herbal, floral hops.
Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid dunkel. Really nice, complex malt character with good bread and caramel notes. Light, but complimentary hop notes and bitterness.
Aroma is malt forward and rich with lots of toasted bread, caramel, crackers and biscuit. Hints of nuts and chocolate as well. Light herbal hop notes and hints of alcohol.
Pours a clear, brilliant, amber color with ruby and auburn hues and a large, thick, fluffy, tan head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Low lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of bread, toasted bread, caramel and crackers. Lighter notes of toffee, nuts and faint chocolate notes. Medium low bitterness and light alcohol notes. Hints of herbal, floral hops.
Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid dunkel. Really nice, complex malt character with good bread and caramel notes. Light, but complimentary hop notes and bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2025
at 03:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a 16 oz can dated December 13, 2024.
Aroma is moderately hop forward with notes of passion fruit and gooseberry. Hints of pine and citrus. Light bready grain notes and rice with hints of alcohol.
Pours a very clear, very pale, yellow color with a medium large, thick, fluffy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with light bready grain notes and medium light rice notes. Medium low bitterness and faint alcohol notes. Light passion fruit, gooseberry, pine and citrus hop notes.
Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation. Faint astringency and faint alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hoppy rice lager. Very light bodied beer with nice hop aroma and just enough hop flavor and bitterness to make it interesting. Super easy drinking. Nice hop profile.
Aroma is moderately hop forward with notes of passion fruit and gooseberry. Hints of pine and citrus. Light bready grain notes and rice with hints of alcohol.
Pours a very clear, very pale, yellow color with a medium large, thick, fluffy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with light bready grain notes and medium light rice notes. Medium low bitterness and faint alcohol notes. Light passion fruit, gooseberry, pine and citrus hop notes.
Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation. Faint astringency and faint alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hoppy rice lager. Very light bodied beer with nice hop aroma and just enough hop flavor and bitterness to make it interesting. Super easy drinking. Nice hop profile.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2025
at 02:09
8.5/10
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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
6.8/10
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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