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

16 oz can. Aroma has notes of biscuity malt, grapefruit. Pours nearly clear golden with a half finger bone-white head with decent retention. Taste has a moderate to high pithy bitterness with very little sweetness. Kind of bland.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 29 Nov 2025 at 03:55

gave a cheers!

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

16oz can from Tavour. Clear golden body, thin, sturdy, tight white head. Big biscuity, grainy aroma right from the start. Taste is biscuity, crisp, with a fair amount of bitterness. Everything you'd expect in a lager, but amped up a bit.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 27 Nov 2025 at 01:57

gave a cheers!

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

Gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Scattered lace. I love lemon so this beer is up my alley. All lemon flavor with a lemon Pledge palate. Light bodied and light carbonation

Tried from Can from Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville on 24 Nov 2025 at 23:06


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hay nose, lime highlights. Clear yellow, medium head. Tangy and zedty whole lemon, hay. Light body, easy carbonation. Much too tangy.

Tried from Can from Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville on 24 Nov 2025 at 21:40


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Clear gold pour with thick lasting white head. Hayey aroma. Full malty flavour with fruit and some tea notes. Long finish and full bodied.

Tried from Can at Saraveza on 24 Nov 2025 at 05:19

gave a cheers!

7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

473mL can. Pours nearly black with a beige head. Dry toasted bread and woody smoke on the nose. Flavour has bread crusts, a gentle roast, subtle wood smoke, and crisp dry grass. I really liked the nose, the flavour was a bit tame, but it was very nice once it came to temperature a bit.

Tried from Can from Bottleworks on 20 Nov 2025 at 01:34


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Canned 9/19/25, drunk 11/19/25, as pictured.
Spicy and earthy with that sort of papery French yeast. Unripe, but not acidic apples and fresh herbs with just enough honey-like maltiness to keep it from being too dry.
Same in the flavor, where it's pushing it on the dryness and paper/cracker. But it's got lovely, spicy, fresh herbal hops done right and is clean with light mineral. Interesting and not a cookie cutter pilsner.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 20 Nov 2025 at 00:50

gave a cheers!

8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can from Tavour. A Brewver Top 50 in the Smoked/Rauchbier category. Translucent dark brown pour. Large rocky tan head. Roasted malt aroma has a hint of smokiness. First sip brings dark roasty notes. Hints of chocolate and smoked malt, as well. Smooth and flavorful. The smokiness is evident, yet subdued. Tasty.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 19 Nov 2025 at 04:40


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

Aromas are resin, malt, citrus with spice and floral. Flavors are similar to nose and lean a bit tart. Matched by bitter and enough sweet to work. A little different and very tasty. Good beer.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 18 Nov 2025 at 02:35

gave a cheers!

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

Tavour: pours darker brown with beige head. Aroma is slightly smokey, some dark fruitiness, toasty malts. Taste is smokey and a little sweet. Light bitterness. Not bad.

Tried from Can on 17 Nov 2025 at 00:54