Wayfinder Beer
Microbrewery
in
Portland,
Oregon,
United States πΊπΈ
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.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Definitely a pale lager. Light yellow colour with thin fast dissipating white head. Faint malt aroma. Light taste, malt and a bit of something else. Some hop in the finish. Best on very hot days.
Tried
on 31 May 2020
at 04:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Slightly hazy amber beer with a cream head. Vanilla and lactose aroma. Vanilla and lactose flavor with citrus. Medium bodied. Vanilla and citrus linger with lactose.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2020
at 22:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6
Gold with fast dissipating white head. Fruity aroma, tropical citrus. Hop taste, sweet citrus, tart citrus and bitter tang. Long all over the mouth finish.
Tried
on 24 May 2020
at 02:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can. Pours a medium hazy orange hue with a medium white head. A light tangerine and lemon nose. Rich, orange peel, soft toast, mild sharper tropical notes, maybe a hint of earthy pine. Very good. Love the awesome can. Just killer design.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2020
at 05:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
32 oz growler poured, filled at Hop and Hound. Clean copper appearance, shiny penny, thin foam head. Lots of rich caramel malts, and subtle toffee like noted. Really nice flavorful lager here. Lingering caramel malts. Smooth, easy drinking. Sessionable. Really well done.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 May 2020
at 20:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can poured, picked up at Hop and Hound. Loving this Wayfinder collection that got dropped the other day. Canned 3/30/20. Beautiful sun glow haze, a nice medium foam head and lacing. Creamy body, bold and bitter grapefruit notes blend well with the malt bill. Smooth taste up front, and a bitter linger. Touches of piney hop character to pair with the juicy side. Really tasty and refreshing IPA here.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2020
at 22:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
16 ounce can thanks to Eric. Pours a mahogany color with a small beige head. A light smoked malt, nutty nose. Quite smoky, soft bready base, nutty, chocolate. Pretty solid.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2020
at 04:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Brown with a thin head. Light smoke and toast aroma. Full smoke taste with malt and a hop spike. Long finish
Tried
on 07 Mar 2020
at 22:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Ever so slightly hazy golden coloured body with a faint, single centimetre tall, pure white head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma of soft citrus, a splash of grapefruit, mellow malt and sugars with a touch of very off-putting, almost stale hop notes that don't really show any signs of bitterness at all. Light-bodied; Strong grassy and herbal notes show at first with a dry and floral component, some flowers, a mellow citrus (oranges/pomelo) flavour and a hint of alcohol comes through at the very end, but very mild throughout and not really showing much. Aftertaste is soft as well, with only a faint dose of malt, grain, citrus and the strongest - some soft and underwhelming hops that don't really add any bitterness or flavours, just show through as dry, herbal flavours. Overall, an interesting and fairly underwhelming beer throughout with some decent flavours, but nothing in terms of anything that you'd want to have, in comparison with other beers in this style. I'm not sure what 'cold-brewed' is aside from Coors, and I don't think you want to try it. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased just eight days ago at Downtown Spirits in Seattle, Washignton [state] on 07-February-2020 for US$4,49 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in Pungoteague, Virginia on 15-February-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2020
at 06:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Orange body with white head. Citrus and evergreen aroma. Hoppy taste with good balance. Citrus finish.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2020
at 23:08