At Ancestry Brewing, we are building a lineage of family crafted ales, one brew at a time. We pride ourselves on paying attention to detail and quality. The first Ancestry location was opened in 2016 in Tualatin, OR with a taproom and . For a small brewery, we have a beautiful selection of hops that include Citra, Mosaic, Galaxy, El Dorado, EKG, Simcoe, and Amarillo to name a few. These fantastic hops will find their homes in our primary "3 Pillars" of beer - American, English, and Belgian. Each of these categories will be complimented by our cask and barrel program that we plan to grow over time.
You can find our beers on tap in one of our three locations, at many grocery stores, your favorite restaurant or taproom. We bottle our most popular flagship beers like Best Coast IPA and Irish Red and recently started canning Ancestry IPA in 12oz cans and a 16oz Hazy Rotator (Aussie Hazy IPA, Glori Haze IPA and Experimental IPA #6). We invite you to come see our brewery in Tualatin and get a pour straight from our Zwickels. We pride ourselves on connecting with our customers better than any brewery out there! We now have a Mug Club!!! Signing up get early access to news and beer releases. We are excited for you to join the family!
On tap at Ancestry, pours a deep dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out bready malts and English malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with English bready malt and light oats. Light-bodied but smooth and drinkable. Solid.
On tap at Ancestry, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma isn't as aggressive as one would think, with resinous hops and caramel malt, just a little residual sugar. Flavour is aggressive, with lots of resinous hops, caramel malt and an appropriate amount of residual sweetness. For a difficult to construct style like this, this is very impressive.
On tap at Ancestry, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of piney hops upfront, some resins and a caramel bready malt backbone. Flavour is robust, with lots of piney hops upfront and a dry crisp crackery malt backbone. Nice balance, with a dry, crisp finish. Not overly different, but it's well-made and an above average IPA.
On tap at Ancestry, pours a hazy orange amber with a small white head. Nose brings out a robust mix of resinous hops and caramel malt. Flavour follows accordingly, with loads of resinous hops and a big cadamel malt backbone. Nicely balanced, even if it is a touch abrasive. Well-constructed. Very good.
On tap at Ancestry, pours a fairy clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is quite soapy and floral, though very subdued. Flavour is only a touch more aggressive, with a soapy, perfumey quality and a touch of lacto. Can't shake the cleaner notes in here. Seems a bit off.
On tap at Ancestry, pours a clear bright red with a small white head. Aroma brings out muted raspberry notes upfront, with even more subdued strawberries, and light tartness. Flavour is better, with fresh strawberries and raspberries, with medium tartness and no sweetness. Nice complexity to this and real authenticity to the berries. Really good.
On tap at Ancestry, pours a hazy dark amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out English malt, some earthy notes and bready notes. Flavour is subdued, with earthy notes and English bready malt. Not authentic at all, with way too much earthy notes. Oh well, not bad.
On tap at the brewery. Is this a homage to Pliny? Pours a clear copper orange color with a medium white head. A big tropical resin hop nose. The flavor is toasted malts, bigger tropical resin fruit. Very good.
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear copper color with a medium white head. A big fruity resinous hop nose. A big sticky sweet base, sugary, tropical fruit, soft and subtle heat. This is a very good big IPA. Clean and tasty.
This was a truly awesome beer. Looks like it is bottled. Pours a pitch black color with a small white head. A huge bourbon and cherry nose. Roast, licorice, some heat, big vanilla oak bourbon, the cherries and huge and likely to mellow, bursting with dark fruit. Very smooth and flavorful. Lovely good beer.