Cascade Brewing

Microbrewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Cascade Brewing Barrel House - Out of business

Established in 1998

Closed in 2024

Contact
7424 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Portland, OR, 97225, United States
Description
Pucker Up & Join the Sour Revolution

Cascade Brewing has been a pioneer in the sour beer renaissance since 2006 and is the proud innovator of the Northwest Sour Ale. We are, by nature, the definition of artisanal brewing: we’re not bound by stylistic guidelines, just our own imagination and the ingredients we can access. Our distinctive sour beer blends feature fruit forward, barrel-aged ales that offer a complex array of flavors derived from Northwest grown ingredients, with each release capturing the unique subtleties of that year’s growing season. Our beers are brewed at our original brewery in Southwest Portland, then blended and aged at our nearby Blending House, which holds more than 1,300 oaks barrels and nine foudre tanks.

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7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap @ Peders. Hazy red with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, red grapes and light tart. Flavor is quite sweet and slightly acidic. Dry and slightly acidic finish. 080524
Tried from Draft on 08 May 2024 at 15:28

8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
12oz can from Khoury's in Hendo. Mojito glass at home. Sticky glass, hazy honey pour. Astringent, sweet peas, floral, quince funk, inviting. Tart, lemon tea, savory veg, Lemon Heads, slight medicinal, bitter grass. Frothy egg white, medium acidity, on point acidity. Fresh & tasty.
Tried from Can on 04 May 2024 at 00:11

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can. A- Cherry, oak, funk. A- Dark red color, opaque liquid, minimal head. T- Cherry, oak. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- Really lovely beer. I usually pass on Cascade because I can't afford the price of the bombers but seeing some 8oz cans for a more modest price really is awesome. Good beer.
Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2024 at 16:57

8.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sang Rouge 2013 bottle. Pours deep mahogany into a tulip. White head does quickly hugs rim. Dark cherry and oak aromas. Tart with cherry and pit fruit upfront turning quickly lactic in the dry, lasting finish. Aged nicely.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2024 at 22:23

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
18th April 2024
Craft Beer Junction bottle share. Thanks to LKS for the bottle. Clear deep amber beer, no real head. Palate is light and fairly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Tart berry fruits, blackberry and a mild blackcurrant, lesser red berries. Tart lemony and fairly dry finish. Yeah, fine, not tearing my face off but if you think this scores higher, let's see you drink a pint.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2024 at 07:57

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours deep, clear bronze into a tulip. No head, but bubbles hug rim. Tart pit fruit and vanilla aromas. Soft with sour peach, apricot and lactic fuzz upfront turning to cabarnet, kumquat and peach marmalade in the tart, lasting length finish.
Tried on 17 Apr 2024 at 21:47

8/10
Clear red body medium foamy off white head. Tart berry aroma. Dry tart berry flavor. Medium light bidy moderate carbonation. 8/4/9/4/17 4.2
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2024 at 13:14

8/10
Dark brown body small foamy tan head. Tart fruit molasses vinegar raisin aroma. Raisin vinegar toffee fruit flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 8/3/8/4/17 4.0
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2024 at 13:12

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Amber/orange colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, yeast, vinous, citrus, funk, dried fruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, yeast, vinous, citrus, funk, dried fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2024 at 19:55

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
corked and caged bottle, 2018, tasted apr 4 2024 pours chestnut brown with a small white to offwhite head. Aroma is sour and slightly malty - it fits totally in the sour belgian bruin category for me, was I blind tasting I would place the beer definetly from belgium, as a sour bruin, one of the finer ones. the sourness (vinagre salad dressing sour) is toned by several finer complexity adding notes like wood, bourbon wood, roasted malts. all notes I can find could be brewing-process derived rather than just fruit and stuff added. great aroma almost a 9. much closer to 8.5 than 8. Flavor has some notes from the added yuzu and perhaps also the pepper, base beer seem to be seriously sour, also seems to lack a little bit of yeasty body, compared to the belgians. very decent sour with lots of complexity to explore. The alc.% is fitting and not spoiling anything, good collaboration, has kept very well the 6 years since botteling, could keep for years more I think.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2024 at 11:37