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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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy brownish with a medium beige head. Aroma was sweet sourish with plums, caramel and wood. Flavour had sour cherries, wood, cinnamon, almonds and vinegar. Finished very sour with sour cherries. Refreshing stuff.

Tried on 02 Jun 2009 at 17:28


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

Hazy deep amber with a medium off white head. Sour aroma with wood, brett, lacto and grapefruit notes. Flavour had sour plums, lacto, brett, wood, vinegar, leather and sour cherries. Finished sour. Lovely.

Tried on 02 Jun 2009 at 17:27


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy amber with a medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with peaches, sweet malt and oranges. Sweet flavour with loads of oranges, peaches, lacto and brett notes. Finished sour.

Tried on 02 Jun 2009 at 17:21


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

pours ruby red with light reddish head. Aroma is just very cherry like with hints of vinegar though not overly sour. Taste, cherry, some sourness and oak wood barrel. The sour aspect is just on the spot, not too much and makes this one a very drinkable sour. Overall palate is in the mid vinegary range with some light hints of tart cherry.

Tried on 29 May 2009 at 16:07


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cloudy orange color. Yeast in the aroma. Sour flavor, with yeast. Nearly a lambic. Simple, but good flavors. Refreshing.

Tried on 19 May 2009 at 22:13


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

Orange color. Low carbonation. Sour and tons of apricot flavor and aroma. A little sweetness in the flavor.

Tried on 19 May 2009 at 22:11


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, c&c, from Monument in Concord, CA. Orange amber color with a transient white head. Tart apricot aroma. Medium body with fizzy/frothy carbonation. Starts a bit oaky and sour, and then tart apricot arrives. Finishes astringent/dry. Overall it’s apricot and mild oak. And sour. Very nice stuff. Medium level funk.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2009 at 20:55


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Very much like the cherry. Dark red. Dry aroma with berry and yeast. Some berry in the flavor, more yeast, and moderately sour.

Tried on 17 May 2009 at 19:52


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Red color. Very good cherry aroma. Some sour cherry in the flavor, as well as yeast. Unsweetened. Good, crisp palate, and it is sour.

Tried on 17 May 2009 at 19:07


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Bailey’s TapRoom Portland OR. Pours out a dark brown with some red highs topped with a tan head. Aroma of sweet roast and candy. Tast was lots of malts some black liquorish and a little coffee.

Tried from Draft on 16 May 2009 at 01:00