Cascade Brewing
Microbrewery
in Portland,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Cascade Brewing Barrel House
- Out of business
Established in 1998
Closed in 2024
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.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Cuvée du Jongleur from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Pours out a cloudy amber topped with a sand head. Aroma of pit fruit, wood, and more fruit berry. Tast was of pit fruit, berry, oak, and malts. A lot going on here. WOW. A nice little sour and tart on it.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed The Vine from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small white froth of a head that quickly fades over a hazed golden body. Aroma of raspberry, grassy, slightly fruity, mint, chamomile, and light spice. Taste is quite sour with fruit notes, grape, light baby diaper and Japanese Pear. Light bubbles and a dryish mouthfeel.
bb (18428) reviewed Blackberry Ale from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Reddish/purple/brown beer with a red/tan head. Big blackberry aroma with light earth and a light tartness. Big currant/blackberry flavor with malt and a nice tartness. Medium bodied. Ends with a nice tartness and blackberry/cherry/currant fruitiness.
bb (18428) reviewed Cuvée du Jongleur from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Mahogony beer with a light tan head. Sour/tart aroma with oak and a light mustiness. Rich malt and tart/sour flavor with light berry frtuiiness, oak, and green apples. Medium-plus bodied. Malt, sour/tart and light earth lingers. Nice acetic/tart/lactic balance.
bb (18428) reviewed Kriek from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. 2008 bottling. Ruby-brown beer with a tan head. Musty, cherry aroma with nice earthiness. Great tart cherry flavor with mustiness and light malt. Medium bodied. Tart cherries linger with some light oak and musiness. Finishes dry. Great lactic/acetic/cherry balance. One of the best Krieks I’ve had.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Blackberry Ale from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of bu11zeye. Pours a cloudy dark orangey brown with a beige head. Dry and lightly tart berry aroma. Medium body with a heavy carbonation and dry tart berry accents - not very distinct though. Dry and vaguely tart finish. 010509
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Kriek from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of bu11zeye. Slightly hazy orangey red with a beige head. Aroma of dry cherries. Medium body with discreet and subtle cherry accents - a whiff of almonds also. Good carbonation. Dry and lightly tart finish. 010509
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Cuvée du Jongleur from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours a hazy amber golden with a beige head. Light aroma of wood and overripe fruit. Medium body, lightly tart wood accents, some brown sugar and a lightly lactic tartness. Ends on a dry and slightly sour note. 010509
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Apricot from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of bu11zeye. Pours an almost clear golden with a creamy off-white head leaving laces. Fresh, peachy aroma. Medium body with a dry yet fresh fruity nose with a tart and astringent finish. Fresh and pleasant. 010509
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Kriek from Cascade Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours mahogany into a tumbler. Off-white head with medium retention recedes leaving no lacing. Oak, funk and cherry aromas. Tart and balsamic upfront. Lasting tart cherry finish.