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.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with some oaky vanilla hints. Slightly sourish roasted malty chocolate flavor with some woody hints. Roasted malty chocolate finish with lots of woody flavors in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with a sslightly thin mouthfeel. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a slighlty roasted malty caramel aroma with some weak hints of hops. Roasted malty caramel flavor with some fruity hints. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some citrus hints. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel and citrus. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a sweetish malty hoppy aroma. Sweetish malty and slightly hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish fruity malty finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a a hazy pale reddish color with a small white head. Has a sweet fruity raspberry aroma. Sweetish slighlty tart raspberry flavor. Has a sweetish and a little tart raspberry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a sweetish malty grainy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty spicy and grainy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a slightly sweetish malty grainy finish.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Raccoon Lodge Zomer Wit from Cascade Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at Raccoon Lodge. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a sweet spicy coriander aroma with some citrus hints. Sweetish wheat malty spicy coriander flavor with some hints of citrus. Has a sweetish spicy coriander finish with some hints of citrus in the aftertaste.
jake65 (5821) reviewed Kriek from Cascade Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Murky pour is reddish brown with a smaller sandy head. Smells fruity and oaky. Cherry with barrel aged notes. Sweet and tart. Tastes fruity up front into a fermented fruit slash wine/vinegar finish. Dry... However, it did mellow out as it reached room temp.
theisti (5540) reviewed Blackberry Ale from Cascade Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Rating #1100. 750 ml waxed and capped bottle purchased mail order directly from the brewery. Pour is purple, black, ruby - cloudy. One inch tan head head falls with nice lacing. Pretty in the glass. Taste is earthy, tart blueberry, some sweetness maltiness. All the flavors are well integrated with nothing jumping out of place. Palate is mouth coating, with a pronounced bright bitterness to the finish. Another delicious beer from Cascade. Thanks for doing mail order Art and Ron!