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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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Cranberry from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap at Borefts 2016. Aroma is big tart cranberries, sourish red fruits, funk and spicy cinnamon. Flavour is nicely medium sour with a slight touch of sweetness. Body is medium. I’m not generally a fan of cinnamon, but it works remarkably well with the tart raspberries in this fine Sour.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35
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Strawberry from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From tap at Borefts 2016. Aroma is lots of sour strawberries, tart berries. Flavour is nicely above medium sourness. Body is medium. Delivers as promised, a glass full of tasty sour strawberries.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35
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Elderberry from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
From tap at Borefts 2016. Aroma is big juicy elderberries, tart and sweetish red and dark fruits, ’roosvicee’. Flavour is above medium sour with a touch of soft sweetness. Finishes dry. Body is medium. Wonderful elderberry Sour.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35
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Bourbonic Plague from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
From tap at Borefts 2016. Aroma is sweet and sour dark fruits, berries, lots of oak, vanilla, bourbon, appelstroop, mild dark malt with a touch of chocolate. Flavour is medium sweet and sour. Body is above medium and a bit sticky. Complex flavour-bomb.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35
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Manhattan NW from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
From tap at Borefts 2016. Aroma is big red fruits, oak, fruity, some vinegar, cherries. Flavour is above medium sour. Body is just above medium. A great big fruity oaky Sour, delicious.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35
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Figaro from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
From tap at Borefts 2016. Aroma is sour fruits, touch of vinegar, grapes, bit vinous. Flavour is nicely puckering sour with a dry finish. Body is above medium. Awesome Sour Ale.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:34
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Raccoon Lodge Old Salt IPA from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From tap at Cascade Barrel House, Portland. As Cascade IPA. Aroma is soft fruity hops, biscuity malt, orange, with a touch of pine. Flavour is light to moderate sweet with a bitter finish. Body is medium. Rather ’classic’ IPA, not a hop bomb, maybe a little rough, but it tasted pretty agreeable from tap.
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:46
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Tangerine Dream from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
From tap at Cascade Barrel House, Portland. 2015 vintage. Aroma is fairly complex with a lot of zesty citrus peel on the front, mandarin, tangerine, apricot, oak, vanilla. Flavour is big sour flavour, nicely puckering sour. Body is medium. Big zesty citrus peel complemented by soft Bourbon vanilla with a strong puckering sour flavour, really good!
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:46
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Primordial Noir from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
From tap at Cascade Brewing Barrel House, Portland. Aroma is big tart cherries, wood, vinegar, molasses, tart red fruits, caramel malt. Flavour is quite puckering long sour flavour. Body is medium to full. Big one, a bit Port-like with tons of barrel notes.
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:45
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Vintage Diesel from Cascade Brewing
1 year ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. 2011 version. Aroma is roasted with dark malt, rich chocolate, Bourbon, vanilla beans, coffee, tart red fruits, and caramel fudge. Flavour is sweet and light tart with some bitterness in the finish. Body is full. Complex and lovely, lots of depth.
Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:37