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Closings

Nothing lasts forever, and sadly that includes brewpubs. The following establishments closed their doors between the printing of the first edition of The Brewpub Explorer in 1996 and the printing of the second edition in 2000. Following this list is a separate list of closings that have occured since publication of the second edition:

Oregon

Bandon Brewing Company, Bandon
Blue Moutain Brewing, La Grande
Columbia Gorge, Gresham
Oregon Fields Brewing Company, Eugene
Multnomah Brewing Company, Portland
Nor'Wester Public House, Portland (now contract brewed by Saxer Brewing Company)
Peak Northwest, Portland
Portland Brewing Company-Flanders Street Brewpub. Portland (all brewing is now at their NW 31st Avenue brewery)
Siskiyou Brewing Company (previously a Rogue brewery), Ashland
Star Brewing Company, Portland
Widmer Brewing-Heathman Pub, Portland (all brewing now at the Gasthaus and Jody Maroni's)

Washington

Buchanan Brewing Company, Oroville
California & Alaska Street Brewery/W. Seattle Brewing Co., Seattle
Caveman Brewery, Spokane
Cedar River Brewing Company, Renton
Chuckanut Brewing Company, Bellingham
CJ's Brewpub, Vancouver (now a pub only)
Crown Point, Vancouver
Ellensburg Brewing Company, Ellensburg
Glacier Peak, Everett
Hale's Ales-Spokane (all brewing now in Seattle)
Kelley Creek Brewing Company, Bonney Lake
Mt. Baker Brewing, Bellingham
Pacific Northwest Brewing Co., Seattle
Pyramid Brewery, Kalama (all brewing is now is Seattle)
Redhook Brewery-Forecasters Pub (all brewing now in Redmond and Portsmouth, NH)
Redmond Brewing Company, Redmond
Seattle Brewing Company/Aviator Ales
Thomas Kemper, Poulsbo (all brewing now at Pyramid in Seattle)

British Columbia

Bingen Brewing

 

Additionally, since the publication of this edition, a few other brewpubs and breweries have closed (and several also have opened!). Recent closings include:

  • Saxer Brewing in Lake Oswego, Oregon recently merged with Portland Brewing
  • Old World Brewing Company in the Hollywood district of Portland, OR
  • Fort Spokane Brewery in Spokane, WA
  • North Cascades Brewing Company in Bellingham, WA
  • Captains City Brewery, Coupeville, WA
  • Tapps Brewing Company, Sumner, WA
  • Sound Brewery & Smokehouse, Bainbridge, WA
  • Cirque Brewery, Prosser, WA

 


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