History
- 1852 - Henry Saxer established the Liberty Brewery in Portland
- 1856 - Henry Weinhard and George Bottler establish Portland's second brewery, City Brewery.
- 1914 - five years before national prohibition was established, the voters of Oregon approved a state-wide ban on the manufacture, sale or advertisement of intoxicating liquor.
- 1933 - Oregon and the nation ratified the 21st Amendment
- 1985 - Oregon Legislature legalized brewpubs
In July 2011, representatives from the Oregon Brewers Festival declared Portland had 40 microbreweries located within the city limits, more than any city in the world and greater than one-third of the state total. Many have won nationwide and international acclaim. There are also many nanobreweries in Oregon such as Pale Horse brewery in Salem, Oregon which is expected to produce approximately 1,440 barrels in 2011. According to the Oregon Brewers Guild, there is an estimated 159 microbreweries in Oregon (2011).
Read more about this topic: List Of Breweries In Oregon
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