Cascade Brewing teams up with Portland Bitters Project on ‘Contemporary Fashion’

Cascade Brewing’s latest release to slim 250ml cans and draft is a cocktail-inspired sour called Contemporary Fashion.

Modeling it’s flavors after an Old Fashioned cocktail, Cascade’s interpretation has a sour quad ale aged in bourbon barrels for up to two years as it’s base where it sat on orange peel. Cascade teamed up with local artisan maker the Portland Bitters Project to add their aromatic and herbal cocktail bitters to the finished beer.

Cascade’s tribute to the Old Fashioned Cocktail captures notes of bourbon and fresh orange peel with a complex botanical bouquet and a soft malt sweetness. The beer is 12.2% abv.

Contemporary Fashion will be distributed through Cascade Brewing’s distribution network in cases of 24 (six four-packs); single cans are available now at the brewery’s two Portland-area pubs: Cascade Brewing Barrel House at 939 SE Belmont St. and The Lodge at Cascade Brewing at 7424 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy.

About Cascade Brewing
Founded in Portland, Oregon in 1998, Cascade Brewing is a pioneer of the sour beer renaissance, innovating the Northwest Sour Ale in 2006. The brewery’s portfolio of distinctive sour ales features fruit-forward, barrel-aged ales with complex flavors and aromas derived from the acid, the fruit, and the residual flavors present in the aging barrels. An emphasis on year-to-year variation captures the unique subtleties of each year’s fruit growing season, leading sour beer connoisseurs around the world to seek out Cascade’s Northwest Sour Ales. The brewery also brews a broad range of non-sour styles with the same level of quality and creativity that has become synonymous with the Cascade Brewing brand.