Free Portland Brewery Shuttle Bus Tours & Tastings for Zwickelmania
Hop on the FREE shuttle bus tour of Portland breweries for the Zwickelmania celebration this Saturday, February 22nd. This is Oregon Craft Beer Month’s largest event, a brewery open house with brewery tours and FREE beer tasting, plus other special beers, food, parties, and giveaways at participating breweries across the entire state.
Zwickelmania® is the annual celebration of Oregon craft beer when Oregon Brewers Guild member breweries open their brewery doors, inviting the public to come sneak a peak behind the scenes and sample some free beer. A “zwickel” is the the valve or sample port mounted at the outside of a cask or tank. This valve allows the brewer to take samples for assessing the brew's progress during fermentation.
This year Migration Brewing, SteepleJack Brewing, and Gigantic Brewing have banded together to put together two different bus routes to shuttle people between 15 Portland breweries over 2 different routes that hit 8 breweries each with shuttles arriving every 30 minutes. No registration or ticket is required to catch the Zwickelmania bus, just show up at one of the breweries starting at 11am and ending at 5pm on 2/22.
Zwicklemania has been the most successful Oregon Brewers Guild event at getting new and returning fans into breweries to both taste and learn about their operations. However since COVID-19 it has been a more casual affair after going virtual in 2020. This year breweries are teaming up as only they know how to keep the big party from fading away.
ZWICKELMANIA Bus Route 1:
Migration Brewing (2828 NE Glisan St Portland, OR 97232)
The Zwickelmania bus starts and ends here. Migration Brewing will also be celebrating their 15th anniversary! There will be two collaboration beers with Ruse Brewing & Threshold Brewing released on draft and in cans, a specialty curated food menu, brewery tours, and DJ's throughout the day.
Leikam Brewing (5812 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97215)
Opening early at 11am for zwickel pours and tours, plus pickle tasting!
Threshold Brewing (403 SE 79th Ave, Portland, OR 97215
Raffles, brewery tours, special pours and Cousins Maine Lobster serving food.
Montavilla Brew Works (7805 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215)
Brew tours and free samples, raffles, new beers and vintage beers including cask!
Grand Fir Brewing (1403 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97214)
Oregon brewery of the year at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival! Killer pub menu by chef/co-owner Doug Adams.
StormBreaker Brewing (832 N Beech St, Portland, OR 97227)
Celebrating their 11th anniversary along with brewery tours and free sampling there will be Limited Barrel Aged Bottle Releases, Special Drafts, Whiskey Tastings, Tattoo Pop Up, and more info on the party here.
Von Ebert Brewing (825 N Cook St, Portland, OR 97227)
Sample beers from the tank and preview the new Von Ebert location on N. Mississippi Ave. soon to open in the former Ecliptic Brewing space!
SteepleJack Brewing (2400 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232)
Migration Brewing (2828 NE Glisan St Portland, OR 97232)
The Zwickelmania bus starts and ends here. Migration Brewing will also be celebrating their 15th anniversary! There will be two collaboration beers with Ruse Brewing & Threshold Brewing released on draft and in cans, a specialty curated food menu, brewery tours, and DJ's throughout the day.
ZWICKELMANIA Bus Route 2:
Migration Brewing (2828 NE Glisan St Portland, OR 97232)
The Zwickelmania bus starts and ends here. Migration Brewing will also be celebrating their 15th anniversary! There will be two collaboration beers with Ruse Brewing & Threshold Brewing released on draft and in cans, a specialty curated food menu, brewery tours, and DJ's throughout the day.
Zoiglhaus Brewing (5716 SE 92nd Ave, Portland, OR 97266)
German-style brewery now with their own food hall and expansive space in Lents neighborhood.
Assembly Brewing (6112 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR 97206)
Oregon’s only black-owned brewery with famous authentic Detroit-style Pizza. Assembly will have zwickel samples and tour, and happy hour prices in the pub!
Gigantic Brewing (5224 SE 26th Ave, Portland, OR 97202)
Straight-from-the-zwickel tastings. Big beers like MASSIVE! Barleywine and Most Most Premium Imperial Stout on tap. Pizza the Gathering slinging hot, cheesy pies and 808 Grinds with Hawaiian plates. Live music 2-5pm, comedy at 5:30pm.
Hopworks Brewery (2944 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202)
Cycle-themed popular family friendly brewpub known for pizza and lots of NW-style beers.
Crux Fermentation Project PDX (2715 SE 8th Ave #175, Portland, OR 97202)
Visit the Portland location of the Bend favorite where they will be pouring their newest variation of Aromatic Variance!
Ground Breaker Brewing (2030 SE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97214)
Free pours of in-process beer off the zwickel and finished beers to compare with. Their kitchen SalviPDX will have a $5 chili special. Designated drivers will be provided free root beer or get a non-alcoholic mocktail for $6. Ground Breaker will have 9 beers on draft, participants can vote for their favorite one and tag them on social media.
Baerlic Brewing (2239 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214)
Popular spacious beer hall that makes big variety of IPA, lager, plus English, German, and barrel-aged beers and featuring a kitchen by Ranch Pizza.
Migration Brewing (2828 NE Glisan St Portland, OR 97232)
The Zwickelmania bus starts and ends here. Migration Brewing will also be celebrating their 15th anniversary! There will be two collaboration beers with Ruse Brewing & Threshold Brewing released on draft and in cans, a specialty curated food menu, brewery tours, and DJ's throughout the day.