Our Most Anticipated New Oregon & Washington Breweries & Taprooms Opening in 2026
Our most anticipated upcoming new Oregon and Washington taprooms, breweries, and cideries of 2026 reflects the shifting craft landscape. With less new startup breweries opening each year we are seeing a shift towards innovative new locations, revivals of old brands, reimagining of business models, and old spaces made new again. This year’s Oregon and Washington openings and expansions reflect a stabilization of the industry as it settles in to sustainability over growth.
Spotlight Brewing and The Hollywood Queue Food Hall and Brewery
The burgeoning Hollywood neighborhood “Film District” as envisioned by the iconic Hollywood Theater and cult video store Movie Madness will be joined by Spotlight Brewing and the Hollywood Q food hall.
In 2018 the Hollywood Theater acquired Movie Madness cult video store after the previous owner retired. In May 2025 it was announced Movie Madness would relocate to the corner of Sandy Blvd. and NE 41st ave and add a screening room and bar with the hopes of reinvigorating the neighborhood around cinema in the coming years. Though that project has not yet come to fruition, the owners/developers behind Zoiglhaus Brewing and The Zed have heeded the call.
Spotlight Brewing and The Hollywood Q are currently under construction in the former Laurelwood Brewing, Pono Brewing, and Columbia River Brewing location at 4035 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland, OR. The project has the additional scope of a building redevelopment adding refurbished second floor office suites and up to 11 food stalls and the current corner tenant Sushi Chiyo surrounding the taproom on the main floor above a sunken lower level brewery.
“Just like the iconic Hollywood Theatre down the street, we believe every great experience deserves a stage. At Spotlight Brewing Company, that stage is set for friends, neighbors, and visitors to gather, raise a glass, and enjoy it together” says the official promotional material which teases a Spring 2026 opening.
Wolves & People Downtown Newberg taproom and live music venue
Newberg, Oregon
One of Oregon’s last farmhouse breweries is opening a downtown Newberg taproom and music venue. The current brewery and tasting room is on a family Filbert farm off of Oregon Highway 99W and provides the rustic atmosphere you may look for in a farmhouse brewery that also makes lagers, hazy IPA, and other clean styles in addition to brettanomyoces saisons and grisettes. The only problem has been accessing the original location as it can be hard to find, especially after years of zoning disputes and now a road closure that has impeded business and visitors from easily visiting. Wolves & People owner Christian de Benedetti finally had enough, and rather than closing the travel worthy farm brewery he is instead opening another location that can offer things that the taproom in a barn just can't.
As they approach their 10th anniversary Wolves & People will open their new location at a renovated 1940s transmission shop inside Newberg’s oldest building dating back to 1888. The taproom will share the building with the Newberg Graphic Newspaper, upstairs short term rentals the 1888 Lofts, and an adjacent TBA restaurant which will provide high quality food for guests of the brewery.
Renovations began last spring for the nearly 3k sq. ft raw industrial space. A new vestibule entry, fresh lighting and HVAC, update of the bathrooms, adding a live edge bar with salvage wood paneling. The atmosphere will keep intact the rustic barn-style charm of the original with shroud lights similar to those on the farm, salvaged timber, a classic wood veneer and 40 oak and copper topped tables. A new 15 tap direct draw system and tile backsplash is still to be installed.
The most important addition to de Benedetti is the installation of a 14’ wide, 18” high stage and adjacent green room, with professional light and sound to complete the vision of establishing a 125-150 person local music venue. As the co-founder of the 2025 established Newgrass Festival, de Benedetti hopes to build on that reputation with local and touring bluegrass, alt-country, psychedelia, roots, jazz, gypsy jazz, reggae, blues, and more.
The new location at 107 N. Meridian St., Newberg 97132 is tentatively titled Wolves & People Newberg or Wolves & People Downtown (as opposed to the O.G. farm spot Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery.) The hope is to have soft openings by the end of February and be fully up and running in time for the Newgrass Festival on March 13th and 14th.
Fortside Brewing Hazel Dell at former Railside Brewing
Vancouver, Washington
Vancouver, Washington’s north eastside favorite Fortside Brewing is opening a second pub called Fortside HD, short for the Hazel Dell area where it will be located.
The location was formerly the home of Railside Brewing, a small brewery and taproom that closed sometime in mid-2025 without any announcement. Work is nearly completed to open up the space by removing the old brewhouse and the kitchen and expanding the bar and draft beer selection. No brewing will take place at Fortside HD which gives them an opportunity to modernize the space with a fresh style and colors, and replace the kitchen area with an arcade featuring retro games like tabletop Pac-Man and Pinball. The draft system too is receiving a big upgrade, for the first time Fortside will have cocktails served from the taps and custom made at the brewery. From 29 draft lines you can expect a wide selection of 20-22 Fortside beers like their popular Orange Whip Hazy IPA and guest taps like cold brew, cider, seltzer and the housemade cocktails.
Fortside HD will also be the home of the third location of The Cravory, a popular food truck that specializes in smashburgers with trucks in Washougal and at Oak Tree Station in Camas. The Cravory at Fortside HD will be their largest truck yet with capacity to make more options like a fried chicken sandwich and more veggie dies. One of the big upgrades will be multiple fryers so that guests can choose between onion rings or curly fries from a dedicated vegetarian fryer or another dedicated to beef tallow fried foods.
Fortside HD is expected to open in late February 2026 at 309 NE 76th St, Vancouver, WA.
Conner Fields Brewing rustic farmhouse taproom and brewery destination
Grants Pass, Oregon
Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley is home to orchards and established fermentationists like Blossom Barn Cidery, Troon Vineyards, Schmidt Vineyards, and many many others all located off the small 2 mile Kubli strip. Conner Fields Brewing is one of Oregon’s few remaining farmhouse breweries, a truly rustic farm-set operation where everything is done by hand including fabricating a brewhouse from scratch and building an entire new structure from the ground up for their new location and upcoming taproom.
Jon Conner moved from Brooklyn, NY to start the brewery more than a decade ago, with the original plan to eventually move to Portland after getting established. Conner fell in love with the Grants Pass area and stayed, working as an artist and opening The Haul, a gastropub known for great food and a showcase for Conner Fields brews before the pandemic. With the stress of the pandemic Conner stopped brewing in 2020 to focus on keeping The Haul. Since the passing of his father and stabilization of the now 10 year old The Haul, Conner has turned his passion back to brewing and re-establishing the brewery.
Conner is building the 3,500 sq ft, structure with large patios and an outdoor deck area all by himself and not cutting any corners in the attention to detail to the architectural eye he brings to the space. Design features like a curved wood ceiling and slate interior, with redwood, metal and stone worked into the structure that will function as brewery and public facing operation in one. There will also be a restored Silver Streak trailer to operate as a kitchen serving BBA and wood-fired pizza alongside Conner Fields beers.
As for the beer, Conner will continue his experimentations with farmhouse-style beers while also delving more into lagers and pales. He has already acquired 40 wine barrels for beer, and plans to pour some farmhouse beers naturally conditioned on cask from a beer engine. Although he has moved somewhat away from farmhouse beers due to declining demand, Conner plans to make a Zin Saison brewed once a year with 30% co-fermented zinfandel grapes. Lagers now take up a big focus and he plans to have 7 on tap at the haul like his Pre-prohibition Cream Ale brewed in the style of Anchor Steam, a Sorachi Ace dry-hopped Japanese Lager, and heavily dry-hopped pale ale and IPA.
“I purchased the property specifically to make Conner Fields a farmhouse brewery out in the Applegate. I fell in love with the area and wanted to contribute our styles of beer, which I believe fit naturally alongside the products being made on the wine trail out here,” says Jon Conner.
The new location will be at 273 Kubli Road in Grants Pass, with a target opening of Fall 2026.
Audacity Brewing makes progress on move from Seattle to Portland
Portland, Oregon
Audacity Brewing was featured in last year’s most anticipated list for new breweries/taprooms in Oregon for 2025. With no updates in the last year, I expected the relocation of this Seattle brewery to Portland, Oregon had hit a dead end, but thought I would check in with owner Matthew Wurst just in case.
“Despite the long delay, we're still intending to open up in Portland,” says Wurst. “Part way through last year we determined the cost to fully build out our space in Mt. Scott-Arleta would likely be more than we are willing to spend. As a result, we're doing away with having a taproom at that location, and prioritizing getting production and distribution underway. We're currently sourcing contractors, and hope to begin filing for federal and state licensing in the next few months.”
Tiny Giants Brewing new home and first taproom
Portland, Oregon
Steve Beaudoin the former head brewer of Fracture Brewing and a veteran of Cascade Brewing launched his own project Tiny Giants Brewing last June. For the past year Tiny Giants has brewed and packaged inside the former Gorges Beer space off of Ankeny and NE 28th but without a public space to try their beers which are primarily available through Day One Distribution. That’s all about to change as Beaudoin is currently in the process of building out the recently closed Mutantis Craft Brewery in northeast Portland, one of the casualties of 2025.
The name “Tiny Giants” is a phrase from one of Beadouin’s favorite bands, Modest Mouse. “I’ve always liked the juxtaposition of it sounding like complete nonsense, but also can be a metaphor of life, and ourselves on this planet. Beers made with a bunch of little ‘tiny giants’ coming together, so to speak. Ingredients wise, and all the people collaborating to make such a small thing possible and exceptional,” he says.
In their new location (which was once Hi-Wheel Fizzy Wines and Fringe Meadery) Tiny Giants hopes to match their previous output and with the ability to scale as large as 1500-2000 bbls / year . But the biggest change will be having a physical space to sell their own beers over the bar along with cider, wine, N/A bevs, seltzers, etc. Sharing a building with Tamale Boy and Ranch Pizza means they won’t need to worry about food options, (also its basically across the street from the much hyped new Lil’ Barbecue.) The building is currently in the makeover phase being retrofitted for a hopeful Spring 2026 opening.
New Hanthorn Tap House brings life back to former Rogue location
Astoria, Oregon
Rogue Pier 39 Public House closed along with the rest of the Rogue Ales empire last November. The Astoria location, the oldest of the Rogue’s outside of Newport, sat abandoned over the lapping waves of the Columbia River. The 175 year old pier is famous not just for its history as the former Bumble Bee Tuna Cannery, but also the view of the river and quiet rustic seaside setting that would make for an attractive space for a destination restaurant or pub. But instead of leasing it out, Pier 39 owner and craft beer veteran Floyd Holcom has decided to reopen it himself with a little help from his friends.
Holcom is taking the pub back to its roots as a space to showcase the best beers of the coast and that Oregon has to offer, from locals like classic Astoria Brewing and Seaside Brewing, to current juggernauts Buoy and Fort George, and newbies like Obelisk Beer and Ilwaco Cider. Currently operating under 7 day temporary alcohol event permits from Pier 39 neighbor Vineside Wine Bar, Holcom is at the pub daily pouring $5 beers himself while their other neighbors Athena Mediterranean Kitchen provide the food.
The former Rogue Pier 39 Public House currently referred to by Holcom as “XRogue” pop-up will close later this January for a remodel to address maintenance issues and to hire a staff. They plan to reopen as the New Hanthorn Taphouse in the coming weeks or months. Holcom is hoping to partner with a successful TBA Portland publican on the project which will be renamed after Pier 39’s original tenant The Hanthorn Cannery opened at the same site by J.O. Hanthorn in 1875. The new pub will feature fresh seafood and steaks, and sport 30+ draft beers including nitro options with the potential to become a new beer nerd destination at 100 39th St, Astoria, OR 97103 in one of Oregon’s best small towns.
Trap Door Brewing’s Prairie View Station
Brush Prairie, Washington
For the third location of Vancouver, Washington-based Trap Door Brewing they are going big with a 1-acre plot for a family friendly food and drinks playground called Prairie View Station. The new project will develop a 42,000 square feet area of unused land between Vancouver and Battle Ground into a taproom, commissary kitchen, food trucks and indoor/outdoor community space. Situated next to WinCo off of Northeast 119th Street across from the open-campus Prairie View High School, the location is primed to be a hotspot for families in the under-served area.
Trap Door Brewing owner Bryan Shull is the co-operating partner of Prairie View Station LLC alongside Jim West of Jim West Commercial Real Estate. The separate LLC allows each entity to operate independently with different ownership structures and lease back the brick-and-mortar interior of Prairie View Station to Trap Door Brewing.
Trap Door Brewing’s anchor taproom will feature a large bar and broad taplist of their award-winning beers from dual head brewers Jake Watt and Tristan Karosas as well as full cocktails, non-alcoholic offerings, and their own pizza kitchen. The glassy and steel frame of the central bar allows for natural light and views of the station from a second floor mezzanine with fire pits and views down to the grassy public yard separating the building from the covered food trucks.
Foreland Beer Pub returns to southeast Portland
Portland, Oregon
McMinnville-based ForeLand Beer launched 2010 and was named best new brewery in Oregon in 2021. With two founders with a proven track record the former Allegory Brewing location quickly became the go-to for contemporary and rustic lager, European pub beer, and West Coast IPA. In deep pandemic times ForeLand opened a Portland outpost called “The Study” at 2511 SE Belmont. The satellite pub located inside a 1913 Craftsman Bungalow was beloved for its cozy atmosphere where you could sidle up next to a fireplace and read a book under an antique light fixture and surrounded by antiques and eccentric nick nacks. While The Study was well-liked by those who enjoy that atmosphere and top notch beers, it never fully took off with the strip of southeast Belmont where dive bars and trendy lounges and restaurants hold sway over quiet beer pubs and the location closed in December 2024.
ForeLand owner David Sanguinetti is relaunching their Portland location in February no longer as The Study and with a decidedly more entertainment driven mission, still based around great house brewed beer. ForeLand Portland will now have a true bar to sit at rather than a service counter. Many of the books are being replaced by art and two well placed flat screen TV’s to catch big games on. And a backroom area that used to contain the draft system is being refurbished as a small prep kitchen to host pop-up restaurants and food options. ForeLand Beers now brewed by Glen Hay Falconer scholarship recipient and Deschutes Brewery and Ex Novo alumni Jamie LeResche will still be featured both on C02 and on cask via 2 beer engines.
Boundary Bay Brewing’s fresh restart
Bellingham, Washington
One of Washington’s oldest breweries, Boundary Bay, closed in September after 30 years. But it turns out that wasn’t really the end for the storied brewpub known for such beers as Cedar Dust IPA, Scotch Ale and the classic winter seasonal Cabin Fever. Shortly after announcing their closing Boundary Bay struck a deal with Redmond, Washington’s Black Raven Brewing to continue brewing three of their core flavors on a contract basis for distribution. Based on the outpouring of support that contract has now been upgraded to include six more of their original recipes on draft and in cans.
But here is the even better news. Bellingham’s new Italian restaurant Mercato delle Bonta recently opened in the former Artiven Mead space in The Granary Building, and through mutual friends connected with Boundary Bay Brewing to take over their taps permanently. In addition to operating as an Italian dining and market space delle Bonta is for now the official Boundary Bay taproom. But it gets better….the BB team is also working to secure a new space of their own to open up a smaller pilot brewery in Bellingham or surrounding Whatcom County with a taproom and locally made beers.
Arcane Cider
Clackamas, Oregon
An Arcane new cidery in Clackamas wants to turn people on to dry cider. Arcane Cider is a passion project from longtime friends Evan Reedy a veteran of Maletis, McKenzie Brewing, and Oregon City Brewing, and Brendan O'Connor an 8+ year veteran of Portland Cider Co.. The pair have taken over the former Happy Valley Ciderworks location as a production only facility.
Reedy and O’Connor are bringing their shared love of crisp and drinkable ciders and craft beer together in three flagship flavors: Prismatic Dry; a crushable dry 6.9% abv, Doppelganger Rosé; an herbed blended and subtle fruit cider, and Dragon’s Wit; a Belgian-style white/witbier inspired cider with coriander and orange peel.
“Starting Arcane Cider was about reclaiming the joy of creation,” said Brendan. “I wanted the freedom to experiment, to push boundaries, and to make ciders that feel a little magical, something you don’t find every day.”
Originally soft launched as Pantheon Cider, O’Connor and Reedy pivoted to emphasize their love of Dungeons & Dragons and all things magical and mystical. Arcane Cider is just getting started with self-distributed draft cider at a few key accounts, look forward to a more pronounced presence soon as they build out their website and begin updating their Instagram page.
Migration Brewing at 1847 Food Park
Milwaukie, Oregon
The upcoming 1847 Food Park in Milwaukie, Oregon will be the first new permanent Migration Brewing location to open since the Portland/Gresham-based brewery took over the former Hopworks BikeBar on N. Williams. Developers have wasted no time on constructing the high end new food cart pod at the site of a former funeral home in the growing urban corridor of downtown Milwaukie, a southeast Portland suburb.
Migration at is the anchor tenant at the 1847 Food Park site with space to host up to 17 food trucks. The outdoor area with pergola-covered seating will be dog friendly with fireplaces and up to 17 food trucks spread throughout. Weekly rotating carts will feature amenities like a dog washing cart or mobile haircutting and tattooing carts.
Migration will hold down a three-story indoor structure. 32 taps will be available on the main floor with seating and TVs, a second floor with roll-up doors for open-air seating, and a rooftop deck with a fire pit and views of the Willamette. The third floor can be rented for events and includes space for an auxiliary bar. And in the quasi-basement where the coolers are? A speakeasy called Six Feet Under, a clever nod to the former property.
Migration Brewing at 1847 Food Park is preparing to open by the end of January at 1925 SE Scott Street Milwaukie, OR, United States, Oregon 97222.
Widmer Brothers Gasthaus
After a few years now of promised progress on reopening the old Widmer Brothers Brewing taproom only to hear no movement has been made we have been wondering if new owners Tilray Beverage were just gaslighting us.
Widmer’s original Gasthaus was a German-inspired new world pub that showcased the pioneering classics like Hefeweizen and Drop Top Amber, next to pub-only favorites like Altbier, and playful experiments into mead, cider, n/a and seltzer. Widmer Brothers remodeled their taproom in 2014, scaling back the kitchen away from the restaurant and installing a pilot brewhouse for more small batch brews but it never really caught on due to increasing competition and the industrial location with little walking traffic and even less homes. Widmer closed the taproom in 2019 ahead of their looming Anheuser-Busch/InBev buyout shortly thereafter. Now under new ownership by Tilray Brands Inc, there is interest in reopening the taproom with rumors circling around a Spring start date for beginning a remodel. Then again we have been hearing about this happening since 2024….
Loyal Legion Vancouver
Vancouver, Washington
Portland-born all Oregon beer hall Loyal Legion is making the jump across the Columbia River into downtown Vancouver, Washington in 2026. The Loyal Legion Washington beer hall will have, you guessed it, all Washington beers. Most other aspects from LL’s original southeast Portland location and their Beaverton location will be replicated such as the prohibition era meets contemporary lounge swankiness including leather booths and slick tiled backsplash bars behind copper faucets, and a semi-secret speakeasy cocktail bar. One of the best features about the property acquired from Heathen Brewing is the 2,300 square food patio covered by a large wood pergola which will make for a great beer garden and event space with its own satellite bar. LL promises a freshly landscaped patio for an indoor/outdoor experience ready for the targeted Spring 2026 opening at 1109 Washington St, Vancouver, WA 98660.