2019 Photo Year In Review

a pint half full at Sessionable beer bar in southeast Portland

Today we are reflecting on our 2019 beer adventures by going through our archives to showcase some of our favorite photos taken over the last year. This visual recap of 2019 includes some photos from articles on the New School and quite a few that never made it into an article. You will find friends, family, beers, views and experiences, - you may even see yourself.

Read our Best of the Year 2019 article and our recap of all the Brewery and Beer Bar Closures.

CHEERS!

beers and fresh oysters at Taylor Shellfish farm just outside of Bellingham, Washington

the beautiful new Bellingham Beer Garden

Roscoe's owners purchased Saraveza last January

beers and dogs at OP Public House

PublicHouse is one of the best new beer bars in the country

Sean Burke takes the new Von Ebert Brewing Glendoveer coolship out for it's first ride

Alesong Brewing & Blending

a winter evening at Solera Brewery in Parkdale, Oregon

a pint on Solera Brewery's patio

pFriem Family Brewers announces their upcoming Cascade Locks expansion

a view from above at pFriem Family Brewers taproom

sampling from the barrel at Matchless Brewing

spilt viscous barrel-aged beer at Matchless Brewing

celebrating Oregon breweries medal wins at the Great American Beer Festival

Ex Novo Brewing owner Joel Gregory opened their Beaverton Pizza Pub

cellar room at The Ale Apothecary in Bend, OR

a pint from Crux's beer garden at dusk

huddled around a fire pit with beers in the snow at Crux Fermentation Project

floating the river past the Bend Brewfest

Bend Brewfest at sunset

Matt Moletta of Boss Rambler Beer Club, recent winner of our Best New Oregon Brewery

Andi Prewitt of Willamette Week shushes Ecliptic's John Harris at the Oregon Beer Awards

these wild and crazy guys hosted the 2019 Oregon Beer Awards ceremony

snow falls outside Loyal Legion beer hall

Caldera Brewing's brewpub in Ashland, OR

Beers at Coldfire Brewing in Eugene

the new Weekend Beer Company serves at the Oregon Cheese Festival

Don Scheidt pours a vintage bottle at Crooked Stave in Denver, CO

an impressive mural adorns the walls at the new Assembly Brewing

I made it to Tulsa, OK and went to Hanson's Hop Jam Festival

Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich in Tulsa

Jake Miller of Heirloom Rustic Ales

beers at Heirloom Rustic Ales

rainy day at American Solera's tasting room in Tulsa

taster tray at American Solera

Alter Ego Cider finally opened an official taproom

Away Days Brewing opened in SE Portland

Fort George / Ruse / Cloudburst Brewing 3-Way IPA release

Ancestry Brewing opened a new Hawthorne taproom

Grains of Wrath at Portland Beer Week's SNACKDOWN closing party

Fort George Brewery at SNACKDOWN

Rose Dryden and Eric Rico Suave at SNACKDOWN

Loyal Legion beer manager Herb Apon dressed casually

the new Ferment Brewing in Hood River, OR

Oakshire Beer Hall opened in NE Portland

Erin Grey Kemplin and Amity Worden at the Oregon Brewers Festival

Willamette Week's Andi Prewitt

Brews for New Avenues annual gala. From left to right: Ryan Spencer of Bailey's Taproom, Carl Singmaster of Belmont Station, Nicole Kasten of Brewery Branding and Chris Barnes of Point Blank Distributing

Left to right: John Graber of Micro-Matic, Teri Fahrendorf of Great Western Malting and John Mallett of Bell's Brewery

Rich and Shannon Mosley of Hi Five Cider

a toast to charity at Brews for New Avenues

Bell's brewmaster John Mallett with Ecliptic brewmaster John Harris

Ecliptic's John Harris and Russian River's Vinnie Chilurzo

Rick Gencarelli of Lardo

tasting beer at Skamania Lodge's Fall Fest in the gorge

an amazing beer and tacos at Lompoc Brewing's Sidebar before they closed

nitro bourbon cocktails at Feast!

Feast Night Market at Ziddell Yards

Feast Smoked at The Fields park

beautiful bites at Feast Portland

Matt's BBQ and fresh hop beers at Bloodbuzz / Mississippi Marketplace

snacks at the Little Beast Brewing Beer Garden

kicking off the hop harvest season at Crosby Hop Farm

Hop cones on the bine at Perrault Farms

Loftus Ranches owner Mike Smith and his daughter Meghan Quinn of Bale Breaker Brewing

Hops are cool

light streaming into the hop picking warehouse in Yakima

trying experimental hop beers at Haas Labs in Yakima

hop dog at Perrault Hop Farm in Yakima

the crew gathered at Prost Brewing in Denver

beers and high end food pairings at GABF's Paired pavilion

visiting Lefthand Brewing in Longmont, CO

the taproom at Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont, CO

Mama's Little Yellow Pils fountain

barrels at Weldwerks Brewing

Prost! to Denver

Natalie Baldwin of Breakside Brewery

Breakside had an astounding and surprising series of wins at the Great American Beer Festival

Von Ebert Brewing wins a Gold Medal at the 2019 GABF

Old Town Brewing takes home some medal at the 2019 GABF

we interviewed Deschutes Brewery founder Gary Fish (left) and assistant brewmaster Ben Kehs (right)

Leikam Brewing opened a Portland taproom for their Kosher ales

Gorges Beer Co. was announced to take over Coalition Brewing

Avid Cider's Portland taproom was set to debut a gorgeous weekend brunch menu before they closed suddenly

Avid Cider PDX staff was out on the streets with no notice

Brandon Mikel (left) and Chris Rhodes (right) form the new High Road Distribution

Heather Egizio, Nicole Kasten and Cherie Warren

Whitney Burnside continued brewing even while pregnant

Chef Shaun King works magic at Mikkeller Brewing

Adam Robbings of Reuben's Brews was interviewed by Josh Pfriem for The New School

Breakside IPA and Tonkatsu Ramen at Afuri

Veronica Vega (left) interviewed Von Ebert brewer Sam Pecoraro for us

Georgetown Brewing finally opened a real taproom in Seattle

Cloudburst Brewing's Steve Luke and Breakside's Ben Edmunds feed each other pizza before our interview

Bauman's Cider at the Holiday Ale Festival

Ecliptic Brewing crew at the Holiday Ale Festival

A festive pint at Occidental Brewing's Humbug Lager Festival

Ex Novo, Wayfinder, Heater Allen