Here you can find links to all of the greater Eugene-area breweries, beer bars & cideries, and some history and details I’ve compiled for your information. If you have additions, subtractions, or complaints, contact me. (Updated 11/3/23)
The Eugene Beer “T” pub crawl, click image for Google Map:
A Beer Club
472 W 7th Ave #5, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2022
https://www.abeerclub.com/
Read about A Beer Club’s opening here
Alesong Brewing & Blending
80848 Territorial Hwy, Eugene, OR 97405
Founded: 2015
http://alesongbrewing.com/
Alesong Brewing & Blending is perhaps the most concept-driven brewery in Eugene, as well as the most award-winning. Comprised of Oakshire veterans Matt van Wyk and Brian Coombs, along with Brian’s brother Doug, Alesong’s family-friendly tasting room and barrel-aging warehouse is located in Lorane, just down the hill from King Estate. Read more…//
Arable Brewing
510 Conger St, Eugene, OR 97402
Founded: 2023
https://wearearable.com/
Read about Arable Brewing here
Beergarden
777 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
Founded: 2015
http://beergardenme.com
The second of three tap-centric beer bars under the same (local, independent) ownership, Beergarden is a taproom and food cart pod under one roof. The beer, cider, wine, and soda on tap offer a great selection (there are a couple hundred bottles, too, all stored cold). Occasional tap takeovers flood the beer list with harder-to-find and vintage beers. Read more…
The Bier Stein Bottleshop & Pub
1591 Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2005
http://thebierstein.com/
The Bier Stein was the best idea for its place and time. Originally located on E. 11th Ave, the 10 beer taplist and 10 door cooler of bottles from around the world became the first beer geek spot in town, and quickly gained respect as one of the best beer bars in the country. The model is unique: restaurant and taproom and off-premise sales in one. Read more…
Claim 52 Brewing
Claim 52 Kitchen: 1203 Willamette St #140, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2012
https://www.claim52brewing.com/
Claim 52 has undergone the most radical stylistic changes of any brewery in town. In the past two years, Claim has been the leader in hazy IPA production in Eugene, taking cues from Great Notion with absurd manipulations of the malt beverage. In 2018, Claim opened Claim 52 Kitchen on Willamette St. Read more…
ColdFire Brewing
263 Mill St, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2016
http://coldfirebrewing.com
Stephen and Dan Hughes, the founding brothers, came from the lab and financial sides of the medical industry, respectively. They worked very conservatively at the brewery project that would eventually be called ColdFire. The 10-barrel brewery and taproom opened in early 2016, and was an immediate success. Read more…
Cyderish
255 Madison St, Eugene, OR 97402
Founded: 2018
https://www.cyderish.com/
Drop Bear Brewery
2690 Willamette St., Eugene, OR 97405
Founded: 2022
https://dropbearbrewery.com/
Falling Sky Brewing
Pub & Brewery: 1334 Oak Alley, Eugene, OR 97401
Delicatessen: 790 Blair Blvd, Eugene, OR 97402
Founded: 2012
https://www.fallingskybrewing.com/
Falling Sky started as a homebrew supply shop called Valley Vintner & Brewer. Today, the business serves three unique locations around Eugene with a wide range of beer. Read much more…
The Filling Station
2747 River Rd, Eugene, OR 97404
Founded: 2013
https://thefillingstationeugene.com/
Gratitude Brewing
540 E 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2019
https://gratitudebrewing.com/
Hop Valley Brewing
Original Brewery & Pub: 980 Kruse Way, Springfield, OR 97477
Production Brewery & Pub: 990 W 1st Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
Founded: 2009
https://www.hopvalleybrewing.com/
Trevor Howard and Todd Friedman both brewed at the Rogue before Hop Valley (OK, Hop Valley has a handful of owners in addition to being majority owned by MillerCoors since 2016.). Its first location, the brewpub in Springfield, was also the origin site of Ninkasi Brewing; Hop Valley essentially took over the space. Hop Valley lived up to its name with blazing hop monsters like Alphadelic (originally Alphaholic) and Alpha Centauri, which took Eugene by storm on tap and in bombers soon after its founding in 2009. Read more…
The Kind Hop
2023 River Rd, Eugene, OR 97404
Founded: 2022
https://www.facebook.com/thekindhop/
Read about The Kind Hop’s opening here
Manifest Beer Company
710 Willamette St., Eugene, OR 97401
Founded 2015 (as Mancave Brewing)
http://manifestbeer.com/
This little-brewery-that-could began in a warehouse slot tucked away in the west side of the Whiteaker neighborhood. Brandon Woodruff took ample time getting the brewery up and running with a friend/investor. When brewing got going, Woodruff, having talked up his beer around town for years, gave us Exalted IPA, a densely sweet, bitter, resinous first taste. Read more…
McKenzie Brewing
199 E. 5th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 1991
https://mckenziebrewing.com/
One of the older Eugene breweries, Steelhead Brewery, which produces McKenzie Brewing beer, is a classic American pub in pretty much every sense. Classic pub food and standard brews that haven’t changed much over time; there are now plenty of seasonal and one-off brews to accompany the regular lineup. Read more…
McMenamins High Street
1243 High St, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 1988
https://www.mcmenamins.com/high-street-brewery-cafe
McMenamins High Street was the first brewery established in Eugene after Prohibition. The 6-barrel brewery has been a launchpad for many brewers, including Steve van Rossem of Plank Town. This follows suit for the Oregon brewery-restaurant-hotel chain, as Ecliptic’s John Harris got his start there, too. Currently, Hanns Anderson brews there; he’s a long time McMenamins brewer, and definitely turned the beer quality up a notch. Read more…
Ninkasi Brewing
155 Blair Blvd., Eugene, OR 97402
Founded: 2006
https://ninkasibrewing.com/
Believer Double Red Ale was the first beer I drank in Eugene (August, 2008). We’d pulled into town after a long drive from Arcata, and set up our beds in a couch-filled room at the Campbell Club housing co-op on campus. The beer was fantastic, and I quickly out-hopped myself on these newfangled West Coast IPA sorta beers. Read more…
Oakshire Brewing
Public House: 207 Madison St, Eugene, OR 97402
Portland Beer Hall: 5013 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97218
Founded: 2006
http://oakbrew.com/
Oakshire is a classic craft brewery success story. Brothers Jeff and Chris Althouse started as homebrewers, and in October of 2006 started producing beer commercially in a warehouse lot in the Bethel neighborhood (where the brewery still operates). The original name was Willamette Brewery, but Willamette Valley Vineyards took it a bit too personally. In hindsight, the original name sounds classic but quaint; Oakshire still ties the business to the land, but with more panache. Read more…
Plank Town Brewing
346 Main St., Springfield, or 97477
Founded: 2013
https://www.planktownbrewing.com/
Main Street, Springfield. The heart of the 20th Century American Experience. Plank Town Brewing came along after that, when Springfield was still Eugene’s dirty neighbor. Plank Town changed all that. As a brewery in a small city, it’s a quintessential model of the bellwether brewery, the one that calls people and businesses back. How romantic. Read more…
Publichouse
418 A St #4606, Springfield, OR 97477
Founded: 2018
https://www.publichousehub.com/
16 Tons
265 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2009
http://sixteentons.biz/
Viking Brewing Company
Brewery & Tasting Room: 520 Commercial St Unit F, Eugene, OR 97402
Southtowne Pub: 2490 Willamette St #6, Eugene, OR 97405
Founded: 2013
http://drinkviking.com/
The arts of business and brewing seldom run in tandem. When I first saw the business credit card that said Viking Braggot Co., I looked up at co-founder Dan McTavish inquisitively; we were at the register at Falling Sky brew shop. “Viking Braggot Company, eh?” I asked. Honestly, the word “braggot” had only crossed my path in the previous few years when I read Randy Mosher’s Radical Brewing. And here were these college kids starting a brewery dedicated to the concept. Read more…
WildCraft CiderWorks
232 Lincoln St, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2013
https://www.wildcraftciderworks.com/
The Wheel Apizza Pub
390 Lincoln St #101, Eugene, OR 97401
Founded: 2018
https://www.thewheelapizzapub.com/
Closed breweries:
Brewers Union Local 180
48329 E 1st St, Oakridge, OR 97463
Founded: 2008
Brewers Union is far from Eugene by Eugene brewery standards, about 45 minutes southeast in the small town of Oakridge. But it is notable because it was the only 100% real ale brewery in Oregon (until 2018). Ted Sobel left a high paying job after taking a long walk in England, and started Brewers Union in 2008. Read more…
Eugene City Brewery (original)
Fields Brewing Co.
Sam Bond’s Brewing
West Brothers Brewing
Rogue Track Town Ales (Eugene City Brewery)
Beerstone 