hopIQ
ENDE
Build your DNASign in
Directory🇺🇸 Portland · Oregon · United States· Portland, Oregon

Breakside Brewery

🌍 United States · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Founded in 2010 as a small restaurant brewpub in Northeast Portland, Breakside grew into one of Oregon's most decorated breweries — Brewery of the Year multiple times at the Oregon Beer Awards, plus GABF and World Beer Cup medals. Employee-owned since 2019, Breakside now runs multiple Portland locations plus a taproom on the Oregon Coast.

7Beers
4Styles
6%Avg ABV
2010Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
29%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Breakside Brewery

7 beers
?
Black Swift Stout
Foreign Extra Stout · 6%
Find matches
Breakside IPA
Breakside IPA
American IPA · 6.4%
Find matches
?
Breakside Pilsner
German Pilsner · 5%
Find matches
?
Rainbows & Unicorns
Session IPA · 5.1%
Find matches
?
Stay West
West Coast IPA · 7%
Find matches
?
Tropical Pale
Pale Ale · 6.1%
Find matches
Wanderlust IPA
Wanderlust IPA
American IPA · 6.4%
Find matches

← scroll to see all 7 beers →

Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 7 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 7 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppy
6 of 7 beers
citrusy
5 of 7 beers
dry
5 of 7 beers
bitter
5 of 7 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied7 beers · 4 style families
IPA 4Stout 1Lager 1Pale Ale 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesBreakside Brewery
in no beersin every beer
peach
in 3 of 7 · typical similar styles brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more peach than typical.
floral
in 4 of 7 · typical similar styles brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more floral than typical.

Across 7 beers in 4 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 56%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 7
beers above the median
#1015
best ranked beer
Breakside IPA

Their beers place in the Top 56% of the catalogue on average, across 7 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

Similar Breweries

hopIQ exclusive

Based on style overlap and flavor profile

BrewDog
Scotland
95%match
Nene Valley Brewery
United Kingdom
75%match
Trillium Brewing Company
United States
73%match

About Breakside Brewery

Founded in 2010 as a small restaurant brewpub in Northeast Portland, Breakside grew into one of Oregon's most decorated breweries — Brewery of the Year multiple times at the Oregon Beer Awards, plus GABF and World Beer Cup medals. Employee-owned since 2019, Breakside now runs multiple Portland locations plus a taproom on the Oregon Coast.

Other breweries from United States

Southern Prohibition BrewingHalf Acre Beer CompanyPrairie Artisan AlesFirehouse Brewing CompanyFirestone Walker Brewing Company+ more →
Location
Portland · Oregon · United States
Open in Google Maps →
Premium Brewery Profile
Coming Soon
Videos & Gallery
Events & Jobs
Brewery Analytics
Featured Placement
Event Calendar
Direct Contact