COASTAL BREWERIES SHOW RESILIENCY IN 2025
For North Coast breweries, the events of 2025 form a cautionary tale. When Newport-based Rogue Ales & Spirits abruptly closed in November, shuttering its Astoria brewpub along with everything else, a shiver passed through Oregon. Was the craft beer market showing signs of serious decline?
A BEERY, BEERY CHRISTMAS
Leave it to Fort George Brewery to come up with a unique way to ring in the holiday season. And we’re not even talking about the towering Christmas tree made out of beer kegs.
ROGUE CLOSES ASTORIA BREWPUB
Rogue Ales & Spirits abruptly closed its Astoria brewpub on Friday – along with its Newport brewery and other operations – amid mounting debt and declining sales.
CRAFT BEVERAGE PROJECTS ‘LIMPING’ TO FINISH
While delays in construction are common, it’s unusual to have three highly anticipated craft beverage projects lagging simultaneously.
That’s the situation currently in Clatsop County for two breweries and a soda company. But there’s reason for optimism: The projects are all still moving forward – slowly.
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