Deschutes Brewery

Why it matters

Kept porter commercially viable in the United States through the decades when almost all craft attention went to hops, which is a substantial part of why the style survived there as a year-round product.

Details

Reference beers

• Deschutes Black Butte Porter5.2% ABV

  One of the longest-running American craft dark beers, and a large part of why porter survived there as a year-round style.

• Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA6.4% ABV

  A citrus-forward American IPA that shows what Citra and Mosaic do without the haze that usually accompanies them.

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Styles it is associated with

• American porter — A stronger, more assertive porter with deeper roast, firmer bitterness and often American hop character.

Traditions

• American craft brewing — The post-1980 American movement built on intense hop character, reinterpretation of European styles, and rapid categorical change.