Pacific Northwest

Why it matters to beer

The overwhelming majority of US hops are grown here. Cascade, released in 1972, was the first of a line of high-oil aroma varieties whose citrus and resin character became the defining flavour of American craft brewing.

Beers brewed here

• Deschutes Black Butte Porter

  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 IPA

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

Breweries

Deschutes Brewery