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"Portland’s only Black-owned-and-operated brewery, led by George Johnson, has now shuttered its remaining outpost: after the six-year-old original location closed in May 2025, the 2934 NE Alberta Street spot has also gone dark; in a farewell note, Johnson wrote, “unfortunately, the hits kept coming and we no longer have a financial cushion to weather the storms ahead.”" - Paolo Bicchieri