Legendary Portland Brewery Hair of the Dog Will Close This Summer | Eater Portland

"After almost 30 years brewing beer in Portland, I learned that Hair of the Dog will close as founder Alan Sprints prepares to retire; he announced on Facebook that he'll keep the tasting room open until sometime this summer, has a few more beers to release and will sell his last bottle of Doggie Claws this year, though he didn't name a specific closing date and says he does not plan to sell the brewery (he is open to collaborating). Opened in 1993 in the Brooklyn neighborhood as a production brewery with no outward-facing tasting room, it developed a reputation for high-ABV, bottle-conditioned beers and was ahead of the curve on the barrel-aged brewing renaissance as well as the IPA heyday. In 2010 the operation moved into a much larger brewery and taproom on SE Yamhill with a full food menu and an expanded barrel-aging program; over the last decade they've added a concrete fermenter, more than 150 oak barrels, and built a seriously loyal set of regulars. The brewery is known for Fred (an American strong ale), the Blue Dot double IPA and Adam old ale, sources 99 percent of its ingredients from within a 350-mile radius (malt from Vancouver and hops from Pacific Northwest farms), and even saw prices on some vintage barleywines inch into the thousands. In his announcement Sprints thanked everyone who helped him along the way and invited beer lovers to come down in the next few months to celebrate the diverse world of beer the brewery helped create." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden