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Portland’s Organic Roots Brewery Closes

July 14, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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Ugh, I hate this kind of news. John Foyston is reporting that Oregon’s first organic brewery, Roots Brewing in Portland, is closed. Owner Craig Nicholls also founded the North American Organic Beer Festival, but no word on the festival’s fate. Check out the full story in the Oregonian.

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Filed Under: Breweries, News Tagged With: Oregon, Organic, Portland



Comments

  1. fraggle says

    July 14, 2010 at 11:05 am

    Truly sad news. Wish we could make it up for the keg sale this saturday

  2. Daniel Del Grande says

    July 14, 2010 at 11:32 am

    Craig is a fine guy and is an asset to the brewing community. As an owner/brewer who closed my brewpub and focused on bottling, I really, really do feel for him. (Craig, call me if you want to chat.)

  3. Derrick says

    July 14, 2010 at 6:05 pm

    Sad to see any brewery, in fact, any small business fail. An interesting perspective on Roots Brewing’s closure can be found here:

    http://beeronomics.blogspot.com/2010/07/economists-notebook-creative.html

  4. Haysoos Krishna says

    June 20, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    Roots was my favorite brewery. Their epic ale was just that: epic. This was a sad day for beer. I will miss them dearly.

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