BridgePort Brewing Company
Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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Founded | 1984 |
Founder | Richard and Nancy Ponzi |
Headquarters | Portland, Oregon, United States 45°31′52″N 122°41′05″W / 45.5311°N 122.68474°W |
Products | Beer |
Production output | 100,000 bbls |
Owner | Carlos Alvarez |
BridgePort Brewing Company was a brewery in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It operated from 1984 until 2019. Brewery operations ceased in February 2019, and the brew pub closed on March 10, 2019.[1]
History
BridgePort was founded in 1984 by local
The building used by BridgePort was built in 1887 and originally housed a rope factory. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Portland Cordage Company Building.
A fictionalized version of BridgePort appeared in the fifth season of the heist series Leverage in 2012. In the show, the brewery was a front company for the protagonists' elaborate cons. On-location filming included the exterior and some internal transition scenes.[5] In 2012, BridgePort ranked fourth in the state of Oregon for most barrels sold, over 24,000. In 2018, its sales diminished to under 6,200 barrels sold.[6]
In February 2019, the company announce plans to close.[6] Brewery operations ceased that month, and the brew pub closed on March 10, 2019.[1]
Beers
The BridgePort
Blue Heron Pale Ale, named after Portland's official city bird (the great blue heron), was first brewed in 1987 as a special release for the Audubon Society of Portland.[9] The pale ale featured Northwest ingredients, such as hops from the Willamette Valley and malted barley from Eastern Oregon, and won a gold medal at the 2006 World Beer Cup.[9]
Bridgeport brewed a
See also
References
- ^ a b Meunier, Andre (February 12, 2019). "BridgePort shutting down in latest Portland brewery closure". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "Richard and Nancy Ponzi with BridgePort Brewmaster Karl Ockert". Multnomah County Library. 5 January 2016.
- Portland Business Journal, April 4, 2006
- Portland Business Journal, April 15, 2010
- ^ "Kung Fu Monkey: Leverage #508 "The Broken Wing Job" post-game", November 19, 2012.
- ^ OPB. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Craft Brewing Industry Statistics Archived 2006-05-05 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Merrill, Jessica (January 13, 2006). "In Oregon, It's a Brew Pub World". The New York Times.
- ^ BeerAdvocate, April 18, 2006.