Meet Breakside’s Newest Year Round Beer: West Coast IPA

Portland’s craft beer landscape is constantly shifting, and few breweries have shaped that evolution quite like Breakside Brewery. Over the past decade and a half, the iconic Pacific Northwest brand has consistently pushed the boundaries of what local beer lovers can expect from a pint, racking up numerous accolades while staying ahead of consumer trends.

Now, as the classic West Coast IPA style undergoes a modern renaissance, Breakside is stepping up to redefine the category once more. Moving away from overly aggressive bitterness toward brighter, aroma-driven profiles, the brewery’s latest creation captures the absolute cutting edge of contemporary brewing technique and hop science.

Crafted with a specialized trio of modern hop varieties and a refined malt bill, this new year-round release also introduces a striking brand-new visual identity for the brewery’s packaging. Here is the official announcement regarding the launch of the brand-new Breakside West Coast IPA.

Read on for the official announcement regarding the release of Breakside Brewery’s newest year-round beer:

Breakside Brewery, one of Portland’s most award-winning breweries, today
announced the release of its newest year-round beer, Breakside West Coast IPA, now
available in 12oz 6-pack cans and on draft at all Breakside locations and throughout the
brewery’s distribution channels.

Over the past 15 years, the West Coast IPA style has evolved away from aggressive bitterness
and a loud presentation to be drier, lighter, more aroma-focused, and refined in bitterness.
Breakside’s new release not only embraces that shift, it downplays the dank side of hops and is
built around the latest in hop science and technology that maximizes tropical and stonefruit hop
aroma and flavor while keeping bitterness clean.

“The new IPAs today should be so easily delicious and gloriously fresh tasting that they wow
you with the full potential of hops,” said Ben Edmunds, Breakside’s founding brewmaster and
recipient of the Brewers Association’s 2023 Russell Schehrer Award for Innovation in Brewing.
“Our new Breakside West Coast IPA is not the IPA that got your parents into craft beer, but it
might be the one that makes you reconsider everything you think about IPA.”

The 6.5% ABV beer is built with three hops: Mosaic for sweet citrus and ripe tropical fruit,
Oregon-grown Strata for soft fruity notes and a clean finish, and Krush for overripe stonefruit
and fruit cocktail depth. The malt bill leans on crushed and flaked wheat in addition to Pilsner
malt. This beer is also the first to debut Breakside’s refreshed 12oz can design, which features
Breakside prominently up front and rolls out across the core lineup this fall.

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About Breakside Brewery
Founded in 2010 as a small three-barrel brewpub on NE Dekum in Portland, Breakside has
grown into one of the most decorated breweries in the country — with 21 World Beer Cup
medals, 31 Great American Beer Festival medals, 100 Oregon Beer Awards medals, and
Oregon Brewery of the Year honors multiple times. Breakside is worker-owned and operates
eight locations across Oregon and Washington, including taprooms in Portland, Milwaukie, Lake
Oswego, Astoria, Beaverton, Dundee, and Vancouver, WA.

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