Brewery Profile

Breakside Brewery - DEKUM

In a city with a dense and long-running craft beer scene, the Dekum outpost represents Breakside Brewery’s Northeast Portland roots. The company began in this part of Portland in 2010 as a restaurant and pub brewery, then grew into a regional operation with a broader footprint. A visitor walking in should expect a brewery pub and taproom experience centered on the draft list rather than a single flagship narrative. The Dekum location is part of a wider network that now includes eight Portland metropolitan area locations and a taproom in Astoria on the Oregon Coast, so it functions both as a neighborhood stop and as an entry point into a larger Oregon brewery.

Travelers in Portland often look for range: hop-forward beers, seasonal releases, experimental batches, and styles that show how local breweries balance consistency with variety. Breakside’s reputation is tied to an innovative, award-winning portfolio, and its beers are distributed beyond Oregon into places including Washington, California, and British Columbia. That makes a stop at Dekum useful for visitors who want to try the beer close to its home market rather than only encountering packaged or distributed versions elsewhere. The brewery’s growth also gives context to the glass in front of you: it moved into employee ownership in 2019 and operates at a scale of about 30,000 barrels annually, with a Milwaukie production facility and taproom added in 2013 that was built with capacity for 40,000 barrels per year.

For planning, treat the Dekum pub as the place to confirm the day’s pours, current formats, and any service details that may vary by date. Specific tap lists, food offerings, events, hours, and seating arrangements are not fixed from the available information, so visitors should check directly before making a special trip. The broader Breakside network can be useful if you are building a Portland-area brewery itinerary, since the company has multiple locations across the metropolitan area in addition to the coast taproom in Astoria. If your interest is production context, the Milwaukie facility is the expansion site associated with larger-scale brewing; if your interest is the brewery’s city origins, Dekum is the Northeast Portland reference point.

Breakside Brewery, established in 2010 in Northeast Portland, Oregon, transitioned to employee ownership in 2019, joining a small group of breweries with this structure. Originally starting as a restaurant and pub brewery, it has grown into a regional operation producing 30,000 barrels annually. The brewery expanded in 2013 with a production facility and taproom in Milwaukie capable of 40,000 barrels per year. Breakside maintains eight locations in the Portland metropolitan area along with a taproom in Astoria on the Oregon Coast. Its portfolio includes award-winning, innovative beers distributed across multiple states and Canadian provinces, including Oregon, Washington, California, and British Columbia.

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820 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211, USA

Phone: (503) 719-6475

Website: http://www.breakside.com/

Hours: ["Monday: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM","Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM","Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM","Thursday: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM","Friday: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM","Saturday: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM","Sunday: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM"]