The Best Beer Bars in Portland OR
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The best beer bars in Portland OR, according to the experts: James Beard Awards, The 50, and Portland Monthly have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Scotch Lodge comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Portland.
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Rank 1. Scotch Lodge
Beer Bar
Scotch Lodge is a dark, wood-paneled whisky bar with towering walls of bottles, marble counters, and the kind of lighting that forgives everything. It won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar. Drinks come smoky and layered, the kitchen turns out silky pasta and fried brie sticks, and someone in the corner is usually having a quiet moment with a rare pour. Dress like you've read a book, then decline to mention it.
The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Winner · Outstanding Bar
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
- The 50 The 50: #63 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Outstanding Bar
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
- The 50 #63 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 2. Horse Brass Pub
British Pub
This is an English-style pub on Belmont, low-ceilinged and wood-beamed, with decades of cigarette smoke apparently still living in the walls. The beer comes in proper 20-ounce pints, there are real metal-tipped darts, and the Scotch eggs and fish and chips have outlasted every menu update. Regulars fill it by evening, and the vintage posters, flags, and brass plaques suggest nobody has felt the need to redecorate since the Reagan administration.
The awards
- Portland Monthly Portland Monthly: The Best Bars in Portland