After scattered closures and openings, Oregon's saturation of breweries has been pretty flat over the past several years. A return to strong growth looks doubtful.
The national Brewers Association counted 318 craft breweries across Oregon in 2023, same as 2022 and essentially unchanged since 2019, when it counted 311.
So, as other parts of the U.S. have emulated Oregon's trailblazing brewpub culture, other adult beverages like canned cocktails and hard seltzer have quaffed market share and a renewed interest in sobriety has taken hold, one wonders if we've reached "peak beer."
