OUR STORY

ZOIGLHAUS BREWING WAS FOUNDED WITH A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR COMMUNITY, TRADITION, AND FAMILY – VALUES THAT RESONATE THROUGHOUT PORTLAND’S LIVELY BEER SCENE. THE INSPIRATION CAME FROM THE CENTURIES-OLD ZOIGL TRADITION STILL PRACTICED IN A HANDFUL OF BAVARIAN VILLAGES, WHERE WORT IS BREWED IN A SHARED COMMUNITY BREWHOUSE, THEN FERMENTED AND SERVED FROM PEOPLE’S HOMES. THIS UNIQUE SYSTEM FOSTERED CONNECTION, HOSPITALITY, AND A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE CRAFT.

AFTER VISITING THESE VILLAGES AND EXPERIENCING THE CULTURE FIRSTHAND, THE VISION FOR ZOIGLHAUS WAS BORN: TO BRING THAT SAME SPIRIT OF TOGETHERNESS AND TRADITION TO SE PORTLAND. NAMED FOR THE SIX-POINTED ZOIGL STAR—A HISTORIC BREWER’S SYMBOL THAT ONCE SIGNALED WHICH HOMES WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC—ZOIGLHAUS IS MORE THAN A BREWERY. IT’S A GATHERING PLACE WHERE BEER, FOOD, AND COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER UNDER ONE WELCOMING ROOF.