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SPECIAL FEATURE: OREGON CRAFT BEER A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure. THE HISTORY OF OREGON CRAFT BEER 1852 Henry Saxer establishes the Liberty Brewery in Portland 1856 1933 Oregon and the nation ratify the 21st Amendment, bringing prohibition to an end 1985 Henry Weinhard and George Bottler establish Portland's second brewery, City Brewery The Oregon Legislature legalizes brewpubs 1914 2011 Five years before national prohibition, With 40 microbreweries located withthe voters of Oregon approve a statein its city limits, Portland becomes wide ban on th e manufacture, sale and the world's foremost manufacturer of advertisement of intoxicating liquor craft beer He was a wise man who invented beer. - Plato WWW.OREGONTRAVELCOUNCIL.COM 7