Tap Season Returns to the Tualatin Valley for Two Full Months of Beer-Crammed Enjoyable

BEAVERTON, Ore. (January 14, 2026) – Grab a pint; Tap Season is again in Tualatin Valley. From January 15 to March 15, Explore Tualatin Valley will as soon as once more toast its craft beer and cider scene with two full months of particular occasions, contemporary releases, and returning fan favorites.

What to Expect During Tap Season:

• Ale-Paca IPA Limited-Edition Beer: A brand new brew of the Tap Season Ale-Paca IPA returns in January. This West Coast–fashion IPA is a collaboration amongst 15 Tualatin Valley brewers who contributed to the recipe and brewing course of. The beer was spearheaded by Josh Johnson and Roger Wood of Binary Brewing Co., Chris Sjolin of Cooper Mountain Ale Works, Alex Kircher of Golden Valley Brewing and Restaurant, and Ryan Still of Lazy Days Brewing Co. The limited-edition IPA shall be obtainable on faucet at choose taprooms and in cans.
• Kick-Off Party: The official Tap Season Kick-Off Party is open to the general public on Saturday, January 24, from 1–4 p.m. at Hillsboro Downtown Station. This family-friendly, beer-forward occasion will function the 2026 collaboration beer launch, particular Tualatin Valley pours, an ale-paca snuggle station, swag, actions, and promotions and raffles from 105.9 “The Brew.”
• Tualatin Valley Ale Trail Mobile Passport: The Ale Trail Mobile Passport additionally returns for Tap Season, beginning January 15 and operating by way of March 15 (pre-orders start January 12). This 12 months, the cell passport options over 40 Tualatin Valley breweries, cideries, and taprooms, together with a brand new addition: 787 Brewing, Tualatin Valley’s first and solely Puerto Rican-owned and Latin-inspired brewery and taproom. Many of the individuals are providing unique offers and reductions all through the two-month promotion. With every cell check-in, passport holders obtain one entry right into a drawing to win a “Mug Club” membership at a taking part brewery. At the top of Tap Season, the highest two passport holders with probably the most check-ins will every win a $50 present card to 6 Tualatin Valley breweries (whole prize worth: $300 per winner).

Participating breweries embrace:

• 19 Acres Cider
• Ancestry Brewing
• Backwoods Brewing Company
• Bearkat Brewing Company
• Binary Brewing Co.
• Bull Run Cider
• Cooper Mountain Ale Works
• Golden Valley Brewery
• Lazy Days Brewing Co.
• Pelagic Brewing
• Steeplejack Brewing Co.
• Stickmen Brewing Company
• The Old Market Pub & Brewery
• Vertigo Brewing
• Waltz Brewing

Explore Tualatin Valley encourages everybody to drink responsibly and to make use of designated drivers, public transportation, and/or rideshare providers.

About Tap Season:

Tap Season is Explore Tualatin Valley’s annual winter promotion showcasing the area as considered one of Oregon’s premier craft beer locations. Running from January 15 to March 15, Tap Season options brewery occasions, alpaca pop-ups, a collaborative beer brewed by dozens of native brewers, and the Tualatin Valley Ale Trail Mobile Passport, a free digital information to greater than 40 breweries, brew pubs, taprooms, and cideries providing unique offers and reductions. Tap Season highlights Tualatin Valley’s craft beer and cider producers and showcases considered one of Oregon’s largest collaborative brewing efforts.

About Explore Tualatin Valley:

Explore Tualatin Valley is an internationally accredited vacation spot advertising and marketing group for Washington County, Oregon, selling the county underneath the vacation spot model Tualatin Valley. Scenically located between Portland and the Oregon Coast, it’s the gateway to the famed Willamette Valley wine nation and is the closest wine vacation spot to Portland. An accessibility-verified vacation spot by way of Wheel the World, a number one journey platform for vacationers with disabilities, Tualatin Valley gives an array of out of doors recreation alternatives, agricultural, wine, and culinary experiences, scenic wetlands and wildlife preserves, performing and visible arts, and tax-free buying. The vacation spot’s thriving enterprise sector consists of Nike World Headquarters, Columbia Sportswear Corporate Headquarters, Leupold & Stevens Corporate Headquarters, Intel analysis and manufacturing, and quite a few different high-tech companies. The mission of Explore Tualatin Valley is to encourage particular person and group shoppers to go to Tualatin Valley, making a sustained and measurable financial affect on the group by way of tourism.

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