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February 1, 2018 by wynterkaiser Leave a Comment

Kaiser’s First Lager!

After years of brewing ales, Kb has just released our first lager!

For those who are unsure: an ale is is a type of beer brewed using a warm fermentation method, resulting in a sweet, full-bodied and fruity taste. This includes IPAs, Reds, Ambers, Stouts, etc.

A Lager, however, is is a type of beer conditioned at lower temperatures. Despite this, lagers can still be pale, amber, or dark. A pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer (e.g. Coors Light, Bud Light, etc.) and well-known styles include Pilsner, Helles, Czech, Vienna, Marzan Bach, etc,)

Kaiser Brewing is proud to introduce our first lager, Tinoco Loco, a Mexicano Estilo Cervesa!

Available seasonally in pints and growler fills at events and in our tap room. Please inquire at: 503-412-9628.

May 23, 2017 by wynterkaiser Leave a Comment

Number Two & That Ain’t Bad!

We are pretty proud of representing Forest Grove in Portland at the Nano Beer Fest at John’s Marketplace in Multnomah Village. Ridgewalker and Waltz joined us, along with 26 other nanos for the two-day fest honoring Oregon’s smallest breweries. Friday, April 21 was warm and saw a great flow of crowds in the tent-covered parking lot of John’s Marketplace, and despite the wind and rain, Saturday April 22 was even more packed out with thirsty beverage connoisseurs.

Over all, twenty-eight Oregon breweries, cideries, and meaderies were in attendance at the fest, featuring 2-4 of their best styles. Many had owners and brewers onsite to promote their businesses and discuss with patrons how their craft drinks were made. A panel of VIP industry judges walked through on Friday and tasted every beer, cider, and mead offered, and then ranked them on flavor, color, and technique. The winners were announced on the Nano Beer Fest social media pages on Monday, April 24.

Out of 60 other beverages poured, we were proud to take second place for our “Wheeze the Juice” New England Style IPA. This marks our third award-winning beer, and we are so honored to be recognizes and appreciated by our amazing fans! We will be showcasing this winning brew, among other popular styles of beer in our tasting room at 1607 Hawthorne Street, and at First Wednesdays on Main Street in Forest Grove, June 7, July 5, and August 2, and at Forest Grove’s UnCorked on August 19.

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Kaiser Brewing Company is all about community, fellowship, and good beer. Founded by seasoned homebrewer Jonathan Kaiser, Kb is a nano-brewery in Forest Grove, Oregon, looking to expand the craft beer experience with unique and robust flavors. For more information about Kaiser Brewing, please visit and like us on Facebook!

March 2, 2017 by Jonathan Kaiser Leave a Comment

Smallest Licensed Brewpub in the Region

If you live anywhere near Portland, Bend, Eugene, and many other parts of Oregon, you are probably aware of the Craft Beer scene; either as an active participant or occasional goer. You may also be familiar with the Beer Guide the Willamette Week comes out with each year outlining all breweries within 100 miles of Portland. If you are one to either purchase this guide in softbound form or just browse online, you will find one called “The Smallest Fully Licensed Brewpub Anywhere Near Portland” and, yes, that would be us.

Now, we did not choose that name. Nor did we provide or even hint to that name. Were we surprised to be dubbed that name? No. But honestly, if Willamette Week did the research to come up with that, I think it’s a pretty cool achievement.

It is humbling to see our little nano-brewery grow and get more exposure. As they mentioned we wrote a zero-debt model, scaling year after year with what we bring in. We already doubled our output from last August when we were finally licensed by the TTB (federal government) to start selling our beer, so the model is working. Markets and events are a large part of our business plan and we missed most of that season last year so it will be interesting to see how it plays out this year.

Anywhoooooo … A big thank you to all our followers for your support and encouragement. Oh and of course if you do pick up a copy of the Willamette Week, bring it in and we’ll be happy to autograph it 🙂

Cheers all!

November 3, 2016 by wynterkaiser Leave a Comment

Our Small Business Story #ProFinderContest

We are participating in the LinkedIn #ProFinderContest with this blog post. Want to submit your own, small business story? Go here for all the details!

It’s tough to be a small business today. The American Dream can quickly become a nightmare with all the bureaucratic hoops to jump through, the red tape, and the insurmountable competition that exists.

But Kaiser Brewing didn’t start out as a business. At first it was just a homebrewing hobby. Then, as Jonathan Kaiser grew in his talent for making craft beer, so did his following. We shared his new batches at potlucks, family reunions, even at our church! Our kids got involved ,and, over the years, as we opened our garage door to make a new batch of home brew, other homebrewers, even passers-by would stop in to watch, lend a hand or just chat for hours about beer, life, even faith. Eventually, brewing beer became more about facilitating relationships.

It was with this community-building in mind, that we made the decision to pursue the requirements and licencing to open our own brewery in our hometown of Forest Grove, Oregon.

After much research, connecting with other nano brewers, and attending brewery conferences, we sold our first home, purchased an older home with a detached garage, and moved our family of five across town to begin the business. We invested nearly all of our equity into bigger brewing equipment, supplies, and remodeling materials to turn the detached garage and shop into a full-scale nano brewery, complete with a fermentation chamber, cooling room, and built-in tap lines.

Our final licensing went through this past August, and we officially opened for business, offering one-ounce tastings, grower fills, and keg sales out our garage, and full-pours at offsite events. We also sell Kb sweatshirts, and growlers, with plans to offer tees and trucker hats soon.

The support and business we have received from our community and the craft beer industry has been overwhelming. There is always a huge crowd at our tasting and pouring events, with positive feedback on our brews, and we continue to receive orders for growlers and kegs. We hope to continue this momentum by expanding our following on social media like Facebook, Twitter, and connect with other brewery professionals and organizations on LinkedIn. To help us with our marketing, copywriting, and accounting, we hope to use the freelance professionals at LinkedIn ProFinder keep our business on the up and up!

They say about 1/3 of small businesses fail in the first two years. 50% after five years, and a whopping 90% of start-ups do not make it to year ten! Do these numbers scare us? Nope. Because we never really started this business to be “in business.” We started it to facilitate relationships, build community, and make some pretty awesome craft beer. And no matter where Kaiser Brewing as a business is in two, five, or ten years, we know that we will still be doing those three very important things! Beer brings people together and that is what will continue to do.

Cheers!