Updated Sept. 19

The owner of a Portland cidery snared in a local political firestorm has put his business up for sale.

Abram Goldman-Armstrong is seeking $875,000 for Cider Riot’s facility and taproom on Northeast Couch Street as well as the company’s brand and intellectual property, according to a listing posted to ProBrewer.com, an industry website.

Warren Wills, a Portland beer blogger, first flagged the listing Wednesday afternoon on Twitter.

Cider Riot has racked up international awards for its ciders and serves as a popular inner Northeast pub and event space.

It is also at the center of two high-profile legal cases stemming from a May Day brawl between left-wing patrons at the pub and members of a right-wing group who authorities say came to provoke them into a confrontation.

In an interview, Goldman-Armstrong said a costly expansion in 2016 coupled with cider sales below what he and his investors had projected left them with little choice other than to put their facility, equipment and brand on the market.

The cidery had previously cut staff and Goldman-Armstrong, who started Cider Riot in his North Tabor neighborhood garage in 2013, said he hadn’t drawn a paycheck in three years.

“We never had deep pockets,” he said. “This was always a bootstrap kind of enterprise. And we were left with a lot of overhead.”

Goldman-Armstrong said the recent clash outsider Cider Riot, and the months of headlines it’s generated, had nothing to do with the decision to sell.

A number of anti-fascist, or antifa, activists were at the pub on May 1 when police and prosecutors say members of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, including its leader Joey Gibson, took multiple steps to incite a violent melee outside the Northeast Couch establishment.

A chaotic scene erupted, with shouting, swearing, brawling, drink-throwing, rock-throwing and people using pepper spray or mace on others.

Gibson and five other Patriot Prayer affiliates were arrested last month and face felony riot charges in connection with the brawl. None of the pub’s patrons have been arrested or charged at this time.

In addition to the criminal case, Goldman-Armstrong filed a lawsuit against Gibson and his associates seeking $1 million in damages.

Goldman-Armstrong, a longtime Portland Timbers fan, also drew headlines this month after he was banned from Providence Park for three matches for displaying banners associated with the anti-fascist movement, a violation of Major League Soccer’s prohibition on political signage at games.

Oregonian/OregonLive staff writer Andre Meunier contributed to this report.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh; 503-294-7632

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