It’s over.

My goal at the beginning of 2019 was to visit every brewery based in Portland, and I’ve done it. This week, my profile of Portland Brewery was the 49th and final entry for The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Portland Breweries Series.

The series started at Breakside Brewery in February and took me all over the city, from Level Beer out east, to Binary Brewing in Southwest with stops everywhere inbetween.

From the top of the taplist to the bottom, I found the lineup at almost every place to be strong, and here, in the chronological order of my visits, is a list of my favorite offering from each.

Be warned some of these beers aren’t part of their brewery’s year-round taplist, so I can’t promise they are all still on tap. But most breweries will remake their best beers, so keep an eye out for them.

Breakside Brewery's Northeast Dekum pub is one of three retail locations for the award-winning brewery.Dave Killen/Staff

Breakside Brewery: Quiescence barrel-aged sour

Breakside Brewery rocketed to the top -- and stayed there

This Flanders-like sour from esteemed Breakside Brewing conveys spot-on acidity and a fruity, saison-like funk. It’s a blend of 13 wood-aged sours aged for a year in pinot noir barrels. Quiescence was the last of Breakside’s 2018 barrel-aged sour series, so get it before it’s gone. A good beer to have with a charcuterie or cheese board.

Threshold Brewing & Blending: Roma coffee stout

Threshold Brewing, just opened in SE, is a dream realized for 2 homebrewers

Columbian Gesha coffee infuses this “experimental stout” at the new brewery in Southeast Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, and it’s one of the best coffee stouts I’ve had in years. Offers in intense aroma of a nice cup of coffee followed by a well-balanced toasted-malt java sweetness. Good to have after dinner.

Von Ebert Brewing: Volatile Substance IPA

Von Ebert took over Fat Head’s space -- and reputation for quality

Simply one of the best, if not the best, IPA I’ve had on my tour and in quite a while. A West Coast style IPA true to the Northwest as it’s piney, slightly floral and hoppy with a bitterness that lingers gracefully without smashing the palate. Good for when you’re in the mood for an IPA (i.e., anytime).

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Gigantic Brewing: Pipewrench gin-barrel-aged Imperial IPA

Gigantic goes big in its uniquely small way

One of my favorite double IPAs, but you have to like gin to like this beer, as that juniper flavor profile really comes through, along with the wood from the aging. A big, botanical beer with citrus notes – think an orange/lemon martini with rich malt and herbs such as coriander and cardamom. Good to sip while catching up with a friend at the bar after work.

Widmer Brothers Brewing: Tang-A-Rang tropical sour

Widmer Brothers, one of Oregon’s most fabled breweries, heads into cloudy future

With Widmer’s taproom closing, it’s a bit tougher to find some of the interesting new beers coming out of the venerable Portland brewery. But this tropical sour is available in groceries stores now. It’s an effervescent, tangy passion-fruit sour with guava and citrus notes, just right for sitting on the pation and soaking in the sun.

Co-founders Adam Dixon (left) and George Johnson met a decade ago and spent much of 2018 building Assembly Brewing. The brewpub, 6112 S.E. Foster Road, features Detroit-style pizza and pub-style beers. It had its grand opening Friday, March 29, 2019, and is the first brewery to call the Foster-Powell neighborhood home.Mark Graves

Assembly Brewing: Stout

Assembly Brewing brings pub beers, Detroit-style pizza to Foster-Powell

A straight-up stout with chocolate aroma and taste. Roasted malt up front, slightly sweet with plenty of caramel, somewhat of a lighter stout turning dry and finishing with a touch of bitterness. An excellent beer to have with your BBQ or other grilled meats, or with a rich dessert.

Culmination Brewing: Scales of Passion Berliner Weisse

From IPAs to farmhouse ales, Culmination lives up to its name

This collaboration with Moksa Brewing of Rocklin, California, that is as good tasting as it is beautiful to behold. A gorgeous cerise red hints at what’s to come: passion fruit and raspberry with lemon hints supporting a balanced sourness and intriguing complexity. Go sit at one of the picnic tables at the Northeast Portland brewery and have one of these under beautiful skies this week.

Montavilla Brew Works: Flam Tap IPA

Small but mighty Montavilla Brew Works keeps it simple in Southeast

Another IPA that hit all the right notes, true to a Northwest style. Solid malt base with a touch of sweetness, crisp hop aroma and taste without clubbing you in the head with a heavy bitterness. Grab a pizza from nearby Flying Pie, snag a table outside on the brewery’s patio, and tuck into both.

Ruse Brewing: Turquoise Mountain Sunrise Saison

Ruse Brewing is the real deal for farmhouses, IPAs and more

Possibly the best beer I’ve had so far, and it’s unlike anything I’ve ever tasted. A farmhouse funkiness while slightly tart, it goes bigger than your average saison with a generous dose of fruitiness and a distinct pineapple juice profile. Think beer cocktail, maybe a mai tai. Fill a growler, head to the coast, put your feet in the sand and soak up the sun with this gem.

Old Town Brewing: Yasuni Hazy IPA

Old Town Brewing stakes reputation on ‘the liquid’

This oft-overlooked brewery is killing it with the hazies, starting with its original, Pillowfist, and now its latest, Yasuni. This offering is a big, soft smack of pineapple juice with a round, well-balanced bitterness that’s gentle on the finish. Creamy mouthfeel, and great with an appetizer.

Ecliptic Brewing, located at 825 N. Cook St., was started by Oregon brewing legend John Harris.Mark Graves/Staff

Ecliptic Brewing: Capella Porter

Ecliptic’s universe continues to expand

Chocolate aroma and taste, a lightly roasted malt nuttiness, a hint of coffee and a touch of caramel define this delicious porter. Medium bodied and lightly creamy, it’s not an overly heavy porter – great for a summer day, in fact.

Baerlic Brewing: Dad Beer Pre-Prohibition Lager

Baerlic Brewing, as quintessential Portland as they come

Guilty: I’m a dad, so therefore am probably biased about this lager. It’s crisp and nuanced, but also robust and rustic, delivering on the malt and the hops in well-choreographed unison. Baerlic uses flaked corn here, which may be responsible for it being a touch creamier than you’d expect from a lager.

Laurelwood Brewing: Kids These Daze

Laurelwood Brewing made ‘family-friendly’ the thing

An excellently balanced New England IPA that’s neither too bitter nor too sweet and juicy. A creamy mouthful avoids being overly thick or sticky. Its profile is tropical with some stone fruit. And accolades! It won gold in the “Hazy Hoppy” category at this year’s Oregon Beer Awards.

West Coast Grocery Co.: Cheeriest Hour Cherry Sour

West Coast Grocery fights to right ship after rough launch

This well-balanced kettle sour is sweet, tart and fruity – think cherry Jolly Rancher with a SweeTart candy thrown in -- but not cloying. Its flowery aroma gives way to a lingering sweet kiss. Loved it.

Little Beast Brewing: Dream State

Little Beast goes wild in Beervana

Simply amazing. This fruit-forward ale is aged for six months in a cabernet sauvignon foeder – a large barrel – and has seven yeast strains and 100 pounds of Oregon strawberries per barrel. Fruity, tart, layered and complex.

McMenamins is Portland-based but has a string of breweries, hotels and restaurants throughout Oregon and Washington.Mark Graves

McMenamins: Tropic Heat Guava Habanero Sour

McMenamins, Oregon’s 1st brewpub, a pioneer still going its own way

Another beer that caught me off-guard. I thought a spicy guava habanero sour would have too much going on to remain balanced, but I was wrong. The guava and habanero meld seamlessly, and it delivers refreshing acidity with some heat and spiciness at the finish that avoids gimmickry.

Hair of the Dog Brewery: Matt

Hair of the Dog forged bigger, bolder future for craft beer

Another in a long line of big Hair of the Dog offerings, Matt is shockingly smooth for a high-alcohol strong ale and delivers a balanced sweetness. It’s aged in bourbon and brandy barrels to impart rich depth and booziness, along with smoky chocolate notes.

Leikam Brewing: These Boots Are Made For Hoppin'

Leikam becomes city’s first fully certified kosher beer: Portland Breweries Series

This past summer, Leikam opened its taproom on East Burnside Street in Mount Tabor, where wife and husband team Sonia Marie and Theo Leikam serve up their kosher, gluten-reduced beer. Among the offerings I enjoyed was These Boots Are Made For Hoppin’, a lovely pale ale that was solidly hoppy, with a fruity malt character that provided sturdiness while remaining quenching and crushable.

Back Pedal Brewing: Marathon

Back Pedal, the Pearl District’s little brewery, upshifts into bigger future

Normally a shandy or radler – part beer and part juice/soda – isn’t going to make my favorites list, but this one is deserving and then some. A limeade/lemonade profile predominates, and it’s dry, tart and sweet – refreshing and crushable.

Second Profession Brewing: Portland Prometheus Dark Ale

Copier salesman hits reset button, starts Second Profession

This unique dark ale has the rich chocolate and coffee aromas you’d find in a stout, but it drinks light without the chewy mouthfeel you’d expect from its color and aroma.

Labrewatory: Max Indicus Toasted Rice Lager

Experimentation, education served up in style at Labrewatory

A solid offering that’s flavorful and full-bodied but still crisp and refreshing as a lager should be. Think of Budweiser with heft and backbone. It paired brilliantly with Mexican food from Tamale Boy next door.

Coalition Brewing, which called Ankeny Street in Southeast Portland home for a decade, closed recently.

Coalition Brewing: Dandy Shandy

Coalition embraces CBD, becomes craft-beer pioneer

Criticize me all you want for naming this my favorite Coalition beer, but this shandy – a combination of beer and soda – is light and sweet, as the style should be, with some candy notes and gently tart lemoniness. It’s crisp and effervescent – just wonderful. I did also enjoy Coalition’s CDA-infused beers, with the Two Flowers IPA a close second. Unfortunately, Coalition closed down at the end of October, so unless you’ve got a bottle stored, not more tastings.

Rosenstadt Brewery: Funf Null Drei

Rosenstadt, Rose City’s wandering star of German-style beers

Again, a selection that might be unorthodox, as it’s not one of Rosenstadt’s classic German-style beers. But this full-bodied hoppy pale ale walks up to an IPA while keeping its feet firmly planted in Germany. It seamlessly merges Germany with the Northwest palate.

Kells Brewery: Irish Stout

Kells, once just a famous Irish pub, now a flourishing beer maker

Garrett McAleese, Kells founder and brewer, took years to perfect this stout recipe and even worked with Guinness. It shows. This black brew isn’t short on nuance, delivering roasted malt with chocolate and coffee nuttiness, all with an even-handed balance.

Zoiglhaus Brewing: Zoigl-Pils

Zoiglhaus brings centuries-old German tradition to Lents neighborhood

This northern German style pilsner is hop-forward, crisp and delicious, with a delicate sweetness. It finishes clean and dry, with grassy notes distinct to the style. For those who like their hops and a more Northwest profile, the Hopgfenbombe German-style IPA was a close second.

Sasquatch Brewing: Vienna Lager

Looking for Sasquatch? Latest footprint spotted in industrial Northwest Portland

This lager was bold and a bit spicy, full-bodied and well-rounded. I may have been swayed that it paired beautifully with the Tribbiana Italian sub I had -- salami, soppresatta and ham with provolone, pepperoncini, red onion, olives, lettuce and tomato with red wine vinegar on a French roll. Apologies for venturing into the food realm but it might be the best lunch I’ve had in ages.

Lucky Labrador's first of four pubs, at 915 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., opened 25 years ago and has the feel of a comfortable living room.Mark Graves

Lucky Labrador: Griffen’s Guava Passionfruit Gose

The Lucky Lab, city’s beloved old dog, still learning new tricks

This refreshing beer carries the refreshing aroma of fresh-cut pink grapefruit, then a delicate passionfruit sweetness that’s just salty and tart enough for a well-balanced gose. Also, it’s hard to go to the Lucky Lab without ordering a Black Lab Stout, but that’s just me.

Fire on the Mountain Brewing: Electric Mud Stout

Fire on the Mountain not just winging it in Beervana

A nice, solid chocolate oatmeal stout that’s not too thick or heavy and pairs brilliantly with the hot wings at Fire on the Mountain. In fact, after eating an “El Jefe” wing – the hottest the Portland chain of chicken wing restaurants has to offer – the Mud not only created a delicious blend of flavors with the wings but also helped temper the pain as my lips melted away.

Upright Brewing: Special Herbs

Inspired by jazz, Upright makes some of city’s most eclectic, collectible beers

Best beer I’ve had this year? It’s certainly a contender. Upright puts its deft touch on this hopless beer, which is made with lemongrass, Sichuan peppercorns, hyssop and orange peel then blended after aging in numerous barrels. For me, it started out like a Thanksgiving spiced cider with orange and clove, then moved toward a Japanese tea with a bright and lively finish.

Away Days Brewing: British Rail Summer Ale

Away Days, city’s newest brewery, comes home in Southeast Portland

This ale from Portland’s newest brewery is light and refreshing, with notes of honeydew melon and a bit of spice. It’s a sublime merging of an English ale with American hops, delivering a dry, botanical and grassy finish along with crispness.

Level Beer: Level Pixilated Pale (fresh hop)

At Level Beer, it’s game on in the pursuit of balance

This fresh-hop pale ale is fruit-forward with notes of honeydew and cantaloupe, along with some spice and a solid yeasty maltiness. And if you’re reading this past fresh-hop season, the regular Pixilated Pale is a wonderful ale any time of year.

StormBreaker Brewing has two locations: one along North Mississippi Avenue (pictured) and the other on North Lombard Street in St. Johns. Jim Ryan/Staff

StormBreaker Brewing: Opacus Stout

StormBreaker helps N. Mississippi forget about that other place: Portland Breweries Series

This oatmeal stout from the North Portland brewery offers up a nice, chocolate aroma and strong coffee notes. This beer was essentially in a dead heat with the brewery’s popular favorite, Tripe Double Imperial IPA, which is a fantastic, double IPA that hits on all cylinders: malty, hoppy and full-bodied.

Mt Tabor Brewing: Hazy Mindset New England IPA

Mt Tabor Brewing, wherever it may be, cranks out straight-up, old-school beers: Portland Breweries Series

The Southeast Portland brewery, which has a pub in Clark County’s Felida neighborhood, makes straight-up old-school pub beers, but it also has embraced new styles, such as the hazy IPA. Its Hazy Mindset has some fruit and citrus notes, is piney and a bit dank, with solid bitterness on the finish. A Northwest and Northeast IPA mash-up, essentially.

Great Notion Brewing: Blueberry Muffin

For Great Notion, innovation is the only clear thing: Portland Breweries Series

You have to taste this beer to truly understand it, as it’s probably unlike anything you’ve ever had before. It literally smells like a blueberry muffin, which is a baffling concept when you have your nose over a beer. It’s tart and spicy, tangy and lively on your tongue. And it’s sweet, but not muffin sweet -- an incredible beer.

Migration Brewing: Mo-Haze-ic New England IPA

From big expansion to big honors, Migration is on the move: Portland Breweries Series

This beer is a straight-down-the-middle hazy IPA: juicy with a grapefruit profile but not overly sweet or cloying. Its excellence was rewarded at the Great American Beer Festival in October, when it won a bronze medal. (Note: Migration’s Proper Pilsner was a very close second place.)

Occidental Brewing: Fresh Hop Pils

Occidental’s bet on German styles pays off as lagers surge: Portland Breweries Series

Normally, I am not a fan of fresh-hop pilsners, as I prefer the style clean and unadorned. But this beer crushed that notion. It was botanical and flowery, easily the best fresh-hop pilsner I had this year. Look for it again next year and hope we’ll get a repeat performance from Dan Engler and Sam Carroll at the St. Johns neighborhood German-style brewery.

Cascade Brewing founder Art Larrance also helped found Portland Brewing and the Oregon Brewers Festival.Mark Graves

Cascade Brewing: Manhattan NW

For pioneering Cascade, future is anything but sour (but that, too): Portland Breweries Series

Cascade Brewing’s Manhattan NW is flush with tart cherries, bourbon, leather and oak, and the layers of this incredible beer just keep coming in nuanced wave after wave. It’s complex and brilliant, and seems to keep getting better since its 2017 release. Might be my favorite beer of all time.

Base Camp Brewing: Barrel Aged Imperial S’more Stout

Base Camp serves up adventure, the outdoors and beer: Portland Breweries Series

This barrel-aged version of the Southeast Portland’s popular S’more Stout is deeply boozy with a generous dose of chocolate and coffee. Thick and chewy, it’s served at the brewery with a toasted marshmallow on the glass’s rim. Co-founder Ross Putnam gave us his secret favorite way to eat the marshmallow: Wait until you have one more mouthful of the stout left, drop the marshmallow down in, swirl it around to soak it a bit, then take one last, glorious swig.

Wayfinder Beer: Funeral Bock

This double-decocted lager is a beautiful balance of roasted malt, sweetness and light bitterness. It’s incredibly clean and bright -- especially for a dark beer -- while staying full-flavored throughout and a touch spicy. This earned a rare 4.5 rating from me on Untappd and was the best of an incredible lineup from Wayfinder, which didn’t have a beer I rated below 4.

3 years in, Wayfinder delivering on lofty expectations: Portland Breweries Series

Ex Novo Brewing: Cactus Wins the Lottery

Ex Novo took beers, benevolence and created something new: Portland Breweries Series

This prickly pear Berliner weisse is a refreshing and crisp kettle sour, dry and fruity, tangy and lively. Its grapefruit and citrus profile has a lemony note as well. Its acidity is present but not overly sharp, like a good sour gummy candy, and the beer is delightfully refreshing.

Hopworks Urban Brewery: Abominable Winter Ale (Whiskey Barrel Aged 2019)

At Hopworks, good beer comes with a full pour of sustainability: Portland Breweries Series

This boozy and leathery version of HUB’s seasonal Abominable Winter Ale delivers depth and satisfaction in spades. The sweet caramel maltiness plays alongside a crisp hoppiness that hangs out in the background. I struggled with whether I liked this beer more than the Southeast Portland brewery’s Ferocious Citrus IPA, a softly bitter grapefruit and tropical citrus-fruit IPA that dips a toe into the hazy world. It’s juicy, but not too sugary.

Ascendant Beer: Doppel-baklava

Old Town’s Ascendant offers classic styles for an eclectic crowd: Portland Breweries Series

This doppelbock includes baklava ingredients added to create a layered, deep beer that has a honey sweet note and a nutty, bready profile.

Grixsen Brewing: Brown Ale

Beer, community and a better world come together at Grixsen: Portland Breweries Series

This is a true-to-style classic and one of the superior browns I’ve had for a while. For years browns have been absent from most breweries’ taplists, but of late I’m seeing more. Grixsen’s is very well made, with nice roasted notes without being overly nutty or sweet.

Ground Breaker Brewing: Sasquash Stout

A pioneer in gluten-free beers, Ground Breaker draws customers -- and awards: Portland Breweries Series

Ground Breaker’s challenge is to make beer taste like beer without gluten, and the Sasquash Stout is a winner. It’s rich and nutty, with a full, creamy mouthfeel. This stout for any stout lover delivers subtle notes of pumpkin and cinnamon.

Old Market Pub & Brewery: Black Magic Nitrogen-Powered Stout

For 25 years, a neighborhood embraces Old Market Pub: Portland Breweries Series

Old Market for more than two decades has been making straightforward pub-style beers, and this stout is a great example of what they do well. Smooth and creamy on nitro, it has chocolate notes and delivers a little bitter bite on the finish. It’s a tad lighter than many current stouts if you want something that’s not too heavy.

13 Virtues Brewing: Habanero Rye

From Philadelphia’s to 13 Virtues, cheesesteaks and beers for 26 years: Portland Breweries Series

This sturdy rye is nicely balanced with a pale base and rye notes coming through along with some habanero heat -- but a restrained heat. It’s crisp, refreshing and crushable and doesn’t clobber you with spice and heat like a lot of pepper-style beers.

Binary Brewing: The Big Labrewski

Binary breaks it down to simple basics: Portland Breweries Series

Binary, which operates out of the Uptown Beer Co. in the unincorporated Raleigh Hills area near Southwest Portland, brewed this Kolsch for KingPins bowling alley. It’s crisp, clean and fruity and finishes with a bit of a Northwest hoppy bite, one of the first beers from head brewer Roger Wood.

Natian Brewery: Basil Full Pour India Pale Lager

Natian Brewery relies on hard work, creative twists: Portland Breweries Series

This cross of styles out of Natian Brewery, a small operation near Sandy Boulevard and East Burnside Street, is just what the name sounds like: an IPA profile but with a lager crispness and effervescence. It’s robust and hoppy like an IPA but also has a light and refreshing quality to it.

Portland Brewing: In the Groove Black Vinyl Lager

For Portland Brewing, 33 years and a world of change: Portland Breweries Series

One of Portland’s original breweries, Portland Brewing is still cranking out beers, and head brewer Ryan Pappe has a special fondness for lagers. This beer is part of the brewery’s “Keep Portland Weird” campaign and brewed in collaboration with Terry Currier, founder of Portland’s Music Millennium record store. It’s a dark lager that delivers on roasted malt, caramel notes and creamy mouthfeel.

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