Give Ecliptic Brewing credit: It surely knows how to bounce back in odd-numbered years.
That is, in its fifth year (so marked with a series of collaborations and a hazy plum that's part of its Sixth Orbit celebration), Ecliptic landed its second Oregon Beer Showdown win in three years. The North Portland brewery has effectively traded the title twice with Astoria's Buoy Beer.
Ecliptic overcame a tough challenge by Bend's Crux Fermentation, which went down by a 54 percent to 46 percent count. Nearly…
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