Dean’s Scene Home Brewery
I recently found out about an old-Portland speakeasy. Dean opened up his basement in NE Freemont for people to come hang out and drink. He made some beers, ‘gave’ them away for a $20 door donation, and never bothered to get a liquor license or card people. People would come hang out in his basement and have some beers.
He got shut down in 2014 by the OLCC and it appears he died just a few years later, but not before he had tons of people swing by. He didn’t bother to card and it was apparently quite the little hangout.
It appears it was purchased and re-opened in 2018 after being under uncertain ownership.
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Just found your article re Dean’s Scene. I was one of the house mates for a while after Dean passed away in 2016, and had the pleasure and good fortune of brewing beers on his system while he was alive and hosting the Scene.
If you’re interested in visiting, it is apparently being opened up this Friday for a Halloween party.