Owned by Tom Cook, Von Ebert began operating innorthwest Portland'sPearl District in March 2018,[1] as a rebranded Portland location ofFat Head's Brewery.[5] In May 2018, the business confirmed plans to open a second location at Glendoveer Golf Course, in a space which previously housed a RingSide Grill in thenortheast Portland part of theHazelwood neighborhood.[6][7][8] The second location opened in July.[9] Von Ebert also operates locations at Cascade Station in northeast Portland and inBeaverton.[10]
Brewers for Von Ebert have included Sean Burke[11] and Sam Pecoraro.[12] In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Von Ebert launched a fleet of delivery vehicles.[13] The business participated in theOregon Brewers Festival in 2022.[14] The Pearl District location closed in April 2024.[10]
Von Ebert has supported a nonprofit organization working to reduce substance addiction and suicide for more than a decade. According toWine Enthusiast, "The brewery's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee teamed with the Oregon Brewers Guild to host the first intern in the state's Mashing Barriers program, increasing underrepresented individuals' access to Oregon's brewing industry."[15] In 2022, the brewery collaborated withBrian Grant to create a specialty beer benefitting a nonprofit dedicated to helping people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.[16][17][18]
In 2025, the business unveiled the largest beer can silo in Oregon.[19]
In 2022, Beau Eastes of1859 Oregon's Magazine wrote, "Arguably no craft brewer in Oregon had a better 2021 than Portland-based Von Ebert Brewing. Less than four years old, Von Ebert was named the 2021 Medium Sized Brewery of the Year by the Oregon Beer Awards, claimed gold in the uber-competitive American IPA category at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival with their Volatile Substance IPA, all the while expanding their popular Heritage Beer Series. It's a tough act to follow, but no one’s been as innovative as Von Ebert over the past few years".[20]
Andre Meunier ranked the brewery's Volatile Substance beer number one inThe Oregonian's 2019 list of Portland's ten best beers.[21] Volatile Substance was one of two out of hundreds to receive a perfect score inWine Enthusiast's 2022 blind tastings.[22] The Pils took silver in theGreat American Beer Festival's German-Style Pilsener category in 2022.[23] The Islands in the Stream took bronze in the Belgian Beers, German Wheat Beers and Traditional Brett Beers category at the Oregon Beer Awards in 2022.[24]
