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Brian Kidd, center, rides his unicycle while leading the Oregon Brewers Parade along Naito Parkway in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019. Kidd is known as the Unipiper. He is a local home brewer and was chosen as this year's grand marshal for the Oregon Brewers Parade and Festival.Brain Kidd drinks the first beer from the tapping of ceremonial keg at the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.Drink tokens fill a glass at the Oregon Brewers Festival in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.Brian Kidd, hosts the first filled glass of beer at the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.A police officer ahead of the Oregon Brewers Parade in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.Brian Kidd, left, rides his unicycle and plays the bagpipes while leading the Oregon Brewers Parade along Naito Parkway in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019. Kidd was the parade and festival's grand marshal.People wait to fill their glasses from the ceremonial keg at the Oregon Brewers Festival on Wednesday July 24, 2019.People march the Oregon Brewers Parade in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.The Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.Brian Kidd, center, rides his unicycle while leading the Oregon Brewers Parade along Naito Parkway in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019. Kidd was the parade and festival's grand marshal.Brain Kidd drinks the first beer from the tapping of ceremonial keg at the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.People sit at the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.Brian Kidd stands next to the ceremonial keg at the start of the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.Brian Kidd, center, rides his unicycle while leading the Oregon Brewers Parade along Naito Parkway in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019. Kidd was the parade and festival's grand marshal.A necklace of pretzels at the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.Brian Kidd taps the ceremonial keg at the start of the Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.The Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.People walk around the main tent at he Oregon Brewers Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland on Wednesday July 24, 2019.

The Oregon Brewers Festival, which returns in late July to the downtown Portland waterfront after a two-year absence because of the pandemic, will offer a tap list and brewery lineup that features 40 beers from 40 breweries from across the state, from the large and well-known to the small and new.