NEWPORT, Ore. — On what should have been a busy Friday night, locked security gates at the Rogue Portland Public House in Southeast Portland signaled the end of an era in Oregon's brewing legacy. Multiple sources told KGW that Rogue Ales & Spirits had abruptly shuttered all operations on Friday.

"It's sad. I mean, the brewery's been around forever," said Rogue regular, Anna Robbins. "As an Oregonian, it's kind of an institution."

Rogue Ales & Spirits leased property for its headquarters at the Port of Newport in Lincoln County.

"Everybody's shocked," said Paula Miranda, the port executive director

Miranda said over the last year, Rogue had fallen more than half-a-million-dollars behind on rent and back taxes. She said on Thursday, Rogue's president, Steven Garrett, asked to meet with

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