A living record · Business

Terminal Gravity Brewing

A brewery, brewpub, and gathering place in Enterprise.

Rut Nut on the small outdoor stage at Terminal Gravity Brewing in Enterprise, the audience in lawn chairs, on the Friday of Juniper Jam week, September 4, 2026.
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Rut Nut on the small outdoor stage at Terminal Gravity Brewing in Enterprise, the audience in lawn chairs, on the Friday of Juniper Jam week, September 4, 2026.

Brent Cheffings · 2026-09-04 · All rights reserved; published with the photographer’s permission · Image & source ↗

Terminal Gravity dates its first IPA to 1997. Its current website describes both brewing and the Enterprise brewpub, with food, music, and outdoor dining.

The business connects manufacturing with hospitality. Its records can grow to include accounts from people who have brewed, cooked, worked, and gathered here.

Through time

1997

First IPA brewed, according to the company.

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Part of the county’s making and hospitality economyFood, drink, and local making
Connected from event recordJuniper Jam
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An old truck in a field near Enterprise, with the Wallowa Mountains behind it.
Chapter 04 Work & livelihoods

The sawmill, the foundry, and the city crew

In 1998 Justin Doherty walked out of Joseph High School and into the sawmill. When the mill closed he poured bronze, and when he left the foundry he went to work for the city. One man’s path ties together industries a directory would list apart.

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