EXHIBIT 10.25
                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

     This Consulting  Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of
January 31, 2000 between PORTLAND BREWING  COMPANY,  an Oregon  corporation (the
"Company"), and Steve Goebel ("Consultant").

                                    RECITALS:

A.   Consultant is a shareholder, officer, and director of Saxer Brewing Company
     and will be  appointed  a director of the  Company in  connection  with the
     Company's purchase of certain assets from Saxer Brewing Company pursuant to
     an Asset Purchase  Agreement between the Company and Saxer Brewing Company;
     and

B.   The Company  desires to retain  Consultant  to provide  certain  consulting
     services and  Consultant  desires to provide  such  services to the Company
     upon the terms and conditions described in this Agreement.

                                    AGREEMENT

1. CONSULTING  SERVICES.  Consultant will advise and consult with the management
of the Company concerning such matters related to brand management and marketing
as management of the Company may reasonably request. Consultant will comply with
the policies,  standards,  and  regulations of the Company as may be established
from  time  to  time,  and  will  perform  his  consulting  duties   faithfully,
intelligently,  to the best of his  ability,  and in the best  interests  of the
Company.  The consulting services provided will not amount to more than 60 hours
per  calendar  month  and  will be  provided  on dates  and at times  reasonably
convenient to both parties.

2. STATUS OF CONSULTANT. Consultant will act as an independent contractor of the
Company, and under no circumstances will Consultant be considered an employee of
the Company.  CONSULTANT SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT,  POWER OR AUTHORITY OF ANY KIND OR
NATURE  TO BIND  THE  COMPANY  TO ANY  CONTRACT  OR  COMMITMENT,  TO  INCUR  ANY
OBLIGATION OR INDEBTEDNESS ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY,  OR OTHERWISE TO ACT FOR OR
ON BEHALF OF THE  COMPANY IN ANY  RESPECT.  The  Company  will not  provide  any
insurance  covering  Consultant's  consulting  activities,  and Consultant  will
provide  whatever  insurance  Consultant  believes  to be  necessary  under  the
circumstances to cover his consulting activities.  The Company will not withhold
any taxes from any consideration paid to Consultant,  and Consultant will assume
full  responsibility  for the payment of all  federal,  state and local taxes or
contributions imposed or required under employment  insurance,  social security,
worker's compensation,  and income tax laws arising by reason of the performance
of Consultant's consulting services. Consultant will defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless the Company, and its shareholders,  directors, officers, employees, and
agents from and against any and all losses, claims, expenses,  costs, attorney's
fees, demands, damages, suits, judgments, actions and causes of action resulting
from or  arising  out of  Consultant's  failure  to pay or remit  such  taxes or
contributions,  but  not  including  any  claim  or  action  arising  out  of or
challenging  the  characterization  of Consultant as an  independent  contractor
rather than an employee of the Company.

3.  NON-COMPETITION.  Consultant  covenants and agrees, on behalf of himself and
any affiliated business or entity  ("Affiliates"),  that during the term of this
Agreement and so long as Consultant is a director of the Company, Consultant and
his Affiliates shall not, in North America:

     (i) sell,  produce or market  product or render  services  or advice to any
business competitive with the business of the Company, except Consultant and his
Affiliates,  as a contract  brewer,  may produce but not market  product for The
Boston Beer Company or Oregon Beer & Brewing  Company,  a division of The

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Boston Beer Company or under any other  agreement or  arrangement  which Company
may consent to in writing; or

     (ii) directly or indirectly (A) induce or attempt to induce any employee of
the Company to leave the employ of the Company,  (B) in any way  interfere  with
the  relationship  between  the Company and any  employee  of the  Company,  (C)
employ,  or  otherwise  engage  as  an  employee,   independent  contractor,  or
otherwise,  any employee of the Company,  or (D) induce or attempt to induce any
customer, supplier, licensee, or business relation of the Company to cease doing
business with the Company, or in any way interfere with the relationship between
any customer, supplier, licensee, or business relation of the Company.

     Nothing  in this  Agreement,  shall  prevent  or  limit  Consultant  or his
Affiliates from selling Saxer Brewing  Company's  remaining brewery assets as an
operating business or otherwise, subject to the Company's right of first refusal
to purchase any such assets or business on the same terms and  conditions as any
other potential purchaser. Any such sale to a party other than the Company shall
not be  construed  to be  competitive  with the Company for the purposes of this
Agreement.

     Consultant  agrees that this  covenant is  reasonable  with  respect to its
duration, geographical area, and scope.


4.  CONFIDENTIALITY.   In  performing  services  for  the  Company,   Consultant
acknowledges  that he will receive and have access to confidential  information.
Consultant agrees not to use or disclose any confidential  information except as
expressly agreed to by the Company.

5.  CONSIDERATION.  During the term of this  Agreement,  the Company will pay to
Consultant the sum of $4,500.00 per calendar  month,  payable on the last day of
each calendar month.  Consultant will be entitled to receive  consideration  for
his consulting  services  regardless of the number of hours of services actually
provided by Consultant in any given month and  regardless of whether the Company
requests  Consultant  to provide  any  services at all in any given  month.  The
Company  will  reimburse  Consultant  for all  reasonable  expenses  necessarily
incurred by Consultant in the performance of his consulting  services,  provided
Consultant  complies  with the  reimbursement  policies of the Company as may be
established from time to time.

6. TERMINATION.  This Agreement shall terminate on May 31, 2000, unless extended
until June 30, 2000 by the  Company.  To extend the  Agreement to June 30, 2000,
the  Company  shall give  Consultant  notice to that effect on or before May 10,
2000. This Agreement will terminate immediately upon the death of Consultant.

7.  OWNERSHIP OF WORK. All right,  title,  and interest of every kind and nature
whatsoever  in  and  to  computer  programs,  software,  firmware,   inventions,
discoveries,   improvements,   developments,   processes,   formulae,   methods,
techniques,  trade secrets,  products, and research actually made, developed, or
secured by Consultant,  or  demonstrably  anticipated to be made  developed,  or
secured by Consultant in  connection  with the provision of services  under this
Agreement,  shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and shall be
disclosed  promptly to the Company.  All work created pursuant to this Agreement
that may be protectable  under copyright laws,  shall be deemed to be "work made
for  hire"  and will be owned by the  Company;  and,  in any  event,  Consultant
assigns all copyrights in such work to the Company.

8. GENERAL.

     8.1 No Assignment by  Consultant.  This Agreement is personal to Consultant
and Consultant may not assign or delegate any of his rights or obligations under
the Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.

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     8.2 Binding Effect.  Except as otherwise  provided in this Agreement,  this
Agreement   will  be  binding  upon  the  parties  and  their  heirs,   personal
representatives, successors, and assigns, and will inure to their benefit.

     8.3 Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written  instrument
executed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

     8.4 Notices. All notices or other  communications  required or permitted by
this  Agreement  must be in  writing  and will be deemed to have been duly given
when  delivered  personally to the party for whom such notice was  intended,  or
upon actual receipt if sent by facsimile or delivered by a nationally recognized
overnight delivery service, or at the expiration of the third day after the date
of deposit if deposited in the United States mail,  postage pre-paid,  certified
or  registered,  return  receipt  requested,  to the  respective  parties at the
following addresses, or at such other address that a party may specify by notice
given to the other parties:

        To Consultant:                   To the Company:

        Steve Goebel                     Portland Brewing Company
        4019 SW Downsview Court          2730 Northwest 31st Avenue
        Portland, OR  97221              Portland, Oregon  97210
                                         Attn: Charles A. Adams

        With a copy to:

        Tonkon Torp, LLP                 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
        1600 Pioneer Tower               PacWest Center, Suites 1600-1800
        888 SW Fifth Ave.                1211 SW Fifth Ave.
        Portland OR 97204                Portland, OR  97204
        Attn:  Steven M. Wilker          Attn:  Carmen M. Calzacorta

     8.5  Counterparts.    This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in  two  or  more
counterparts,  each of  which  will be  deemed  an  original,  but all of  which
together will constitute one and the same instrument.

     8.6  Severability.  If any  provision  of this  Agreement  is  deemed to be
invalid or  unenforceable  in any  respect  for any  reason,  the  validity  and
enforceability  of any such  provision in any other respect and of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement will not be in any way impaired.

     8.7  Further  Assurances.  The  parties  agree to execute  other  documents
reasonably necessary to further effect and evidence the terms of this Agreement,
as long as the terms and provisions of the other documents are fully  consistent
with the terms of this Agreement.

     8.8  No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing in this  Agreement,  express or
implied,  is intended  to confer on any  person,  other than the parties to this
Agreement, any right or remedy of any nature whatsoever.

     8.9  Non-waiver.  The waiver by any party of a breach or  violation  of any
provision  of this  Agreement  will not  operate and may not be  construed  as a
waiver of any other provision or any subsequent breach of the same provision. No
waiver  will be binding  unless  executed  in  writing  by the party  making the
waiver.

     8.10  Governing  Law. This  Agreement  will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.

     8.11  Attorney's Fees.  In the event of  litigation  arising  out of, or in
any  related  to  any  term  set  forth  in  this Agreement,  including (without
limitation) any proceeding brought under the United States Bankruptcy Code,  the
losing party  will pay to the prevailing party,  in addition to any other relief
awarded,

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the prevailing party's  reasonable  attorney's fees, costs and expenses incurred
at arbitration, at trial, on appeal and on petition for review.

     8.12  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding
of the  parties  with  respect  to the  subject  matter  of this  Agreement  and
supersedes any and all prior and  contemporaneous  negotiations,  understandings
and  agreements,  whether  written or oral,  between the parties with respect to
such subject matter.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.

                                  COMPANY:
                                  PORTLAND BREWING COMPANY


                                  /s/  CHARLES A. ADAMS
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  Its:  President and Chief Executive Officer

                                  CONSULTANT:

                                  /s/ STEVE GOEBEL
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  Steve Goebel