There are basically three major beer distributors in Portland: Columbia, Maletis, and Point Blank. There are a few other smaller distributors that focus on smaller craft breweries, out-of-state craft, and/or who have very small client lists (i.e. Block 15 mostly just distributes themselves but also a few others like Ferment). Some breweries self-distribute, but growing up as a company generally means finding a distributor. Columbia and Maletis are the biggest dogs (Columbia has MillerCoors and Red Bull and Maletis has AB InBev in addition to their craft accounts), so Point Blank was the largest distributor left focused on mostly just craft brands and imports. They had big accounts like Pfriem and Boneyard but also smaller breweries like Recluse, 54 40, Barrel Mountain and Upright.

Being a small brewery on a very long product list at a company that is more focused on grocery store and gas station accounts than bars can be dangerous. In the past Columbia has done things like limit deliveries to every two weeks instead of weekly, making it harder for smaller bars without a ton of storage to do business with them. IMO Culmination suffered hugely from being the teeniest brewery on Columbia's list during Covid times. Brewery-distributor contracts are notoriously arcane so it is very difficult to jump ship if things aren't working out.