Ninkasi Brewing, long a part of the Whiteaker neighborhood, has been a local Eugene brewery for 20 years, known for its hoppy IPAs and other brews. On Oct. 14, Ninkasi soft-opened a second location right off the University of Oregon campus, called The Annex.

Where Ninkasi fosters the more millennial and Gen-X clientele of the Whiteaker, The Annex, which wears the slogan “Eat, Drink, Hang,” is geared towards college students and their game day and late-night needs.

The Annex is a two-minute walk from campus on Kincaid Street, right next to popular college bar Rennie’s Landing. It is also down the street from other large college haunts, Max’s Tavern and The Webfoot Bar and Grill. Bryan Nelson, Ninkasi’s director of hospitality, says that rather than Rennie’s being a competitor, he says tha

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