North Portland taproom and bottle shop Mayfly is celebrating their 3rd anniversary this weekend, and it’s a good time to recognize them for their contributions to the beer community as well as their Kenton neighborhood. Helping them celebrate over 3 full days is Bend, Oregon’s Boss Rambler Beer Club who is making the trip up to release 4 new beers, including an exclusive and highly limited Mayfly collaboration.

Through numerous break-ins, shut downs, on and off street plazas, severe weather, and let’s not forget dry January, Mayfly has stayed the course. Mayfly and co-owner Ryan Born consistently delivered for both community events like a monthly trash pick-up gathering for the neighborhood and real talk about the issues of the day, to drag bingo and regular trivia nights, all the while bringing in fun and sometimes eccentric craft beer and cider events that were not otherwise being represented about town.

“The past two years have been tough, but we all know that,” says Mayfly co-founder Ryan Born. “There have been several instances where I thought we were gonna have to close the business, but we were able to lean on our resources and keep our heads above water.”

Mayfly was one of many businesses that have taken advantage of Portland’s safe streets program allowing some areas to be closed to traffic and promote open air and distanced seating during the pandemic. It might have saved the business.

“The street closure and plaza have been a life saver by allowing us to pour more draft beer rather than having to try to squeeze by relying on package sales,” adds Born. The recent news that the city would extend those special street parklet permits through this summer is welcome news and bodes well for their future.

BOSS RAMBLER BEER CLUB

To celebrate the 3 Year Anniversary milestone Mayfly has invited Boss Rambler Beer Club to town to premiere a number of new beers to Portland.

• BossFly Fruited HZY IPA: The official Mayfly 3rd anniversary beer has South American beachside fruity sour vibes from Dragon Fruit + Coconut. I 6.7abv (Exclusive to Mayfly and Boss Rambler)

• Palms Away IPA: a West Coast IPA hopped with 100% Mosaic I 6.5abv (Portland Debut)

• Lost In Aust. HZY IPA: bringing the joose and dank flavors with Galaxy + Strata hops I 6.5abv (Portland Debut)

• Dorado Loco HZY IIPA: Punchy and skunky tropical El Dorado + Citra hops I 8.2abv (Portland Debut)

• Stokes Classic: a local small batch take on an American Domestic adjunct Lager I 5.0abv

Mayfly will have cans of Palms Away Hazy IPA, Lost in Aust. Hazy IPA, Dorado Loco Hazy IPA, Stokes Classic, Hang Juice!, Chill Seeker, Kook-Aid and Dark C's. But the big official anniversary collaboration BossFly Fruited Hazy will only be available on draft at Mayfly and the Boss Rambler taproom in Bend.

SCHEDULE:

Friday March 18th 6pm-8pm: Boss Rambler Beer Club hang!

We will be flipping cups for some super cool and fun merch and prizes! New Mayfly merch featuring Ashley Dreyfus Art! Super crazy fun photo booth with our gal Audra at Party Cat! Photobooth, Mikiko Mochi Donuts with the sweets, crazy bottle fundraiser with 30% of proceeds going to support Ukraine, AND our friend Whysopod in the house bringing some poppin’ beats!

Saturday March 19th 6pm-8pm: Our gal Peachy Springs in the house for some Drag Bingo! ‘Nough said here. It’s a bonkers time.

Sunday March 20th 10am-12pm: Kenton Trash Pickup hosted by Ryan Murray!

We provide the pickers, bags and gloves...after we pick for about an hour, we buy the first round of drinks for all the participants. We are excited to see what else this summer brings.

MAYFLY
8350 N Fenwick Ave
Portland, OR 97217