Montavilla Brew Works neighborhood brewery on the east side of Portland’s Mt. Tabor is celebrating their 7th anniversary over two-days this Friday, July 15th, and Saturday July 16th from 3pm-Close. MBW only recently opened up indoors at their cozy taproom, but had the benefit of an inviting beer garden for most of the pandemic era. For their anniversary they are taking advantage of both with a rare

Anniversary Specials:

• DJ MD will be spinning all kinds of vinyl on both nights and his collection is EPIC.

• Brewers Bratwurst will be available for purchase while supplies last.

• Seating has increased by 100% with a year-round, covered beergarden in addition to the taproom (pets are welcome in the beergarden, MBW is a 21+ establishment).

Montavilla Brew Works is rolling out two new anniversary beer releases….

El Gato Blanco - Mexican-style Lager

The first release is MBW’s first-ever Mexican-style lager “El Gato Blanco”. Affectionately dedicated to the brewer’s white fluffball kitty who is featured on the label, this lager is clean, bright, snappy and very crushable. (The brewer’s other tabby cat graces the label of their East Glisan Mosaic IPA and both labels reflect the whimsical and loving relationship with their pets.)

“El Gato Blanco” is 5.2% ABV, 20 IBU and is featured as this year’s summer seasonal lager beer.

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Expressway Detroit-Style IPA

The second release is a collaboration with the stalwart Upright Brewing! Michael from MBW has been slowly making the rounds in collaborating with other Oregon brewers who have expatriated from his home state of Michigan. The idea is to collaborate with more Michigan-born brewers and to utilize Michigan based ingredients in the brew (ie; collab with Coin Toss “Catch a Tiger IPA”, brewed with Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal from Battle Creek, MI). This 7-year Anniversary collab with Upright is what Michael Kora and Alex Ganum have named “Expressway Detroit-Style IPA”. What makes it a “Detroit-style” IPA? The quick answer is that this special one-off beer was brewed by two brewers born and raised in the Detroit area of Michigan and contains Michigan-grown hops. The label is a recreation of a 1970’s transportation map of southeastern Michigan which any Michigander will immediately recognize; just about every family vehicle contained one of these back in the day! “Expressway” is a light, bright, fruity (think melon & tropical), super clean and easy-drinking IPA. 6.5% ABV, 50 IBU.

Both beers will be available on draft and in cans starting on Friday, July 15th . Distribution of these two releases is already underway and will pop up in local bottle shops/taprooms and select grocery stores next week. For sales inquiries or any further information/media/photos, please contact Michael Kora via michael at montavillabrew.com

Montavilla Brew Works 7th Anniversary

Friday - Saturday July 16th and 16th 3pm - 9pm

7805 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215