The next few days in the greater Portland metro-area have anniversaries from not one, two, three, or even four new noteworthy craft beer establishments, but FIVE. Starting off with our deep dive into Ruse Brewing’s 5 year history ahead of their Saturday celebration, Montavilla Brew Works celebrates their 8th, Loyal Legion beer hall also celebrates their 8th, Orenco Taphouse their 10th, and Living Haus Beer Co. their first.

Loyal Legion 8th Anniversary

Recent Oregon Beer Awards winner for best beer bar/taproom Loyal Legion beer hall (710 SE 6th Ave) is celebrating 8 amazing years in SE Portland with a 4-day anniversary spectacular from July 13 - 16th.

Loyal Legion x Wayfinder x Breakside collaboration beer The Rizz Premium IPA, available now at both Loyal Legion PDX and Beaverton locations West Coast x New Zealand IPA, brewed with Riwaka, Wakatu, Citra Cryo, and Strata hops, resulting in a floral and hoppy beer that you’ll be sure to fall in love with. Celebrate with a weekend long double tap takeover with both Wayfinder and Breakside.

Food/Drink specials:

$8 McLoyal Burger

$8 Piña Coladas

$6 Ice Cream Sandos

Sunday 7/16 Kitten Cuddles with Northwest Animal Companions – $5 for 5 mins of kitten snuggle time, from 1-4pm in SE PDX location only. Signups for Kitten Cuddles are in-person and day-of and they only take as many reservations as they can manage safely for the animals. Signups by 3:30, possibly sooner so come early and enjoy some delicious beer as you await your turn.

Orenco Taphouse 10-Year Anniversary

Hillsboro, Oregon is a lot better place for craft beer since Orenco Taphouse (1198 NE Orenco Station Pkwy, Hillsboro) opened 10 years ago. To celebrate they have collaborated with new Hillsboro brewery SteepleJack, on a West Coast IPA meant to drink a little light for summer while still preserving a hop presence from Cascade & Citra. Then modernized with HBC 586 which adds nuances of lemon, grapefruit, guava, and mango. Draft and 16oz cans to-go will be available.

Orenco is also pulling out vintage cellared sours from their 5 year with Cascade and Reach Break and other rare and limited releases both new and old. To make sure everyone has something tasty to eat, the OG Birrieria food truck will be there at 4pm on Saturday 7/15 and at 12pm on Sunday 7/16 serving up taquitos and a birria special.

Living Häus Beer One Year Anniversary

Portland’s new lager house Living Häus Beer (628 SE Belmont St) is celebrating year one with three days of events and very special rare beers on draft each day from around the country. They also have three different DJ set's for each day and are doing a $10 special from their new food program featuring summer seasonal Elote Pixxa from Pan Con Queso. 

Friday July 14 - Gold Dot Beer and Great Notion Brewing Collaboration releases

Mama Nat - Czech style amber lager collab with Great Notion 5.1%We layered Bohemian and Isaria 1924 pilsner malts from Weyermann along with a splash of Carabohemian malt for a balance of light and dark to create a beautiful copper amber color. We treated the beer with a rigorous step mash regiment before a light decoction process to give Mama Nat a rich and toasty malt character that really shines in this beer. Czech Saaz and Kazbek hops balance the malt presence with just enough herbal and spice notes along with a hint of black currant.

Jeanne - Pale Ale collab with Gold Dot 5.8%
Jeanne is a wonderful little pale ale with ‘C’lassic pale ale ingredients. This 5.8% beer was made with Crisp pale malt, Chinook incognito, and Chinook, Cascade, and Citra hop pellets. It was fermented with one of our favorite yeast strains, Chico. We can’t say this beer isn’t gonna be a charmingly crisp crusher. This beer has a light and dry body with just enough sweet malt character to balance out the pleasant bitterness you look for in a pale ale. With notes of orange marmalade, grapefruit pith, and inviting pine resin it’ll have you coming back for another and another. 

Saturday July 15 - Mini Lager Festival

Come down for the special beers and to get a collectible czech dimple mug and beers from friends like Bierstadt, Live Oak, Halfway Crooks, and Carbon Copy. Beers are available on a first come, first serve basis from open to close. All beers will be served in 10 and 16 oz pours. 

Taplist:
Humble Sea - Helles - 4.9% - Double decocted Munich Helles
Bierstadt Lagerhaus - Slow Pour Pils - 4.7% - Northern German inspired Pils
Von Ebert Brewing - Pils 4.9% - German Style Pilsner
Carbon Copy Brewing - Kin 5.4% - Mexican Style Lager
Live Oak Brewing - Pre-War Pils - 5% - Early American Pilsner
Halfway Crooks - Farina - 4.8% - Kölsch style ale

Sunday 7/16 - Hoppy Beer Mini Fest

Living Haus is selling only 110 tickets on a first come, first serve basis for the final event of their three-day anniversary. Each $30 will get you six six ounce pours of beer. The event starts at noon and will be held in the back area of the brewery. The tasting room will be open as normal and the standard tap list and to-go beers will be available to all guests during the event.

Taplist:
Lowercase Beer - Spelt Pilsner 5.1% - Soft pilsner body with snappy zip from Spet malt, intertwined with German-grown Tettnager and American Loral (1/6bbl)
Stillwater - Pacific North Wild - 7% - Oak-aged IPA with Wild Yeasts - Notes of candied apricots, Yakima Valley hops, and toasted oak (20L)
Fast Fashion Beer x Brujos Brewing - Death At The Bar - 9.5% - Triple IPA - Citra, Idaho 7, Strata and Anchovy (1/6bbl)
Fast Fashion Beer - Thin Crust - 7% - Pale Ale - Idaho 7, Mosaic and Motueka (1/6bbl
Brujos Brewing x Troon Brewing - Magos Del Subterraneo - 9.3% - Hoppy Ale with Raw Oregon Honey and DDH with Nelson, Nelson CGX, Motueka CGX, and Citra
Fiden’s Brewing - Jasper - 7.8% - IPA - This version of Jasper has Citra hops and pineapple added

Montavilla Brew Works 8th Anniversary

The east of Tabor neighborhood favorite Montavilla Brew Works (7805 SE Stark St) is turning 8, and celebrating with a party from 1-9pm on Saturday, July 15th.

* Two new beer releases (including a Green Dragon Brew Crew collaboration Kolsch)
* Brewers bratwurst sausages for purchase
* Brewery tours w/samples from the brewer: 1-4pm
* DJ MD spinning soulful and funky vinyl: 4-8pm

Ruse Brewing 5th Anniversary

Ruse Brewing celebrates their 5th Anniversary with five collaboration beers for 5yrs on Saturday, July 15th. All beers will be released both on draft and in 16oz cans. More details in our 5 year retrospective.