TGIF — even if that “F” is Friday the 13th! I hope everyone’s ready for a hot weekend (it’s approaching triple digit temps here in Bend) and have ways to beat the heat. For beer ideas here’s the Oregon news roundup for this weekend; I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day with news, so check back from time to time. And as usual if you have any news to share please send it my way!

Friday the 13th

McMenamins 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop (Portland) is hosting the latest specialty McMenamins bottle release from 6 to 8pm Friday, featuring Cerberus Wild Ale out of the Edgefield brewery: “Tart and funky, this three-headed beast is a blend of a Golden Ale, a Nectarine Brett Pale and Ginger Hibiscus Gose. All three beers were aged together for two years in the Cerberus barrel, a former Hogshead Whiskey Barrel from the Edgefield Distillery, and inoculated with a Belgian Wild Ale strain, Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, to create a pleasant and earthy tang that pervades this balanced beer. The Cerberus barrel has its own singular character, having housed Wild Ales over the past seven years.”

Hermiston Brewing in Eastern Oregon is celebrating its five-year anniversary on Friday: “Come help us celebrate our 5 year Anniversary of being in the Brew Business. Live music from La Grandes Standard Deviation, One Eyed Jack will be available for a very limited time, & a Growler Fill giveaway! Come join us in the fun Hermiston peeps!” The fun kicks off at 5pm. Congrats!

Portland’s Loyal Legion is celebrating its third anniversary all weekend long (technically it started on the 12th) with, among other things, a 30+ tap takeover with Breakside Brewery, $3 food, beer, and whiskey specials, a street fair block party, prizes and giveaways, and more. Sure to be a lot of fun all weekend long!

pFriem Family Brewers (Hood River) will be at Zupan’s Market on Burnside in Portland from 3 to 6pm Friday, sampling out the new Farm-to-Market IPA the brewery brewed for the store chain.

Claim 52 Brewing (Eugene) has two new beer releases for this Friday: “Cheers to another Friday with two new beer releases! After a yearlong hiatus, Purple Panda (right), finally makes its return. This milkshake IPA with blueberries, boysenberries, coconut and vanilla was originally concocted last year for @16tonsbeer 7th anniversary. In addition, we have also tapped our latest purée Gose, “Beautiful Funeral” (left) , which is our take on the classic summer pink lemonade. Crowlers will be available of both with no limit!”

Saturday, 7/14

Montavilla Brew Works (Portland) is celebrating its third anniversary on Saturday all day long: “Join us on Saturday, July 14th as Montavilla Brew Works turns three! Raffle prizes; New draft beer releases; Vintage/Aged draft beer releases; Packaged beer discounts; Food truck; …and more! Stay tuned for more details including our 3rd Anniversary taplist! Free admission. 21+ only” Congrats!

Saraveza (Portland) is hosting the first-ever Summer Strawberry Beer Festival on Saturday, “featuring over a dozen rare, sweet and juicy and in-season beers made with the wonderful fruit. The Summer Strawberry Beer Fest will begin at noon at Saraveza and 3pm at the Bad Habit Room and run until 10pm. Tickets are only $10 and include a custom Perfection 9oz glass with 4 drink tickets if purchased in advance (3 tickets at the door). Additional drink tickets are $1.50 or four for just $5.” Pick up your tickets online in advance here.

Portland’s Ruse Brewing is celebrating its opening day on Satuday: “Come help us celebrate Ruse’s opening day! Beer, music, beer, eats, beer. Saturday July 14, 2018, 12-9 pm (all ages 12-7).”

Ex Novo Brewing (Portland) celebrates its fourth anniversary this Saturday (anniversaries all around!), all day long: “It’s year number four and we return to celebrate in the streets with live music, three packaged beer releases, unique and rare beers on tap, games, cake! Admission is free and open to the public, all ages welcome.” Ex Novo also broke ground this week on its New Mexico brewery.

McMenamins 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop is hosting a cider tasting on Saturday from 2 to 4pm: “Come sample a selection of traditional ciders from Vashon Island’s Dragon’s Head Cider.”

pFriem Family Brewers will be at Zupan’s Market on Macadam in Portland from 3 to 6pm Saturday, sampling out the new Farm-to-Market IPA the brewery brewed for the store chain.

Migration Brewing (Portland) is holding the grand opening of its new Gresham pub and production brewery on Saturday: “>We will be releasing Straight Outta portland and Patio Pale in 6 -pack cans.
>Have lots of give aways
>Specialty collaboration beers
>Brand new beers made from the Gresham facility
We will also have the wonderful folks BREWVANA Brewery Tours running a shuttle to and from both locations.”