We’re kick off Portland Beer Week with some kick ass breweries that kicked some serious ass.

Last summer Washington breweries sued the state of Oregon naming Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commissioners and the Governor in a lawsuit alleging discrimination that barred them from self-distributing or shipping direct in the state. The lawsuit was projected to take years to make it’s way through the courts, but has came to an unexpectedly quick conclusion in late April as the OLCC agreed to a settlement. Read the whole story here.

Garden Path Fermentation (Burlington, WA), Fortside Brewing (Vancouver, WA), Dwinell Country Ales (Goldendale, WA and MIRAGE (Seattle, WA) brought the suit and were victorious! They’ll all be in house Friday from 6-9 hanging out, drinking beer and basking in the glory of their victory. We think you should come on down and be stoked with them.

As an added bonus Justin Leigh of Dwinell Country Ales will be giving a brief talk, starting at 530, to give the rundown and legal landscape of the ruling by the OLCC. We love learning, we love hearing how independent breweries are standing together to change antiquated rules and we love supporting those breweries the best we can.

At long last..here is the tap list!!!:

Dwinell - Almira - A wild-fermented, French-style cider made from a

blend of Muscadet de Lense, Domaines, Marie

Menard, and Yarlington Mill apples. 7.3%

Dwinell - Ashfall - A classic Czech-style dark lager brewed with

Sterling hops. 4.6%

Dwinell - Disco Nap - A blended, oak-fermented spontaneous spelt ale

re-fermented on crushed Zinfandel grapes. 5.1%

Fortside - Hop Grinder - Using our proprietary dry-hopping system, The HoptomizerTM*, we got to work brewing this delicious and absolutely gooey IPA. Hop Grinder unleashes a profundity of hop notes including melon, grapefruit, diesel, and mango before wrapping up in a crisp, bright, pilsner malt finish. 6.8%

Fortside - Sunshine Dreamin’ - Sunshine Dreamin’ throws big juicy aromas of ripe mango, bright citrus, smooth strawberry, and tart kiwi from a bounty of dry hops- Citra, Galaxy, El Dorado and Mosaic. This heady juice bomb presents ultra soft and creamy with next to no bitterness. 7.1%

Fortside - Rice Crispies - A bright and clean lager at heart, this beer starts with a solid foundation of rice and a nicely tempered fermentation for unctious creaminess and absolute refreshment. We layered Motueka and Citra hops in the whirlpool for a pint that sings with childlike glee. 5.7%

MIRAGE - Birds of America - Began as a spontaneously-fermented beer brewed in the méthode traditionelle, fermented in oak, and re-conditioned over raspberries from Sidhu Farms in Puyallup. Before packaging, this beer was blended 2:1 with saison conditioned in oak with hardy Ananasnya "kiwi" berries from Red Cedar Farm in Poulsbo. 5.5%

MIRAGE - A Wide-Ranging Conversation with…MIRAGE + Lowercase - A collaboration with our friends at Lowercase Brewing that began (4 years ago!) as a blend of gin barrel-fermented wild ales conditioned in oak with tart Montmorency cherries, sweet Lapin cherries, and Robada apricots. 6.2%

Garden Path - The Local Harvest: Cider Apple & Hops - Cider made from a blend of traditional varietal cider apples grown at the WSU orchaed and dry-hopped with

Willamette hops from Hop Skagit. 6.9%

Garden Path - The Fruitful Barrel Blueberries & Fir Tips - A foudre-aged solera blend of native-yeast ale refermented with fresh blueberries from Silva Farms and finished with foraged fir tips. 7.5%