Only for a limited time!
Just in time for the holidays, McMenamins Traditional Yuletide Ale, Kris Kringle is available in the bottle!
We've created a limited-edition 1500ml magnum full of our delicious holiday brew. It's being sold for $25 exclusively in our gift shops at:
Edgefield
Kennedy School
Grand Lodge
Old St. Francis School
Twenty-Five Years of Hammerhead – 1/25/11
“’Tis the Seasonal”: Workingman’s Red
Oregon’s brewing companies employ more than 4,700. In Ancient Rome, eating fried canaries was just the thing to banish a hangover. St. Arnold, the patron saint of brewers, had a tankard of ale that never ran dry. The art of brewing is over 6,000 years old! And only gettin’ better… “A hangover is the wrath of grapes.” – Anonymous Legend has it that St. Bridget, who worked with lepers in Belgium around 500, answered their pleas to turn her bathwater into beer. Cool trick. The mosaics in the Grand Lodge basement were inspired by the work of Spanish artist Antonio Gaudi. According to Norse legend, wine is for gods, beer is for mortals, and mead is for the dead. Glass of pinot, anyone? Feeling a bit rough after a night out? Some say bananas, loaded with magnesium, will help. What is “the hair of the dog”? It likely originated from a time when the best medicine for preventing infection was alcohol. The drinking kind. The art of brewing is over 6,000 years old! And only gettin’ better… The Barley Mill in Portland was the first pub opened by Mike and Brian McMenamin together.
