Double Mountain Brewery Marks 19 Years With Five-Day XIX Celebration

Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery kicks off its 19th anniversary run this Friday, March 13, with a five-day XIX celebration stretching through Tuesday, March 17 at all of its locations: the original Hood River taproom, the Woodstock and Overlook taprooms in Portland, and the kitchen at the Aladdin Theater. The event window runs from 11:30 a.m. on Friday through 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Headlining the release schedule is Aprikozen, a Belgian-style sour ale brewed with apricots that the brewery describes as bright, tart, and fruit-forward. It pours on draft and comes in 500ml refillable bottles at all locations while supplies last. No ABV or bottle count has been announced, so if you want it, showing up early in the weekend is the smart move.

The deal that'll have regulars stocking their home fridges is the $10 canned six-pack promotion running all five days at every location. The brewery frames it explicitly as both a 19-year milestone celebration and a thank-you to the community that's kept them going since Matt Swihart and Charlie Devereux opened the doors in Hood River in 2007. After six years, Devereux moved on to pursue other interests in Portland, and Swihart kept building: adding cider to the lineup and planting two taprooms in Portland. The $5 Black Irish pint deal rounds out the drink specials, timed conveniently to coincide with March 17, which Double Mountain designates as its official anniversary date and, of course, St. Paddy's Day.

On the food side, the kitchen brings back corned beef sandwich specials and the returning Paddy's Pie across locations. Saturday's Hood River Brewer's Lounge session, running 2–8 p.m., adds pizza by the slice and a Happy Hour food menu, though the brewery notes there are no beer discounts during that window. Hood River also runs a Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by happy hour from 2–5 p.m.

The live music schedule on the official event page is dense. Saturday at Hood River runs three consecutive sets in the Brewer's Lounge: Tillinghast Mtn Duo from 3–5 p.m., Dad Weed from 5–7 p.m., and the Chicken $#!t Gamblers from 8–10 p.m. The Portland taprooms each get their own act that night: Kalida at Overlook from 6–8 p.m. and Bikini Drone at Woodstock, same window. Sunday brunch at Hood River features Biddy on the Bench, a trio set from noon to 2 p.m. The Hood River list also includes West Coast Country Superstars playing 7–9 p.m., and Tuesday's St. Paddy's close-out rounds things off with the Black Irish promotion and whatever momentum five days of celebrating builds.

The Pilsner Tee will be on sale at all locations throughout the event if you want something to wear home. Calendar export links for Google, iCal, Outlook 365, and Outlook Live are available on the brewery's official event page.

"We've always believed in making beer we're proud of and creating spaces where people feel welcome," the Double Mountain team said. "Nineteen years in, we're grateful to still be doing just that."

Aprikozen in a 500ml refillable bottle on St. Paddy's Day at the Hood River original is about as on-brand as this brewery gets. The refillable packaging isn't a novelty here: Double Mountain has leaned into sustainable, refillable formats as a core practice since long before it became a talking point, so showing up with your bottle for a Belgian apricot sour on the brewery's actual anniversary date makes for a proper way to mark nineteen years.