Loyal Legion
The tap list is numbered to 99, and a late-August board had 85 of those numbers filled. You order at the bar and the minimum is four tasters. It runs to 2am on Friday and Saturday.
Why go
This is a beer hall on SE 6th and it is built around the size of the draft list.1 The board is numbered to 99 and prints its own house rule at the top: PLEASE ORDER AT THE BAR | 4 TASTER MINIMUM.
2 A four-taster minimum on a list that long is a reasonable way to run it, and it makes the visit a survey rather than a pint. Wednesday night is trivia at 7:30 with Geeks Who Drink.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: four tasters and work down a style. The board is arranged by style, so that is the way it is meant to be read.2
- Avoid: sitting and waiting. Ordering happens at the bar.2
Good to know
- Hours: noon to midnight Sunday to Thursday, noon to 2am Friday and Saturday. Happy hour runs 3pm to 5pm Sunday to Friday.1
- Four doors trade under this name: Portland, Beaverton, PDX Airport and Vancouver, Washington. This is the Portland one.3
- Booking: walk in.
Verdict
could-visit — The board is the argument: numbered to 99, with 85 of those numbers filled on a late-August list, which is more draft beer than one visit can survey. The house tells you how to use it in six words at the top of the list, order at the bar and take at least four tasters. That is a good room for a group and a bad one for a quiet drink, since it runs to 2am on a Friday. It stays on this rung because nobody outside the beer hall has written about the beer or the food, and a big tap list promises a lot without proving anything.