Get to know Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Green Keeper Fresh Hop Pale Ale, and Green Men Fresh Hop Hazy IPA. The latest releases from Little Beast Brewing.
Press Release
Portland, OR. … Little Beast Brewing announces the release of three specialty beers in September. Salted Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, a Maker Series collaboration with Portland’s Salt & Straw, releases on Sunday, September 12 with a special beer and ice cream pairing at Little Beast’s Beer Garden. Green Keeper Fresh Hop Pale Ale is available now and Little Green Men Fresh Hop Hazy IPA is set to release on September 15.
Salted Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is a 7% ABV beer that was brewed to mimic the popular Salt & Straw ice cream of the same name. The ice cream gets its maltiness from crystal malt, so Little Beast’s founder, Charles Porter, employed English crystal malt to replicate the malty character. Porter also used Singing Dog’s double fold vanilla, Skagit Valley Malting’s molasses malt, salt, lactose, and Meridian Cacao’s cacao nibs in the brew. The beer represents the fifth release in Little Beast’s Maker Series—a small-batch series of culinary-inspired beers with whole ingredients—that has included collaborations with Blue Star Donuts and Loretta Jean’s pie bakery next door to the brewery’s Beer Garden.
The Salt & Straw collaboration releases on Sunday, September 12 in limited quantities of draft and 16oz 4-packs. On Sunday for the release party, from 12:00pm - 5:00pm, Little Beast will serve the beer with a special pairing of Salted Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream at their year-round Beer Garden on SE Division.
Little Beast will also release two fresh hop beers this month. Green Keeper, a popular Fresh Hop Pale Ale that debuted last year, has returned with distribution throughout Portland’s specialty bottle shops, New Seasons, Whole Foods, and Market of Choice. At 5.2% ABV the beer is piney, with earthy dankness, fruity melon, and punchy bitter orange character thanks to Centennial fresh hops from Crosby Hop Farm in Woodburn.
Little Green Men is a Fresh Hop Hazy IPA showcasing one of the Willamette Valley’s long-standing hop farms—Goschie Farms in Silverton. The beer was brewed with Salmon-Safe ingredients from the Goschie
estate including wintmalt, a winter barley that’s malted at Skagit Valley Malting, and fresh Azacca hops that are added to the fermenter. The beer is available in highly limited 16oz 4-packs, primarily at New Seasons Market. Beer lovers will be able to find the beer on draft at the Fresh Hop Pop Up Beer Festival and the Oregon Brewers Guild PDX Fresh Hop Fest.
Little Beast Brewing’s Beer Garden is located at 3412 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202
About Little Beast:
Little Beast Brewing is a family owned, small-batch brewery that was founded in 2017 with a passion for innovation, an appreciation for uniqueness, and an obsession with quality. Inspired by the “little beasts” that transform water, barley and hops into beer, they specialize not only in mixed culture fermentation, fruited, wild and wood-aged beers, but also in mastering classic styles for a consistently enjoyable and always approachable experience. Their year-round southeast Portland beer garden welcomes guests to enjoy beers in the distinctive setting of an old Craftsman home, with a lush patio, front lawn and relaxing front porch.
