Poppin' Tops

1. Acropolis

8325 SE McLoughlin Blvd., 231-9611, acropolispdx.com. 7 am-2 am Monday-Saturday, 11 am-2 am Sunday.

Oh, the Acropolis. Weird statues. Three stages. Salad bar. Cheap steaks from the owner's ranch. Japanese tour buses parked out front. And 65 taps. They are chosen seemingly at random, sure, meaning you end up with beers from Northwest Brewing out of Pacific, Wash., a seasonal from Ninkasi, a chocolate porter from Three Creeks in Sisters, Ore., and Green Flash's excellent IPA. But 65 taps.

2. DV8

5021 SE Powell Blvd., 772-2907, dv8.cc. 2 pm-2:15 am daily.

DV8 is a neighborhood hangout in the daytime, complete with a pool table separate from the stages, before transitioning into a bustling business in the red-lit night. Its most mysterious offering is DV8 Amber, a contract-brewed beer whose identity is guarded as closely as the dancers' legal names.

3. Mary's Club

129 SW Broadway, 227-3023, marysclub.com. 11 am-2:30 am Monday-Saturday, 11:30 am-2:30 am Sunday.

Cascade has two big draft accounts. Both are at clubs that brewery owner Art Larrance likes to visit. The first is the Multnomah Athletic Club, a gym for Portland's high rollers. The second is Mary's, the West Coast's oldest strip club. Mary's, which sits across from Bailey's Taproom, is the former workplace of Courtney Love and home to dancers who pick their songs from an onstage jukebox. Alongside a mostly standard array of Mirror Pond, Rogue and Ninkasi, pick up Cascade's Mary's Topless Blonde, or a Becky's Black Cat Porter from Seven Brides.

4. Casa Diablo

2839 NW St. Helens Road, 222-6600. 11 am-2:30 am daily.

Portland's original vegan strip club—a distinction now needed, as there are three—is in a funny house at the edge of the Northwest Industrial District. It boasts a respectable little tap list, including Sinistor Black from 10 Barrel, the Optimist IPA from Fort George, and Oakshire Amber. Beers are served by bartenders who are usually just as topless as the dancers.

5. Sassy's

927 SE Morrison St., 231-1606, sassysbar.com. 10:30-2:30 am daily.

The venerable Sassy's has by far Portland's best strip-club beer list, with 35 taps of mostly craft beer, including those from Pelican (cream ale), Barley Brown's (breakfast stout), and always a couple from Boneyard, not to mention an occasional obscurity like a brown from Redmond's Cascade Lakes. Need more incentive? Craft taps are $2.50 before 7 pm.

GO: The Craft Brewers Conference, the South by Southwest of beer, descends on Portland this week. Big, bearded dudes from across the nation will line the rails of our city's strip clubs. These are our favorite 11 beery parties at CBC accessible to non-brewers, including a Sassy's tap takeover tonight.

WWeek 2015