Hillsboro’s Three Mugs is Equal Parts Living Room and Brewery

Three Mugs co-owners Jay and Wendy Jennings treat their 25-tap industrial-park pub as equal parts living room and business enterprise.

By Parker Hall

2020 NW Aloclek Drive, No. 108, Hillsboro, 971-322-0232, threemugsbrewingco.com. 3-9 Tuesday-Thursday, 2:30-10 pm Friday, noon-10 pm Saturday, noon-6 pm Sunday.

Three Mugs co-owners Jay and Wendy Jennings treat their 25-tap industrial-park pub as equal parts living room and business enterprise. As we sauntered into the pub as the first group of customers on a cold winter weekend, Mrs. Jennings was deep into a sewing project on one of the side tables, and when her husband arrived a few minutes later, he had Finnegan—the massive family dog—in tow. As the pooch sniffed at the order-in pizza on our haphazardly arranged folding table, we shepherded ourselves through one of the longest and most diverse housemade-beer lists anywhere in the state. Despite some outright misses, adjunct-laden creations like a white-chocolate cream ale and grapefruit IPA were utterly delightful, with heavy-handed flavorings clearly informed by the Jennings' longtime homebrew adventures.

Drink this: The Damsel's Desire White Chocolate Ale, which tastes like a biscuity blonde ale made Sausage Party love to a bottle of vanilla cream soda.

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Parker Hall

Parker Hall

Parker Hall is a writer, musician, and home brewer from Portland. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, where he studied jazz percussion with drum legend Billy Hart (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock). Now a freelance writer and professional member of the city's jazz and indie rock scenes, he spends most of his days writing, playing music or drinking brews in his spacious North Portland basement.

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