River Lodge, Cabins & Grill Announces Restaurant Renovation
10/23/2020
Boardman, OR – River Lodge, Cabins & Grill announced today they will be completing a restaurant renovation including both interior and exterior improvements. The renovation will start with interior updates including the construction of a new expanded bar, new craft beer tap system, updated flooring, casual bar gathering spaces and new lighting.
The renovation design concept was inspired by vintage industrial design including weathered wood, metal accents and concrete. The end result will be a look that’s clean with well-defined lines yet approachable and a little rough around the edges. Stay tuned for a new name to call the restaurant – rooted in the area’s history and community.
As the new look is unveiled, they will also launch a new menu focused on savory, well-prepared American grill dishes. With longstanding relationships with local Columbia Basin farms and producers, the grill will continue sourcing food and beverage ingredients from the region as often as possible. Just recently, farmer owned and operated Ordnance Brewing of Boardman, moved two pieces of its breweries taproom into the River Lodge, both its award winning beer and great cheer! With Ordnance brews on tap and the new -and very popular- riverfront cabins, River Lodge, Cabins & Grill is now the ideal “beercation” destination.
10/23/2020
Boardman, OR – River Lodge, Cabins & Grill announced today they will be completing a restaurant renovation including both interior and exterior improvements. The renovation will start with interior updates including the construction of a new expanded bar, new craft beer tap system, updated flooring, casual bar gathering spaces and new lighting.
The renovation design concept was inspired by vintage industrial design including weathered wood, metal accents and concrete. The end result will be a look that’s clean with well-defined lines yet approachable and a little rough around the edges. Stay tuned for a new name to call the restaurant – rooted in the area’s history and community.
As the new look is unveiled, they will also launch a new menu focused on savory, well-prepared American grill dishes. With longstanding relationships with local Columbia Basin farms and producers, the grill will continue sourcing food and beverage ingredients from the region as often as possible. Just recently, farmer owned and operated Ordnance Brewing of Boardman, moved two pieces of its breweries taproom into the River Lodge, both its award winning beer and great cheer! With Ordnance brews on tap and the new -and very popular- riverfront cabins, River Lodge, Cabins & Grill is now the ideal “beercation” destination.
Brewing With a Farmer's Mentality
4/29/2020
Today on the podcast, you’ll get to hear my Interview with Craig Coleman from Ordnance Brewing. Recently I connected with Craig via phone. Craig’s a funny guy, and while he is primarily a farmer, his real title with Ordnance is managing partner. You could also call him the mayor. Craig’s farm sits on land that used to be a town back in the mid-20th century. The name of the town was Ordnance, but it’s now a ghost town. If you have no clue where that is, Ordnance Brewing is located out in Boardman, Oregon, a couple of hours east of Portland, right on the Columbia River. In this episode, we’ll learn a bit about Craig Coleman and Ordnance Brewing. We’ll talk about how Craig balances his full-time responsibilities of both farming and running a brewery, how he got into it, and a few beer tasting suggestions.
4/29/2020
Today on the podcast, you’ll get to hear my Interview with Craig Coleman from Ordnance Brewing. Recently I connected with Craig via phone. Craig’s a funny guy, and while he is primarily a farmer, his real title with Ordnance is managing partner. You could also call him the mayor. Craig’s farm sits on land that used to be a town back in the mid-20th century. The name of the town was Ordnance, but it’s now a ghost town. If you have no clue where that is, Ordnance Brewing is located out in Boardman, Oregon, a couple of hours east of Portland, right on the Columbia River. In this episode, we’ll learn a bit about Craig Coleman and Ordnance Brewing. We’ll talk about how Craig balances his full-time responsibilities of both farming and running a brewery, how he got into it, and a few beer tasting suggestions.
Ordnance Says Farewell to Original Brewer
4/25/2018
Ordnance's founding brewer moves on to open local brewpub
Boardman, OR: After four years of service, Logan Mayfield departed Ordnance Brewing earlier this week with plans of opening a local brewpub, close by in Boardman, OR. Although Logan will be missed, he leaves behind a solid brewery team led by Paul Anderson (formerly of Deschutes Brewing.) The transition has been in process for the last several months but Logan's departure was finalized on Tuesday the 24th of April.
Ordnance's management team, led by Craig Coleman, hope that Logan is successful in his new venture and are equally excited to have such a good neighbor close by. “We are pleased that Logan has the opportunity to pursue his dream.” said Coleman about Logan’s new venture.
Logan will be starting up Burnt Field Brewing less than a mile away in Boardman's historic train depot. “We'll start with a pizzeria, and contract brew, as well as carry some of Ordnance's delicious beers. But eventually we'll be brewing all of our beer in house.” commented Mayfield. Logan hopes to have the pizzeria side open early Summer.
About Ordnance: Ordnance Brewing is a production brewery and taproom located in Boardman, OR. Opened in 2014, Ordnance is a farmer owned brewery that focuses on producing distinct, honest and simply enjoyable beer. Ordnance's beer is available in Draft, 22oz bombers, 12oz cans; all over the states of Oregon, Washington, and beyond.
About Burnt Field: Burnt Field Brewing is a small brewpub located in Boardman, OR. Founded in 2018 by former Ordnance brewer Logan Mayfield. Burnt Field is a pizzeria brewpub that promotes a family friendly atmosphere. Estimated to be open summer of 2018.
4/25/2018
Ordnance's founding brewer moves on to open local brewpub
Boardman, OR: After four years of service, Logan Mayfield departed Ordnance Brewing earlier this week with plans of opening a local brewpub, close by in Boardman, OR. Although Logan will be missed, he leaves behind a solid brewery team led by Paul Anderson (formerly of Deschutes Brewing.) The transition has been in process for the last several months but Logan's departure was finalized on Tuesday the 24th of April.
Ordnance's management team, led by Craig Coleman, hope that Logan is successful in his new venture and are equally excited to have such a good neighbor close by. “We are pleased that Logan has the opportunity to pursue his dream.” said Coleman about Logan’s new venture.
Logan will be starting up Burnt Field Brewing less than a mile away in Boardman's historic train depot. “We'll start with a pizzeria, and contract brew, as well as carry some of Ordnance's delicious beers. But eventually we'll be brewing all of our beer in house.” commented Mayfield. Logan hopes to have the pizzeria side open early Summer.
About Ordnance: Ordnance Brewing is a production brewery and taproom located in Boardman, OR. Opened in 2014, Ordnance is a farmer owned brewery that focuses on producing distinct, honest and simply enjoyable beer. Ordnance's beer is available in Draft, 22oz bombers, 12oz cans; all over the states of Oregon, Washington, and beyond.
About Burnt Field: Burnt Field Brewing is a small brewpub located in Boardman, OR. Founded in 2018 by former Ordnance brewer Logan Mayfield. Burnt Field is a pizzeria brewpub that promotes a family friendly atmosphere. Estimated to be open summer of 2018.
Boardman's Ordnance Brewing begins putting its beer in cans
Updated May 11, 2017; Posted Apr 6, 2017
By East Oregonian, Pendleton
By George Plaven, East Oregonian
A row of empty 12-ounce cans rattled down the mobile conveyor one Thursday in March inside Ordnance Brewing, where they were washed, date-stamped and filled with a hoppy West Coast IPA.
Craig Coleman, one of the managing partners for the Boardman craft brewery, stood by as thousands of cans were sealed and snapped into orange plastic six-pack holders. For the first time, Ordnance has started canning some of its signature beers, which Coleman said will open new markets to the young business.
"We're doing what we can to get our beer in front of people," Coleman said. "It's a real crowded and loud marketplace out there."
In addition to EOD double IPA, Ordnance will be canning its Bloops blueberry wheat, made with locally grown blueberries. By the end of this day, Coleman expected to finish canning 14 pallets, each containing about 9,000 individual cans.
Six-packs should start hitting shelves across Oregon and Washington in early April.
"It's a package that works," Coleman said. "Not everybody does bottles."
Aluminum cans have some distinct advantages over glass bottles, Coleman said. First, cans do not allow light to penetrate into the beer, as overexposure to light can break down the alpha acids in hops and leave the beer tasting skunky.
Cans are also easier to take on the go, which is especially useful for beer drinkers who enjoy an active lifestyle.
"There are a lot of places you can't take a bottle," Coleman said.
For the job, Ordnance hired Craft Canning and Bottling, a company based in Portland but serving beer and cider makers across the Northwest. Matt Stump, who heads up the canning side of the operation, said they set up a mobile assembly line.
The machine, called an MC-250, runs empty cans single file along a continuous automatic conveyor where they are filled and sealed. Stump said they serve between 80 and 100 clients, and he is noticing more craft brewers and beer drinkers alike coming around to cans.
"Now that we're getting past people thinking that when it comes out of a can it is going to taste like metal, we're really seeing the benefits," Stump said.
Ordnance, which opened its brewery and tap house at the Port of Morrow in 2015, already expanded production last year, going from seven barrels to a 50-barrel system. The company also signed on with the Odom Corporation last summer to extend its distribution into eastern Washington, Seattle, northern Idaho and Alaska.
Coleman, a local farmer who opened Neighbor Dudes tap house in Hermiston with friends and family before they decided to try brewing, said he is impressed at how quickly Ordnance has caught on in the craft beer community.
"We've been very well supported," he said. "We make beer for everybody."
Canning isn't the only thing new at Ordnance. The owners are also spinning off a sister distillery -- Ordnance Distilling -- which will make vodka, gin and whiskey using all ingredients from their own farms.
That means locally grown corn, potatoes and rye for their varieties of vodka, gin and whiskey.
"Farm to bottle is a good story," Coleman said. "Everybody wants to know where their food comes from. That's something we can do at a volume that other people can't."
Coleman said the distillery received its final license from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission earlier this year. Labels still need to be approved by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, but Coleman said that should be done soon.
Distilling equipment is housed in the same building as the brewery, but kept separate by a chain link fence. Coleman said the vodka and gin are getting close to bottling, while the whiskey will take some time to age properly.
"It's kind of an adventure," he said. "If consumers accept us, it's game on. And they will accept us."
Updated May 11, 2017; Posted Apr 6, 2017
By East Oregonian, Pendleton
By George Plaven, East Oregonian
A row of empty 12-ounce cans rattled down the mobile conveyor one Thursday in March inside Ordnance Brewing, where they were washed, date-stamped and filled with a hoppy West Coast IPA.
Craig Coleman, one of the managing partners for the Boardman craft brewery, stood by as thousands of cans were sealed and snapped into orange plastic six-pack holders. For the first time, Ordnance has started canning some of its signature beers, which Coleman said will open new markets to the young business.
"We're doing what we can to get our beer in front of people," Coleman said. "It's a real crowded and loud marketplace out there."
In addition to EOD double IPA, Ordnance will be canning its Bloops blueberry wheat, made with locally grown blueberries. By the end of this day, Coleman expected to finish canning 14 pallets, each containing about 9,000 individual cans.
Six-packs should start hitting shelves across Oregon and Washington in early April.
"It's a package that works," Coleman said. "Not everybody does bottles."
Aluminum cans have some distinct advantages over glass bottles, Coleman said. First, cans do not allow light to penetrate into the beer, as overexposure to light can break down the alpha acids in hops and leave the beer tasting skunky.
Cans are also easier to take on the go, which is especially useful for beer drinkers who enjoy an active lifestyle.
"There are a lot of places you can't take a bottle," Coleman said.
For the job, Ordnance hired Craft Canning and Bottling, a company based in Portland but serving beer and cider makers across the Northwest. Matt Stump, who heads up the canning side of the operation, said they set up a mobile assembly line.
The machine, called an MC-250, runs empty cans single file along a continuous automatic conveyor where they are filled and sealed. Stump said they serve between 80 and 100 clients, and he is noticing more craft brewers and beer drinkers alike coming around to cans.
"Now that we're getting past people thinking that when it comes out of a can it is going to taste like metal, we're really seeing the benefits," Stump said.
Ordnance, which opened its brewery and tap house at the Port of Morrow in 2015, already expanded production last year, going from seven barrels to a 50-barrel system. The company also signed on with the Odom Corporation last summer to extend its distribution into eastern Washington, Seattle, northern Idaho and Alaska.
Coleman, a local farmer who opened Neighbor Dudes tap house in Hermiston with friends and family before they decided to try brewing, said he is impressed at how quickly Ordnance has caught on in the craft beer community.
"We've been very well supported," he said. "We make beer for everybody."
Canning isn't the only thing new at Ordnance. The owners are also spinning off a sister distillery -- Ordnance Distilling -- which will make vodka, gin and whiskey using all ingredients from their own farms.
That means locally grown corn, potatoes and rye for their varieties of vodka, gin and whiskey.
"Farm to bottle is a good story," Coleman said. "Everybody wants to know where their food comes from. That's something we can do at a volume that other people can't."
Coleman said the distillery received its final license from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission earlier this year. Labels still need to be approved by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, but Coleman said that should be done soon.
Distilling equipment is housed in the same building as the brewery, but kept separate by a chain link fence. Coleman said the vodka and gin are getting close to bottling, while the whiskey will take some time to age properly.
"It's kind of an adventure," he said. "If consumers accept us, it's game on. And they will accept us."
Ordnance Brewing Expands Production
1/4/2015
Boardman, Oregon – Ordnance Brewing has begun expansion of its brewery located just off I-84 in Boardman Oregon. The expansion moves them from a 7 barrel system to a 4 vessel 50 barrel system raising annual production potential to more than 50,000 barrels annually. The increase in production sets the platform for expanding distribution and support of four core beers in six packs as well as a rotating set of limited edition brews in bottles by Spring of 2016.
“We don’t expect to brew at capacity immediately, but it is nice to have the room for growth and an enhanced set of tools for our brewer. He’s been doing a stellar job with our current equipment but to strengthen consistency and availability we decided it was time to step up and prepare for continued growth,” noted brewery partner Craig Coleman.
The Ordnance team is finalizing their new packaging program with labels prepped for 22 oz bottles, 12 oz cans and 12 oz bottles. “We believe it is critical to be flexible and ready for what the market wants so we are taking the time to be as well prepared as we can,” noted Mr. Coleman. Read the full release.
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1/4/2015
Boardman, Oregon – Ordnance Brewing has begun expansion of its brewery located just off I-84 in Boardman Oregon. The expansion moves them from a 7 barrel system to a 4 vessel 50 barrel system raising annual production potential to more than 50,000 barrels annually. The increase in production sets the platform for expanding distribution and support of four core beers in six packs as well as a rotating set of limited edition brews in bottles by Spring of 2016.
“We don’t expect to brew at capacity immediately, but it is nice to have the room for growth and an enhanced set of tools for our brewer. He’s been doing a stellar job with our current equipment but to strengthen consistency and availability we decided it was time to step up and prepare for continued growth,” noted brewery partner Craig Coleman.
The Ordnance team is finalizing their new packaging program with labels prepped for 22 oz bottles, 12 oz cans and 12 oz bottles. “We believe it is critical to be flexible and ready for what the market wants so we are taking the time to be as well prepared as we can,” noted Mr. Coleman. Read the full release.
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