There are two kinds of gifts: things and experiences. The beauty of gifting someone a mug club membership is that you’re giving them both (tangible or, rather, drinkable beer plus the mug itself and perhaps some swag, as well as the community and comradery that is baked into the membership.
It was when I’d run into Bevel owners Nate and Val Doss the day they opened up the newly vacated spots in their hyperlimited mug club capped at 100, where members get, among several perks, all beers for $4.50. So since those finite spaces are now unavailable, here are available, giftable mug clubs around Central Oregon starting with the Big Kahuna, Deschutes Brewery.
For $150, you can bequeath a friend or family member a slot in Deschutes’s Pub Club. For starters, it gives members a buck off pints at the brewpub on Bond, the production facility taproom on Simpson, and even the pub up in Portland (unless they stop in for a beer on Wednesdays in which said pints are a cool three bucks). Other perks include, but are not limited to, a birthday beer, access to club exclusive beers, and discounts on everything from food to merch. If you’re feeling generous and the giftee is a next-level beer geek, for $250 you can give the gift of Deschutes’s Cellar Door Society that includes a mixed bag of Cellar Door reserve beers, a free pair of sampler flights per year and member-only events.
With the $125 gift of a Cascade Lakes Mug Club, not only does the recipient get a 24-ounce Yeti mug, they get unlimited fills for $6 (less than the price of most pints, meaning 8 fewer ounces, around town). What’s more, every Friday recipients get a free fill while additional bonuses include occasional free growler fills and a $25 birthday gift card.
Whether that special someone on your list lives moonwalking distance to Silver Moon Brewing or finds themselves there for beer and/or food and/or the numerous concerts and events the brewery hosts, a $125 Silver Moon Lunar Club membership includes a free beer every single Monday and cheap $4 pints all other times. Lunar Club members also receive discounts and other perks, but membership is also highly limited so don’t wait until you hear Santa’s sleigh overhead.
For the “real ale” lover in your life, you can’t go wrong with gifting Porter Brewing’s Cask Club at just $99. Down in the cellar-level pub below Silverado Jewelry Gallery in downtown Bend, members receive a keepsake dimpled mug, a free first pint each Monday (and the first fill is free regardless of the day it’s redeemed). Not only does the recipient receive a free birthday pint, but they’ll get a free pretzel on every visit during his or her birthday month. And like other mug clubs that include private parties, Cask Club members are invited to attend Porter’s annual Brewer’s Dinner.
At GoodLife Brewing, the mug club has a wait list, but if you’re lucky enough to nab a spot, your $200 gift includes $5 mug fills anytime, except on Monday when the member gets the first fill free. Additional benefits include a mug club jacket and discounts on everything from food to beer to merch, VIP access to special events, and of course, the mug itself.
Over at Bend’s newest brewery, UPP Liquids, you can gift Bend’s newest mug club, the Fill’er UPP Club for $200. With the custom mug that members receive, they can use ‘em for $4 beers daily (except Wednesdays when the first fill is gratis). As for the standard birthday perk, UPP’s includes a freebie for one guest of the celebrant. Merch discounts, early-access to upcoming events, and the members-only party round out the bennies.
And finally, up in Redmond and over in Prineville, a Wild Ride Brewing Mug Club can be purchased for your special someone (including yourself since you’re especially special to yourself) for only $100. Members receive imperial pints (20 ounces) at normal pint prices and discounts aplenty on apparel, on Thursdays and more, along with a membership party and brewery tour come spring.
If you know that beer lovers in your life are partial to one of the other 20-plus breweries nearby, you can always stuff a gift card from there into each of their stockings.
This article appears in the Source December 4, 2025.
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