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The future home of developer Kevin Cavenaugh's Two Thirds project, including a Royale Brewing taproom and a second location for vegetarian hot spot The Sudra.

(Courtesy of Kevin Cavenaugh)

You might have spotted Royale Brewing's crisp pilsner or appealing red at bars and restaurants throughout town. But until now, you haven't been able to get it from the source.

In part, that's because until now, Royale has been contract brewing out of Alameda Brewhouse on Northeast Fremont St. Starting as soon as this month, Royale will begin brewing out of a 15-barrel system recently installed at its headquarters at 55 N.E. Farragut St.

Other than the occasional tour -- including a possible Zwickelmania-timed open house -- that location won't often be open to the public. But soon after Royale's new system goes online, the brewery will open a taproom in developer Kevin Cavenaugh's latest micro-restaurant project, Two-Thirds., at 8735 N. Lombard St.

Mike Weksler, who co-owns Royale with partners Jack Houston and Paul Bastian, says the new St. Johns bar, called the Garrison, will be small -- just 780 square feet -- with six taps and the possibility of a pull-down projector for Timbers games. There won't be any food, but The Sudra, the popular vegetarian restaurant at Cavenaugh's The Ocean complex, will open a second location at Two-Thirds, and a second restaurant could be on the way.

Meanwhile, Weksler says to keep an eye out for Royale's Valentine's Day beer, the Heartbreak Opera, a porter made with Oregon sour cherries and single-origin Madagascar chocolate from Portland's Woodblock.

-- Michael Russell