BridgePort Brewing Company first brewed Blue Heron Amber Ale in 1987 as a special release for the Audubon Society. Conceived by then-pub manager Stuart MacLean Ramsay, the brew pays tribute to the official city bird of Portland. A brief attempt to retire the Northwest ale in the mid-1990s was met with public outcry, and Blue Heron was reinstated as BridgePort's heritage brew. (It has since been officially retired.) This bottle sports a label from the original release.