Beer expert Fred Eckhardt took a series of photographs on December 6, 1985 which documented the first batch of Liquidator Porter. This was brewed in an area of the Hillsdale Brewery and Public House named the Captain Neon Fermentation Chamber. In this photograph, owner Mike McMenamins and brewer Conrad Santos prepare for another step in the process while the kettle steams. This batch was supposed to be Terminator Stout. In those days they used malt extract, and a miscount of the amount led to a new beer.