In 2017, Kyros owners Taylor Diaz and Nooch Saeedi sat in the old Engine 6 fire station at 2425 Portland Avenue, then the full-service home of Farm to Fork catering, after attending the Portland Art & Heritage Fair. They both fell in love with the building, and in 2022, with the encouragement of a close circle of friends, family and beer lovers, started making moves to turn their hoppy dreams into reality.