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Archive for September, 2009
Oakshire Brewing
1055 Madera St.
Eugene
541-688-4555
www.oakbrew.com
EVERY SATURDAY
12-4 Tours and tastings at the brewery
*EVERY first Thursday of the month-Bingo night at The Downward Dog in Corvallis
Bottle Tastings:
Bend Whole Foods-Friday October 2, 4-6PM
Keizer-Roth’s Keizer-Friday October 9, 2:30-5:30
Portland Downtown Whole Foods, Friday October 9, 4-7PM
Festivals:
Blocktoberfest in Corvallis-Saturday October 3rd. Downtown Corvallis
Mt. Hood Hop Fest-Saturday October 3rd. Downtown Hood River
Portland Fresh Hop Tastival-Saturday October 10th. Oaks Park Portland
Eugene Fresh Hop Festival-Saturday October 17th. Downtown Eugene
DINNERS! DINNERS! DINNERS!
That’s right, come sup with is in October and November at some great beer dinner:
Ambrosia-Eugene. Wednesday October 28th. 6PM
Eastburn Beer Belly Dinnner-Thursday, November 12th.
Other Special Events:
Horse Brass Portland. October 14 TBD. All three fresh hop beers available!!
Meet the Brewer at Portland Green Dragon. Tuesday November 17th.
For a press release and a list of all OBG GABF Medalists-click here
2009 GABF Medal Winning Beers Made in Oregon
10 Barrel Brewing, Bend
• Bronze: S1NISTOR Black Ale
Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City
• Silver: Shredders Wheat
• Bronze: Tumble Off Pale Ale
Bend Brewing Co., Bend
• Silver: Outback X
Cascade Brewing Co., Portland
• Gold: Bourbonic Plague
• Silver: Vlad the Imp Aler
Deschutes Brewery, Bend
• Silver: Mirror Pond Pale Ale
• Bronze: Deschutes Brewery Quad
• Bronze: Black Butte Porter
Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River
• Gold: Session Black Premium Lager
Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland
• Gold: Organic Ace of Spades Imperial IPA
• Gold: Organic Rise Up Red
Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland
• Bronze: Organic Deranger Imperial Red
• Gold: Space Stout
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co., Portland
• Gold: MacTarnahan’s Amber
Oakshire Brewing, Eugene
• Silver: Overcast Espresso Stout
Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City
• Silver: Kiwanda Cream Ale
• Silver: Surfer’s Summer Ale
• Bronze: MacPelican’s Wee Heavy Ale
Pyramid Breweries, Portland
• Gold: Haywire Hefeweizen
Rogue Ales, Newport
• Silver: Imperial Chocolate Stout
• Silver: Mocha Porter
Widmer Brother’s Brewing, Portland
• Silver: Hefeweizen
• Gold: W’10
GABF Medal Winners Videos
Interview with Cascade Brewings Art Larrance and Ron Gansberg
GABF Medal Winner Videos – Interview with Chad Kennedy of Laurelwood Brewing Co.
- 2009 GABF Awards Ceremony Photos
Saraveza Turns 1
10/17/2009
Saraveza
1004 N Killingsworth
Portland
saraveza.com
503-4252
Noon-Midnite
Saraveza will host a “Name that Baby Brewer” Contest. Identify your favorite Oregon
brewers as toddlers!
S.N.O.B discount(wear your tshirt or bring your id for discounts)
Free housemade brats (noon – 5pm)
Free Consecration toast & cake (10pm)
Employee picked draft list
Celebrate the 2009 Oregon Hop Harvest with the Sixth Annual Fresh Hop Beer “Tastivals”
What:
At least 75 of Oregon’s breweries lie within 100 miles of hop fields, and the annual harvest presents the perfect opportunity for Oregon brewers to demonstrate their unique proximity to one of America’s premier hop growing regions. As a result, Oregon has become the epicenter of ‘fresh hop’ beer production, leading the nation with earthy beers filled with intense herbal, floral and citric aromas, and a pleasing bitterness.
To celebrate these amazing brews, Oregon Bounty and the Oregon Brewers Guild have collaborated to host a statewide series of three Fresh Hop Beer “Tastivals,” each featuring a selection of fresh hop beers from many of Oregon’s top craft breweries. This is a once-a-year chance to taste what Oregon’s finest brewmasters can do with just-picked hops. Sample 25+ of the more than 50 fresh hop beers produced by Oregon’s top craft brewers, large and small.
When & Where:
October 3, Noon to 9pm – Hood River Hops, Hood River
October 10, Noon to 9pm – Oaks Amusement Park, Portland
October 17, Noon to 9pm – 948 Olive Parking Lot, Eugene – 21+ only
Cost:
Admission is free; glasses are $5, and individual tastes are $1 each.
Additional Info:
For more information about the fresh hop tastivals please visit http://oregonbeer.org/fhbt09. A complete list of Oregon’s fresh hop beers can be found at http://oregonbeer.org/fhbl09/.
Fall Brewers Dinner
10/24/09
Pelican Pub&Brewery
33180 Cape Kiwanda
Pacific City
503-965-3674
SOLD OUT
Fall Brewers Dinner will highlight local ingredients from Tillamook County.
“Harvest of Tillamook County” and will feature five courses in which all main ingredients
will be from within Tillamook County. Each course will be expertly paired with a locally
-brewed Pelican beer.
Bloktoberfest
10/03/09
Block 15 Brewing
4th & Jefferson
Corvallis
541-758-2077
2-11pm
Hand made German Sausages from “The Pepper Tree” in Albany, Beer Pretzels, German Apple cake, smoked chicken quarters, and other germanic fare.
On tap: Oktoberfest Marzen lager and other Block 15 ales, along with local wines, and a fresh hop ale from Oakshire brewing. House brewed root beer will be available for the kids and designated drivers! Authentic .5 & 1 litre tankards with the Bloktoberfest logo for sale!
Enjoy games including darts, a dart tournament, & board games. A Dunk tank will be set up to benefit the Benton Food Share. A canned donation will get you a ball to throw, or $1/ball. All proceeds will be used to buy food for the food bank!
Live music including traditional German music from “The Guten Zeiten band, bluegrass by “Wild Hog in the Woods”, and sea shanties by “Mill About Smartly”.
Hood River Hops Fest
10/03/09
Parking Lot
5th+Cascade
12-9pm
Free Admission
$5/mug
Required to taste
$1/4oz sample
Minors til 6pm
www.hopsfest.com
6th Annual Hood River Hops Fest will feature more than 50 beers from 27 Northwest breweries, including 32 Fresh Hop beers. Hops Fest features live music all day, local food and art vendors, and a Kids Zone to keep the young ones happy.
Fresh Hop beer is made during the short window of hop harvest every year, with straight-from-the-vine hops. Instead of the usual process of immediately drying and sending baled hop cones to cold storage, the fragile fresh hops are taken straight to the brewery and, in most cases, used in the beermaking process that very same day. Fresh hops possess a whole range of aromatics, flavors and resinous textures that are often changed during drying.
The Beer List:
Fresh Hop Beers:
Amnesia Brewing Co. Fresh Hoppalata
Astoria Brewing Co. Hoptimus 2.0
Big Horse Brewpub Vernon the Rabbit Slayer
Big Horse Brewpub The Strange
BridgePort Brewing Co. Hop Harvest
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. Harvest Ale
Deschutes Brewery Portland Pub Fresh Hop Mirror Pond
Deschutes Brewery Hop Trip
Double Mountain Brewery Killer Green
Double Mountain Brewery Fresh Vienna
Fort George Brewery Cohoperative
Full Sail Brewing Co. Lupulin-Crystal
Full Sail Brewing Co. Lupulin-Cascade
Hopworks Urban Brewery Sodbuster Pale Ale
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Hop Bale Pale
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Organic Goodness
Lucky Lab Brewing Co. The Mutt Ale
Lucky Lab Brewing Co. Das Moot Lager
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. Fresh Hops MacTarnahan’s Amber
Lompoc Brewing Co. Harvest Man Red
Lompoc Brewing Co. Crystal Wheat
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Nugg E. Fresh
Oakshire Brewing Co. Harvest Ale
Pelican Pub & Brewery Elemental Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery Hoodwinked
Rock Bottom Brewery Octoberfist
Rogue Ales Wet Hop Ale
Three Creeks Santiam Hop Harvest
Upright Brewing Co. Fresh Hop of Bel Air
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Hopturnal Emission
Other Beers:
Amnesia Brewing Copacetic IPA
Astoria Brewing Co. Bitter Bitch Double IPA
BridgePort Brewing Hop Czar Imperial IPA
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. Kolsch
Elliott Glacier Public House Gnarl Ridge Double Dry-hopped IPA
Elliott Glacier Public House Belgian Espresso Stout
Fort George Brewery Divinity
Full Sail Brewing Co. Nate’s Ubergehopft Fest Bier
Hopworks Urban Brewery 7 Grain Survival Stout
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. Humbug’r Winter Ale
Oakshire Brewing Co. Overcast Espresso Stout
Pelican Pub & Brewery Doryman’s Dark Ale
Three Creeks Brewing Co. Desperado Imperial IPA
Upright Brewing Co. 4
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Black IPA
Live Music Schedule:
Noon – 2pm: traditional German “Oompah” band!
2:30 – 4pm: blues legend Norman “The Boogie Cat” Sylvester
4:30 – 6:30pm: Geno Michaels and Soul City
7pm – Close: local rockers Speedqueen Underground
Hood River Hops Fest is a benefit for the Downtown Business Council of the Hood River County Chamber of Commerce.
Sponsors include Double Mountain Brewery; Full Sail Brewing; Hood River Bagels; Hood River Hotel; Oregon Bounty; Oregon Brewers Guild
The Wedge
10/03/09
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
10-4pm
$5-suggested donation
Beer and Cheese Pairing at 11am
A panel of experts will present pairings, discuss their process for pairing beer with cheese.
Here’s the panel
Eric Moore: Victory Bar
Vern Caldwell: Pholia Farms
Paul Bergeman: Laurelwood Brewing Co.
Steve Jones: Steve’s Cheese
This is the beer list:
Full Sail Brewing Co. Session Black Premium Lager
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. Lip Stinger
Upright Brewing 4
Ninkasi Total Domination IPA
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Wry Pale Ale
Hopworks Urban Brewery IPA
Oakshire Brewing Co. Overcast Espresso Stout
Widmer Oktoberfest
09/12/09
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
929 N Russell
In the parking lot
Portland
503-281-2437
3-11:30pm
Free
Admission to Widmer’s Oktoberfest is free; however, a 2009 souvenir stein is required for
consuming beer. All beer and food is purchased with tokens, which cost $1 each. Patrons
pay four tokens for a souvenir stein, four tokens for a full stein of beer and food items
are $2-$5. Sales of steins and tokens end at 10:30 p.m., one hour prior to the close of
the event.
Widmer Brothers Brewery is located at 929 N. Russell Ave., just off of North Interstate
Avenue and Russell Street. The main entrance is at N. Russell and Mississippi and is
located one block from the MAX Light Rail line and the Mississippi/Albina MAX stop. Only
curbside parking is available.
Tour De Lab
09/13/09
Lucky Labrador Beer Hall
1945 NW Quimby
Portland
503-459-4508
$50
http://www.tourdelab.com/
Tour de Lab is a bicycle tour of the three Lucky Lab brew pubs. You’ll journey along urban
routes on this 18-mile ride. But if you feel you really need to earn that pint, you can
choose the 30-mile Big Dog course.
At each of the rest stops you’ll earn your doggie gear: tail, ears and nose. Once you’re
fully dogged up, it’s time to kick back, relax and enjoy the dog days of summer with your
Tour de Lab pint of Lucky Lab’s handcrafted ale. The commemorative pint glass is yours to
keep.
Upcoming Events
04.16.11
Firkin Fest
Firkin Fest
04/16/11
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
11-2pm
3-6pm
There are two sessions. Session 1 is from 11am to 2pm; Session 2 is from 3pm-6pm.
This purchase entitles you to; entry to the festival, eight 6oz tasters, and two food vouchers.
http://rogue.com/store/products/2011-Firkin-Fest-Tickets%252d-Session-1.html
http://rogue.com/store/products/-2011-Firkin-Fest-Tickets%252d-Session-2.html
The Beer List
Amnesia Brewing Co. Dry Hopped Copacetic IPA
Block 15 Dry Hopped Ridgeback Red
Breakside Brewery ???????
Brewers Union Local 180 Au Naturel
Brewers Union Local 180 Greatful Deaf American Pale Ale
BridgePort Brewing Co. ??????
Chatoe Rogue Farmstead Nano Brewery ESB
Columbia River Brewing Co. Hop Heaven IPA
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Armory Pale Ale
Double Mountain Brewery Little G. E.S.B.
Eugene City Brewery
Fire Mountain Oregon Pale Ale
Green Dragon Cask-adian Black IPA
Hopworks Urban Brewery ???????
Migration Brewing Co. Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Natian Brewery CuDA Cascadian Dark Ale
Pyramid Breweries Brewers Handle Red Ale
Rogue Ales Dad’s Little Helper Black IPA
Vertigo Brewing Barrel Aged Oatmeal Porter
04.23.11
Spring Beer Fest
Spring Beer and Wine Fest
04/23/11
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Blvd
PDX
12-11pm
http://www.springbeerfest.com/details.htm
04.22.11
Fort George Beermaker Dinner
Fort George Beermaker Dinner
04/22/11
Urban Farmer
525 SW Morrison St
Portland
503-222-490
Located in the Nines Hotel, this will feature new and special Fort George Beers with Urban Farmers chef driven, locally sourced food.
05.07.11
Sasquatch Brew Fest
Sasquatch Brew Fest
05/07/11
Hilton Hotel
Eugene
Noon-10pm
northwestlegendsfoundation
04.30.11
Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers
Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers
Saturday April 30th
Metalcraft Fabrication
723 N Tillamook St.
Portland
Noon-9pm
$15 gets you a footed stemware glass and 5 drink tickets. Glass purchase is required to taste.
Sample over 40 different Belgian-style ales all made with the same yeast. Free Admission
www.oregonbeer.org/pctbb
Located 2 blocks south of the first yellow line Max stop north of the Rose Garden.
Parking available on the street north towards Russell St. and SE towards Broadway or take the Max.
Metalcraft makes brewing systems and tanks for Oregon’s craft brewers.
05.20.11 - 05.22.11
Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest
Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest
5/20–5/22
Rogue Ales
2320 OSU Dr
Newport
Friday/4-10pm
Saturday/12-10pm
Sun 12-4pm
$10-21+ only
$10 admission fee gets you 4 taster tickets.
06.18.11
Deschutes Brewery Barrel Aged Tasting
Deschutes Brewery Barrel Aged Tasting
06/18/11
Bend and in the Bend Pub and Portland Pub
06.25.11
Deschutes Turns 23
Deschutes Brewery 23rd Anniversary Celebration
06/25/11
Deschutes Brewery Bend Public House
1044 NW Bond Street
Bend
541-382-9242
2-9pm
The pub will have U-Snap photo booth, live music by Exit Straegies, The Scott Fox Band and The State of Jefferson. Black Butte XXIII Imperial Porter with orange zest, cocoa nibs from Theo’s Chocolate & Pasilla Negra Chilis as well as a Hibiscus Ginger infused Cream Ale and Twilight Summer Ale.
Special anniversary food menu will feature:
Grilled Draper Valley Chicken leg & thigh rubbed in a Jamaican jerk seasoning served over rice
Teriyaki marinated flank steak on a stick served over rice
Kailua pulled pork slider served on house made Kaiser slider buns topped with pinapple relish
Sides include Potato Mac salad and grilled corn on the cob
06.25.11
14th Barley Cup
14th Annual Barley Cup
6/25/11
McMenamins Thompson Brewery & Public House
3575 Liberty Rd S
Salem
503-371-2945
Brewer: Jen Kent
11am-close
The Barley Cup is a contest for brewers where a random drawing determines the brew style to be crafted. For the patrons and judges, this ensures a full range of beers from which to choose. In keeping with tradition, the Capital City Homebrewers Club determine the overall winner of the Barley Cup trophy. The proud winner goes on to represent McMenamins at the Holiday Ale Festival in downtown Portland in December. Brewers are on hand to answer questions, give tours of the brewery and plead their cases for their own brews.
The Thompson house itself was built in 1905 by Spanish American War veteran Fred Thompson for his father Franklin, a Civil War veteran, and his mother Maria. It is rumored that some of the long-passed Thompsons still hang around, so keep an eye on your beer.
6.25.11
NAOBF
North American Organic Brewers Festival
06/24/11 – 06/26/11
Overlook Park
Portland
Sun-Noon-5pm
Admission into the event is free. The purchase of a $6 reusable, compostable cornstarch glass is required for tasting beer, as are tokens, which sell for $1 apiece. A full glass of beer costs four tokens (more for select beers), and a four-ounce taste costs one token. Patrons receive a $1 discount toward the tasting glass with a validated MAX ticket, a ticket from the onsite bike corral, or three cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank.
Alameda Brewhouse El Torero Organic IPA, (American IPA)
Ambacht Brewing Ambacht Golden Spiced Ale, (Belgian Specialty), Golden Rye Farmhouse Ale, (Belgian Farmhouse Ale)
Beetje Brewery Summer Tonic, (Belgian Farmhouse Ale)
Deschutes Brewery Green Lakes Organic Ale, (Amber)
Fort George Brewery+Public House Spruce Ale,(Tree Beer)+Quick Wit(Belgian Style Wheat)
Hopworks Urban Brewery Rise Up Red,(NW Style Red), Galactic Imperial Red(Imperial Red Ale)
Laurelwood Brewing Co., Organic Pale Ale, (Pale Ale), Organic Green Elephant IPA, (IPA)
Lompoc Brewing Co., Notorious, (IPA)
Lucky Labrador Brewing Co., No Pity Pale Ale, (Pale Ale), Rose City Red, (Red Ale)
McMenamins Concordia Brewery, Oopsopsadilly IPA, (Organic IPA)
McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, Build a Bonfire Red, (Organic Red Ale)
McMenamins Crystal Brewery, Organic Hipster Ale, (Organic Altbier)
McMenamins Oak Hills Brewpub, Kerfuffle Kolsch, (Organic Kolschbier)
Natian Brewery CoDA, (Cascadian Organic Dark Ale), Makeshift Golden Ale, (Golden Ale)
Oakshire Brewing, Organic Subtext PNW Red, (Red Ale),
Rock Bottom Brewery, Vandeventer, (Cascadian Dark Ale)
Terminal Gravity, TG Organic Pale Ale, (Pale Ale)
Upright Brewing Co., Reggae Junkie Gruit, (Farmhouse Style Gruit)
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Crunchy Dude (Pale Ale with Oats and Granola)
July 2011
Oregon Craft Beer Month Kick Off
In 2011 we celebrate the sixth Oregon Craft Beer Month (OCBM) which gets off to a beery start on Friday, July 1, 2011 with an official kick-off party at JELD-WEN Field, 1844 SW Morrison St in Portland.
5pm-9pm with a kick off toast to Oregon Craft Beer Month at 6pm
$50 / $40 for SNOB’s
You get twelve tasting tickets, a stemmed tasting glass, program, and BBQ buffet from Center Plate Catering.
Expect two dozen fresh, local, seasonal and one off beers for this 21+ event.
Tickets must be purchased in advance by using the shopping cart here.
Sponsored by:
Oregon Live
Read John Foystons Beer Blog at Oregon Live here
Yelp
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You can enter the event on the Key Bank Plaza on 18th and Morrison in front of the adidas Timbers store.
Beer List 06/29/11
Amnesia Cream of the Crop Cream Ale
Breakside Brewery Summer Gruit
BridgePort Brewing Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter
Buckman Brewery Black Saison
Coalition Brewing Wheat the People
Deschutes Brewery Chainbreaker IPA
Double Mountain Brewery Clusterf@&k
Fort George Brewery 1811 Lager
Full Sail Brewing Co. Jimvar Bohemian Pilsner
Hopworks Urban Brewery Evelyn Sunshine Imperial IPA
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Green Elephan
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Seizoen
Lompoc Brewing Co. Pilzipa
Lucky Labrador Brewing Co. Super Dog
MacTarnahans Brewing Co. Whiskey Barrel Aged Humbug’r
McMenamins Build a Bonfire Red
Migration Brewing Lucsious Lupulin
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Maiden the Shade
Oakshire Brewing Co. Bruine Van Brugge
Old Market Brewery Hop On
Rock Bottom Brewery Diobock
Rogue Ales Single Malt Ale 2011
Tracktown Ales 200 Meter Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. TimBrrr
Brewer DJ schedule will be:
Ben Love: 5-6pm
Van Havig: 6-7pm
Doug Rehberg: 7-8pm
Ben Love: 8-close