Farmers Feast Beer Dinner
09/11/10
Deschutes Brewery
Mountain Room
901 SW Simpson
Bend
541-312-6946
6-10pm
$65
Passed Appetizers:
Chevre Mousse stuffed cherry tomato popper Dungeness Crab fritter
Beer: Pinot Twilight

Plated Appetizer:
Braised Pine Mountain Ranch Pheasant with sweet potato gnocchi and wild mushrooms
Beer: Pinot Twilight

Soup:
Potato Leek Soup with Fingerling Potatoes from Wintergreen farms and Field farm Leeks served with Grilled Juniper Grove Farms Tomme Cheese sandwiches
Beer: Twin Pillars

Entrée:
Borlen beef top sirloin with a sweet corn and mild pepper risotto and farmers market demi-glaze
Beer: Scotch Ale

Desert:
House made ginger bread pudding with Steffen Farms peaches Jubel Ale Caramel and vanilla bean anglaise
Beer: Tropisch Bruin

Oktoberfest
09/11/10
Widmer Brothers Brewing
929 N Russell
Portland
503-281-2437
3pm
Free Admission
$5 Mug

6th annual block party draws more than 5,000 beer enthusiasts and is the largest Oktoberfest celebration in Portland. Widmer Brothers brews including Okto (Oktoberfest Ale), Widmer Hefeweizen, Drifter Pale Ale, Drop Top Amber Ale, and Broken Halo IPA. Food includes German-style brats, chicken schnitzel wraps, kraut, and pretzels. Live music from Those Darn Accordions, Amadan, Hillstomp, Chris Margolin & The Dregs, and more.

Lompoc Oktoberfest
09/11/10
Lompoc 5Q
3901 N Williams
Portland
503-288-3996
12-8pm

German barbecue+beer in the Lompoc’s Fifth Quadrant Brewery and inside the Sidebar tasting room,
the menu will feature a selection of German sausages with a variety of condiments/toppings.
Lompoc Oktoberfest is a Marzen Lager featuring a clean malt flavor balanced by a touch of Perle hops.
A portion of the grains used was roasted in the oven at Lompoc’s Fifth Quadrant restaurant, giving the beer a slight biscuity flavor. The beer is 5% ABV and 15 IBUs. Lompoc Oktoberfest will be on draft in all five of Lompoc’s pubs beginning Sept. 13.

Natian Turns 1
09/11/10
Radio Room
1101 NE Alberta St
Portland

$3.25 Pints
Live music at 4pm

Tour de Lab
09/11/10
Lucky Lab Beer Hall
1945 NW Quimby
Portland
503-459-4508
10-5pm
$35

Bicycle tour of the four local Lucky Lab brewpubs supports the DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital.
Ride Highlights
* Riders can choose from two route options: an 18-mile “Puppy” course (visits three pubs) or a 30-mile “Big Dog” Hill Climb Challenge
*Riders will earn their dog gear (collar, nose) at rest stops and enjoy human treats as they make their way to the finish line festival – the Dog Park at Lucky Lab Northwest.
* All-you-can-eat hot dog bar at the finish line.
* Commemorative Tour de Lab etched pint glass and a complimentary pint of Lucky Lab’s handcrafted ale for all participants.
* Gigantic “Best in Show” costume contest will award prizes for the best costumes in the categories of “dogs” and “things that dog

Upright DJ Gerritt Ill
09/01/10
Cheese Bar
6031 SE Belmont
inPDX
503-222-6014
7-10pm
Upright Brewer DJ Gerritt Ill will be bringing an eclectic mix of music and 2 of Upright’s beers will be on tap. Late Harvest is a spiced farmhouse brown that is finished for 9 months in Pinot Noir barrels+Upright lager

Laurelwood Collaborative Dinner
09/09/10
Laurelwood NW Public House
2327 NW Kearney
Portland
503-228-5553
6-10pm
SOLD OUT

*Melon Gazpacho with Blackened Shrimp and pared with Walking Man’s Flip Flop Pilsner
*Truffle Tremor with Arugula & Prosciutto Wrapped Peach, Chestnut Honey and paired with Everybody’s Brewing Summer Lovin Ale
*Seared Halibut Cheek with Summer Succotash paired with Everybody’s Brewing Law of Nature Pale Ale
*Bruised Pork Ribs with Zucchini Pickles & Apricot Mustard BBQ Sauce with Upright’s Seven
*Teriyaki Glazed Smoked Sturgeon on a Crispy Wonton with Citrus Radish Slaw paired with Laurelwood Workhorse IPA
*Smoked Duck Sausage with Lentils, Cherry, & Walla Walla Onion Chutney paired with Upright Barrel Aged Six
*Chili-Coffee Rubbed Beef Ribeye, Potato Gnocchi, Rogue Blue Cheese Sauce and paired with Laurelwood Deranger Organic Imperial Red
*Flourless Chocolate Stout Cake with Chili Spiced Whipped Cream & Cherries paired with Walking Man Black Cherry Stout

The Little Woody
9/3-9/4, 2010
DesSchutes Historical Museum
129 NW Idaho
Bend
Fri/5-10pm
Sat/12-10pm

10 Barrel Brewing Co.
Dubbel Woody-This aptly named beer is a Belgian-style dubbel and is aged in cabernet barrels for eight months. 7.7% ABV, 28 IBUs.

Dry Hopped English Style I.P.A.-Brewed in an English style, something we don’t often find here in Oregon, this IPA has been aged in bourbon barrels for three months before arriving at this year’s Little Woody. 7.2% ABV, 47 IBUs.

Bend Brewing Co.
Metolius Golden-One of BBC’s most popular beers, the barrel-aged version has been aged in a pinot barrel for eight months. It pours dark golden emitting a sweet fruitiness from the pinot with undertones of oak and black cherry. 5.2% ABV

Sour Outback X-This beer underwent a spontaneous secondary fermentation while aging in one of our oldest bourbon barrels. It pours dark red with the sweet aroma of toffee and dried fruit. The flavor is chewy tart cherries and raisins with hints of bourbon and oak. It ends with chocolate espresso bean dryness. 9.5% ABV

Block 15 Brewing
Super Nebula, Imperial Stout-This creation is aged in fresh emptied bourbon barrels and matured on house-roasted cocoa nibs, giving it a deep black brew with a brown creamy head. It features extremely complex flavors, including notes of molasses, vanilla, bourbon, coffee, roast fig and wood. Huge depth with a warming balanced finish. 11% ABV, 58 IBUs

Wonka’s Wit-A Beligan-inspired wheat ale spiced with orange peels, coriander and locally gathered honey that’s aged in oak barrels for seven to 14 months with wild yeast and bacteria. Refreshingly sour with notes of coriander, orange and fruit with a crisp dry finish. 5.5% ABV.

Boneyard Beer
Bourbon Barrel Black 13-With 13 total ingredients, the rich, roasted, coffee-like flavor of this Black Ale has been aged to perfection in the bourbon barrel. It is served a little lower in carbonation, and has been lightly infused with nitrogen.

Sour Girl-A cherry wheat ale that we have inoculated with lactobacillus and have been aging in the bourbon barrel on additional Oregon cherries. This beer was created in honor of the Flanders style of beer.

Cascade Lakes Brewing Co.
Imperial Stout-A full-bodied, robust version of the style, utilizing eight specialty malts and several months of aging in Jim Beam oak bourbon barrels to provide the complexity, warmth and balance of this dark meal.

Blonde Bombshell-The winner of the Source Weekly’s Best of Central Oregon reader poll, Blonde Bombshell combines subtle malt and wheat flavors with a delicate Liberty hop aroma.

Deschutes Brewery
Berliner Weisse-Deschutes’ version of the original sour beer, which was known as “Champagne of the North” by Napoleon’s troops when visiting Germany. This is a mouth-puckering sour and extremely refreshing Berlinerweisse, but done in Deschutes’ own style. 5% ABV, 18 IBUs

Mirror Mirror-Mirror Mirror is a double Mirror Pond barley wine that was aged in a variety of wooden barrels (including American oak, pinot, port and bourbon). It was then blended and dry hopped, giving it a big, warm, malty flavor with complex oak undertones and esters. 11.5% ABV, 51 IBUs.

McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Barrel Head-A twist on the popular Hammerhead ale that’s aged in a Hogshead whiskey barrel for more than four months and then cold conditioned for another two months. This hoppy ale has unique flavors with a hint of fruit is present in the nose as well but the finish is all dry and woody.

Dark Ages Stout-A dark beer aged for five months in our Hogshead whiskey barrel and then another five months of cold conditioning. A year in the making gives this stout some complex and robust flavors, including a whiskey aroma that plays alongside the sweet and dark flavors of the stout.

Ninkasi Brewing
Wood Aged Total Domination IPA-Multiple hops collide in balanced perfection, dominating the senses, achieving total satisfaction. After it’s normal fermentation process, the beer was added to Pinot Noir casks and dry hopped with Amarillo and Crystal hops. 6.7 % ABV, 65 IBUs.

Believer Double Red Ale-This rich and malty brew is balanced nicely with plentiful hops, giving it a vibrant red color and robust taste, which is why this has become one of the Eugene brewery’s year-around standards. 6.9% ABV, 60 IBUs.

Silver Moon Brewing Co.
Merlot Cask Amber-This is the popular Hounds Tooth Amber aged six months in a French merlot barrel from local vinter Volcano Vineyards. The American-style amber picked up several complex flavors from this rich French oak.

Winter Moon Bourbon-The Winter Warmer was a hit amongst Silver Moon loyalists so the Bend brewery filled a barrel full and let it age. The fresh bourbon brings out the finer flavors of this hoppy and malty complex winter style IPA. 7.4% ABV

Three Creeks Brewing Co.
Beechwood Blonde-The signature Knotty Blonde aged in beech wood that will be light and sassy with a remembrance of the coast on a beautiful summer day.

Woodcutter Barleywine-A blend of Three Creek’s Firestorm Red and a 2009 barley wine aged in a Pinot Noir barrel for nine months. Also, the brewery will be serving one barrel of its special PPR (Patio’s Private Reserve) sometime on Saturday afternoon, so keep an eye out for that.

Imperial IPA Fest
099/06/2010
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark Ave
Portland
503-232-8538
12-cl
Hop Valley Alpha Centauri, Double Mountain Molten Lava, Laurelwood Organic Green Elephant, Terminal Gravity Simcoe Double IPA, Oakshire Perfect Storm+some others you will want to taste.

Meet the Lompoc Brewers
08/31/10
Oaks Bottom PH
1621 SE Bybee
Portland
5-8pm
Zach, Dave, Jerry, Bryan & Sam will release Bourbon Barrel Aged Dagda.
Brewed in February 2009 and aged in Bourbon barrels for a year and a half, Dagda has a malty body with caramel flavors+a touch of smoke-7.5%ABV
Check out 2007 Fresh Hop Harvest Man Red, made with Crystal hops, it’s malty+full bodied-7.8% ABV
Barrel Fermented C-Note – barrel fermented it in a vintage white English oak barrel-6.9% ABV