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Beer Geek Brunch
10/24/10
The Hop & Vine
1914 N. Killingsworth
Portland
11:30AM
3 courses
$25
503-954-3322
They will be opening some special bottles to be passed around the table.
Double Mountain Kolsch with Sautéed Greens & House Cured Bacon
Berliner Weisse with Smoked Trout & Roasted Poblano Peppers
Laurelwood Tree Hugger Porter with Raspberry Preserve & Nutella Whip Tort


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Category: Events


KillerBeerFest!
10/23/10
Bailey’s Taproom
213 SW Broadway
Portland
4PM

Astoria Brewing Co.
Blueberry Lambic
Brewer John Dalgren employed a Wyeast lambic blend to ferment out the beer and added 165 pounds of blueberries and an additional 3.5 pounds to each keg. Brettanomyces was added along with oak chips soaked in wine barrels and aged for five months.

Barley Brown’s Brewpub
Trappist Strong Ale
The first Belgian-style beer from Barley Brown’s brewer, Shawn Kelso. Featuring a 2-row base with 60, 80, & 120 crystal malts along with some Munich Bonlander, a touch of rye malt and flaked oats. The hops are Simcoe to bitter and Amarillo for flavor. Has hints of plum and dried fruit-Chimay yeast? 8% ABV, ~50 IBU.

Block 15 Brewing Co.
Jack Straw
Stong amber ale brewed and matured with house roasted locally grown sweet meat pumpkins. Gently spiced with Ceylon Cinnamon, Jamican Allspice, and whole nutmeg. Further conditioned with a touch of black strap molasses. 7% ABV 25 IBU’s

Breakside Brewery
Ghost Chile IPA
A traditional American IPA brewed with six C hops (Columbus, Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Citra, and Crystal) and the infamous Naga jolokia (aka “Ghost chile”) pepper, the hottest chile on earth, was added during the boil to give this beer an extra punch. 6.2% ABV, 63 IBU, Scoville rating: Unknown.

Beer Valley Brewing Co.
Jackalope Pumpkin Ale
The first veggie beer brewed by Beer Valley Brewing, Oregon’s easternmost brewery from Ontario. Brewed with 2-row, Munich, Caramel malts, flaked barley and pumpkin puree. Hopped with Cascades. 7.5% ABV.

Cascade Brewing
Beck Berry
This Northwest-style sour blends tripels and strong blondes that were lacto-fermented and aged more than a year with blackberries in oak barrels. Then, a secondary inoculation was done with a recently isolated plumbers strain of Brett called Beckamoyces Aasskraquii. Some sour cherries were blended in to give this beer some pucker. This is a rare beer; once it¹s gone, it’s gone. 8% ABV.

Double Mountain Brewery
Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA
Killer Green features fresh Brewers Gold hops from Sodbuster Farms. The base beer for Killer Green is a an IPA recipe, featuring a toffeeish malt character and earthy orange-hued color. 7.2% ABV, 83BU.

Fort George Brewery
Kentucky Coffee Girl
A special batch of Fort George’s Coffee Girl Stout, an imperial stout dry hopped with eight pounds of Ethiopian Haile Selassie Sodamo coffee beans. The beans give a bit of a fruity taste along with hints of cardamom, cream, ginger and caramel. The beans have been sitting and aging with the beer aged in bourbon casks. 9.5% ABV.

Laurelwood Brewing Co.
Bay Laurel Ale
Laurelwood Brewmaster Chad Kennedy says this beer is “One of the more unique beers we’ve created.” This pale ale is made with six different malts including, barley, rye and wheat as well as four varieties of hops. To make it even more exciting, the beer contains fresh Bay Laurel leaves that were added in the fermenter and conditioning tank “a balanced pale ale with the pleasing aroma of fresh bay leaves- quite distinct from the dried version.” 5.7% ABV, 40 IBU.

Lompoc Brewing Co.
Bourbon Barrel-aged Monster Mash
Imperial Porter with strong chocolate and roast flavors with a touch of red fruit. Originally released at The Monster Mash Bash, the ’09 Bourbon Barrel Aged rendition was brewed on August 21 2009, aged in Bourbon barrels for 11 months and cellared for an additional two months. This Imperial Porter has a bold Bourbon aroma with chocolate and licorice flavors finishing with vanilla notes 8% ABV, 50 IBU.

Ninkasi Brewing Co.
Oak-aged Total Domination
NW Style IPA. 6.7 % ABV, 65 IBUS with used Pinot Noir casks from King Estate Winery. The casks were dry hopped three separate times. Once, with Crystal hops, then Amarillo, then Northern Brewer+three different additions of wood chips at the time of dry hopping, French Dark Roast Oak chips, Light Medium Hungarian Oak+Light Fresh American Oak. The casks were topped off with more Total Domination, twice sent through the centrifuge and carbonated.

Lucky Labrador Brewing
Force of Nature
Here is a Pinot barrel aged imperial pale ale with robust maltiness, bold Northwest hops+mildly tart+fruity flavors brightened and given life by the wood. 9.5% ABV, 85 IBU.

Oakshire Brewing Co.
Collaborative Belly of the Evil Beast Imperial CDA
A special house blend of Oakshire’s Collaborative Evil Imperial Porter and Belly of the Beast Imperial Red. Smooth notes of chocolate and roast overlay a firm citrus bitterness and mild hop aromas. ABV 8.8% IBU 50.

Pelican Brewery
Full House Imperial Brown
Full House has a dark red-brown color, a solid foundation of caramel and cocoa-like chocolate malt, and a pronounced floral Northwest hop character. Full-bodied and full of flavor, Full House finishes clean, balanced, warming+satisfying. 8.3% ABV, 60 IBU.

Prodigal Son
Bruce/Lee Porter
Rich and chocolate-y with a strong coffee flavor. This is a robust porter composed of five different grains+ specialty malts from four different countries. Vienna and melanoidin malts provide the backbone behind the strong roasted character. 7.5% ABV, 36 IBU.

Upright Brewing
Cask Four with Rose Petals
Brewers Alex Ganum and Gerritt Ill set aside this special batch of Four with the infusion of rose petals picked in Alex’s yard. The Four base is a recipe that uses a good portion of wheat and incorporates a sour mash into the process to make it slightly tart and extra refreshing. It has delicate aromas and flavors that span a range of floral, grassy and herbal notes. The finish is extra dry and makes the beer a great beverage to pair with food, especially various cheeses and shellfish. Malts: Organic Pale, Organic Wheat, Organic Munich Unmalted: Rolled Wheat Hops: Hallertauer Mittelfrüh. 4.5% ABV.

Vertigo
Midnight Harvest VSB
Extra Special Bitter known as Vertigo Special Bitter, or VSB. Brewer Mike Haines says “The hops again came out of my backyard and there were only enough to brew about 1 barrel.” This means the beer is exclusive to KillerBeerFest.


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10. 19. 2010


Brewery Name Hops Used Style Name
Alameda Multi Hop IPA Failing St Fresh Hop
Amnesia Brewing Liberty Pale Ale The Mother Plucker
Astoria Brewing Co Cascdes PNW Warmer Fresh Hop Dark
Astoria Brewing Co Centennial Lager Pursuit of Hoppiness
Beer Valley Chinook Imperial IPA Leafer Madness
Beer Valley Bravo Imperial Stout Black Flag
Beer Valley Cascade/Zeus Fresh Hop ale HWY 19
Big Horse Brewpub Simcoe Double IPA Vernon the Rabbit Slayer
BridgePort Brewing Co Centennial Imperial Ale Hop Harvest
Cascade Brewing Nugget Rye Pale Ale Rye Pale Ale
Cascade Brewing Crystal Porter Fresh Hop Porter
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co Santiam Fresh Hop ale Harvest Fresh Hop Ale
Deschutes Brewery Crystals Pale Ale Hop Trip
Deschutes Brewery-Bend Pub Nugget Strong Pale Wingnut
Deschutes Brewery-Bend Pub Crystals Pale Ale Yam-a-Lama!
Deschutes Brewery-Bend Pub Perle Lager Fresh Hop Lager
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Centennial Strong Pale King Cone
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Cascade Pale Ale Fresh Hop Mirror Pond
Double Mountain Brewery Brewers Gold IPA Killer Green
Eugene City Brewery Liberty IPA Wet Hop Ale
Fort George Brewery Assorted Fresh Hop Ale Cohoperative
Fort George Brewery Summit Fresh Hop ale Hopstoria
Full Sail Brewing Co Centennial Pale Ale Lupulin
Full Sail Brewing Co First Gold Pale Ale Lupulin
Full Sail Brewing Co Mt. Ranier Pilsner Style Hopfenfrisch
Golden Valley Brewery Centennial Extra Pale Ale Centennial Fresh Hop ‘10
Green Dragon Centennial/Perle IPA Hop Diddly
Hopworks Urban Brewery Multi Hop Pale Ale Gayle’s Fresh Hop Pale
Hopworks Urban Brewery Willamettes Oktoberfest Fest of Fury
Hopworks Urban Brewery Cascade Golden Golidilocks
Hopworks Urban Brewery-Nanobrewery Homegrown 100% Munich TBA
Hopworks Urban Brewery-Nanobrewery Homegrown IPA TBA
Laurelwood Brewing Co Organic Cascades Pale Ale Hop Pickin Fresh Hop Pale
Laurelwood Brewing Co Crystal Pale Ale Some Like it Hop
Lompoc Brewing Crystal American Red Harvest Man Red
Lompoc Brewing Crystal Fresh Hop ale Crystal Missile
Lompoc Brewing Crystal ESB Ale-Conner Fresh Hop ESB
Lucky Labrador Brewing Multi Hop English Bitter Mutt Ale
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Cascade Amber Fresh Hop Mac’s
McMenamins-Crystal Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Fulton Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Kennedy Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-High Street Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Hillsdale Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-John Barleycorns Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Lighthouse Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Oak Hills Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-West Linn Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Highland Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Edgefield Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Old St. Francis School Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Roseburg Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins-Thompson Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
McMenamins on Monroe Simcoe IPA Thundercone
Mia & Pias Brewhouse Wild Assorted Strong Pale Fresh Hop Ale
Natian Brewery Organic Cascade Pale Ale Alton Organic Fresh Hop
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Crystal IPA Total Crystalation
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Perle Special Bitter Parlay
Oakshire Brewing Hallertauer PNW Festbier Wet Hop Harvest Ale
Oakshire Brewing Organic Chinook Pale Ale Locavore Fresh Hop Pale
Oregon Trail Brewery Palisade Pale Ale Hop Doctor
Pelican Pub & Brewery Sterling Strong Pale Elemental Ale
Philadelphia’s Sellwood Willamettes Golden Ale Sellwood Golden
Ram Restaurant&Brewery Centennial Fresh Hop ale Hop Sack Harvest Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery Centennial Integrity Style Hop Harvest Ale
Rogue Ales Multi Hop IPA Wet Hop Ale
Silver Moon Brewing Co Cascades IPA Hoppapotamus
Silver Moon Brewing Co Goldings ESB Fresh-n-Bad Badlands ESB
Three Creeks Crystals Pale Ale Cone Licker
Upright Brewing Nugget Farmhouse Pale Tyler the Elder
Upright Brewing Nugget Farmhouse Pale Jonathon the Younger
Vertigo Brewing Willamette/Cascade ESB Vertigo Special Bitter
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co Nugget Dark Ale Black Nugget
Brewery Name Hops Used Style Name

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Category: General


Bridal Ale Release
10/22/10
Pelican Pub+Brewery
33180 Cape Kiwanda Dr
Pacific City
MacPelican’s Wee Heavy November 5
Based on the country ales of France-Bridal Ale was originally brewed in celebration of the wedding of two Pelican staff members. This year’s edition of Bridal Ale features a deep copper color
+a rich, toasted malt character. Subtle floral hints and fruity notes punctuate the aroma, while a slightly sweet malt flavor and warming effect characterize the finish.


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BREWPUBLIC Brewniversary Party!
10/22/10
Saraveza Bottleshop & Pasty Tavern
1004 N. Killingsworth
Portland
5PM
• Oakshire Brewing Co. Smokin’ Hell Smoked Helles
• Upright Brewing Co. #5 Hoppy Farmhouse
• Barley Brown’s Brewpub Turmoil Cascadian Dark Ale
• Block 15 Brewery Super Nebula Bourbon Imperial Stout
• Beetje Brewery Hoppy Farmhouse Amber finished with Brettanomyces
• Prodigal Sun Brewery IPA
• Ninkasi Brewing Co. Dry-Hopped “Tricerahops” Double IPA
Plus many more


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10.19.10


SOB Tasting
10/19/10
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark
Portland
503-232-8538
6-8pm
Taste the Gold, Pale, Pinup Porter, Nice Rack IPA, Woodshed Red+Old Humbug Winter Ale. Old Humbug Winter Ale on draft.


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Oregon Bounty Fresh Hop Beer Tastivals 2010
10/16/2010
Eugene Fresh Hop Tastival
Lane Events Center Auditorium
796 W. 13th Ave
Eugene
971-270-0965
21+/Cash only
Noon-9pm
Glass Sales end at 8pm
Admission is free-$5 for a tasting glass-Required to taste.
Individual Tastes are $1
Drink ticket sales end at 8:30pm.

Oregon Bounty Fresh Hop Beer Fest Eugene

BEER LIST

Brewery Name Hops Used Style Name
Astoria Brewing Co Centennial Lager Slager
BridgePort Brewing Co Centennial Imperial Ale Hop Harvest
Deschutes Brewery Crystals Pale Ale Hop Trip
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Cascade Pale Ale Fresh Hop Mirror Pond
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Centennial Strong Pale Ale King Cone
Eugene City Brewery Liberty IPA Wet Hop Ale
Full Sail Brewing Co Centennial Pale Ale Lupulin
Golden Valley Brewery Centennial Extra Pale Ale Centennial Fresh Hop
Hopworks Urban Brewery Willamettes Oktoberfest Fest of Fury
Lompoc Brewing Crystal American Red Harvest Man Red
Lompoc Brewing Crystal Fresh Hop ale Crystal Missile
Lompoc Brewing Crystal ESB Ale-Conner Fresh Hop ESB
Lucky Labrador Brewing Multi Hop English Bitter Mutt Ale
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Cascade Amber Fresh Hop Mac’s
McMenamins Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Perle Special Bitter Parlay
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Crystal IPA Total Crystalation
Oregon Trail Brewing Pallisade Pale Ale Hop Doctor
Oakshire Brewing Hallertauer PNW Festbier Wet Hop Harvest Ale
Oakshire Brewing Organic Chinook Pale Ale Locavore Fresh Hop Pale
Pelican Pub & Brewery Sterling Strong Pale Elemental Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery Centennial Integrity Style Hop Harvest Ale
Rogue Ales Multi Hop IPA Wet Hop Ale
Upright Brewing Nugget Tyler the Elder Farmhouse
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co Nugget Dark Ale Black Nugget
Brewery Name Hops Used Style Name

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Category: General


Oregon Bounty Fresh Hop Beer Tastivals 2010
10/16/2010
Eugene Fresh Hop Tastival
Lane Events Center Auditorium
796 W. 13th Ave
Eugene
971-270-0965
21+/Cash only
Noon-9pm
Glass Sales end at 8pm
Admission is free-$5 for a tasting glass-Required to taste.
Individual Tastes are $1
Drink ticket sales end at 8:30pm.

Oregon Bounty Fresh Hop Beer Fest Eugene

BEER LIST

Brewery Name Hops Used Style Name
Astoria Brewing Co Centennial Lager Slager
BridgePort Brewing Co Centennial Imperial Ale Hop Harvest
Deschutes Brewery Crystals Pale Ale Hop Trip
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Cascade Pale Ale Fresh Hop Mirror Pond
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Centennial Strong Pale Ale King Cone
Eugene City Brewery Liberty IPA Wet Hop Ale
Full Sail Brewing Co Centennial Pale Ale Lupulin
Golden Valley Brewery Centennial Extra Pale Ale Centennial Fresh Hop
Hopworks Urban Brewery Willamettes Oktoberfest Fest of Fury
Lompoc Brewing Crystal American Red Harvest Man Red
Lompoc Brewing Crystal Fresh Hop ale Crystal Missile
Lompoc Brewing Crystal ESB Ale-Conner Fresh Hop ESB
Lucky Labrador Brewing Multi Hop English Bitter Mutt Ale
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Cascade Amber Fresh Hop Mac’s
McMenamins Cascade Strong Pale Thundercone
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Perle Special Bitter Parlay
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Crystal IPA Total Crystalation
Oregon Trail Brewing Pallisade Pale Ale Hop Doctor
Oakshire Brewing Hallertauer PNW Festbier Wet Hop Harvest Ale
Oakshire Brewing Organic Chinook Pale Ale Locavore Fresh Hop Pale
Pelican Pub & Brewery Sterling Strong Pale Elemental Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery Centennial Integrity Style Hop Harvest Ale
Rogue Ales Multi Hop IPA Wet Hop Ale
Upright Brewing Nugget Tyler the Elder Farmhouse
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co Nugget Dark Ale Black Nugget
Brewery Name Hops Used Style Name

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Category: Beer Fests, Events


10.16.10


Bottle Release
10/16/10
Bourbonic Plague
Vlad the Imp-Aler
Cascade Brewing Barrel House
939 SE Belmont
Portland
503-265-8603
9-6pm
Cascade Brewing Brewmaster Ron Gansberg will be in attendance to promote the beers and answer any questions. Live music from Black Lodge 4-5pm+6-7pm + a smoked pork sandwich special at 11am

Bourbonic Plague is a blend of strong dark porters aged in oak, wine and bourbon barrels, then blended with a dark porter that had been brewed with vanilla beans and cinnamon. The blend was then aged an additional 14 months on dates. The resulting beer is 12% ABV. This was the gold medal winner in the wood- and barrel-aged sour beer category at the 2009 GABF.

Vlad the Imp-Aler is a blend of 23- and 25-degree Plato sour blonde quadruppels and sour bourbon barrel tripels aged in oak and bourbon barrels, then further blended with spiced blondes and left to condition for an additional five months. It comes in at 10.3% ABV. This beer won the silver medal in the wood- and barrel-aged sour beer category at the 2009 GABF.

$22/bottle – 6 bottles – per style – per person


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Saraveza turns 2
10/16/10
Saraveza Bottleshop & Pasty Tavern
1004 N Killingsworth
Portland
503-206-4252
Saraveza turns 2

- Gifts for first 200 guests (21+ only)
- S.N.O.B. discount: wear your tshirt or show your id and get 10% off your entire bill!
- Bottle Cap Count Contest: guess and win! Winners announced every hour!
- Employee Pick Draft List: we share our favorites with you!
- 3pm: Complimentary (yes, FREE) Pasties till we run out!


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Category: Anniversary, Events


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.


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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:

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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

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