PYRAMID BREWERIES ANNOUNCES OUTBURST IMPERIAL IPA
SPRING SEASONAL 2011

Pyramid Breweries welcomes Outburst Imperial IPA as its new spring seasonal. After debuting in early 2010 as the second offering in Pyramid’s limited-availability, draft-only Ignition Series, this dry-hopped IPA is poised to introduce itself to a wider geography of better-beer drinkers.

A crafty combination of four different hops along with a dose of dry-hopping powers Outburst to 80 IBU strong. Its bold profile offers an aroma reminiscent of the Northwest hop fields at harvest time, along with spicy overtones of fresh citrus. Seeking a harmonious balance to the hop overload, four different specialty malts are blended to create a distinctive deep amber hue, and sweet caramel and roasty flavors.

“Brewed with an astonishing four pounds of hops per barrel, Outburst is a fantastic beer,” said Simon Pesch, Head Brewer at Pyramid Brewery in Berkeley. ”This recipe has been fine tuned for years, and after several refinements and a great launch as part of our Ignition Series, many more hopheads can enjoy the bold taste and complex balance of Outburst this spring.”

Outburst will be available from February – March. Outburst is available on draft, in 12oz and 22oz bottles, 6-packs, 12-packs, and as the seasonal guest in the Winter Variety 12-pack.

OUTBURST IMPERIAL IPA
Availability: February – March
Style: Imperial IPA
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Caramel, and Carared
Hops: Nugget, Chinook, Centennial, and Simcoe
ABV: 8.5%
IBU: 80

Deschutes Brewery & Public House Plans Bend Expansion
Original downtown Bend, Oregon, brew pub announces makeover for 2012

Deschutes Brewery today announced that it is expanding its original brew pub in downtown Bend, Oregon. The Deschutes Brewery and Public House has been a gathering place and a destination for local beer fans and visitors to Central Oregon for more than 22 years. Due to customer demand, the brewery’s desire to innovate and to make everything possible on-site, the company decided to move forward with increasing its square footage and updating the kitchen.

Mike Cooper, director of food and beverage for Deschutes said, “This expansion provides the opportunity to better serve our customers and reduce wait times for seating. This also gives us a chance for some new exciting upgrades to create a better overall experience for our guests.”

The expansion is slated for two stories just to the south of the brewery’s current location and will include outdoor balcony seating and a small private dining space, in addition to indoor seating. Kitchen upgrades include adding a bakery and an operation for curing meats.

Doug Knight, who designed and developed St. Clair Place downtown in 2000 and has a history of successful projects in Bend’s core, owns the space where the expansion will take place. He said, “I am very excited to be partnering with Deschutes. This expansion is great news for downtown and even better for the Bend community.”
Knight also discussed the appearance of the new building, which he said will feature a brick façade with a beautiful arcade of three towering two-story segmented arches, giving it historical appeal. Inset from the arches will be a more contemporary curtain wall of floor to ceiling glass. Knight said, “It will look like the central utility plants of old, but with a modern twist.”

Construction on the space is slated to begin early next year and open to the public in the first part of 2012. Local companies DKA Architecture & Design and SunWest Builders will be working on the design and construction of the building.

BridgePort Brewing Company, Oregon’s oldest craft brewery, has introduced two exciting new brews, CAFÉ NEGRO and KINGPIN, to its family of award winning beers. CAFÉ NEGRO, a rich coffee infused porter and KINGPIN, a double red ale add a new variety and style of beer to the 26-year-old brewery’s portfolio.

“We crafted these beers after seeing room in our current line-up for cutting edge brews that will complement our ‘heritage’ beers like the IPA or Blue Heron,” commented Jeff Edgerton, BridgePort’s Brewmaster. “We’re really proud to bring these two styles to the ever evolving beer culture of the Pacific Northwest.”

CAFÉ NEGRO Coffee Infused Porter
BridgePort worked with a number of Portland area coffee roasters to formulate its own blend specific to CAFÉ NEGRO that was then infused with the base beer during cold conditioning. The cold conditioning process helps retain subtle coffee aromas otherwise lost during boil and fermentation. CAFÉ NEGRO is brewed with the strong dark flavors of roasted barley and chocolate malt. IBU’s: 30 ABV: 5.5% Color: Dark Brown OG: 13.4%

KINGPIN Double Red Ale:
KINGPIN is a full-flavored, red-colored ale that uses a rarely-grown Willamette Valley Hop varietal known as Liberty Hops from fourth generation hop farmer John Annen of Annen Bros. Farm in Silverton, Oregon. Jeff and his team of brewers also used rye and caramel malt leading to a unique flavor profile; triple-hopped for bitter aroma and a unique dry-hopped character. IBU’s: 65 ABV: 7.5% Color: Red OG: 17%

Fort George Owner Birthday Bash
01/06/11
Horse Brass Pub
4534 SE Belmont
Portland
503-232-2202
5pm
Celebrate Chris Nelmowill’s birthday with 3 Fort George Beers on tap including Vortex IPA, OMEGATEX Imperial IPA and Kentucky Girl, a special batch of Fort George’s Coffee Girl Stout, an imperial stout dry hopped with eight pounds of Ethiopian Halle Slassie 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 a Four Roses bourbon cask. 9.5% ABV.

Full Sail Meet the Brewer
01/06/11
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark
Portland
503-232-8538
6-8pm
Join Full Sail Brewmaster John Harris and try Bump in the Night Cascadian Dark on regular draft and cask conditioned as well as the new LTD 4.

Roscoe’s Turns 4
12/31/10
Roscoe’s
8105 SE Stark St
Portland
503-255-0049
4pm
On tap Laurelwood Brewing’s Green Mammoth IIPA, a Beer Valley beer, Deschutes Brewery’s The Abyss, Fort George Brewery Pepper Stout, Oakshire Brewings Oak Aged 2009 Collaborative Evil Belgian Golden Strong Ale, Hair of the Dog Greg y 9 mas.

Black Peter Release
12/30/10
Rock Bottom Brewery
206 SW Morrison
Portland
503-796-2739
5:30pm
The yearly release of the Belgian-Style strong dark ale.

Jaggery IPA Release
12/29/10
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
5pm
Brewed by Oregon Brew Crew Member Rich Hawthorne
This beer was made in celebration of brewing a full year at the Green Dragon and is brew number 47. Made with a substantial portion of pale malt augmented with small additions of carapils, wheat, and C30 malts and the unique, flowery flavor of jaggery (palm sugar) 18.3P OG 8.6% ABV 7.6 SRM 75 IBU

New School 1st Anniversary
12/31/10
Grain & Gristle
1473 NE Prescott
Portland
8-1am
Benefits the Falconer Foundation. Prizes from Hopworks Urban Brewery, Breakside Brewery and Upright Brewing.
11pm Beer Trivia with Ben Edmunds of Breakside Brewery
Midnight toast with Upright Brewing’s Old Tom Gin Barrel-Aged Apricot Anniversary Ale
All barrel-aged beers:
Deschutes Brewery Bourbon Smoked Cascadian Dark Ale-87/IBU’s 6.5%ABV
Lucky Labrador Brewing Co. 2009 Son of Old Yeller Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine 100+/IBU’s 9.67%ABV
Hopworks Urban Brewery Bourbon Barrel Aged ‘For Those About To Bock 25/IBU’s 6.9%ABV
Block 15 Brewery 2009 Pappy’s Dark 40/IBU’s 40/IBU’s 10.0%ABV $5/12oz

12/23/10
The Beermongers
1125 SE Division
Portland
4-11pm
6oz+12oz pours
Fa La La La La which will also be served in 20oz pints.

Block 15 Brewing Figgy Pudding
English Barleywine, aged in freshly emptied Brandy Barrels with mission figs, Ceylon cinnamon and nutmeg. 11% ABV, 43IBU

Double Mountain Brewery Fa La La La La
Fa La La La La has the malt and the hops 7.6% ABV, 83 IBU

Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws
NW Barleywine brewed with British crystal malts, Mt.Hood wild flower honey+Amarillo y Simcoe hops. 11.5% ABV, IBU 70

Lompoc Brewing Co. Bourbon Barrel 8 Malty Nights
Chocolate rye porter brewed for 09 Hanukkah then aged in bourbon barrels for nine months. 6.5% ABV