Ninkasi Beermaker Dinner
12/17/10
Aquariva Restaurant
0470 SW Hamilton Ct
Portland
503-802-5808
6-8pm
$40
Executive Chef Andy Arndt teams up with Ninkasi Brewing to serve four elegant Ninkasi-paired courses.
Jamie Floyd will be onsite
Quantum Pale Ale
Sweet Potato Tortellini, Tasso, Roast Apple
Tricerahops Double IPA
Black Cod, Tangerine, Brown Butter VIN, Mustard Greens
Unconventionale Imperial Stout
Braised Veal Cheeks, Caramelized Shallots, Jerusalem Artichoke
Sleigh’r Dark Double Alt Ale
Chocolate Banana Cake, Hazelnut Ganache
Hopworks Urban Brewery Night
12/17/10
The Bier Stein
345 E 11th
Eugene
3-6pm
Jaime Rodriguez from Hopworks Urban Brewery will bring Kentucky Christmas-Abominable aged in Bourbon Barrels+Pig War Imperial IPA. In addition Jaime will be sampling out HUB’s full bottled line-up and talking about VW Vans.
Festiveale Vertical
12/16/10
NEPO 42
5403 NE 42nd Ave
Portland
503-288-8080
7pm
Three years of Terminal Gravity Festivale.
Belgian Ales+Seafood Dinner
12/15/10
Fort George Brewery + Public House
1483 Duane St
Astoria
503-325-Pint
5 courses paired with Belgian Ales.
Intro
A Trio Of House Cured Salmon; Traditional Norwegian Gravlax, Juniper Berry and Tanqueray Lox, Fennel and Ouzo Lox Served on Crumpets with Sour Cream.
Fort George Brewery – Quick Wit
Salad
Risotto Cakes with Bornstein Smoked Scallops Served on a Bed of Butter Leaf Lettuce and a Bacon Sherry Vinaigrette.
Soup
Shrimp Bisque with a Blue Scorcher Crostini, Rouille, and Warm Chèvre.
MAIN COURSE
Whole Dungeness Crab and a Malheur Beurre Blanc.
DESSERT
Ladies in Nightgowns – Granny Smith Apples Baked in Pastry Dough Topped with Crème Agnlaise.
BridgePort Night Cap Firkin
12/16/10
The Bier Stein
345 E. 11th Ave
Eugene
5pm
Come join Dan Wecker from Bridgeport Brewing for a special firkin tapping of Nightcap Winter Ale. A malt driven brew, Nightcap begins with the bitterness of Chinook hops and finishes with strong hints of vanilla. BridgePort brewers aged 33-percent of the brew in Makers Mark oak barrels for nearly a year, Ebenezer and Old Knucklehead Barleywine on tap.
Cooking with Beer-Holiday Cooking
12/16/10
Pelican Pub+Brewery
33180 Cape Kiwanda Dr
Pacific City
503-965-7007
6 pm
$30
Pelican executive chef, Ged Aydelott will take the class through how to prepare delicious holiday creations with beer.
The Week of Wild Ale Festival
12/17/10
16 Tons Bottle Shop
265 E 13th
Eugene
5-10pm
$1
The Week of Wild (12/14-18) will climax Friday December 17 from 5-10pm with a festival featuring 10 wild ales on tap
and more than 50 bottles. Tasting tickets are $1. Beers are 1-4 tickets for 3oz tasters. No entry fee.
Nosh Pit (http://www.thenoshpit.com/) will be doing the food.
Featured Breweries:
Oregon: Block 15 Brewing, BridgePort Brewing Co.,, Cascade Brewing Co., Deschutes Brewery, Hair of the Dog Brewing, Rogue Ales and Upright Brewing Co.
For more information about the festival: http://sixteentons.biz/blog/?page_id=502 or http://www.facebook.com/SixteenTonsBeer
Collaborator Sled Crasher Tasting
12/15/10
Saraveza
1004 N Killingsworth
Portland
503-206-4052
7pm
Meet homebrewer Noel Blake 2009 Collaborator Sled Crasher + a very special version known as Barrel Crasher (2009 Sled Crasher aged in whiskey barrels) are on tap side-by-side. The Collaborator project which helps benefit the Oregon Brew Crew and the Bob McCracken Scholarship Fund.
Meet the Firkin Brewers
12/15/10
Laurelwood Public House NW
2327 NW Kearney
Portland
503-228-5553
5-7pm

Firkin of Vinter Varmer and beer and cheese pairing special
Migration/Taplister Holiday Pre-Funk
12/18/10
Migration Brewing
2828 NE Glisan
Portland
7-11:30pm
Migration Brewing Company and Taplister are teaming up to host a Holiday Ale Fest with winter beers from breweries around the Portland area. Migration Brewing’s Holiday Ale, Lucky Lab Brewing’s Barleywine, Full Sail Brewing Co. Barleywine, Three Creeks Brewing Firestorm Red, Alameda Brewhouse Papa Noel’s Olde Ale+1 TBD.
-Bring a can of food for the Oregon Food Bank and get a raffle ticket for a variety of beer related prizes
-Bring a wrapped 22oz bottle or TWO 12 oz bottles of your favorite holiday beer and receive a different holiday ale from someone else at the end of the night
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
Spring Beer and Wine Fest
04/23/11
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Blvd
PDX
12-11pm
http://www.springbeerfest.com/details.htm
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.
Sasquatch Brew Fest
05/07/11
Hilton Hotel
Eugene
Noon-10pm
northwestlegendsfoundation
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.
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.
Deschutes Brewery Barrel Aged Tasting
06/18/11
Bend and in the Bend Pub and Portland Pub
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
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.
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)
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.
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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