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Archive for February, 2011
Gilgamesh MEGA MONSTER RELEASE
02/25/11
Plew’s Brews
8409 N Lombard
Portland
9pm
5 Gilgamesh beers on tap.
Gilgamesh brewers, Matt & Justin, are in a band called Porches who will be playing Friday night with two Seattle bands, Origami Ghosts and Webelos. Release of 2010/2011 MEGA MONSTER-$2 pint specials for part of the night ($3 pints the rest of the time).
Nanofest
2/25-2/27
Max’s Fanno Creek Brew Pub
12562 SW Main St
Tigard
503-624-9400
Fri/11-11pm
Sat/11-11pm
Sun/11-6pm
$5 Glass
$1.50 4oz taster
Astoria Brewing – Solar Dog
Beer Valley Brewing – Black Flag Imperial Stout
Bend Brewing Co. – Belgian Doppel
Caldera Brewing – South Side Strong Ale
Double Mountain Brewery – Sacre Bleu Belgian-Style Dubbel
Gilgamesh Brewing – Hop Scotch Heavy Scottish Ale
Natian Brewery – Old Grogham Winter IPA
Oakshire Brewing – Overcast Espresso Stout
Terminal Gravity Brewing – Triple American Strong Ale
Upright Brewing – Coffee Stout
Shrimp Boil
02/25/11
Lompoc 5th Quadrant
3901 N Williams
Portland
503-288-3996
6-9pm
$12
Shrimp, andouille sausage, potatoes, corn, special beers on tap and live music by Twisted Whistle.
Stout Summit
02/25/11
Roscoe’s
8105 SE Stark St
Portland
503-255-0049
12 amazing stouts on tap including, Fort George Brewery Badda Boom, Caldera Brewing Old Growth Imperial Stout, Oakshire Brewing Heart Shaped Box, Deschutes Brewery Mash Tun Madness, Double Mountain Nitro: Dry Irish Stout, Upright Coffee Stout and Boneyard Sug Knite Russian Imperial Stout!
5 ounce taster trays available.
Beer Brawl IV
02/24/11
Concordia Ale House
3276 NE Killingsworth
Portland, OR 97211
503-287–3929
Op-Cl
$12
Blind tasting of 12 beers from 3 states(OR,WA+CA) in 4 styles.
Each state’s captain picks a beer from the Pale Ale, IPA and Stout Styles and a Captain’s Choice beer.
Cam O’Connor from Deschutes Brewery won the first two.
Gilgamesh Growler Fills
02/26/11
Salem Public Market
1240 Rural Ave SE
Salem
8:30-2pm
Every Saturday in the foreseeable future, Gilgamesh Brewing will be at the Salem Public Market. They will have up to 8 beers on tap at any given time. Tip of the hat to Capital Taps beer blog.
Beer and Beats
02/26/11
Hall of Records
3342 SE Belmont
Portland
5-10pm
Celebrate Natian brewer Ian’s birth anniversary with some beer & beats. Bring in vinyl for DJ Head Retainer to play from 7pm-9pm. 5 of Natian’s beers will be available at $3 per pint.
Chowder Challenge V
02/26/11
Lompoc 5th Quadrant
3901 N Williams
Portland
503-288-3996
12-4pm
$10 Chowder Sampler
Fourteen local brewpubs and restaurants will vie for the coveted Chowder Cup. The blind tasting competition will take place from Noon to 4 pm. Admission is free. Attendees ages 12 and over must purchase sample trays for $10 to participate in the tasting. The family friendly event is a fundraiser for Locks of Love. Samples of New England-style clam chowders from the participants are served in non-labeled, two-ounce cups. After tasting all entries, attendees vote for their favorite.
The chowder receiving the most votes will be named the People’s Choice Winner and will take home the coveted Chowder Cup. Guest judges will determine the winners of three other divisions, including Most Authentic, Most Flavorful and Best with Beer. This year’s judges are John Chandler from Portland Monthly, Lisa “The Beer Goddess” Morrison from Beer O’Clock, and Anne Marie DiStefano from the Portland Tribune. The festivities also feature a beer garden, live music by Twisted Whistle, a soda garden for kids, Joe the Balloon Guy from Noon to 2 pm, a raffle, and pub food for purchase.
Participating restaurants include Cascade Brewing Barrel House, Coalition Brewing, Columbia River Brewing, East Burn, Fifth Quadrant, Green Dragon, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Laurelwood Public House and the New Old Lompoc. The New Old Lompoc has won the Chowder Cup three of the past four years.
Barrel Pale Ale Release
02/24/11
Rock Bottom Brewery
206 SW Morrison
Portland
503-796-2739
5:30pm
Bolt’s Hawaiian/Willamette Pale Ale
Black Gold Tasting
02/24/11
Eastburn
1800 E Burnside
Portland
6-8pm
Full Sail Brewmaster John Harris and Rick Nickerson will be on hand with 2 vintages of Black Gold Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, 2009 and 2011.
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
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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