Oktoberfest
9/10/11
Widmer Brothers Brewing
929 N Russell St
Portland
503-281-2437
http://widmerbrothers.com
3-11:30pm
21+-Cash only
Free-Stein required to taste.
Widmer Brother Brewing’s Oktoberfest returns for a seventh year celebrating Munich-style ales and German food and music.
Widmer Brother’s Oktoberfest is a tribute to the world-renowned celebration in Munich, Germany, which draws more than six million people annually during the 16-day festival.
Widmer Brother’s version, although smaller in scale, is large in Oktoberfest spirit, drawing 5,000 attendees to this annual block party. The festival features a variety of craft beers, German-style food, accordion players, and live music throughout the day including Dr. Theopolis. The Quick & Easy Boys, Empty Space Orchestra, Hey Marseilles, and Colin Lake & Wellbottom. Attendees can also bring steins from previous years to the event. All beer and food is purchased with tokens, which cost $1 each. Patrons pay six tokens for a souvenir stein, five tokens for a full stein of beer and food items are $1-$7. Sales of steins and tokens end at 10:30 p.m., one hour prior to the close of the event.
Event held rain or shine

The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Brew Festival
9/3, 2011
Des Chutes Historical Museum
129 NW Idaho Street
Bend
Sat/12-10pm
21+ only
$6-$5 w/o glass
Tasting package: $15. Includes glass, entry and 10 tokens
Food will be provided by various local restaurants
Music
Friday Sept 2
5pm Moon Mountain Ramblers
6:30pm The Anvil Blasters
8:30pm Blackstrap

Saturday Sept 3
Noon A Scottish Heart
1:30pm The Prairie Rockets
3pm Mick Lee
4:30pm Boxcar Stringband
6pm Five Pint Mary
8pm Anastacia

Alameda turns 15
08/27/11
Alameda Brewhouse
4765 NE Fremont
Portland
12-8PM
In the parking lot-$2.00 Ales All Day-3 Awesome Local Bands

Roscoes Collaboration Beer Summit
8/27/11
Roscoes
8105 SE Stark
Portland
4:30-cl
Deschutes and Boulevard Conflux-one brewed at Deschutes and one brewed at Boulevard, look for brewers and representatives from breweries in both nights. Trays of 5 ounce tasters will be available

Mighty Mites Fest
08/27/11
Coalition Brewery
2724 SE Ankeny
Portland

The Knoll, Beetje Brewery
A simple American pale ale made with 2-row pale and a host of specialty malts to help develop malt character that’s backed up by a healthy dose of hopping. This clean and refreshing ale is well suited for afternoon with friends.
3.8% ABV | 37 IBU | OG 1.040

Berliner Weisse, Block 15 Brewing
This ale is light, refreshing, and deliciously sour. The main focus of this beer is thirst quenching acidity from lactobacillus, low alcohol, low hops, with a crisp wheat note and a touch of Brettanomyces. With a PH of 3.2 the beer is cleanly sour, crisp, and refreshing.
3.2% ABV

Farmhouse Grisette, Breakside Brewery
A farmhouse-style biere de table–a beer that might traditionally have been consumed by Belgian children. It is made with two types of wheat, a saison yeast, and German hops; it gains additional complexity from the use of sour wort. Our lightest beer ever is equally easy drinking and layered.
3.8% ABV | 12 IBU | OG 1.037

Sir Little John, Brewers Union Local 180 (cask)
An Ordinary (or Session) Bitter. Cask-conditioned in the true British tradition and served “Northern-Style” through a beer engine and sparkler. Bittered and flavored with a mix of English and West Coast aromatic hops: Willamette, Citra, Summit, East Kent Goldings and Simcoe. Designed for the three imperial pints per hour crowd. No sipping allowed.
3.4% ABV

Gratzer, Burnside Brewing
In the Gratzer, 600 pounds of white wheat is hand smoked over a blend of Apple and Mesquite wood, achieving a light toasted, nutty flavor with a finish that carries just a hint of smoke.
5.4% ABV | 9 IBU | OG

Spruced up Blond, Cascade Brewing
This one-off from the brewers is a spiced blond with spruce tips. Light crisp notes of grain and spice greet you in the nose. Refreshing hints of spruce combine with Vienna and Pilsner malts on the palate, while hints of spice and soft resin from the spruce tips linger in the finish. Servus!
5.01% ABV | 21 IBU

Wheat the People, Coalition Brewing
Wheat the people is an American Style wheat beer designed to satisfy a thirsty palate on a hot summer day. A ase of American 2 row and white wheat instill this beer with a crisp and refreshing taste while still maintaining the traditional body wheat beer is known for. Single hopped with a light touch of Northern Brewer, wheat the people is the ultimate easy drinking craft beer.
4.4% ABV | 13 IBU

Wu Cream Ale, Coalition Brewing
The Wu Cream ale is a light, malt forward beer with low bitterness. We added flaked barley to give the beer a soft mouthfeel to complement the sweetness of Munich and honey malt.
4.8% ABV | 29 IBU

Dapper Dan, Double Mountain Brewery
Dapper Dan is a true session ale in the British tradition, robust in flavor yet quite low in alcohol. Four different roasted malts add complexity, while our Kolsch yeast delivers its classic roundness and a restrained fruitiness. Brewed with Gambrinus Organic Pilsner and Dark Munich malt, imported brown, crystal and roasted malts, Warrior and Sterling hops.
3.5% ABV | 31 IBU

Working Girl Porter, Fort George Brewery
Our Panamax Porter is reborn with this new coffee porter named The Working Girl—brewed with the addition of over 5 lbs. of Working Girl coffee beans. The beans were put into both the mash tun and the kettle to create a light coffee aroma and coffee aftertaste in this diverse porter. With additional hints of chocolate and rye malt, this porter is well balanced and fantastic at any point in the day.
4.6% ABV

Little Dogs, Hair of the Dog Brewing
One of the oldest traditions in brewing is known as “small beer.” These are made when the grains from a high-gravity beer are reused, pulling out the remaining sugars in the mash. Hair of the Dog makes small beers from both Adam and Fred. Little Dog Fred is made with organic pilsner and rye malts; Little Dog Adam of organic pilsner, chocolate, black, and crystal malts.
3.2% ABV

Voodoo Mild, Lompoc Brewing
This take on a traditional British Mild features pale, brown, chocolate and peat smoked malts and toasted barley flakes, UK challenger and US Willamette hops along with Nottingham English Ale yeast. Medium bodied with notes of chocolate and a hint of peat with a subdued hop bitterness.
3.4% ABV | 12 IBU | OG 1.036

“Oxymoronic” Organic IPA, Natian Brewery
This experimental beer is a fully organic beer. It uses 100% organic Palisade hops (most organic beers use conventional hops)—a new, unusual hop variety noted for its fruity character. The hopping rates are consistent with an IPA, but the beer is brewed at session strength. A little IPA? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

Helles Belles, Ninkasi Brewing
Helles Belles is a crisp German lager with a lightly toasted clean malt flavor and body balanced by the addition of Spalt and Hallertau hops. These impart flavors and aromas that are grassy and subtly earthy in nature. This style is Bavaria’s national beer and defines drinkability to the people of Munich.
5.1% ABV | 22 IBU | OG 1.051

Lil’ Smokey, Oakshire Brewing
This session porter has been made with a touch of smoked malt. Light bodied with hints of smoke, roast, and chocolate, Lil’ Smokey is just right for the dark beer lover in summertime.
3.2% ABV

Pure Wit, Upright Brewing
Upright’s take on a Belgian-style wit using coriander and a special bitter orange peel for aromatics along with a good portion of oats and both raw and malted wheat. Creamy, tart, and refreshing.
4.5% ABV

Beer list from http://beervana.blogspot.com/

The Great American Nano Fest
8/27-8/28
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
12-9pm Sat
12-7pm Sun
$10 for 5 tasters, $1 for additional tickets.
A celebration of all things nano: breweries, food carts, music, craft vendors, and artists. The Great American Nano Fest is dog and kid friendly. A portion of the proceed will benefit the Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School.
BREWERIES INCLUDED: Beetje Brewery, Ambacht Brewing, Coalition Brewing, Fire Mountain Brewing, Columbia River Brewing, Green Dragon/Oregon Brew Crew, Mt.Emily Alehouse, Pale Horse Brewing, Occidental Brewing, Upright Brewing, Boneyard Beers, Flat Tail Brewing, Heater Allen Brewing, Migration Brewing, Beer Valley Brewing, Oregon Trail Brewing, Natian Brewery, Mutiny Brewing and Chatoe Rogue Farmstead Brewery

Ninkasi Beer Brunch
08/28/11
East Burn
1800 E Burnside
Portland
11-3pm
$30
A Ninkasi Beer Brunch with Ninkasi owner/brewer Jamie Floyd.
Course 1:Proscuitto, Fruit and Cheese Plate, with Honey Scones. Paired with: Transcendental Ale
Course 2:Buttermilk Biscuit topped with Elk Meatloaf, Baked Egg and Wild Mushroom Gravy. Paired w/:Tricerahops Double IPA
Course 3:Oatmeal, Nut and Honey Pizzelles with Oatis Stout Oatmeal Molasses Ice Cream from Salt & Straw. Paired with: Oatis Oatmeal Stout
Tickets are $30 and available at the East Burn. More info:http://www.pdxbeerweek.com?/index.html

The Great American Nano Fest
8/27-8/28
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
12-7pm Sun
$10 for 5 tasters, $1 for additional tickets.
A celebration of all things nano: breweries, food carts, music, craft vendors, and artists. The Great American Nano Fest is dog and kid friendly. A portion of the proceed will benefit the Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School.
BREWERIES INCLUDED: Beetje Brewery, Ambacht Brewing, Coalition Brewing, Fire Mountain Brewing, Columbia River Brewing, Green Dragon/Oregon Brew Crew, Mt.Emily Alehouse, Pale Horse Brewing, Occidental Brewing, Upright Brewing, Boneyard Beers, Flat Tail Brewing, Heater Allen Brewing, Migration Brewing, Beer Valley Brewing, Oregon Trail Brewing, Natian Brewery, Mutiny Brewing and Chatoe Rogue Farmstead Brewery

PDX Beer Week Closing Block Party
08/28/11
Bazi Bierbrasserie
11:00-5:00
Oregon brewers including Double Mountain Brewery, Upright Brewing, Ninkasi Brewing, Beetje Brewery, Breakside Brewery, Full Sail Brewing, Burnside Brewing, Hopworks Urban Brewery

New IPA Day
08/26/11
Laurelwood Public House and Brewery
5115 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland
5-7pm
Beer release upstairs in the brewers den