Beer+Sushi
08/22/11
Roscoe’s
8105 SE Stark
Portland
6-9pm
$15 for 4 pairings
8 pairings-Get a sampler of 4 for $15
Creamy Scallops w/Breakside Brewery Wit
Black Tiger Roll w/Burnside Brewing Grätzer
Hamachi w/Caldera Brewing Hibiscus Ginger
Eel w/ Fort George Brewery Bourbon-Barrel Cavatica Stout
Seared Albacore w/Oakshire Brewing Blind Date
Tuna Roll w/Oakshire Brewing Daily Dose Summer Ale
Escolar w/Upright Brewing Flora Rustica

Each pairing is available and priced individually in this casual tasting event. Attendees can choose between having a taster or a full pint of the selected pairing beer along with the Miyamoto Sushi menu item.

Barrel Aged Beer Seminar
08/24/11
Hopworks Urban Brewery – Banquet Room
2944 SE Powell Blvd
Portland
503-232-4677
6pm
sold outski
Brewers and Beers:

John Harris, Full Sail Brewing
2 vintages of Black Gold or Top Sail (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout and Porter respectively)
1998 Old Boilermaker (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine)

Ben Love, Hopworks Urban Brewery
Ace of Spades (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial IPA)
Piledriver (Cabernet and Bourbon Barrel-Aged Belgian Strong Ale with Cherries)
Noggin Floggin (2009 Macallan Scotch Barrel-Aged)

Nick Arzner, Block 15 Brewing
Pappy’s Dark Ale (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout)
Golden Canary (Pinot Barrel-Aged sour Wild Ale)
Figgy Pudding (Brandy Barrel-Aged English Strong Ale)

Ben Edmunds, Breakside Brewery
Double Wit (Gin Barrel-Aged Sour Ale)
Aztec (Bourbon Barrel-Aged Chocolate and Chili Strong Ale)

3rd Annual IPA Challenge
08/21/11
Blitz Ladd Sports Pub
2239 SE 11th Ave
Portland
503-236-3592
11-10pm
$10
Featuring regionally brewed IPAs+supports The Bald Faced Truth Foundation.

Barbecue Competition
There are currently openings for 25 barbecue teams to compete in the Jack Daniels and Tabasco challenge sponsored by the NW Barbecue Association. The winners move on to a national qualifier. Not only is this a fun and delicious undertaking, but it will support The Bald Faced Truth Foundation, which helps inner city kids with access to sports equipment. $5 suggested donation at the door for Bald faced Truth foundation. Special cooking categories (cooking with Jack Daniels and cooking with Tabasco) at 3 and 4pm respectively. Music both days from 12-4pm and 6-9pm. Sunday dedicated completely to the main event cooking (brisket, ribs and pulled pork). Food donated and supplied by Sysco.

IPA Challenge
Try a range of locally brewed India Pale Ales (IPAs) that will available in sampler flights of 8 for $10. You be the judge as to which IPA is crowned as the best. There will also be a panel of local beer geeks choosing their favorites. Live music will also be going on throughout the day to set a fun and festive atmosphere. IPA judging commences at 4:00pm and awards will be announced at 5:00pm.

3rd Annual Nanofest
8/21
Max’s Fanno Creek Brew Pub
12562 SW Main St
Tigard
503.624.9400
11am-cl
Mugs$4/4oz taster $1.50
BIG BEERS from 14 small breweries. 3rd annual summer beer festival with a tent setup behind the pub and our outdoor seating will include tables setup along-side Fanno Creek in addition to our usual patio seating in front.
Plenty of parking is available behind the pub-No Hoppy Hour during the Nano Beer Fest-Full menu available

Astoria Brewing – Astoria, Oregon
Solar Dog IPA Ale – 6.2% ABV
A big straight forward blend of citrus notes and flavors followed by a smooth malty finish.

Beer Valley – Ontario, Oregon
Pigskin Pale Ale – 6% ABV
Light in color yet high in malt & hop character. Crisp and clean like a well-executed touchdown pass, Pigskin Pale Ale finishes off with an end zone celebration of zesty, floral hops that says 6 points. American Style.
Owyhee Amber – 5.5% ABV
This ale is an easy drinking, amber beer for the masses. Brewed with 2-row barley, Munich, and crystal malts, this amber beer is a cleaner, crisper version of an ale reminiscent of an amber lager beer. Owyhee Amber is a true session beer as refreshing as a breath of air in the vast mountain range that it was named after.

Bend Brewing – Bend, Oregon
Doppel Bock – 7.8% ABV
Huge malt aroma which assails the nose with sweet complexity. This beer slinks over the palate leaving in its wake an intense creamy, sweet, nutty maltiness and nuances of freshly baked bread.
Ching Ching – 4.5% ABV
Ching Ching is a whimsical take on a German Berliner Weisse. It is effervescent with a SweeTART tanginess. Pomegranate and hibiscus make this a perfect summer thirst quencher that just might push the boundaries of what you consider beer.

Boneyard Beers – Bend, Oregon
GIRL BEER – aka “BEERMOSA” – 4.3% ABV
This wheat ale is re-fermented with a blend of dark sweet and tart Oregon cherries. The use of special malts from Germany lends a slight tartness to balance beautifully with the cherries. This ale is very smooth & light in body. Although this beer was created with the ladies in mind, it is a favorite among many gentlemen as well.

Calapooia Brewing – Albany, Oregon
Hop Rye Pale – 6% ABV
This rye pale ale is 20% rye malt, single hopped with nugget.

Upright Brewing – Portland, Oregon
Alphaphylactic – 8.1% ABV
Alphaphylactic Hop was brewed for Saraveza’s second annual double IPA fest and is currently out and about. The beer uses more hops than any brew we’ve made so far, yet still has an aroma spiked with floral and fruity notes rooted in a high temperature fermentation using the brewery’s house saison yeast. Bitterness is moderate for a double IPA but is accentuated by a long and biting finish.

Double Mountain Brewery – Hood River, Oregon
Vaporizer Dry Hopped Pale Ale – 6% ABV
“THE VAPORIZER” is a golden-hued Pale Ale that features a beautifully hoppy aroma and flavor. The malt is 100% Gambrinus Pilsner, our sweet and supple house malt from Gambrinus Malting in British Columbia. The hops are primarily of the Challenger variety, grown on a single farm in the Yakima Valley. We dry-hop “THE VAPORIZER” to pump up the hoppy goodness. It’s an appetizingly dry, clean and pure-tasting take on a hoppy Pale Ale.
Hop Lava Imperial IPA – 7% ABV
This big, glowing, powerful IPA is packed with assertive Northwest hops that are floral, citrusy and resinous. A healthy dose of Munich malt helps to provide backbone and balance against the hoppy attack. The result? Explosive! Brewed with Gambrinus Organic Pilsner and Munich Malt, Centennial and Cascade hops.

Oakshire Brewing – Eugene, Oregon
Line Dry Rye – summer seasonal – 5.5% ABV
Line Dry Rye is a honey-orange colored pale ale. It is crafted with 10% rye malt and 10% flaked rye for a complex malt profile. American hops give Line Dry a crisp bitterness and a slight citrusy flavor. Clean and refreshing, it ends with just a small note of blackberry honey in the finish that brings all of the elements together. The name “Line Dry” was chosen as the perfect fit for summer in the Willamette Valley. With only a small window of opportunity to practice this energy saving practice, we think it is time you sit back with a pint of Line Dry Rye and watch the clothes dry!

Gilgamesh Brewing – Turner, Oregon
Mamba 7.0% ABV
Formerly known as “Black Mamba”, this beer is a very complex hopless brew, with a light, yet slightly sweet and spicy body. Brewed with black tea, a hint of tangerine zest, and rye creating an aromatic and extremely unique brew. Definitely something you must try.

Fire Mountain Brewery – Carlton, Oregon
Bogart IPA – 6.9% ABV
Bogart is a truly great North West IPA. In the mash tun, Marris, Otter and 4 other malts including Canadian pils gives this ale its smooth malt balance. Hops in the kettle, Cascade “true to the cause” along with Centennial, Simcoe, Hercules and Willamette. Hops in the Brite, Cascade, of course, and 5 other NW varieties to bring a balance of hop aromas to life.

Flat Tail Brewing – Corvallis, Oregon
Belgian Blonde Ale – 6.5% ABV
Brewed with 100% Belgian malts, and imported Belgian Candi Syrup. Fermented with a traditional Trappist yeast strain in our open tank, and allowed to rise from 58 degrees to 87 degrees naturally, without temperature control.

Hop Valley Brewing – Springfield, Oregon
Stepchild Red 6.1% ABV
This beer is a hoppy, malty, rich NW red ale, deep amber in color. We used Great Western 2 row, Crystal Munich, Cerastan & chocolate malt, Cluster, Cascade, Palisade & Ahtanum hops.

Caldera Brewing – Ashland, Oregon
Hop Hash – 7.0% ABV
This beer gets its name from the Hop Union Hop Hash nuggets – pure hop lupulin extracted and scraped from the Hop Union pelletizing line, then boiled for 90 minutes in the kettle. According to the brewer, this has never been done before! Premium 2-row, Great Western Munich, Crisp 60L and rolled oats comprise the grain bill designed to carry this load. Fermented warm using American Ale yeast to bring out the fruitiness, the resulting beer is designed to be a surprise on all fronts. Even the brewer has no idea how hoppy it’ll be.

Organic Beer & Bacon Pairing
08/21/11
Grain & Gristle
1473 NE Prescott
Portland
503-298-5007
2-5pm
$21
7 organic beers and 7 bacons including:
Hopworks Urban Brewery Velvet ESB 5.2% abv Tails and Trotters hazlenut finished pork pepper bacon
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Free Range Organic Red Ale. 6.1% abv 60 IBUs with Dry cured Applewood Smoked Bacon
Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales Twee Bretta Farmhouse Ale 8% abv paired with local Hood River bacon
Upright Brewing Offen Weisse 5.2% abv paired with House-cured Tesa an Italian-style fresh bacon.
Each week the Grain and Gristle gets a whole pig from the Payne family farm, west of Corvallis, Oregon and the staff butcher it into delectable menu items.

HUB/Double Mountain Beer Brunch
08/20/11
Spirit Of 77
500 NE MLK
Portland
10-2pm
Hopworks Urban Brewery and Double Mountain Brewery pair for a Beer Brunch
Menu: Double Mountain Vaporizer with Battered Squid and Pickled Peppers
Double Mountain Kolsch with Braised Cabbage, Kielbasa, Pretzel
Double Mountain Red Rye with a Glazed Chicken Wing
Hopworks Batch 1000 with Cured Salmon, Potato Pancake, Creme Fraich, Caviar
Hopworks Survival 7 Grain Stout with Braised House Bacon, Sunnyside Egg, Apple Cider, Maple Syrup.
Hopworks Velvet ESB with Crispy Sweetbreatds, Za’atar, Spicy Tahini

New Old Lompoc Brewery turns 15
08/20/11
New Old Lompoc
1616 NW 23rd
Portland
11am
Serving 15 unique and specialty Lompoc beers in addition to its mainstay lineup in the parking lot, in addition to the myriad of beers, there will be a cornhole tournament, live music, a special menu featuring some of NOL favorites, and a toast to the memory of Don Younger.
There’s no cover charge:beer list: 2009 Pre-Dawn Imperial Stout, Cherry Fechter, Pale Ryeder, Saazall Pilsner, 2007 Batch 69 Baltic Porter, 2005 Old Tavern Rat Barleywine,, 2009 Old Tavern Rat Barleywine, Alpha Blonde Dry Hopped Belgian Golden, C-Son’s Greetings, Bourbon Barrel Aged Monster Mash, 2008 Jolly Bock, 2010 Bourbon Barrel Aged LSD, Roggen Roll, Caribbean Coffee Stout (Export stout with rum infused oak chips and Jamaican coffee), PilzIPA, 2008 Monster Mash and PDXport Stout.

16th Annual Lighthouse Brewfest
08/20/11
McMenamins
Lighthouse Brewpub
4157 N Highway 101
Lincoln City
541-994-7238
11am’til late-Free admission-All Ages-19 McMenamins beers made especially for this beer festival.

Crystal Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Brewers: Jeff Cooley, Alex McGaw
Beer: A Midsummer Night’s Chamomile Wheat
Style: Wheat beer
This beer is a slightly hazy, golden-colored ale with a thick creamy head and floral aroma, with a hint of citrus. Brewed with organic 2-row and wheat malts, and spiced with Perle hops, Egyptian chamomile, it is known affectionately as the ice tea of beers. It has a pleasant floral wheat ale with a crisp finish and subtle citrus overtones. This light ale is a welcome addition to your summer drinking quiver and welcome respite for the sweltering summer months to come.
Words to live by: “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” — William Shakespeare

John Barleycorn Brewery (Tigard, Ore.)
Brewer: Tim Proctor
Beer: Union Jack English Pale
Style: English pale ale
Union Jack is a medium-bodied pale ale with a copper-amber color. English malts were used to create a bready sweetness that is balanced by traditional Golding hops. This is an easy-drinking pale, perfect to share with friends while soaking in some rays at the beach.
Words to live by: “Everybody should believe in something, I believe I’ll have another beer.” – W.C. Fields

Old St Francis School Brewery (Bend, Ore.)
Brewers: Mike “Curley” White, Andy Young
Beer: Slingshot Organic Pale
Style: American pale ale
The Slingshot Organic Pale Ale is a well-balanced beer with both bready malt and floral hop flavors! A quick rounded mix of citrus and a touch of bitterness will hit your taste buds like a shot! A great outdoor sipping beer that will remind you of those summer nights being a mischievous kid! Cheers and enjoy!
Words to live by:
“Curly” Mike White: “I don’t know why! I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again!” — Bart Simpson
Andy Young: “Son, a woman is like a beer. They smell good, they look good, and you’d step over your own mother just to get one!” — Homer J Simpson

Highland Brewery (Gresham, Ore.)
Brewer: Dan Black
Beer: Toutes les Routes
Style: Belgium saison
Toutes les Routes (means all roads in French) is a Belgian saison, a summer seasonal ale originally brewed by farmers in the French-speaking part of Belgium. This beer was designed to be a thirst quenching and refreshing beer to enjoy during the hot summer months and still packed with flavor. Toutes les Routes was brewed with pilsner, Vienna and wheat malts, with a blend of Chinook, Citra and Golding hops for bitterness, flavor and aroma. Grains of paradise were added to the boil for an added spicy, peppery note that will lend itself to the complexity of the French Saison ale yeast (Wyeast 3711). Enjoy this summer seasonal.
Words to live by: “Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.” – George Herbert

Hillsdale Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Brewer: Matthew Giglio
Beer: Good Lovin’ Brown Ale
Style: Brown ale
Ahh…. Some of that old good fashion lovin’! This old-world-style brown ale should bring you back to a much simpler time in life … when just the basics were brought together and formed into a working man’s beverage! Break out the crushed velvet suit and prepare for some Good Lovin’! Little to no hop character should leave you malting for more!
Words to live by: “True fine lovin’, a whole lotta huggin’, nothing but trouble baby, I need your good lovin.’” — James Brown

Lighthouse Brewery (Lincoln City, Ore.)
Brewer: Doug Ashley
Beer: Deck Hands Dark
Style: American dark ale
A hard-working deck hand knows what he wants after a long day of saying, “Yes, sir” to the captain. He wants to say, “Yes, I’ll have a Deck Hands Dark Ale.” He looks forward to the great American dark ale with subtle roasted malt and delicate hop flavors.
Words to live by: “Respect the deck hand who powers the part of the ship the engine can’t.” — Jean Ashley

Edgefield Brewery (Troutdale, Ore.)
Brewers: Bruce Loux, Robert Mason, Christina Canto, Stephen Harper, Nathan Whitney, Dustin Andries
Beer: Moonflower Cascadian Dark Ale
Style: Cascadian dark ale
This beer was brewed for the 100th birthday celebration of McMenamins Edgefield historic property. The brewers at Edgefield tried to marry two different beer recipes as closely as possible to create deliciously smooth and nicely hopped dark ale. We hope you enjoy this special offering. Cheers from the Edgefield brewers.
Words to live by: Why bother doing anything if you are not going to do it right? Cheers!

Oak Hills Brewpub (Portland, Ore.)
Brewer: Tony Balzola
Beer: Über Den Rand
Style: Dunkelweiss
This is a dark wheat beer that is laoded with malt character. Banana, clove, chocolate and breadiness are accentuated by a floral and spicy hoppiness. Rose hips were added in the finish to add a subtle pepper quality. This beer was then aged in a Hogshead Whiskey barrel for over 3 months, adding oak and whiskey character.
Words to live by: “The edge – there is no honest way to explain it because on the people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” – Hunter S. Thompson

Concordia Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Brewers: Kevin Lee, Matt Carter
Beer: Dark Karl
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Need not be concerned who Dark Karl is. What should concern you is this tall, dark drink in front of you. As dark as the winter was long, Dark Karl is not a beer for the faint of heart. Just past 8.5 % ABV, I suggest you put on your sunglasses and seek some shade. With over 500 lbs. of the finest ingredients available, you should find this beer to be robust, full-bodied and, most important, full-flavored. For those of you who don’t know, Dark Karl put the barley in the “Barley Cup.” Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Words to live by: “If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?” – George Carlin

McMenamins on the Columbia (Vancouver, Wa.)
Brewer: Mike Napier
Beer: Pacific Gold
Style: Golden ale
This crisp and hoppy golden ale is perfect for a beautiful Pacific sunset, or sunrise, shared with family and friends. This ale is nicely balanced with a Northwest hop presence and slight tastiness from the Belgian malts. Nice and easy, just like our mellow summer days, cheers.
Words to live by: “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” – Humphrey Bogart

Monroe Brewery (Corvallis, Ore.)
Brewer: Gary Nance
Beer: Beach Party Kölsch
This refreshing beer was made with German malts and German alt yeast. These ingredients lend a crisp flavor to enable the lime and peppers to also play in the band. The hop sack is a combination of dried serrano pepper with lime zest. Fresh lime juice adds a refreshing tartness to the beer. I thought that at this beach party we would give the lemons a break. I hope that my Beach Party Kölsch proves the best beach beer doesn’t come in a clear bottle.
Words to live by: “No matter what you choose, choose love.” — Ringo (a.k.a. R. Starkey)

Fulton Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Brewer: Ryan Mott
Beer: Brick Top ESB
Style: English ESB
Brick Top ESB is a balanced offering in the deep orange to copper color range. The first flavors that wash over the palate are of mellow burnt sugar followed by a citrusy hop bitterness. The bitterness fades into a biscuit-flavored body. Neither flavor threatens to overwhelm the other as they glide together towards a pleasant, lingering, flowery hop finish. This beer is designed to offer plenty of flavor without seizing one’s palate. It makes a great session beer to be enjoyed by itself or as a companion with most foods. It pairs especially well with fish and chips.
Words to live by: “Do you know what nemesis means?” — Brick Top

High Street Brewery (Eugene, Ore.)
Brewer: Charlton Fulton
Beer: Lotus Hammer IPA
Lotus Hammer IPA is a medium-bodied IPA with a big pine and citrus hop aroma. The malt complexity provides a solid balance with the hop character that keeps this high IBU beer very drinkable. The addition of Oat malt lends a silky mouth feel to compensate for the lack of Crystal malt. The Munich and Vienna malts add to the malt complexity and give the beer a light golden color.
Words to live by: Let your happiness be contagious!

Thompson House Brewery (Salem, Ore.)
Brewer: Jen Kent
Beer: Boardwalk Amber
Style: American amber
Great classic Pacific Northwest amber full of soft caramel notes then topped off with a hop profile to keep us hop lovers satisfied. Great beer to stroll along with your time.
Words to live by: “It’s just bubbles at the bus station.” – Jaren

Roseburg Brewery (Roseburg, Ore.)
Brewer: Tom Johnson
Beer: The Marble Rye
Style: Rye beer
The Marble Rye is a tasty rye India pale ale with Crystal Rye malt and Roast Rye malt swirled into the mash for extra added flavor and color. The Crystal and Roast Rye malts add a toasty caramel complexity with a zing of rye. Citra hops counter the malt with tropical citrus flavor and aroma. The Marble Rye is a natural with a Reuben sandwich and makes a great gift.
Words to live by: “Just because your life is destroyed, don’t destroy someone else’s.” – Jerry Seinfeld

West Linn Brewery (West Linn, Ore.)
Brewer: Jeremy Wulf
Beer: Chocolate Monkey Porter
Style: Porter
This chocolate porter is rich, smooth, dark and very refreshing. Just the right balance of hops and various malts were used to create this tasty porter. It is intended to bring out the animal in all of us.
Words to live by: “Scared is when you are about to do something amazing.”

Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Brewery (Hillsboro, Ore.)
Brewers: Chris Oslin, Brady Romtvedt
Beer: Dog Days Vanilla Cream Lager
Style: Nitro cream ale
We started with a big, balanced, hellesbock lager for a clean, sturdy base. In the keg, we added milk sugars for creaminess and raw vanilla beans for pure vanilla goodness. The result is a summer cooler that wouldn’t be out of place pouring from a 1950s soda fountain (excepting the alcohol, of course). Smooth, refreshing, and wonderfully unique, enjoy a pint of Dog Days Vanilla Cream Lager today.

Grand Opening Celebration
08/20/11
McMenamins
Wilsonville Old Church & Pub
30340 SW Boones Ferry Rd
Wilsonville
503-427-2500
Freak Mountain Ramblers+Ants in the Kitchen, Portland Timbers game on the big screenplus music, tastings, history, kids’ fun and much more!! Pub opening at 11 a.m.; fun starts at 12 noon

Coalition Brewing is 1
08/20/11
Coalition Brewing
2724 SE Ankeny
Portland
O-C
Celebrate Coalition Brewing’s first year with live music in the beer garden, happy hour all day, a beer brat BBQ, a live brewing demo+the release of a Coalator Cascadian Dark Ale.