Meet the Full Sail Brewer
10/13/11
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
6-8pm
Meet Full Sail Brewmaster John Harris as he brings 3 fresh hop beers, made with the same recipe but different fresh hops.

Ill Tempered Gnome Release Party
10/13/11
The Guild Public House
1101 E Burnside St
Portland
503-233-1743
5-7pm
Oakshire Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk will be on hand to pour the first pints of the gnight. Additionally, look for 6 Oakshire beers to be on tap plus this is the one an only planned appearance of Rob, the Ill Tempered Gnome scheduled in Portland this millennia so fans of Gnomes won’t want to miss it. Oakshire products will be available for purchase to go after 7 pm for only $8 per Growler but you’ve gotta bring your own growler to fill.
Beer List.
Oakshire Amber
Oakshire Harvest Ale
Oakshire Ill-Tempered Gnome
Oakshire Roble’s Red IPA
Oakshire Single Batch Pilsner
Oakshire Watershed IPA

Fresh Hop-A-Palooza!
10/13/11
Concordia Ale House
3276 NE Killingsworth
Portland
503-287-3929
10 Fresh Hop Beer Sampler tray.

Fresh Hop Summit
10/14/11
Roscoe’s
8105 SE Stark St
Portland
503-255-0049
4-7pm
14 Fresh Hop Beers on tap look for Fort George Fresh Hop Vortex, Double Mountain Brewery Killer Green, Amnesia Brewings Mother Plucker, 10 Barrel Crosby’s Fresh Hop, Deschutes Brewery Fresh Hop Mirror Pond, Cascade Brewing Fresh Hop Porter, Oakshire Brewing Triune Pale and a Hopworks Fresh Hop. Taster trays will be available.

2011 Fresh Hop Beer Tastivals

10/8/2011
Portland Fresh Hop Tastival
Oaks Amusement Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland
12-8pm-Cash only – Minors permitted – Glass sales til 7pm – Drink Ticket sales till 7:30pm
$10 for a glass and 2 drink tickets.
$15 for a glass and 7 drink tickets
$20 for two glasses and 4 drink tickets.

Cash only – Minors permitted – Glass sales til 7pm – Drink Ticket sales till 7:30pm.
Brewer DJ’s-Music by Hollowdog and Sexxon Valdez
Free Root Beer for the kids courtesy of Portland U-Brew & Pub
Homebrewing Demonstration by Portland U-Brew & Pub

Food From Philadelphia’s Steaks and Hoagies and Curbside Grill.

BEER LIST

10/08/2011
Willamette Valley Fresh Hops Fest
Lane Events Center
Wheeler Pavillion
796 W. 13th Ave
21+/Cash only
Noon-10pm
Admission is free
$10 for a glass and 2 drink tickets.
$15 for a glass and 7 drink tickets
$20 for two glasses and 4 drink tickets.
Individual Tastes are $1
Live Entertainment, Beer recipe food vendors, Brewery Swag, Oregon Hop display – Farm to Brew
Volunteer opportunities are available contact freshhop@biggreenevents.com
Presenting Sponsor.

Sponsors

Volunteers Needed
Fresh Hop Beer Tastival
10/08/2011
Oaks Park Amusement Park
7805 SE Oaks Park Way
Shifts are from:
11:30-4:00pm-Servers will need to bring your OLCC Servers Permit
1:30-6:00pm-Servers will need to bring your OLCC Servers Permit
3:30-8:00pm-Servers will need to bring your OLCC Servers Permit

Willamette Valley Fresh Hops Festival
10/08/2011
Lane Events Center
Wheeler Pavillion
796 W. 13th Ave
Eugene
12:00-4:30pm-Servers will need to bring your OLCC Servers Permit
4:30-7:30pm-Servers will need to bring your OLCC Servers Permit
7:30-10:00pm-Servers will neeed to bring your OLCC Servers Permit

Volunteers receive t-shirt, meal, glass and 7 tokens or people on the last shift get an after party.
We have a limited number of shifts available for people who do not have their servers permits during the same times.
Anyone who wants to volunteer from 11:30-6:00 in Portland will also get a $20 voucher towards a SNOB membership or future Guild event good through 2012. Contact Brian at 971-270-0965 or info@oregonbeer.org and make sure to indicate what size t-shirt you need.

Breakside Brewery wins silver medal at Great American Beer Festival, announces upcoming seasonal releases

Breakside Brewery (820 NE Dekum) recently claimed a silver medal for its classic Irish-style Dry Stout at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival competition, the largest national beer competition recognizing the most outstanding beers produced in the United States. The top three winners in the competition’s 83 beer-style categories were announced October 1 at the 30th annual Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

The 2011 Great American Beer Festival competition winners were selected by an international panel of 169 expert judges from record number of 3,900 entries received from 522 U.S. breweries.

The Breakside brewing team of Ben Edmunds and Sam Barber are also excited to announce the release of several new brews for October as well as the return of one of their popular past beers. Today, the brewery releases its Dark Mild, a traditional low alcohol brown ale. Tapping later this week will be a Farmhouse Golden designed for St. Jack Restaurant (2039 SE Clinton). This blended brew uses a persnickety French saison yeast strain and was partially fermented on fresh tarragon. The beer is the second in the series of collaboration beers that Breakside began in August with some of Portland’s top chefs. The beer will be available both at the brewery and at St. Jack. Later in the month, expect to see a traditional English IPA and a Belgian-style beer called Ambrée, a malty red ale made with elderflower and elderberry.

Returning from the vault of ‘beers of the past’ is Breakside’s Strong Northwest Saison. Originally brewed with the staff of Saraveza, this beer is a hybrid of a French saison and an American-style double IPA. All of these beers will be available throughout October at Breakside’s pub as well as at select beer bars and restaurants around Portland.

Portland Fresh Hop Tastival
10/8/2011
Oaks Amusement Park
7805 SE Oaks Park Way
Portland
12-8pm
$10 for a glass and 2 drink tickets.
$15 for a glass and 7 drink tickets
$20 for two glasses and 4 drink tickets.
Cash only – Minors permitted – Glass sales til 7pm – Drink Ticket sales till 7:30pm
Cash only – Minors permitted – Glass sales til 7pm – Drink Ticket sales till 7:30pm.
Brewer DJ’s-Music by Hollowdog and Sexxon Valdez
Free Root Beer for the kids courtesy of Portland U-Brew & Pub
Homebrewing Demonstration by Portland U-Brew & Pub

Food From Philadelphia’s Steaks and Hoagies and Curbside Grill.

BEER LIST

10/08/2011
Willamette Valley Fresh Hops Fest
Lane Events Center
Wheeler Pavillion
796 W. 13th Ave
21+/Cash only
Noon-10pm
Admission is free
$10 for a glass and 2 drink tickets.
$15 for a glass and 7 drink tickets
$20 for two glasses and 4 drink tickets.
Individual Tastes are $1
Live Entertainment, Beer recipe food vendors, Brewery Swag, Oregon Hop display – Farm to Brew
Volunteer opportunities are available contact freshhop@biggreenevents.com
Presenting Sponsor.

Sponsors

WILLAMETTE VALLEY FRESH HOP FESTIVAL: BEER BREWED WITH LOCAL FRESH HOPS OCTOBER 8 IN EUGENE

Eugene, Ore. – The Willamette Valley Fresh Hop Festival featuring beers brewed in Oregon with fresh hops is on tap for Saturday, October 8, 2011 in the Wheeler Pavilion of the Lane Events Center, located at 796 West 13th Avenue, Eugene.

Sponsored by Hop Union, BC Hop Farms, Sodbuster Farms and the Oregon Brewers Guild, the Willamette Valley Fresh Hop Festival will begin at 12 p.m. and end at 10 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door and includes a logo glass and two taste tickets. Additional taste tickets will be available for purchase for $1 for each ticket. Guests must be 21 years of age or older to attend.

Patrons will be able to taste more than 25 beers brewed by Oregon breweries with fresh hops, rather than hop pellets, and hop forward brews, which are beers brewed with a generous helping of hops added throughout the boiling process to draw exuberant flavors and aromas from hops, sometimes also dry-hopped to boost the hop aroma.

Hops, the female flower clusters (commonly called seed cones or strobiles), of a hop species, Humulus lupulus, are a natural preservative and act as the primary contributor to beer flavor and aroma. Described as floral, herbal, spicy or citrus, hops are capable of imparting nearly any flavor and are considered the “spice of beer.” According to the Oregon Hop Commission, Oregon is the second largest hop producer in the United States, with Washington first and Idaho third.

For more information about Oregon Hops, please visit http://oregonhops.org and http://www.hopunion.com.

For information on Oregon’s Fresh Hop Fests go to www.oregonbeer.org/fhbt2011

The beer festival will also feature live music, food vendors, and informative Oregon hop and beer booths.