Tap It Tuesday
05/15/12
Cascade Brewing Barrel House
939 SE Belmont
Portland
6pm
Live Red, a NW style sour red ale that was aged for four months in Bourbon barrels. Dark red wine, raisins and red grape skin aromas are noticed up front. Sweet red grapes and caramel with hints of hazelnuts roll across the palate. Bright red currants and cherries linger in the finish. There is no fruit or spicing in this beer, it’s just a double red aged on oak. 6.5 % ABV, $6 per glass

Collage Bottle Release
05/15/12
Deschutes Brewery Portland Pub
210 NW 11th Ave
Portland
503-296-4906
11-10pm
The first beer created and second released in the Conflux Series + is a collaboration with Hair of the Dog Brewing Co, only a limited amount of bottles for sale at both pubs and there is a 3 bottle limit per person and in addition to tasting this beer on tap, we will have a specialty food menu that pairs perfectly with this beer. Collage Release Special Menu-Deep dish wild mushroom & triple cream quiche with herb salad, Grilled Lamb chops with tart cherry chutney and mint pesto duo of fried and creamed cauliflower and Pistachio roulade with white chocolate-whisky mousse sweet cherry meringue, tart rhubarb coulis

Allman’s All Mild Release
05/15/12
Full Sail Brewery at Riverplace
0307 SW Montgomery
Portland
5-6:30pm
Allman’s All Mild is a light copper colored English Mild Ale, using a blend of 2-row Pale, Munich, English crystal and brown malts that provide a toasty biscuit character and a dry and balanced finish. Golding and Willamette hops impart an herbal aroma and subtle hop finish that complements the malt complexity. The ale’s low carbonation delivers an incredibly refreshing and light beer perfect for summertime enjoyment. ABV 4.1% IBU 25. Some of the proceeds will from the sale of the beer. Joshua has chosen to support the Columbia Gorge Ecology Institute

Amarillo Armadillo Release
05/15/12
Hopworks Urban Brewery
2944 SE Powell Blvd
Portland
5pm
The latest single hop IPA, the Amarillo Armadillo, will be released also you can do all three single hop IPA’s as samplers.

Amarillo Armadillo Release
05/15/12
Hopworks BikeBar
3947 N Williams Ave
Portland
5pm

Breakside Beermaker Dinner
05/15/12
Aviary
1733 NE Alberta
Portland
503-287-2400
$45
The four-course meal will be limited to twenty tickets and will be held in the back room of the Aviary Bar.
First: Steak tartare with fried quail eggs and pickled cauliflower with Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel
Second: Steamed clams with, sugar snap peas, pig snout bacon, chile miso broth with “A Good Problem to Have” Summer Golden Ale with kaffir lime and ginger
Third: Crispy pig ear with Witbier
Fourth: Dark chocolate tart with coffee tahini ice cream, grapefruit with Passionfruit Berlinerweisse

3 Ring Circus Release
05/15/12
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark
Portland
5-8pm
For this beer Homebrew chef Sean Paxton collaborated with brewers from Ninkasi, Speakeasy, and Schmaltz to create a nut brown ale brewed with dulce de leche, popped corn and peanuts. Ninkasi Ringleader Jamie Floyd will be onsite as they tap 3 Ring Circus plus Ninkasi Babylon English-Style Double IPA (English malts & hops plus an extra blast of Northwest hops)

Collage Beer Dinner
05/14/12
Wildwood Restaurant & Bar
1221 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209
only 4 seats left – email shelly to reserve a spot
503-225-0130 or shelly@wildwoodrestaurant.com
6:30-9:30pm
$85
6 courses
COLLAGE DINNER MENU

Mizuna Gardens Baby Greens – spring onion, The Dissident dried cherries, truffle tremor, late harvest sauvignon blanc vinaigrette, duck cracklins
Paired with The Dissident (100% aged in a French pinot barrel from Domaine Drouhine)

Oak Plank Wild Salmon – green garlic gnocchi, morels, brown butter
Paired with The Stoic (100% aged in a Rye whiskey barrel from Heaven Hill)

Seared Pork Belly Confit – bourbon ribollita, rainbow chard
Paired with Fred (100% aged in a Bourbon Midwest barrel from Heaven Hill)

Cocoa Braised Oxtail – morel mushroom flan, crispy asparagus
Paired with Adam (100% aged in a New Oregon barrel from Francois Freres)

Tandoor Roasted Reister Farms Rack of Lamb – brewery cured lamb bacon and new potato hash, sauteed pea vines, roasted shallot glace, black truffle aioli
Paired with Collage

Pistachio cake – white chocolate-whiskey mousse, sweet cherry meringue, tart rhubarb coulis
Coffee Service

Shaddock Rotator IPA series on Draft
05/14/12
Widmer Gasthaus
955 N Russell
Portland
5pm
$3 pints all day – Kick Off American Craft Beer Week with a Hefeweizen toast — guests around for the toast will receive a free Widmer Brothers sample.

Collage Beer Dinner
05/14/12
Wildwood Restaurant & Bar
1221 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209
503-225-0130 or shelly@wildwoodrestaurant.com
6:30-9:30pm
$85
6 courses

Breakside Beermaker Dinner
05/15/12
Aviary
1733 NE Alberta
Portland
503-287-2400
$45
The four-course meal will be limited to twenty tickets and will be held in the back room of the Aviary Bar.
First: Steak tartare with fried quail eggs and pickled cauliflower with Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel
Second: Steamed clams with, sugar snap peas, pig snout bacon, chile miso broth with “A Good Problem to Have” Summer Golden Ale with kaffir lime and ginger
Third: Crispy pig ear with Witbier
Fourth: Dark chocolate tart with coffee tahini ice cream, grapefruit with Passionfruit Berlinerweisse

Barrel Night
05/16/12
Sidebar
3901 N Williams
Portland
4pm
Everything on tap was either aged or fermented in barrels – 2008 Bourbon Barrel Aged Proletariat Red, 2010 Bourbon Barrel Aged Dagda, 2010 Franc’ly Brewdolph, 2011 Bourbon Barrel Aged C-Sons Greetings, Cherry Bomb & Lolampoc Clan.

COLLAGE, Conflux No. 1 Beer Dinner
05/18/12
Deschutes Brewery Bend Pub
1044 NW Bond St
Bend
6-9pm
$85 buy at http://collagedinnerbend.eventbrite.com/
During this beer dinner, meet owners Gary Fish of Deschutes Brewery and Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog Brewery, while enjoying an exquisite menu has been created by Chef Katrina & Chef Jeff from Deschutes Brewery to bring out the perfection in each of the four signature “component” beers. Imagine Deschutes Brewery’s hard-to-find Reserve beer, The Dissident, matched up with poached crab legs and Hair of the Dog’s Adam perfectly paired with smoked beef rib-eye. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to NeighborImpact of Central Oregon.

Anniversary Open House
05/19/12
Heater|Allen Brewery
907 NE 10th Ave
McMinnville, OR 97128
503-472-4898
Noon-5pm
Pouring Pils, Coastal, Schwarz, Hugo, and Smoky Bob. The tasting will be $4. The new Heater Allen logo Pilsner glasses for sale for $5. These Pilsner glasses will hold a full pint, along with requisite foamy head.

1st Annual NE Pedal Poker Run
05/19/12
Alameda Brewhouse
4765 NE Fremont
Portland
1-5pm
Visit six participating NE breweries and pubs all with in easy walking distance. At each stop pick up one playing card to create the best 5 card stud hand possible. Make sure you are at Alameda Brewhouse by 5:30 for fabulous prizes and the music of Twisted Whistle. No purchase necessary to play, just come have some fun! Breweries along the route include Alameda Brewhouse, F.O.T.M. Brewing, Laurelwood Public House and Brewery, Columbia River Brewpub, Bottles and the Moon and Sixpence. Look for beers from Migration Brewing, Burnside Brewing at the Moon and Sixpence and beers from Breakside Brews and Upright Brewing at Bottles.

Upright Beermaker Dinner http://www.brasserieportland.com/pages/eat-drink/brewers-dinner
05/24/12
Brasserie Montmarte
626 SW Park Avenue
Portland
503-236-3036
1830
$45
4 courses paired with the finest from Upright Brewing.

BREWPUBLIC KillerBeerFest 3.5
05/27/12
Bailey’s Taproom
213 SW Broadway
Portland
2-10pm

Portland Fruit Beer Fest
6/9-6/10, 2012
Burnside Brewing
701 E Burnside
11-9pm