Rogue is Brewing up Roses for Portland Rose Festival
PORTLAND, OR, May 9th, 2012 – Rogue Ales has been selected as the official brewery of the 105th annual Portland Rose Festival, which runs May 25th – June 17th. To celebrate the City of Roses, Rogue has brewed Portland Rose Festival Ale.
Rose Festival Ale is brewed with Oregon Rose Petals and comes in a commemorative painted white bottle. The ale will be available for purchase at the Rogue Distillery and Public House in the Pearl District, Rogue Hall located on the Portland State University campus, and the pop-up Rogue Waterfront Pub at the Rose Festival.
The Rogue Waterfront Pub will throw its tent flaps open on Friday, May 25th at 5pm and will be open Thursdays and Fridays from 3pm – 11pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 11am – 11pm for the duration of the Rose Festival. The pub will have five Rogue ales on tap and will be pouring Rogue’s award winning spirits. Menu items will include pulled pork sandwiches, pizza and beer cheese soup. Guests can stop by the pub before a concert, for lunch with family, to sip on cocktails, or just to enjoy a beer on the waterfront.

Oregon Brewers Festival raises a mug in a toast to its 25th annual year of celebrating craft beer
Festival to feature 84 beers in main tent, another 40 in the Buzz Tent and debut a new Sour Beer Tent

PORTLAND, Ore. – On a sun-soaked July afternoon, there’s no better place to sip suds with friends than the Oregon Brewers Festival, one of the nation’s longest-running and best-loved craft beer festivals. Nearly 80,000 fans will travel from points around the world to take part in the 25th annual event, July 26 through July 29 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. Event hours are Noon to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and Noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.

From Belgians to Browns, Doppelbocks to Dunkels, Pales to Pilsners and Scottish ales to Stouts, the Oregon Brewers Festival serves up more than 20 beer styles from 82 craft breweries from around the country. There are 84 beers in the main tent – one per brewery plus two gluten-free offerings – and another 40-plus in the Buzz Tent. This year, organizers have also announced they will add a Sour Beer Tent to the festivities, bringing awareness of one of the latest craft beer trends to a massive audience.

The Oregon Brewers Festival is first and foremost a celebration of beer, but the event also features four days of live music, food booths, craft vendors, and industry displays. The Crater Lake Soda Garden provides complimentary handcrafted root beer to minors and designated drivers. Minors are allowed into the event when accompanied by a parent. Admission into the festival grounds is free. In order to consume beer, purchase of a 2012 souvenir mug is required and costs $6. Mugs from previous years will not be filled. Beer is purchased with wooden tokens, which cost $1 apiece. Patrons pay four tokens for a full mug of beer, or one token for a taste.

Alternative modes of transportation are encouraged, with free monitored bicycle parking available each day. The main entrance is at SW Oak Street and Naito Parkway, one block from the MAX Light Rail line.

The Oregon Brewers Festival takes place during Oregon Craft Beer Month, a celebration of craft beer by Oregon’s specialty breweries. During the entire month, a variety of special events will take place at craft breweries throughout the state, culminating with the Oregon Brewers Festival.

The Oregon Brewers Festival was founded in 1988 as an opportunity to expose the public to microbrews at a time when the craft brewing industry was just getting off the ground. Today, that industry has flourished, especially in Oregon, which has 107 brewing companies operating 139 brewing facilities in 55 cities. Portland alone has 48 breweries – more than any other city in the world. For more information about the Oregon Brewers Festival, visit www.oregonbrewfest.com.

Gigantic Opening
05/09/12
Gigantic Brewing
5224 SE 26th Ave
Portland
3pm
Gigantic Brewing & Champagne lounge will open with 2 house made beers and their collabo beers.

Beer and Barrel Education 101
05/09/12
Oakshire Brewing
1055 Madera St
Eugene
541-688-4555 or amanda@oakbrew.com
5:30-7pm
$10
Join Oakshire Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk for a lesson in barrel-aged beers. Taste some rare treats from Oakshire’s Barrel Program and learn about Hellshire II.

Harvester Beermaker Dinner
05/09/12
Jade Bistro, Teahouse & Patisserie
7912 SE 13th Ave
Portland,
1830
503-477-8985 or info@jadeportland.com
$45

A Toast to Twilight and Hop in the Dark
05/08/12
Deschutes Brewery Portland Pub
210 NW 11th Ave
Portland
11-11pm
Pub release parties for Twilight and Hop in the Dark-pub chefs will create some treats to perfectly complement each respective beer, plus we’ll have swag and good stuff to help you celebrate. Special sample menu will be available that includes a half pint of each beer (Twilight Summer Ale & Hop in the Dark) paired perfectly with some singular foods, cooked up just for the party.

Beermaker Dinner
05/08/12
Falling Sky Brewing
1334 Oak Alley
Eugene
7:30-10:30pm
$65
6 beer + 5 course brewers dinner at Falling Sky Brewing House only 90 tickets available! Enjoy a 5-course dinner created by our chef Corey be paired with 6 Falling Sky beers
Menu
Cloud Break Munich Helles
House Charcuterie Plate w/ Upside Brown Mustard • Dr. Optic Standard Bitter
Leafy Salad w/ Market Vegetables & IPA Dressing • Oranjekoorts Belgian Pale Ale
Hop Salt Roasted Salmon, Grilled Asparagus, Meyer Lemon Relish & Herb Butter • Trouble Everyday ISA (India Session Ale)
Lamb Sausage, Bacon-Potato Salad & Sugar Snap Peas • Upside Brown Ale
Strawberry Tartlet w/ Housemade Ricotta and Rhubarb Syrup • Summer Sprinkle Dinkel Bee

Beer Tasting Club with Laurelwood Brewing
05/08/12
Birra Deli
18749 SW Martinazzi Ave
Tualatin, OR 97062
503.783.1037
1830
$5
Includes beer tasting and sandwich/pizza trays.
RSVP to the tastings by “Joining” the event at www.facebook.com/Birra.Deli/events

Brewers from five continents earned awards from an elite international panel of judges this week in the 2012 Brewers Association World Beer Cup – the world’s second largest-ever commercial beer competition. The ninth bi-annual competition announced awards to brewers from 21 countries ranging from Argentina and Haiti to Lithuania and Malta.

This year, 799 breweries from 54 countries and 45 U.S. states vied for awards with 3,921 beers entered in 95 beer style categories. There were 3,930 entries judged in the 2011 GABF, compared to the 2012 World Beer Cup’s 3,921 entries judged. More info here

This year Oregon’s brewers picked up 12 medals at the 2012 World Beer Cup in San Diego which placed Oregon third amongst US brewers in the number of medals won. Darron R.S. Welch the brewmaster at Pelican Pub & Brewery won the World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster of a Large Brewpub for the second time. Oregon is one of two states to have had multiple brewers win a Champion Brewery and Brewmaster award at the World Beer Cup.

Oregon’s twelve medals are listed below by category and brewery.
Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer, 23 Entries
Bronze: DD Blonde, Hop Valley Brewing Co., Springfield, OR

Category 8: Coffee Beer, 56 Entries
Silver: Drunken Elf Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category 15: Indigenous Beer, 26 Entries
Bronze: Oyster Stout, Upright Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category 18: American-Style Sour Ale, 14 Entries
Gold: Ching Ching, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Category 19: American-Style Brett Ale, 28 Entries
Gold: Peche ‘n Brett, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR

Category 56: French- & Belgian-Style Saison, 44 Entries
Bronze: Urban Farmhouse Ale, The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR

Category 66: English-Style Summer Ale, 32 Entries
Bronze: Mother Lode Golden Ale, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category 67: Classic English-Style Pale Ale, 33 Entries
Bronze: Caldera Ashland Amber, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR

Category 71: Scottish-Style Ale, 26 Entries
Gold: MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Category 77: Oatmeal Stout, 49 Entries
Silver: Stumblers Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category 81: Barley Wine-Style Ale, 62 Entries
Gold: Stormwatcher’s Winterfest, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Category 83: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout, 30 Entries
Bronze: Breakside Dry Stout, Breakside Brewery, Portland, OR

World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster Large Brewpub
Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Darron R S Welch

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