Septoberfest – Fresh Hop Beer Festival
09/24/11
Seven Brides Brewing Tap Room
990 N. First St.
Silverton
11-11pm
Free
A handful of fresh hop beer from around Oregon will be available to taste
Glasses available for purchase, $4. Glasses required to taste fresh hop beer. Tastes – $1, Full glasses – $4
Live music throughout the day. Both Beavers and Ducks games will be on as well.

Cascade Barrel House Turns 1
09/24, 2011
Cascade Brewing Barrel House
939 SE Belmont St
Portland
2-10pm
“The House of Sour” – is throwing a party this weekend in honor of its first anniversary. On draft on the production side, we’ll be serving the original blends of Bourbonic Plague (’09), Vlad the Imp Aler (’09), Beckberry (’10) & Noyeaux (’10). On the pub side, there will be a few select vintage live barrels on a special tap handle.
Here’s the part our sour fans have been waiting for: beginning at 6 pm Friday, we’ll be selling 10 cases each of the original Vlad the Imp Aler and Bourbonic Plague from the Blenders’ Cellar (this is about as rare as it gets, as only 20 cases of each beer remain in existence). Bottles of Vlad cost $27, while Bourbonic costs $30 per bottle. There is a limit of two bottles per person (this means only 60 people). If there are any bottles left on Saturday, they’ll go on sale at 2 pm.
They will begin issuing tickets to those in line beginning at 5 pm on Friday. When the bottle sales starts at 6 pm, those with tickets will receive bottles first.
Anniversary party specials including Buffalo Pastrami Sliders with Cambozola Cheese & Grilled Onion ($7) and Lamb Sausage Stuffed Grilled Endive ($7).

Natian is 2
09/23/11
Eastburn
1800 E Burnside
Portland
7-11pm
Downstairs in the Taproom.
9pm – Pumpkin Ale tapping, year old keg
Look for Vintage Big Block IPA – aged for 1 year, CoDA – last keg of our organic CDA from NAOBF, La Luz Summer Ale. Nitro Lumberjane Stout + Hint O’Mint=make Black and Mints

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.

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.

Lighthouse Brewpub turns 25
08/19/11
McMenamins
Lighthouse Brewpub
4157 N Highway 101
Lincoln City
541-994-7238
11am’til late-Free admission-All Ages

4th Anniversary
08/06/11
Bailey’s Taproom
213 SW Broadway
Portland
503-295-1004
4–11:30pm
All Barrel Aged beer, $15=souvenir snifter and four tokens, a 4oz pour=one token, additional tokens=$1 – CASH ONLY!

Block 15 Brewery TBD
Breakside Brewery TBD
Cascade Brewing-Imperial Stout
Flat Tail Brewing TBD
Fort George Brewery-Bourbon Cavatica Imperial Stout
Full Sail Brewing TBD
Hair of the Dog Brewing-’08 Michael Flanders Red
Hopworks Urban Brewery-Bourbon Ace of Spades Imperial IPA
Lompoc Brewing-Sour Willy a 5-beer blend Sour Beer aged in Merlot and Port barrels
Oakshire Brewing-Heart Shaped Box Espresso Stout aged in Bourbon barrels
Silver Moon Brewing-Bourbon Barleywine
Upright Brewing-2010 Lambiscus Six aged in Pinot Noir
Vertigo Brewing-Port Tawny Blonde

Deschutes is 23
6/25/11
Deschutes Brewery Portland Pub
210 NW 11th Ave
Portland
503-296-4906
2-8pm
Look for the “Street of Grass” from JB Instant Lawn for this free family affair that includes BBQ, live music all day and the special release of Black Butte XXIII-23rd Anniversary Imperial Porter.

Traditional BBQ menu will include: Pulled Pork sandwiches, Steak sandwiches, Bratwurst, whole-ear corn on the cob, grilled pinapple cole slaw, and BBQ baked beans

Special brew on tap include: Black Butte XXIII, Armory XPA, and The Cyclist (a “radler” style of beer made from Hefeweizen and Fresh Lemonade.

The music line up is family friendly:
2-3pm – Janellibean
3:15-4:15pm – Kylan Johnson
4:30-5:30pm – Quick n Easy Boys
6-8pm – Jack Straw

A portion of the food & beer proceeds will benefit the Sisters of the Road Cafe, a local non-profit dining facility that provides meals for the Portland homeless population. Hope to see you all out in the grass for some fun in the sun!

Boneyard’s Turning 1
05/21/11
Old Stone Church
157 NW Franklin
Bend
7-11pm
$2 Entry-$3 Beers
21+ only
Food from Island Wild and music from Truth Hero! Charge is $2.00 entry, and $3 beers. No minors will be allowed. Free schwag giveaways!