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The Little Woody
9/3-9/4, 2010
DesSchutes Historical Museum
129 NW Idaho
Bend
Fri/5-10pm
Sat/12-10pm
Little woody
10 Barrel Brewing Co.
Dubbel Woody-This aptly named beer is a Belgian-style dubbel and is aged in cabernet barrels for eight months. 7.7% ABV, 28 IBUs.

Dry Hopped English Style I.P.A.-Brewed in an English style, something we don’t often find here in Oregon, this IPA has been aged in bourbon barrels for three months before arriving at this year’s Little Woody. 7.2% ABV, 47 IBUs.

Bend Brewing Co.
Metolius Golden-One of BBC’s most popular beers, the barrel-aged version has been aged in a pinot barrel for eight months. It pours dark golden emitting a sweet fruitiness from the pinot with undertones of oak and black cherry. 5.2% ABV

Sour Outback X-This beer underwent a spontaneous secondary fermentation while aging in one of our oldest bourbon barrels. It pours dark red with the sweet aroma of toffee and dried fruit. The flavor is chewy tart cherries and raisins with hints of bourbon and oak. It ends with chocolate espresso bean dryness. 9.5% ABV

Block 15 Brewing
Super Nebula, Imperial Stout-This creation is aged in fresh emptied bourbon barrels and matured on house-roasted cocoa nibs, giving it a deep black brew with a brown creamy head. It features extremely complex flavors, including notes of molasses, vanilla, bourbon, coffee, roast fig and wood. Huge depth with a warming balanced finish. 11% ABV, 58 IBUs

Wonka’s Wit-A Beligan-inspired wheat ale spiced with orange peels, coriander and locally gathered honey that’s aged in oak barrels for seven to 14 months with wild yeast and bacteria. Refreshingly sour with notes of coriander, orange and fruit with a crisp dry finish. 5.5% ABV.

Boneyard Beer
Bourbon Barrel Black 13-With 13 total ingredients, the rich, roasted, coffee-like flavor of this Black Ale has been aged to perfection in the bourbon barrel. It is served a little lower in carbonation, and has been lightly infused with nitrogen.

Sour Girl-A cherry wheat ale that we have inoculated with lactobacillus and have been aging in the bourbon barrel on additional Oregon cherries. This beer was created in honor of the Flanders style of beer.

Cascade Lakes Brewing Co.
Imperial Stout-A full-bodied, robust version of the style, utilizing eight specialty malts and several months of aging in Jim Beam oak bourbon barrels to provide the complexity, warmth and balance of this dark meal.

Blonde Bombshell-The winner of the Source Weekly’s Best of Central Oregon reader poll, Blonde Bombshell combines subtle malt and wheat flavors with a delicate Liberty hop aroma.

Deschutes Brewery
Berliner Weisse-Deschutes’ version of the original sour beer, which was known as “Champagne of the North” by Napoleon’s troops when visiting Germany. This is a mouth-puckering sour and extremely refreshing Berlinerweisse, but done in Deschutes’ own style. 5% ABV, 18 IBUs

Mirror Mirror-Mirror Mirror is a double Mirror Pond barley wine that was aged in a variety of wooden barrels (including American oak, pinot, port and bourbon). It was then blended and dry hopped, giving it a big, warm, malty flavor with complex oak undertones and esters. 11.5% ABV, 51 IBUs.

McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Barrel Head-A twist on the popular Hammerhead ale that’s aged in a Hogshead whiskey barrel for more than four months and then cold conditioned for another two months. This hoppy ale has unique flavors with a hint of fruit is present in the nose as well but the finish is all dry and woody.

Dark Ages Stout-A dark beer aged for five months in our Hogshead whiskey barrel and then another five months of cold conditioning. A year in the making gives this stout some complex and robust flavors, including a whiskey aroma that plays alongside the sweet and dark flavors of the stout.

Ninkasi Brewing
Wood Aged Total Domination IPA-Multiple hops collide in balanced perfection, dominating the senses, achieving total satisfaction. After it’s normal fermentation process, the beer was added to Pinot Noir casks and dry hopped with Amarillo and Crystal hops. 6.7 % ABV, 65 IBUs.

Believer Double Red Ale-This rich and malty brew is balanced nicely with plentiful hops, giving it a vibrant red color and robust taste, which is why this has become one of the Eugene brewery’s year-around standards. 6.9% ABV, 60 IBUs.

Silver Moon Brewing Co.
Merlot Cask Amber-This is the popular Hounds Tooth Amber aged six months in a French merlot barrel from local vinter Volcano Vineyards. The American-style amber picked up several complex flavors from this rich French oak.

Winter Moon Bourbon-The Winter Warmer was a hit amongst Silver Moon loyalists so the Bend brewery filled a barrel full and let it age. The fresh bourbon brings out the finer flavors of this hoppy and malty complex winter style IPA. 7.4% ABV

Three Creeks Brewing Co.
Beechwood Blonde-The signature Knotty Blonde aged in beech wood that will be light and sassy with a remembrance of the coast on a beautiful summer day.

Woodcutter Barleywine-A blend of Three Creek’s Firestorm Red and a 2009 barley wine aged in a Pinot Noir barrel for nine months. Also, the brewery will be serving one barrel of its special PPR (Patio’s Private Reserve) sometime on Saturday afternoon, so keep an eye out for that.


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Imperial IPA Fest
9/4-9/6,2010
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark Ave
Portland
503-232-8538
12-cl
Double Mountain Molten Lava, Laurelwood Organic Green Elephant, Terminal Gravity Simcoe Double IPA, Oakshire Perfect Storm+some others you will want to taste.


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09.17.10


Septoberfest
9/17-9/19, 2010
Seven Brides Brewing
990 N First St
Silverton
Septoberfest
The outdoor festival will showcase the best of local restaurants, breweries, wineries and entertainment for the entire family. Proceeds to benefit SACA (Silverton Area Community Aid), Silverton Volunteer Fire Association and the Silver Fox Foundation Scholarship Fund.


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Category: Beer Tasting, Events


Sisters Fresh Hop Festival
09/25/10
Sisters
Village Green Park
12-9pm
$5/glass
$1/taster
10+Brewers with Fresh Hop Beers


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2nd Annual Oakridge Keg & Cask Festival
08/28/10
DT Oakridge
2-8pm
Free
$15 for a commemorative pint glass/wine glass and 4 taste tickets.
Additional tickets are $1 each.
Tasters must be 21 to enter the tasting area.
The food court will be free of charge and open to all ages (but no dogs allowed).
Local musicians will play in front of the Brewers’ Union before a covered seating area.
Breweries:Oakshire Brewing from Eugene, Wakonda Brewing Co. from Florence, Block 15 Brewery from Corvallis and Brewers Union Local 180 from Oakridge.


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Roscoe’s Imperial IPA Summit
08/27/10
Roscoe’s
8105 SE Stark St
Portland
503-255-0049
5pm
10 Imperial IPAs Oakshire Brewing’s Perfect Storm, Hopworks Urban Brewery Ace of Spades, Terminal Gravity and some less hoppy beers including
Laurelwood Brewing’s Cascadian Kolsch.


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Hop Valley Brewing Tasting
08/27/10
Tokatee Golf Club
54947 McKenzie Highway
Blue River
541-822-3220
12-4pm
www.tokatee.com


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Category: Beer Tasting, Events


08.28.10


Biketobeerfest
08/28/09
Hopworks Urban Brewery
2944 SE Powell Blvd
Portland
503-232-4677
Biketobeerfest 2010

15 Hopworks beers on tap * 5 live bands on a keg-supported stage * Goldsprints Roller Races * Bike Competitions * Performances * Flatlanders (BMX trick riders)
Riding to BiKETOBEERFEST! Cross Powell safely at a light (there is one at 26th Ave.).

12:00 pm
Ongoing Kid’s Bike Games-(until 2:00 pm)
Handbuilt Bike Showcase(until 6:00 pm)

1:00 pm
Kids’ Activities: face painting, tattoos, balloon animals-until 4:00

2:00 pm
Flatlanders (BMX trick riders)

3:30 pm
Huffy Toss Open Competition

5:00 pm
Group Ride
From downtown waterfront to BiKETOBEERFEST, led by Portlandl Bicycle Tours. Salmon St. Fountain at Salmon St. and Naito Pkwy. Pace: slow + steady.

5:00 pm
Huffy Toss Open Competition

5:45 pm
Goldsprints Roller Races

8:00 pm
Huffy Toss Open Competition

Music Stage
DJ Xacto >>
12:00-2:00
Music Mix

Quiet Life >>
2:30-3:15pm
Folk Rock/Americana

Ravishers >>
3:45-4:30pm
Laid-back-but-rollicking guitar pop

Boy Eats Drum
Machine >>
5-5:45pm
Turntablist

Morning Teleportation >>
6:30-7:30pm
Electro/Roots

Hillstomp >>
8-9:30pm
Bucket and Slide Rock ‘N Roll


Meet the Natian Brewers
08/26/10
Plew’s Brews
8409 N Lombard St
Portland
6-12am
5 Natian beers on tap: Undun Blonde, Everyday IPA, Big Block IPA, Honey Red & Lumberjane Stout. All pints of Natian are only $2 bucks that night! Natian schwag to be raffled off.


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Three Creeks Brewing Tasting
08/20/10
Tokatee Golf Club
54947 McKenzie Highway
Blue River
541-822-3220
12-4pm
www.tokatee.com


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Category: Beer Tasting, Events


Upcoming Events

02/08/10

2010 Brewha Map

Available at brewpubs around the state

02/12-02/13-2010

KLCC Microbrew Festival

Lane County Fairgrounds
Wheeler Pavilion
796 W 13th Ave
Eugene
5-11PM
$10

02/13/10

ZwickelmaniA

11-4pm
Tour Oregon's Breweries

02/22-02/28, 2010

Beer Brawl III

Concordia Ale House
3276 NE Killingsworth
PDX
503-287-3929
11am-Midnite
Price TBD
Will Cam O'Connor from Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub continue his reign of dominance. Probably.

02/27/10

Chowder Challenge

5th Quadrant
3901 N Williams
PDX
503-288-3996

People's Choice on the Chowder.

03/27/10

3rd Annual Chocolate Beer Dinner

Deschutes Brewery Mountain Room
901 SW Simpson
Bend
6PM
541-312-6946
$65 per person

04/02-04/03

Spring Beer+Wine Fest

Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Blvd
PDX
12-11pm

04/24-04/25,2010

The Oregon Garden

879 W. Main St.
Silverton
Friday:4-11pm
Saturday:12-11pm

05/01/2009

Portland's Cheers to Belgian Beers

Hopworks Urban Brewery
2944 SE Powell Blvd
Portland
503-232-4677
Noon-9pm

07/01/10

Oregon Craft Beer Month Kick Off

Place TBD

07/21/10

Oregon Brewers Guild Brewers Dinner

Waterfront Park
Portland
6-8:30pm
$50
Tickets go on sale 07/01/10.

10/02/10

Oregon Bounty Fresh Hop Tastivals

Hood River
Downtown
Noon-9pm
$5/glass
$1/taster

10/08/10

Oregon Bounty Fresh Hop Tastivals

Preview Party

Oaks Amusement Park
7805 SE Oaks Park Way
Portland
971-270-0965
5:30-8:30
Cost TBD
fhbt2010

10/09/10

Oregon Bounty Fresh Hop Tastivals

Oaks Amusement Park
7805 SE Oaks Park Way
Portland
971-270-0965
12-9pm
$5/glass
$1/taster
Cost TBD
fhbt2010