Meet the Commons Brewer
05/23/12
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark
Portland
503-232-8538
6-8pm
Brewers Josh Grgas and Sean Burke will pour samples of The Commons Urban Farmhouse Ale, Flemish Kiss, and the brand new Wit. We’ll have a couple of The Commons brews on draft, including the Walnut Belgian style porter.

Upright Beermaker 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.

3rd Annual Belgian Beer Summit
05/25/12
Roscoe’s
8105 SE Stark
Portland
4pm
Look for Double Mountain Brewery’s 2011 Sacre Bleu, Gigantic Brewing’s The City Never Sleeps, Fort George Brewery ABCDA, Logsdon Farmhouse’s Barrel Aged Seizoen Bretta and many more. Taster trays will be available.

Harvester Beer Tasting
05/18/12
Food Front Cooperative Grocery
6344 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland
4:30-6:30pm
Stop by and say hi to James and sample their gluten free bottled beers.

Allman’s All Mild Release
05/17/12
Full Sail Tasting Room and Pub
506 Columbia St
Hood River
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

Meet the 10 Barrel Brewer
05/17/12
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
6pm
Shawn Kelso and 10 Barrel Brewing for Meet the Brewer. Well known for making strong and flavorful beers, Shawn will be bringing with him five of 10 Barrel’s exceptional Ales: S1NIST0R Black Ale- ABV: 5.4%- IBU: 28, India Session Ale-ABV: 5.5%-IBU: 51, Apocalypse IPA-ABV:6.8%- IBU: 70, Oregon Brown-ABV: 7.1%-IBU:68, Cynical CDA-ABV: 8%-IBU: TBA
As always beer will be on tap at 5pm and the introductions will begin at 6pm.

COLLAGE, Conflux No. 1 Beer Dinner
05/18/12
Deschutes Brewery Bend Pub
1044 NW Bond St
Bend
6-9pm
$85 buy here 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. That’s just a little of what this spectacular evening entails. Of course, it will also be a rare chance to partake of the new Collage, which will have an extremely limited release. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to NeighborImpact of Central Oregon.

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)

Upright Tap Takeover
04/27/12
Bottles
5015 NE Fremont
Portland
503-287-7022
6-9pm
Eight of Upright’s beers will be on tap and you can meet owner/head brewer Alex Ganum.
Beers on tap will include: #4 Farmhouse Saison abv 4.5, #5 Farmhouse Pale-abv 5.5, #6 Rye Saison-abv 6.7, Barrel aged #5-abv 5.8, De La Seven-abv 8.2, Barley Bock-abv 6.8, Bier de Darde-abv 4.5, Monk and Mingus coffee stout-abv 7.5,

Meet the Columbia River Brewer
04/26/12
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
6pm
Brewmaster Rick Burkhardt will be there bringing War Elephant Double IPA – 85 IBU’s. 8.5% ABV, Hop Heaven IPA – 75 IBU’s. 7.5% ABV, Northern English Brown – 24 IBU’s. 5.2 %. ABV
Columbia River Brewing was established in 2010, located in the Hollywood neighborhood of Portland, OR. Beers will be on tap at 5pm and introductions will begin at 6pm.