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Laurelwood Collaboration Brewer’s Dinner
02/08/12
Laurelwood Public House and Brewery
5115 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland
503-282-0622
$50
The dinner will feature collaboration beers brewed by Vasilios Gletsos of Laurelwood Brewing Co., Alex Ganum of Upright Brewing, Van Havig of Gigantic Brewing Co., and Tom Bleigh of Hopworks Urban Brewery.
These exclusive handcrafted ales will be served with a five-course dinner prepared by Laurelwood’s Executive Chef Aaron Nichols.
Amuse: Chicken coronets with preserved lemon Beer: Cascadian Pilsner brewed by Van Havig and Vasili Gletsos
Appetizer: Mussel and shrimp soup with lemon grass, kafir lime leaf, fish stock, chilies, garlic, shallot, and Thai spices Beer: Thai Wit brewed by Tom Bleigh and Vasili Gletsos
Salad: Blood orange and arugula with red onions, Castelvetrano olives, and parsley Beer: Sour Red blended by Alex Ganum, Tom Bleigh, Van Havig, and Vasili Gletsos
Entrée: Smoked pork belly and pomegranate barbequed brisket with potato-chard gratin, and pomegranate demi glaze jus Beer: Scottish Ale brewed by Alex Ganum and Vasili Gletsos
Dessert: Chocolate chiffon cake with bitter chocolate dipped candied orange peel and powdered sugar-Milk Stout brewed by the Laurelwood Brew Team
The food for this dinner is locally sourced from Draper Valley Farms, Sweet Briar Farms, and Country Natural Beef. Laurelwood will also donate 10% of the collaboration dinner sales to the Oregon Food Bank. Join us for a night of special one of a kind 
beers and a wonderfully prepared dinner.
My Bloody Valentine Release
02/02/12
Alameda Brewhouse
4765 NE Fremont
Portland
5-9pm
Blood Orange Saison Release and $2 pints all day.
Meet the Brewer and Specialty Beer Night with Oakshire Brewing
02/01/12
The Bier Stein Bottleshop & Pub
345 East 11th Ave
Eugene
541-485-2437
6pm
Meet Oakshire Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk, On tap a collaboration w/ Ben Love and Van Havig’s not yet opened Gigantic Brewing called Cabo Wabo Red, Collaborative Evil 2010 Imperial Porter, Skookumchuck Barrel-aged Wild Ale, Hellshire II and more! Matt will be pouring samples of their bottled line-up and discussing all things Oakshire. They will also have a small amount of Skookumchuck bottles for sale.
Lompoc Black Out Party
02/01/12
SideBar
3901 N Williams
Portland
4-10pm
All dark beers on tap: 2010 Bourbon Barrel Aged 8 Malty Nights, 2010 Pre Dawn Stout, Black Dawn III, Black Dawn El Salvador, Black Dawn Peru & 2009 Dark Side Porter.
-09 Dark Side Porter, brewed in July 2009 and cellared for 2.5 years. It has a malty body with strong roast and chocolate flavors (7.5% ABV);
-100 Bourbon Barrel Aged 8 Malty Nights, brewed for Hannukah 2009+aged in Bourbon barrels for nine months with roasted chocolate flavors+hints of Bourbon and oak (6.5% ABV);
2010 Pre Dawn Stout, the base beer for Black Dawn Coffee Stout, brewed with eight malts+flaked barley to create a full bodied stout with flavors of chocolate, tobacco and molasses (7.5% ABV);
Black Dawn III, coffee stout which features strong roast and dark chocolate notes with three pounds of Ristretto Roasters Beaumont Blend coffee per barrel. (7.2% ABV);
Black Dawn Peru, base beer is Black Dawn III, blended with Ristretto Roasters Peruvian proprietary roast (7.2% ABV);
Black Dawn El Salvador, base beer is Black Dawn III, blended with Ristretto Roasters El Salvadorian proprietary roast (7.2% ABV).
Top Sail Imperial Porter Vertical Tasting
02/01/12
Full Sail Brewing at Riverplace
0307 SW Montgomery
Portland
503-222-5343
5pm
You will be able to try all 3 three barrel varieties and the final blend of all 3 barrel varieties.
Breakside Brewer DJ’s
02/01/12
Cheese Bar
6031 SE Belmont
Portland
503-222-6014
7-10pm
The Breakside boys will be the monthly Brewer DJ’s and they are bringing Helles and Chestnut Honey Bock.
Oakshire Brewing Night
02/01/12
The Fisherman’s Market
830 West 7th St
Eugene, OR 97402
877-798-5988
5pm
Salmon, Smoked Salmon, or Beef Burger and beer for $7.9, sample all the great Oakshire Brewing beers and meet the brewers.
Fort George Black and Bitter Tap Takeover
01/28/12
Bottles NW
5015 NE Fremont
Portland
(503) 287-7022
Fort George will be taking over the taps at BottlesNW with 4 black biers, Makers Mark Bourbon Barrel Cavatica Stout, Coffee Girl Stout, Coal Miners Lager+Polish’s Black Walnut Stout. The bitter beers are Roscoes Wild Rice IPA, Bad Juju Imperial IPA, Red Tide Imperial Red and Double Dry Hopped Vortex IPA with Zythos Hops.
New Breweries of Oregon Summit
01/27/12
Roscoes
8105 SE Stark St
Portland
4pm
Look for beers from some of Oregon’s newest breweries including Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, The Commons Brewery Saison de Pamplemouse and Sticke, Flattail Brewing, Good Life Brewing and Occidentals Dopplebock with 5 ounce taster trays available.
Full Sail Brewing Barrel Aged Beers at Bigger, Badder, Blacker Week
01/25/12
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark St
Portland
503-232-8538
5-7pm
Brewmaster John Harris will tap 3 Barrel-aged beers: Top Sail Imperial Porter 2010, Black Gold Imperial Stout 2011, and the brand new Top Sail 2012.
Upcoming Events
04.16.11
Firkin Fest
Firkin Fest
04/16/11
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Ave
Portland
11-2pm
3-6pm
There are two sessions. Session 1 is from 11am to 2pm; Session 2 is from 3pm-6pm.
This purchase entitles you to; entry to the festival, eight 6oz tasters, and two food vouchers.
http://rogue.com/store/products/2011-Firkin-Fest-Tickets%252d-Session-1.html
http://rogue.com/store/products/-2011-Firkin-Fest-Tickets%252d-Session-2.html
The Beer List
Amnesia Brewing Co. Dry Hopped Copacetic IPA
Block 15 Dry Hopped Ridgeback Red
Breakside Brewery ???????
Brewers Union Local 180 Au Naturel
Brewers Union Local 180 Greatful Deaf American Pale Ale
BridgePort Brewing Co. ??????
Chatoe Rogue Farmstead Nano Brewery ESB
Columbia River Brewing Co. Hop Heaven IPA
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Armory Pale Ale
Double Mountain Brewery Little G. E.S.B.
Eugene City Brewery
Fire Mountain Oregon Pale Ale
Green Dragon Cask-adian Black IPA
Hopworks Urban Brewery ???????
Migration Brewing Co. Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Natian Brewery CuDA Cascadian Dark Ale
Pyramid Breweries Brewers Handle Red Ale
Rogue Ales Dad’s Little Helper Black IPA
Vertigo Brewing Barrel Aged Oatmeal Porter
04.23.11
Spring Beer Fest
Spring Beer and Wine Fest
04/23/11
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Blvd
PDX
12-11pm
http://www.springbeerfest.com/details.htm
04.22.11
Fort George Beermaker Dinner
Fort George Beermaker Dinner
04/22/11
Urban Farmer
525 SW Morrison St
Portland
503-222-490
Located in the Nines Hotel, this will feature new and special Fort George Beers with Urban Farmers chef driven, locally sourced food.
05.07.11
Sasquatch Brew Fest
Sasquatch Brew Fest
05/07/11
Hilton Hotel
Eugene
Noon-10pm
northwestlegendsfoundation
04.30.11
Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers
Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers
Saturday April 30th
Metalcraft Fabrication
723 N Tillamook St.
Portland
Noon-9pm
$15 gets you a footed stemware glass and 5 drink tickets. Glass purchase is required to taste.
Sample over 40 different Belgian-style ales all made with the same yeast. Free Admission
www.oregonbeer.org/pctbb
Located 2 blocks south of the first yellow line Max stop north of the Rose Garden.
Parking available on the street north towards Russell St. and SE towards Broadway or take the Max.
Metalcraft makes brewing systems and tanks for Oregon’s craft brewers.
05.20.11 - 05.22.11
Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest
Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest
5/20–5/22
Rogue Ales
2320 OSU Dr
Newport
Friday/4-10pm
Saturday/12-10pm
Sun 12-4pm
$10-21+ only
$10 admission fee gets you 4 taster tickets.
06.18.11
Deschutes Brewery Barrel Aged Tasting
Deschutes Brewery Barrel Aged Tasting
06/18/11
Bend and in the Bend Pub and Portland Pub
06.25.11
Deschutes Turns 23
Deschutes Brewery 23rd Anniversary Celebration
06/25/11
Deschutes Brewery Bend Public House
1044 NW Bond Street
Bend
541-382-9242
2-9pm
The pub will have U-Snap photo booth, live music by Exit Straegies, The Scott Fox Band and The State of Jefferson. Black Butte XXIII Imperial Porter with orange zest, cocoa nibs from Theo’s Chocolate & Pasilla Negra Chilis as well as a Hibiscus Ginger infused Cream Ale and Twilight Summer Ale.
Special anniversary food menu will feature:
Grilled Draper Valley Chicken leg & thigh rubbed in a Jamaican jerk seasoning served over rice
Teriyaki marinated flank steak on a stick served over rice
Kailua pulled pork slider served on house made Kaiser slider buns topped with pinapple relish
Sides include Potato Mac salad and grilled corn on the cob
06.25.11
14th Barley Cup
14th Annual Barley Cup
6/25/11
McMenamins Thompson Brewery & Public House
3575 Liberty Rd S
Salem
503-371-2945
Brewer: Jen Kent
11am-close
The Barley Cup is a contest for brewers where a random drawing determines the brew style to be crafted. For the patrons and judges, this ensures a full range of beers from which to choose. In keeping with tradition, the Capital City Homebrewers Club determine the overall winner of the Barley Cup trophy. The proud winner goes on to represent McMenamins at the Holiday Ale Festival in downtown Portland in December. Brewers are on hand to answer questions, give tours of the brewery and plead their cases for their own brews.
The Thompson house itself was built in 1905 by Spanish American War veteran Fred Thompson for his father Franklin, a Civil War veteran, and his mother Maria. It is rumored that some of the long-passed Thompsons still hang around, so keep an eye on your beer.
6.25.11
NAOBF
North American Organic Brewers Festival
06/24/11 – 06/26/11
Overlook Park
Portland
Sun-Noon-5pm
Admission into the event is free. The purchase of a $6 reusable, compostable cornstarch glass is required for tasting beer, as are tokens, which sell for $1 apiece. A full glass of beer costs four tokens (more for select beers), and a four-ounce taste costs one token. Patrons receive a $1 discount toward the tasting glass with a validated MAX ticket, a ticket from the onsite bike corral, or three cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank.
Alameda Brewhouse El Torero Organic IPA, (American IPA)
Ambacht Brewing Ambacht Golden Spiced Ale, (Belgian Specialty), Golden Rye Farmhouse Ale, (Belgian Farmhouse Ale)
Beetje Brewery Summer Tonic, (Belgian Farmhouse Ale)
Deschutes Brewery Green Lakes Organic Ale, (Amber)
Fort George Brewery+Public House Spruce Ale,(Tree Beer)+Quick Wit(Belgian Style Wheat)
Hopworks Urban Brewery Rise Up Red,(NW Style Red), Galactic Imperial Red(Imperial Red Ale)
Laurelwood Brewing Co., Organic Pale Ale, (Pale Ale), Organic Green Elephant IPA, (IPA)
Lompoc Brewing Co., Notorious, (IPA)
Lucky Labrador Brewing Co., No Pity Pale Ale, (Pale Ale), Rose City Red, (Red Ale)
McMenamins Concordia Brewery, Oopsopsadilly IPA, (Organic IPA)
McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, Build a Bonfire Red, (Organic Red Ale)
McMenamins Crystal Brewery, Organic Hipster Ale, (Organic Altbier)
McMenamins Oak Hills Brewpub, Kerfuffle Kolsch, (Organic Kolschbier)
Natian Brewery CoDA, (Cascadian Organic Dark Ale), Makeshift Golden Ale, (Golden Ale)
Oakshire Brewing, Organic Subtext PNW Red, (Red Ale),
Rock Bottom Brewery, Vandeventer, (Cascadian Dark Ale)
Terminal Gravity, TG Organic Pale Ale, (Pale Ale)
Upright Brewing Co., Reggae Junkie Gruit, (Farmhouse Style Gruit)
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Crunchy Dude (Pale Ale with Oats and Granola)
July 2011
Oregon Craft Beer Month Kick Off
In 2011 we celebrate the sixth Oregon Craft Beer Month (OCBM) which gets off to a beery start on Friday, July 1, 2011 with an official kick-off party at JELD-WEN Field, 1844 SW Morrison St in Portland.
5pm-9pm with a kick off toast to Oregon Craft Beer Month at 6pm
$50 / $40 for SNOB’s
You get twelve tasting tickets, a stemmed tasting glass, program, and BBQ buffet from Center Plate Catering.
Expect two dozen fresh, local, seasonal and one off beers for this 21+ event.
Tickets must be purchased in advance by using the shopping cart here.
Sponsored by:
Oregon Live
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You can enter the event on the Key Bank Plaza on 18th and Morrison in front of the adidas Timbers store.
Beer List 06/29/11
Amnesia Cream of the Crop Cream Ale
Breakside Brewery Summer Gruit
BridgePort Brewing Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter
Buckman Brewery Black Saison
Coalition Brewing Wheat the People
Deschutes Brewery Chainbreaker IPA
Double Mountain Brewery Clusterf@&k
Fort George Brewery 1811 Lager
Full Sail Brewing Co. Jimvar Bohemian Pilsner
Hopworks Urban Brewery Evelyn Sunshine Imperial IPA
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Green Elephan
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Seizoen
Lompoc Brewing Co. Pilzipa
Lucky Labrador Brewing Co. Super Dog
MacTarnahans Brewing Co. Whiskey Barrel Aged Humbug’r
McMenamins Build a Bonfire Red
Migration Brewing Lucsious Lupulin
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Maiden the Shade
Oakshire Brewing Co. Bruine Van Brugge
Old Market Brewery Hop On
Rock Bottom Brewery Diobock
Rogue Ales Single Malt Ale 2011
Tracktown Ales 200 Meter Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. TimBrrr
Brewer DJ schedule will be:
Ben Love: 5-6pm
Van Havig: 6-7pm
Doug Rehberg: 7-8pm
Ben Love: 8-close