Piledriver Release
05/19/12
Hopworks Urban Brewery
2944 SE Powell Blvd
Portland
11-3pm
Piledriver began as Hopworks Dubbel Supplex Abbey Ale in 2009, aged in four different bourbon and Cabernet barrels with sixty pounds of sour cherries and brettanomyces for eighteen months 8.5%ABV.

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

Radiant Summer Ale Release
05/14/12
Concordia Ale House
3276 NE Killingsworth
Portland
5-8pm
Release party for Ninkasi’s summer ale Radiant, also on draft Ninkasi Babylon “English Style” Double IPA one of only 10 kegs in PDX

Next Generation Strong Ale
05/17/12
Pints Brewing
412 NW 5th Ave #100
Portland
4pm
$3 pints
Next Generation Strong Ale is a tribute to brewer Zach’s newborn son, Hunter Beckwith (ed. note that’s super cool). Here’s the description: Next Generation Strong Ale 7.8% ABV-This NW strong ale brewed for the 2012 Sasquatch Festival is made with floor malted UK base malts, light munich, caramunich and special B malts. Cluster and columbus hops balance the rich, dark fruit malt character creating a robust pint that pleases malt and hopheads alike

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.

Collage Bottle Release
05/15/12
Deschutes Brewery Portland Pub
210 NW 11th Ave
Portland
503-296-4906
11-10pm
The first beer created and second released in the Conflux Series + is a collaboration with Hair of the Dog Brewing Co, only a limited amount of bottles for sale at both pubs and there is a 3 bottle limit per person and in addition to tasting this beer on tap, we will have a specialty food menu that pairs perfectly with this beer. Collage Release Special Menu-Deep dish wild mushroom & triple cream quiche with herb salad, Grilled Lamb chops with tart cherry chutney and mint pesto duo of fried and creamed cauliflower and Pistachio roulade with white chocolate-whisky mousse sweet cherry meringue, tart rhubarb coulis

Allman’s All Mild Release
05/15/12
Full Sail Brewery at Riverplace
0307 SW Montgomery
Portland
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

Amarillo Armadillo Release
05/15/12
Hopworks Urban Brewery
2944 SE Powell Blvd
Portland
5pm
The latest single hop IPA, the Amarillo Armadillo, will be released also you can do all three single hop IPA’s as samplers.

Amarillo Armadillo Release
05/15/12
Hopworks BikeBar
3947 N Williams Ave
Portland
5pm