Top Sail Imperial Porter Vertical Tasting
02/01/12
Full Sail Tasting Room and Pub
506 Columbia St
Hood River
541-386-2247
5pm
You will be able to try all 3 three barrel varieties and the final blend of all 3 barrel varieties.

Alameda Double Deuce Stout Release
01/28/11
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington
Portland, OR 97204
503-228-3669
8:30pm
$5
Co-Release of Alameda Double Deuce Imperial Ale and live debut of Wow and Flutter’s MP3 only ep called Double Deuce in which you purchase the beer and get a code to download the music.

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.

Black Hearted Ale Release
01/25/12
Goodfoot Lounge
2845 SE Stark St
Portland 97214
(503)239-9292
8pm
Migration Brewing is celebrating the release of their Black Hearted Alem the show is FREE and there will be $3.00 pints of the Black Hearted along with three bands Whistle Pig, Worlds Finest, and Hopping Jenny. Black Hearted Ale is a Black IPA, dark as night with a medium body and a bready malt profile from German Vienna malt. Huge additions of two types of hops Meridians and Centennials give the Black Hearted a caramelized tropical fruit and a spicy citrus aroma and flavor. 7% ABV 64IBU

Oakshire Tasting
01/25/12
Cheese Bar
6031 SE Belmont
Portland
503-222-6014
7pm
Meet Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk as he brings some Oakshire to the Cheese Bar Taps inlcuding perhaps the world debut exclusive of the Gigantic Brewing-Oakshire Brewing Collabo Beer Cabo Wabo Red Rocker Ale and Gin Barrel aged Frederic’s Lost Arm

Barley Browns at Bigger, Badder, Blacker Week
01/23/12
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark St
Portland
503-232-8538
3pm
Descent into Darkness today with two amazing beers from Barley Brown’s Brewpub, possibly the last that were brewed by Shawn Kelso at Belmont Station, check out the 13 – Strong Dark Ale and Turmoil CDA. Shawn Kelso will be there. Come wish him well before he moves to Boise to work as the brewmaster for 10 Barrel Brewings new brewpub. Plus Laurelwood Breiwng’s Moose & Squirrel Imperial Stout and Deschutes Black Butte XXI.

CASCADE LAKES BREWING TASTING
01/16/12
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark
Portland
5-8PM
Taste the full range of this Redmond, Oregon craft brewer’s lineup, including Monkeyface Porter, 20″ Brown, Cyclops IPA, Rosster Tail Ale, & Slippery Slope Winter Ale. King Kong Imperial Porter on tap in the Biercafe.

Black Dawn III Coffee Stout Release
01/13/12
The New Old Lompoc
1616 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210-2502
4pm
Black Dawn III is a rich, full-bodied stout with a dominating coffee presence, courtesy of more than three lbs of coffee per barrel from Ristretto Roasters Beaumont Blend, El Salvadoran and Peruvian beans. There will actually be three different versions of Black Dawn III: one with all three coffees above, one with only the El Salvadoran beans, and one with only the Peruvian beans. They will also be pouring Black Dawn II, which featured Ristretto Roasters Beaumont Blend, and 2009 Pre-Dawn Imperial Stout (the base beer for Black Dawn I). We’ll have a taster tray available so you can taste all the different incarnations and compare flavors between the different coffee varietals.
This party will also celebrate the release of Illegally Blonde, a full-bodied Imperial vanilla cream ale that features flaked oats and flaked barley. Illegally Blonde will also be on the taster tray mentioned above. Rounding out the lineup on tap will be Arctic Blast Winter Warmer (cask conditioned and CO2), Hop Secret Imperial IPA #1, Sounder Slayer Lager and Old Tavern Rat Barleywine.

FLAT TAIL BOTTLE RELEASE & TASTING
01/13/12
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark
Portland
5-8PM
Brewmaster Dave Marliave of this Corvallis Brewpub will pour complimentary tastes of his freshly bottled Big Fin Baltic Porter, Moustache Rye’d Imperial Rye Red, Seriously Low Budget English Pale Ale, Tailgater Kolsch and Feathertop Pumpkin Stout.
Owd Ruddy (Barrel Fermented/Aged English Oatmeal Stout), Cider Wheat (American style Wit, without the spices, fermented in pinot noir barrels that previously held Two Towns vintage cider),

Kopstooje Release
01/13/12
The Hop & Vine
1914 N Killingsworth St
Portland, OR 97217
5-7pm
Upright Brewing’s Kopstootje Biere is a Biére de Garde that has been lightly spiced with the same botanicals that go into Bols Genever and will be paired with Bols genever together for a traditional Kopstootje, or “little headbutt,” $8
Alex Ganum of Upright Brewing & Jacob Grier from Lucas Bols will be on hand for some conversation & toasting.