Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers
Date and Location for 2012 event
Saturday April 21st, 2012 Noon-9pm
Metalcraft Fabrication-723 N Tillamook St.-Portland
Admission is free-21+ only
$15 for five drink tickets and a stemmed tasting glass, which is required to taste.
$20 for 10 drink tickets and a stemmed tasting glass which is required to taste.
Additional tastes are $1 and can be purchased at the festival entrance. Glass sales end at 8pm. Ticket sales end at 8:30pm
Located 2 blocks south of the first yellow line Max stop north of the Rose Garden.
Parking available on the street north towards Russell+SE towards Broadway.
Metalcraft makes brewing systems and tanks for Oregon’s craft brewers.
Yeast Strain(s) for 2012
Hopworks Urban Brewery
WYEAST YEAST STRAIN: 3864 | PC Canadian/Belgian Ale Yeast
Beer Styles: Belgian Dubbel/Tripel, Belgian Golden Strong, Biere de Garde, Witbier
Profile: This alcohol tolerant strain produces complex and well-balanced Belgian Abbey style ales. Banana and fruit esters are complemented nicely with mild levels of phenolics and hints of acidity. Ester levels may be elevated by increasing gravity and fermentation temperatures. Alc. Tolerance 12% ABV | Flocculation: medium | Attenuation:75-79% | Temp. Range: 65-80°F
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales
WYEAST YEAST STRAIN: 3763 | Roeselare Ale Blend
A blend of lambic cultures produce beer with a complex, earthy profile and a distinctive sourness. Aging up to 18 months is required for a full flavor profile and acidity to develop. Specific proportions of a Belgian style ale strain, a sherry strain, two Brettanomyces strains, a Lactobacillus culture, and a Pediococcus culture. Propagation of this culture is not recommended and will result in a change of the proportions of the individual components. This blend will produce a very dry beer due to the super-attenuative nature of the mixed cultures.
Dart Throw Results for 2012 Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers
| Company | Color | Strength |
| Astoria Brewing Co. | dark | high |
| Big Horse Brewing | dark | high |
| Bull Ridge Brewpub | dark | high |
| Double Mountain Brewery | dark | high |
| Flat Tail Brewing | dark | high |
| Fort George Brewery | dark | high |
| Gigantic Brewing | dark | high |
| Green Dragon | dark | high |
| Hopworks Urban Brewery | dark | high |
| Laurelwood Brewing Co. | dark | high |
| Logsdon Farmhouse Ales | dark | high |
| Lompoc 5th Quadrant Brewery | dark | high |
| Lucky Labrador Beer Hall | dark | high |
| Lucky Labrador Brew Pub | dark | high |
| McMenamins Fulton Brewery | dark | high |
| Mt. Emily Brewing Co. | dark | high |
| Natian Brewery | dark | high |
| Oakshire Brewing | dark | high |
| Portland U-Brew and Pub | dark | high |
| Rogue Ales | dark | high |
| The Commons | dark | high |
| Upright Brewing | dark | high |
| Coalition Brewing | dark | low |
| Fire on the Mountain | dark | low |
| Ninkasi Brewing Co. | dark | low |
| Old Market Pub & Brewery | dark | low |
| Philadelphias | dark | low |
| Silver Moon Brewing | dark | high |
| Solera Brewing | dark | high |
| Track Town Ales | dark | high |
| Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. | dark | high |
| Hair of the Dog Brewing | dark | low |
| 10 Barrel Brewing | light | high |
| Alameda Brewhouse | light | high |
| Ambacht Brewing | light | high |
| Block 15 Brewing | light | high |
| Breakside Brewery | light | high |
| Buckman Village Brewery | light | high |
| Cascade Brewing Co. | light | high |
| Columbia River Brewing | light | high |
| Deschutes Brewery – Bend Pub | light | high |
| MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. | light | high |
| Max’s Fanno Creek | light | high |
| Migration Brewing | light | high |
| Rock Bottom Brewery | light | high |
| Burnside Brewing | light | low |
| Deschutes Brewery – Portland Pub | light | low |
| Falling Sky Brewing | light | low |
| Lompoc – New Old Lompoc Brewery | light | low |
| McMenamins Crystal Brewery | light | low |
| Three Creeks Brewing | light | low |
| Occidental Brewing Co | light | high |
| Vertigo Brewing | light | low |
Hopworks Urban Brewery & Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales Win “People’s Choice” Vote at 2011 Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers
More than 1,500 beer fans attended the 2011 Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers festival at Metalcraft Fabrication on Saturday, April 30 and they selected Hopworks Urban Brewery’s Muscles from Brussels and Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales’ Seizoen Bretta as the People’s Choice champions. As the winners of the 2011 competition, Hopworks Urban Brewery and Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales earn the right to select the yeast strain for the 2012 event.
“This is the first year we’ve had a tie in the People’s Choice voting,” says Oregon Brewers Guild Executive Director, Brian Butenschoen. “It’s incredible to see how this festival has grown as public appreciation for Belgian styles and flavor profiles increases.”
The 2011 Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers festival marked the world debut of Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales.
This is the second time Hopworks Urban Brewery has tasted the People’s Choice victory, the brewery also took home the coveted prize at the 2009 festival. The top five spots (including two ties) in the voting went to: Ambacht Brewing Honey Triple, Big Horse Brew Pub Bear’s Choice, Block 15 Brewing Co. St. Macarius, Breakside Brewery Brewers Bramble, Cascade Brewing Co. Chuggeté Pucker, Hopworks Urban Brewery Muscles from Brussels and Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales Seizoen Bretta.
The Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers festival started in 2007 as a celebration of Belgian style beers, with participating breweries producing beers from the same strain of yeast. This year 40 participating breweries created 43 unique brews, 39 of which were brewed using the Wyeast Laboratories Trappist High Gravity yeast strain.
Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers Homebrew Competition 2011
Homebrew Competition Award Winner
Grand Prize-Rick Strauss
Bracket Winners
Dark/High-Rick Strauss
Dark/Low-Andrew Self
Light/High-Rik Hall+Ben Parsons
Light/Low-Mike Marsh
Saturday April 30th
Noon-9pm
Metalcraft Fabrication-Metalcraft makes brewing systems+tanks for Oregon’s brewers.
723 N Tillamook St.
Portland
Admission is free
21+ only
$15 for five drink tickets and a stemmed tasting glass, which is required to taste.
Additional tastes are $1 and can be purchased at the festival entrance.
Glass sales end at 8pm
Ticket sales end at 8:30pm.
Located 2 blocks south of the first yellow line Max stop north of the Rose Garden.
Parking available on the street north towards Russell+SE towards Broadway.
Metalcraft makes brewing systems and tanks for Oregon’s craft brewers.