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here for pictures and descriptions of one of our brew events Some of the content of this page will be stories of Brewery or Brew Pub visits, local events here in Columbia County Oregon and maybe other events going on in NW Oregon and SW Washington State.
The greatly anticipated new Brew Pub of Christian Ettinger, Hop Works Urban Brewery, is Open! Check out the web site for details. http://hopworksbeer.com/ click on the Blog link for details and pictures.
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The new Fort George Brew Pub in Astoria,( http://fortgeorgebrewery.com/,) has been open since the spring of 2007. This Brewery is a Joint venture between Chris Nemlowill and Jack Harris, formally Head brewer at Bill's Tavern and Brew Pub in Nearby Cannon Beach. See my Pub review page: http://www.deerislandbrewery.com/ftgeorgebrew.htm. They will have a beer or two at the upcoming Pacific NW Brew Cup beer fest, in downtown Astoria. See details below.
EVENTS:
Slurp and Burp
Homebrew Competition
Awards ceremony around 4:30pm
To be held at:
Fearless Brewing CO.
326 S. Broadway
Estacada, Oregon
Firkinfest at the "Green Dragon" Portland , OR
3rd Annual Firkin Fest
04/17/2010
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th
inPDX
503-517-0660
2 sessions
11-2pm
3-6pm
$30
includes: Commemorative Glass-(8) 6oz Tasters – (2) Food Tickets
Tickets are on sale now at rogue.com
and are also available in person or by phone at the Green Dragon
15th Annual Spring Beer & Wine Fest, Portland, Oregon.
04/02-04/03, 2010
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Blvd
PDX
12-11pm
details: http://www.springbeerfest.com/
"National Homebrew Competition 1st Round"
Ace of Spades
Release, Hopworks Brewery.
04/13/10
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark
Portland
503-232-8538
6-8pm
Hopworks Urban Brewery to release ACE OF SPADES in the bottle & MEET THE
BREWERS.
Join the Hopworks crew to celebrate the inaugural bottling of this award winning
Imperial IPA.
Ace of Spades and Galactic Imperial Red on draft. Motorhead on the stereo all
night!
3rd Annual Firkin Fest at the "Green
Dragon"
04/17/2010
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th
inPDX
503-517-0660
2 sessions
11-2pm
3-6pm
$30
includes: Commemorative Glass-(8) 6oz Tasters – (2) Food Tickets
Tickets are on sale now at rogue.com
and are also available in person or by phone at the Green Dragon..
AHA's 8th Annual Big Brew
May 1st 2010 All around the world!
Celebrate National Homebrew Day with the
American Homebrewers Association's Big Brew.
Simultaneous Toast: 12:00 Central Time. Visit www.beertown.org to find out how
you can celebrate
Contact: Gary
Glass
Phone: 303-447-0816
x 121 - 888-U-CAN-BREW X 121
Email: gary@brewersassociation.org
URL: http://beertown.org/events/bigbrew/
More than 10,500 gallons were brewed by almost 4000 participants at 242 sites on six continents worldwide. Sites were registered in 42 states in the US, as well as in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Israel, Kenya, The Netherlands, Russia, and Uruguay.
AHA Big Brew Day At The Deer Island Homebrewery.
Saturday, May 1st 2010
registered on Beer Town, AHA site number # 444
Deer Island, Oregon
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
A day of simultaneous brewing across the globe in honor of National Homebrew Day, celebrated every year on the first Saturday in May.
We fire up the kettles at 9am and brew till 5pm This brew event is also open to any non-club members who want to see the brewing process, or participate. Send me an Email if you need directions and want to attend.
Note: In order to better defeat the mega tons of spam I get, this email address is not a clickable link. Further more it takes some human figuring to put it together. Here is my contact email address:
my first name: al at deerislandbrewery.com
I'm sure you can figure out how to string it all
together. Leave no spaces, and the "at" is obviously the
email symbol.
thanks......al.
A special thanks to some of our sponsors.
This event is open to anyone who would like to come and see the brewing process in action!
The
28th Annual Heart of the Valley Homebrew Competition,
May 16th 2009 Calapooia Brewing Co.
140 Hill St. NE
Albany, OR 97321
The 28th Annual Heart of the Valley Homebrewers Oregon
Homebrew Festival will be held on May 15, 2010 at Calapooia
Brewing in Albany, OR. This is an AHA and BJCP sanctioned competition, and a
qualifying event for the Masters
Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB). We will be judging the 28 2008 Recognized
BJCP Beer, Mead, and Cider Styles. Join us on Saturday afternoon for a
gigantic raffle, homebrew information, and more!
Details: http://www.hotv.org
North American Organic Brewers Festival Portland , OR
North American Organic Brewers Festival, where we aim to save the planet, one beer at a time! The 6th annual event will take place June 25 - 27, 2010 in Overlook Park in Portland, Oregon. The event is Free and open to the public.
details: www.naobf.org/
Oregon Brewers Festival
Downtown Portland, Oregon on the water front.
23rd Annual Oregon Brewers Festival July 22-25 2010
Always the last full weekend in July.
Food vendors, Live musical entertainment is offered throughout the weekend. Free bicycle parking is offered each day, courtesy of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Minors are permitted when accompanied by a parent.
Details: http://www.oregonbrewfest.com/
10th
annual Pacific Northwest Brew Cup in Astoria, Oregon.
Sept. 24-25-26
The Greatest little Brew Fest in the Northwest!
The festival will be held downtown at Astoria's Public Square on Duane and 12th street. Live music, street dance, food venders, many Pacific NW breweries present. The rumor this year is that there will be a more diverse beer selection on tap for the event.
Hours:
Friday 5 to 10 pm
Saturday noon to 10 pm
Sunday noon
to 5 pm
$
6.00 entrance fee to get in, includes pint glass for samples. $1.00 tokens
for tasters.
details on the Ft George blog site: http://www.fortgeorgebrewery.blogspot.com/
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2008's brew cup was a great event. It was held in the new Astoria Public Square on 12th and Duane street. Click here to see details and pictures: Brew Cup 2008
Alan.
Oregon Fresh Hop Beer Tastivals Hood River , Portland , Eugene , OR October , 2009
details: Oregonbeer.org
Fresh
Hop Ale Fest, Portland, Oregon
TBA
Oregon Bounty
Fresh Hop Beer Tastival
Oaks Amusement Park
7805 SE Oaks Park Way
Noon-9p
Admission is Free
Free Train Rides til 6pm
All other rides closed
$5 for a tasting glass-required to taste.
This event features fresh or wet hop beers that are made only once a year. The hops in these brews are harvested fresh and rushed to the breweries to go into the boil kettle within 24 to 48hours of coming off the vine. These brews typically exhibit unique flavor profiles that are not possible using dried hops.
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Teach A Friend to Homebrew Day, Saturday Nov. 6th
Each year on the first Saturday in November, homebrewers around the world are encouraged to invite non-brewing and brewing friends and family to celebrate Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day and brew a batch of beer together.
Once again we will brew up some beer for this event and encourage anyone who is interested in seeing the brewing process to stop by and check it out.
Saturday, November 7th. We will fire up the burners at
around 9am and brew till 4-5pm?
email for directions and a map: brewday@deerislandbrewery.com
Brew events in the past: Click here for pictures and details.
2010 Fall classic Homebrew Competition by Oregon Brew Crew
TBA
see details at: http://www.oregonbrewcrew.com/
2010
Holiday Ale Festival
December Under the big tent, downtown.
Check the web page for details.
(between Yamhill and Morrison Streets) Portland, Oregon
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here for pictures and descriptions of one of our brew events
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