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Fifth Annual Hood River Hops Festival Sat., Oct. 4th

Tap into the best of fresh hops brewing, plus a lineup of longtime favorite craft beers during the Hood River Hops Fest on Saturday, Oct. 4. Celebrating its fifth year as the premier fresh hops beer-tasting event in the Pacific…

Record breaking hop harvest at Lucky Lab: 125 pounds.

Lucky Lab’s hop harvest Wednesday was the biggest yet in terms of attendees and hops picked: about two dozen folks stopped by and picked 125 pounds of hops from vines grown in back of the pubs and at friends’ houses….

If it’s Wednesday and you have three beer events to choose among…

…this must be Beervana… and choose you must: do you go to the Ayinger Oktoberfest tasting at Belmont Station and get a free glass? 5 P.M. Wed, Sept. 17th Until… Buy an Ayinger Oktoberfest Draught and keep the glass. Enjoy…

Sierra Nevada tasting at the Moon & Sixpence Sept. 25th

Thursday, Sept. 25th. Moon & Sixpence British Pub, 2014 N.E. 42nd Ave., 503-288-7802. Sierra Nevada Brewmaster Steve Dresler: Why is this man smiling? wouldn’t have anything to do with working around huge tanks of S/N Pale Ale every day,…

Full Sail’s 21st birthday: Special beer and events

“Over the last year, we have been working on 21, a special beer to celebrate the brewery’s 21st birthday,” said Jamie Emmerson, Full Sail’s Executive Brewmaster. A beautiful label, and every one applied by hand, says Full Sail’s Sandra Evans……

Belmont Station: Allagash Tasting, The Dissident on sale Sept. 9th

Verdict: greatest label ever… all events at Belmont Station, 4500 S.E. Stark St. DESCHUTES DISSIDENT goes on sale Tuesday night at 5:30. Due to limited supply (and so everyone in our neighborhood gets a chance) we will limit sales to…

BridgePort Reunion Band at Hop Harvest release party, Sept. 12th

The BridgePort Reunion Band plays a mix of bluegrass and acoustic folk music: Left to right: Jeff Gansberg, Ron Gansberg, Karl Ockert, Jeff Kuechle. BridgePort Brewery is releasing this season’s Hop Harvest, the 22-ounce beer that kicked off the…

Oregon Bounty/ Brewers Guild announce fresh hop Tastivals in Octover

Bless their pointy little heads… The Fresh Hop Beer “Tastivals,” produced by the Oregon Brewers Guild, will highlight the seasonal beers created with fresh hops from the September harvest instead of traditional dried hops. This year’s Tastivals will feature…

Lucky Lab’s Hop Harvesy is Sept 17th

…not October, as I wrote in a pre-Mule-Days-departure frenzy…Wed, Sept. 17th is the correct date/day… Hop picking is hard work, and thirsty. Rest assured that beer IS involved… You can be part of Oregon’s hop harvest by helping the folks…

Forbes picks OBF as #2 beer fest in the U.S.

The Brookston Beer Bulletin has a post about Forbes Traveller picking the the top US beer festivals, and the Oregon Brewers Festival was second after Denver’s Great American Beer Festival: We have more people, but Denver has WAY more…