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Your Guide to Oregon Craft Beer Month: On Your Doorstep Today

Oregon Craft Beer Month is so big — 120 or more events one way or the other — that you really need a program. And thanks to Don Younger, Lisa Morrison, Chris Crabb and many others, you have the perfect…

A Glorious Weekend for Organic Beer: NAOBF Beer List

Oregonian file photoYou’d smile, too, if you had THIS weather for your beer festival… Craig Nicholls, right, held the first organic brewers fest at Port Halling in Gresham. He’s since started Roots Organic Brewing with co-owner/brewer Jason McAdam. Mercy, what…

Summer Games Raise $4,000 for Beach Community Groups

Team “Beer Watch” Champions of 2008 Brewers Summer Games The fifth annual Brewers Summer Games at Pelican Pub & Brewery on June 21 were a success with more than $4,000 raised for the Caring Cabin and Nestucca’s Booster Club. These…

Oregon Craft Beer Kickoff is the First Taste of Rogue’s Imperial YSB

Kick Off Party for Oregon Craft Beer Month 5pm, Tuesday, Horse Brass Pub, 4534 S.E. Belmont St.;503-232-2202 • www.oregoncraftbeer.com here’s the beer list: Bridgeport Brewing Co. > > 2007 Hop Harvest Fresh Hop IPA > > > Deschutes Brewery…

Mega Month: The Complete Calendar for Oregon Craft Beer Month

July 1st – July 31st Eight Guest Taps from Oregon Craft Brewers Horse Brass Pub, 4520 SE Belmont, Portland Daily, Monday – Friday 11am to 2:30am, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 2:30am 503-232-2202 • www.oregoncraftbeer.com Come and enjoy Oregon…

Day One of Oregon Craft Beer Month is Tuesday, July 1st

Brian Butenschoen just sent the Oregon Craft Beer Month calendar (which I’ll post later today) and it is a daunting document listing no fewer than 120 separate events — not counting a lot of the supermarket tastings, sez Brian….

McMenamins Drink Tank: The Making of 25th Anniversary Ale

When the McMenamins make their anniversary ale, they add things to the kettle that is of signifigance to the company and the people. Ech item is selected and celebrated by the Drin Tank, an informal assemblage of a couple dozen…

BARLEY MILL 25th ANNIVERSARY PARTY Sat June 21st

11 a.m. -’til close, Saturday, June 21 Saturday, McMenamins Barley Mill Pub, 1629 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.; all ages welcome, 503-231-1492 That’s it! The giant old mill in the backgeround lent its name to the first of 60 or so (and…

Oregon Craft Beer Month Begins July 1st at — Where Else? — The Horse Brass

Kickoff party with about 20 special Oregon beers: 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 1st, Horse Brass Pub, 4534 SE Belmont St.; 503-232-2202. Also: To kick off Oregon Craft Beer Month, there will be a Firkin tapping of Rogue Brewmaster John Maier’s…

Grand Teton Tasting Monday Night, June 16th, at Belmont Station

6-8 p.m., MONDAY, June 16th, Belmont Station, 4500 S.E. Stark St.;Portland MON JUNE 16 GRAND TETON TASTING. We welcome Jackson Hole’s original brewery (now in Victor, Idaho), Grand Teton Brewing Company to Portland. Taste their Au Naturale Organic Blonde…