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Whisky Barrel imperial stouts from Scotland

From Fraserburgh, Scotland, with attitude… This’ll have you wishing for a witbier: a very special tasting of imperial stouts from Scottish microbrewery Brew Dog. Each of the stouts was aged for several months in a different Scotch whisky barrel…

Raven Mad release party, Thurs. Oct. 23rd

BridgePort Brewery is releasing its next 22-ounce Big Brew, Raven Mad; an Imperial Bourbon barrel aged porter. BridgePort will be hosting a release party Thursday with free samples of the beer while supplies last. Guests are encouraged to come dressed…

Portland’s Fresh Hop Tastival was huge…

We’ll let some pictures tell the story about Saturday’s Oregon Bounty/ Oregon Brewers Guild Fresh Hop Tastival at Hopworks Urban Brewery… This would’ve been the festival to get to early in the day. By midafternoon, lots of beers had run…

Beervana serendipity…

It happens all the time — Portland has so many good beer events happening in so many places that you can, as I did yesterday afternoon, head down to the Pilsner Room because you knew they had Phil’s Existential Alt…

Two meet-the-brewer nights Oct 14th & 15th

So go to the dragon on tuesday night… Luckily, the Green Dragon and Belmont Station often stagger their weekly meet-the- brewer-nights, so we lucky Beervanians don’t have to choose…such as this week… Hopworks brewers: Jaime Rodriguez, Christian Ettinger and Ben…

Fort George Graveyard Dinner, Oct. 15th

This fall and winter, the party moves indoors at the Fort George Brewery + Public House in Astoria where the beer-pairing dinners are back for the second year. These sit-down dinners include several courses of food, each with a…

Three Versions of Lupulin Ale

Brewer John Harris with that transcendent — and almost empty — 15-year-old keg of Imperial Porter at the recent Portland toast to Full Sail’s 21st. Lucky old us: Full Sail’s John Harris made a bunch of Lupulin Ale this year…

First Fresh Hop Tastival, Hood River Hops this weekend

The first of three Fresh Hop Tastivals sponsored by the Oregon Brewers Guild and Oregon Bounty is also the fifth annual Hood River Hops Fest on Saturday, Oct. 4. We don’t just grow and use hops here in the Pacific…

Two months worth of Green Dragon meet-the-brewers nights

Golden Valley brewmaster Mark Vickery checks the progress of his innovative champagne-aged IPA. Vickery’s Grand Island Golden Ale. This Tuesday, Mark Vickery comes from Golden Valley in McMinnville and brings some of his favorite beers to one of Portland’s bastions…

Tuesday, Sept. 30th: Jubel release at the Horse Brass

Deschutes winter favorite, Jubelale, should be on a shelf near you by the end of this week and you can celebrate its 21st year at an informal party at the Horse Brass on Tuesday…Jo Ellen says there’ll be some other…