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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…

Newest Collaborator released Wed., Sept. 17th

Ah, the rigors of life in Beervana, where on Wednesday you must choose between hop-harvesting at the Lab or tasting the newest of only-in-Portland Collaborator beers, Jeffry Fisher’s Double River Doppelweizen, which he brewed as a clone of Aventinus. 6-8…

Taste Rock Bottom’s Hop Harvest Thursday, Sept. 4th

Rock Bottom brewers Van Havig and Vasilio Gletsos will tap their 2008 Hop Harvest fresh-hop ale at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Rock Bottom Brewery, 206 S.W. Morrison St. The beer is hopped with fresh Tettnang hops from John Annen’s Mt. Angel…

Oh Boy! Full Sail’s Lupulin Ale on the way, Wed. Sept. 10th

Full Sail Brewing is releasing the 2008 batch of Lupulin Fresh Hop Ale as part of their Brewmaster Reserve series. Brewing a fresh hop ale to celebrate the hop harvest is an annual tradition at Full Sail. Every year,…

7th annual Pacific Northwest Brewcup in Astoria, Sept. 26th-28th

Summer may be ending, but things are just heating up on the coast! You’ll have a chance to taste some of the best craft beers the region has to offer in Astoria at the 7th annual Pacific Northwest Brewcup…

Great American Beer Festival: now greater thanks to Oregon fresh hop beers

The Great American Beer Festival happens October 9th-11th, 2008, in Denver and for the first time, the Brewers Association will have a guilds’ pavillion on the floor of the festival. brewers guild director Brian Butenschoen and Lisa Morrison championing the…

Brew your own: BridgePort’s 2008 Hop Harvest Home Brew Challenge

The Oregon hop harvest is here and theBridgePort Brewery, Oregon’s Oldest Craft Brewery, has celebrated by brewing its 2008 Hop Harvest Ale using fresh-picked Oregon Centennial hops. As part of the harvest celebration the brewery invites you to brew up…

Fresh Hop Tastival – Oct 18th at Hopworks

Better yet: in the new and improved Hopworks “Back 40” Beer Garden… There’s an acre of room out back for parking, beer festivals, concerts and the deck, which will be perfect for watching West Hills sunsets from…this shot was taken…

Meantime Ale Tasting, Pliny the Elder bottles

TUES AUG 26 6-8 p.m., Belmont Station, 4500 S.E. Stark St. Meantime Ales Tasting & Meet the Brewer. It’s not often we get to hang out with a brewer from Europe so this one’s extra special folks! Meet Alastair Hook,…

Hopworks Homebrew Demo Beers on tap Monday, Aug. 25th

Past Oregon Brew Crew president Bill Schneller brewed a Biere de garde for the recent homebrewing demonstration. The three beers brewed recently at the brew-your-own-beer demonstration last month go on tap today at 4 p.m.. They are: Biere de garde…