2nd Annual Portland Craft Beer Festival Returns July 1 – 3, 2016
Last year the shining star of the new beer festivals was the Portland Craft Beer Festival. Founded by Joseph Sundberg, Christopher Rhodes and Rodney Woodley, the trio set out to host a beer festival that highlighted the abundance of craft beer that is brewed directly here in Portland, Oregon. Now in its second year, the Portland Craft Beer Festival (PCBF) will return to the beautiful setting of The Fields Neighborhood Park in Portland’s Pearl District from Friday, July 1 through Sunday, July 3.
For the second year, PCBF will be pouring over 90 beers and ciders. The Beer Slushie Machine will return for its second year as well. This year the machine will feature Widmer Hefe Shandy. For wine lovers there will wines from Coopers Hall and Clay Pigeon Winery.
Advance tickets are now on-sale through Midnight on June 30th and can be obtained by clicking here. Individual participation cost is $25 for entry (and a keepsake mug to the first 6000 guests) along with 10 beer tickets. With some exceptions, 1 ticket will yield one 4 oz pour and 4 tickets will buy a full pour. Advance ticket purchasers will receive 15 beer tickets. Additional tickets will be available for purchase at $1.00 apiece. The festival will be a cash only venue and there will be two ATMs on site.
Here is the beer and cider list for the 2016 Portland Craft Beer Festival:
- 10 BARREL BREWING Joe IPA
- 10 BARREL BREWING PIÑA Pineapple Passion Fruit Summer Ale
- ALAMEDA BREWHOUSE Yellow Wolf
- ALAMEDA BREWHOUSE Alternator ISA
- BACK PEDAL BREWING Blood Orange Blonde
- BACK PEDAL BREWING Tropical Thunder IPA
- BAERLIC BREWING CO. Nice & Easy Salted Gose
- BAERLIC BREWING CO. Cavalier Classic Cream Ale
- BASE CAMP BREWING Celestial Meridian CDL
- BASE CAMP BREWING Trail Side ESB
- BASE CAMP BREWING Ripstop Rye Pilsner
- BRIDGEPORT BREWERY Stumptown Tart
- BRIDGEPORT BREWERY Cream Ale
- BTU BRASSERIE Alto Double Pale
- BTU BRASSERIE Tea Punch Kölsch
- BURNSIDE BREWING Couch Lager
- BURNSIDE BREWING Lime Kölsch
- CIDER RIOT! Never Give an Inch
- CIDER RIOT! Lemmy’s Summer Camp
- CLAY PIGEON WINERY Rose
- CLAY PIGEON WINERY Pinot Gris
- COALITION BREWING CO. Serendipity
- COALITION BREWING CO. Space Fruit
- COLUMBIA RIVER BREWING Confuence IPA
- COLUMBIA RIVER BREWING Rose City Raspberry
- COMMONS BREWERY Pils
- COMMONS BREWERY Fleur de Blanc
- COOPERS HALL WINERY RED
- COOPERS HALL WINERY WHITE
- CULMINATION BREWERY Symphonic Brett Pale
- CULMINATION BREWERY Urizen ISA
- DESCHUTES Armory XPA
- DESCHUTES Hop Slice Session IPA
- ECLIPTIC Orbiter
- ECLIPTIC Peach Sour
- EX NOVO Elliot IPA
- EX NOVO Saison Lillis
- FAT HEADS IBUsive
- FAT HEADS Kölsch
- FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN BREWING CO. Mountain Lite
- FRINGE MEADERY Smoking Coyote Mead
- FRINGE MEADERY Orange Cardamom Mead
- GIGANTIC BREWING Hearts and Stars
- GIGANTIC BREWING Citra Kolschtasic
- GRIXSEN Saison
- GRIXSEN Brown
- GROUND BREAKER IPA #4
- GROUND BREAKER Seventh Ave IPA
- HI-WHEEL Beet Box Bunny
- HI-WHEEL Ginger Lemon
- HOPWORKS URBAN BREWERY Gear Up IPA
- HOPWORKS URBAN BREWERY Pig War
- KELLS BREWPUB Grapefruit Summer Shady
- KELLS BREWPUB Irish Red
- LAURELWOOD BREWING CO Gose
- LAURELWOOD BREWING CO PCBF IPA
- LOMPOC BREWING CO Saison de Evolution
- LOMPOC BREWING CO Peachy Keen
- MCMENAMINS OAK HILLS Falcon De Mais
- MCMENAMINS OAK HILLS Sole de Valle
- MIGRATION BREWING 503 IPA
- MIGRATION BREWING Luscious Lupulin IPA
- NATIAN BREWERY Everyday Organic IPA
- NATIAN BREWERY Cease & Desist Imperial Milk Stout
- OCCIDENTAL BREWING Pilsner
- OCCIDENTAL BREWING Dunkel
- OLD TOWN BREWING COMPANY Hels Belg
- OLD TOWN BREWING COMPANY Summer of ’74
- PINTS BREWING Apritart
- PINTS BREWING 2016 Northern German Pils
- PORTLAND BREWING CO. Smash Pale Ale
- PORTLAND BREWING CO. Home Brew Collaboration
- PYRAMID Curveball
- PYRAMID H7 Imperial IPA
- REVEREND NAT’S HARD CIDER Revival Apple
- REVEREND NAT’S HARD CIDER Sacrilege Sour Cherry
- ROCK BOTTOM BREWERY Sassy Pants Fruit Ale
- ROCK BOTTOM BREWERY Urban Lumberjack Red Ale
- ROYALE BREWING Fat Unicorn
- ROYALE BREWING Mr. Session
- SASQUATCH BREWERY Woodboy IPA
- NEW WEST CIDER Black and Blue
- STORMBREAKER BREWING Good to Last Lap
- STORMBREAKER BREWING Dry Hop Savage Nimbus
- STUNG MEADERY Mosaic
- STUNG MEADERY Raspberry
- STUNG MEADERY Gose
- STUNG MEADERY Dry Cider
- UNICORN Millennium Falcon
- UNICORN Red Eye Red
- UPTOWN MARKET BREWING Hero IPA
- UPTOWN MARKET BREWING Oatis Reddin’
- WIDMER Hefe Shandy
- WIDMER PDX Pilsner
- ZOIGELHAUS Northern German Pils
Food Vendors include The Dump Truck. Oregon Deli Co, Pig Sauce Co, Tastebud Pizza, and Urban German. Plus there will be Hot Lips soda, Mike’s Munchy’s kettle corn & Krave Jerky. PCBF swag will be on hand too.
With the massive size of The Fields Neighborhood Park there will also be some fun games to keep everyone entertained. This year PCBF has partnered up with Pips & Bounce for a weekend of table tennis. In addition to ping pong there will be corn hole games, hula hoops, and more. On Sunday morning, July 3rd at 11am, join in on some morning yoga an hour before the festival opens. Emily Dalsfoist from CorePower Yoga will be leading the session. Also the Multnomah County Library will share a booth with local beer writers and will feature the library’s digital Portland Brew Stories project
During the inaugural PCBF, the Portland Beer Hall of Fame was unveiled. The 2015 class featured Fred Eckhardt, Henry Weinhard, Kurt and Rob Widmer, and Don Younger. We hear that for the second year the inductees will include two brothers that have made a large impact on the local brewing scene.
Getting to and from PCBF is easy. The Portland Streetcar stops a block from The Fields Neighborhood Park. There will also be a bike coral with racks, sponsored by Bike Gallery. Don’t forget a lock! PCBF will be partnering with Uber for safe rides to and from the festival. Download the app and use the code “CRAFTBEER16”, redeemable by anybody new to Uber for a free ride up to $15. Pedi-cabs will also be on hand – a gorgeous trip along the waterfront park for anyone looking to go back and forth from the Waterfront Blues Festival. For those of you with designated drivers, there is a parking lot, Station Place Garage Lot 120, located at 720 NW Lovejoy Court, at the west end of the Broadway Bridge.
PCBF is also happy to partner once again with CaskAide, Inc., a non-profit organization and a charitable partner of TryHops, LLC. CaskAide’s mission is to support neighborhood interests through the promotion of local breweries. This year, the charities that CaskAide is honored to partner with are Friends of Trees, The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation, and The Oregon Brew Crew.
Dates & Hours:
Friday, July 1st 4pm – 10pm (21+ Only)
Saturday, July 2nd Noon – 10pm (21+ Only)
Sunday, July 3rd Noon – 7pm (Family Day)
The Fields Neighborhood Park
1099 NW Overton St
Portland, OR 972009
About The Author
DJ
D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.