The Green Dragon and Buckman Botanical Brewery will co-host the 5th

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by Dan Culver

The 2nd Annual Eugene Beer Week is in the books and it was another week of a lot of fun (and of course a lot of beer).  We headed down Thursday, as did another BREWPUBLIC compadre D.J. Paul, to take part in as much imbibing as we could for the final three days.

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Breakside Brewery has announced that they are throwing quite the party for their second anniversary. On May 12, 2012 the restaurant will remain open normal hours with the addition of several house brewed beers flowing from all taps as well as more outside. Many of the featured beers are not to be missed one-of-a-kind treats. There will be live music as well. A commemorative glass will be featured for this ticketed event. Here’s the details from lead brewer Ben Edmunds: Read More…

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Thursday May 17 starting at 4pm we will be celebrating the release of Next Generation Strong Ale at the PINTS Urban Taproom with $3 pints all day.  Next Generation Strong Ale was brewed for this weekend’s Sasquatch Brew Fest and also doubles as a tribute to my newborn son, Hunter Royal Beckwith.  Here’s the description:

Zach Beckwith

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On Wednesday May 9, 2012 Gigantic Brewing officially opened its doors to the public. The industrial brewpub at 5224 SE 26th Avenue in Portland, Oregon’s reputation of esteemed brewers Van Havig and Ben Love preceded the first tastes of beer by most, and with good reason. Havig and Love have both asserted themselves at two of the state’s most esteemed brewers by creating some of the region’s most beloved craft beers. In addition, both have been avid members of the brewing community in a myriad of capacities.

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Join us for the opening of the Gigantic Brewing Taproom and Champagne Lounge. Doors at 3pm, open til 9ish. Gigantic IPA & The City Never Sleeps on tap along with our collaboration brews and guest taps. Come celebrate!

Gigantic is located at 5224 SE 26th Avenue (at Steele) in Portland, OR. For more on Gigantic, check out their site: www.giganticbrewing.com

Gigantic Brewing Taproom and Champagne Lounge is beer and champagne only, and thus you must be 21+ years of age.

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Likely Oregon’s most anticipated new brewery opening of 2012 is Gigantic Brewing. Headed by two regional craft beer all-stars, Van Havig, who spent 16 years brewing at Portland’s Rock Bottom, and Ben Love, who held down posts at Pelican Brewing in Pacific City and Hopworks Urban Brewery in Portland. Together, the two look to produce a year round IPA and a wide variety of rotating seasonals, specialties, and one-offs. On Wednesday May 9, 2012, Gigantic celebrates the fruits of their labors by kicking off what promises to be one hell of a non-stop party. Here’s the good word from the brewery: Read More…

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Come celebrate the beers of NE Portland at the first annual “NE Pedal Poker Run”.  On May 19th from 1:00 – 5: p.m. visit six participating NE breweries and pubs all with in easy walking distance.  At each stop pick up one playing card to create the best 5 card stud hand possible.  Make sure you are at Alameda Brewing by 5:30 for fabulous prizes and the music of Twisted Whistle. No purchase necessary to play, just come have some fun!

For more information visit our page on facebook  “NEPedalPokerRun”

Breweries along the route:

• Alameda Brewing
• Fire on the Mountain Brewing
• Laurelwood Public House
• Columbia River Brewing

Taking over Bottles and The Moon and Sixpence:

• Migration Brewing
• Burnside Brewing
• Breakside Brewing
• Upright Brewing

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Breakside Brewery has announced that they are throwing quite the party for their second anniversary. On May 12, 2012 the restaurant will remain open normal hours with the addition of several house brewed beers flowing from all taps as well as more outside. Many of the featured beers are not to be missed one-of-a-kind treats. There will be live music as well. A commemorative glass will be featured for this ticketed event. Here’s the details from lead brewer Ben Edmunds:

…we are throwing a huge party for our second anniversary on Saturday, May 12 from 1 until 7. (The restaurant will be open regular hours, but the special events are for the designated times). The party will feature live music, special release beers, and guest ‘celebrity’ chefs at the outside grill. To celebrate the big day, we’ll be pouring from all the draught lines inside plus an addition 8-10 beers outside. Here’s what to expect on tap:

Bourbon Barrel-Aged 1st Anniversary Wheat Wine: Last year, for our 1st anniversary, I brewed a strong wheat ale, a portion of which has now been aging in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels for 13 months. We released a very small amount for Lucky Lab’s Barleywine fest, and this beer is tasting great. It will be a real treat.

Gin Barrel-Aged 2nd Anniversary Sour Golden: My brew to commemorate our 2nd anniversary is a barrel-aged version of our Summer Golden. The base beer (a slightly sour golden ale made with ginger and kaffir lime leaf) has been aging in an Old Tom Gin barrel with additional kaffir lime leaves and juniper berries.

Passionfruit Berlinerweisse: In what will become a Breakside tradition, our assistant brewer Sam Barber has also brewed his own anniversary beer. A 100% sour mashed Berlin-style wheat beer made with passionfruit.

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Cherry Aztec: We regularly age our flagship strong beer, Aztec Ale, in bourbon barrels. For this batch, we’ve been aging it on Oregon cherries to create a layered, fruity, spicy dessert beer.

We’ll also be releasing the final kegs of our Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel and our Gin Barrel IPA. Our regular lineup of beers will be available as well, and we expect to have a handful of seasonal beers still around, including the latest two beers in our Chef Collaboration series: Apizza Alt, a traditional altbier made with Brian Spangler of Apizza Scholls and Lincoln Kolsch, a Northwest take on a German-style kolsch brewed by Jenn Louis of Lincoln and Sunshine Tavern.

The ticket package will be $15 for a commemorative tasting glass and 5 drink tickets for our outside tent. As a party plus, we’ll be selling mixed six packs of all of the anniversary and barrel-aged beers for that day only. Additionally, we’re getting special release ‘birthday beers’ from our friends at Upright, Burnside, Widmer Bros. and The Commons. Live music will include Denver, the country/western/indie band who we collaborated with for this year’s Malt Ball, and Catholic School, brewer Sam Barber’s crunk folk duo.

We’re also excited that some of the chefs/restauranteurs with whom we’ve collaborated over the last year have agreed to man a grill in our beer tent, offering chalkboard specials throughout the day. Expect to see Rodney Muirhead (Podnah’s Pit), Paul Kasten (Wildwood), Andy Arndt (Truss), Adam Robinson (The Bent Brick), and Yetta Vorobik (The Hop and Vine) behind the grill, as they celebrate with us. And just for good measure, the kitchen and restaurant will be running regular lunch and dinner service as well.

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The 6th Annual Brewers Memorial Ale Fest will be held in Newport and will benefit Oregon Coast charities. The festival was created in memory of Rogue Brewmaster John Maier’s faithful companion Brewer, who passed away on May 20, 2006. Brewer grew up in the brewery and eventually rose to the rank of CEO of Rogue Ales. The dog-friendly brew festival is held inside the Rogue Ales Brewery and includes 50+ Microbrews, Live Music, Doggy Musical Chairs, Dog Wash, Dog Dancing and Celebrity dog look-alikes. Ages 21+

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