As you probably know from reading here, Saturday March 20 is the BrewPubliCrawl, a showcase of great beer bars and craft top Pacific Northwest brewers. At the SE Division Street debut, one of the most anticipated breweries will be local favorites, Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB). HUB assistant brewmaster Ben Love just informed us that his brewery will be debuting a special new lager at BrewPubliCrawl. For those about to bock, we salute you!

More from HUB:

Beginning March 20, 2010, Oregon Beer Odyssey (OBO) will offer classes, tastings, and events designed to promote beer appreciation and education. Classes will be held at sites around Portland, including notable bottle shops such as The Hop and Vine, the Wine and Spirit Archive, Saraveza, Bailey’s Taproom and The Beer Mongers.

In March and April, class topics will include Oregon Beer Odyssey’s signature, introductory class Tasting and Talking About Beer, and one entitled Great Beers of the Northwest.  Future classes will include style-specific workshops and overview courses on the great beers of Belgium, Germany, England, Scandinavia, and Italy. Oregon Beer Odyssey’s full class schedule is available on its website (www.oregonbeerodyssey.com) and on Facebook.

We’ve never much thought of Finnegans as a craft beer drinker’s place, but when they contacted us about this event, we had to pass it along (if not for the video alone).

For Finnegans’ St. Patrick’s Pint-a-Thon, beer drinkers can simply pledging to drink Finnegans throughout the month of March and can help to alleviate poverty in our community with every sip.

Tonight at Belmont Station Southern Oregon Brewing (SOB) founder Dr. Tom Hammond will introduce the brewery’s new labels and their Nice Rack IPA in bottles for the first time. Brewpublic recently visited Medford, Oregon with Green Bottling to help with this bottling. Other freshly bottled brews from SOB will include their flagship Pin-Up Porter, Woodshed Red, Pale Ale, Gold Digger Lager, and a phenomenal limited release 2008 Barley Wine featuring a blend of Wild Turkey and Jack Daniels barrel-aged brew. According to Belmont Station, SOB will have the Nice Rack IPA on draft this evening.

Here the uber beer geeks of Beer Advocate link up at Bailey’s Taproom to enjoy a plethora of rare cellared treats. As the event unfolds, the mood of the room becomes more jovial. That’s what happens as you drink more favorable and sought after brews.

Brewpublic Visits the January 2010 BeerAdvocate Tasting from Brewpublic.com

Today you can enjoy two one of a kind Portland, Oregon beers aged in bourbon barrels!

Alameda Brewhouse

4765 NE Fremont

Oakshire Brewing to Participate in Collaboration Brewing Project.

From the desk of Oakshire Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk:

Collaborative Evil returns…with more breweries and a bit of leeway. In 2008 three brewers decided to create a beer recipe and then brew it at their respective brewhouses. The beer a Strong Dark Belgian inspired Ale brewed with Honey, and spices. Each brew had a unique ingredient distinguishing it from the others. This effort was intended to get the beers to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver so that they could be served at the same time under one roof. Two of the three beers managed to get there and be served to the public, the third alas was there but not able to be judged or served at the time of the festival. The founding brewers Zac Triemert of Lucky Bucket Brewing Co. La Vista, NE, Matt Van Wyk of Flossmoor Station, Flossmoor, IL and Todd Ashman of FiftyFifty Brewing, Truckee, CA.

You’ve probably already heard about it and we’re sure you know about the stubby bottles. Full Sail has released the Black Session dark lager to the market to celebrate ten years of employee ownership. Here’s the lowdown from Oregon’s windy city, Hood River:

Hood River, Oregon – Full Sail Brewing has a lot of things to celebrate this July. Our nation’s independence, Oregon Craft Beer Month, and, most significantly for us, celebrating our own independence. On July 2, we
celebrate our tenth anniversary as an employee – owned brewery. To commemorate, we are delighted to showcase the release of Session Black Premium Dark Lager, which is ready to hit the stores in early July.

Pelican’s Sixth Annual Brewers Summer Games June 20. You know what this means? Beach, brews, and bribes. On top of that, it’s a whole lotta fun for a good cause.

Red Hook Brewing Company has just announced that they will be releasing a limited edition Belgian-style Tripel.