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On Saturday & Sunday December 15-16, warm up your Winter at 16 Tons Taphouse, in the heart of Eugene. Located smack dab between the University of Oregon and Downtown. 16 Tons at 13th & High Street will serve up more 70 Craft Beers including: Belgian Strong Ales, Barrel Aged Ales, Spiced Ales, Barley Wines, Imperial Stouts, Imperial Browns, Strong Sour Ales, Traditional Old Ales, and Winter Style IPAs. For the Craft Beer lover, this is a not-to-be-missed event.

The Festival provides a unique opportunity to sample seasonal, one off, and rare beers from renowned brewers from Oregon and beyond. A few of the most coveted beers include Boneyard’s Suge Knite Imperial Stout (Bend, OR) and Block 15′s Barrel Aged Figgy Pudding (Corvallis, OR) which, like many of the beers, are extremely limited in release and very highly regarded. For the novice and the experienced beer enthusiast this event is an incredibly fun opportunity to sample and savor some of the most sought after beers in the world. Bring your friends and share some sips.

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Sean/Shawn/Shaun Fest at The BeerMongers was a lot of fun. Brewers Shawn Kelso (10 Barrel), Sean Thommen (Amnesia), Sean Burke (Commons), Shaun O’ Sullivan (21st Amendment), Sean Green (homebrewer), and publican Sean Campbell (The BeerMongers) were among the many who shared the namesake on this fun, festive, and flavorful evening.

• Beers for the night included a range of Sean/Shawn/Shaun brews:
• 10 Barrel (Bend, OR) “My Name Isn’t Shawna” Stout-Shawn Kelso
• Amnesia (Portland, OR) “DesolaSean” Keg hopped IPA-Sean Thommen
• 21st Amendment (San Francisco, CA) “ShaunO’s Strong Red” blend-Shaun O’Sullivan
• Lazy Boy (Everett, WA) “The Shawning” IIPA-Shawn Loring
• The Commons Brewery (Portland, OR) “Plum Brett: Limited EdiSean”-Sean Burke

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Thursday October 25: Bend Killer Brewers Night @ The BeerMongers – 6p.m.
Bend, Oregon is a mecca for craft beer. If you’ve ever followed the Bend Ale Trail, you understand how awesome this town truly is. For the third time, Brewpublic has teamed up with our friends at The BeerMongers to present Bend Killer Brewers Night. Look for unique and flavorful offerings from some of Central Oregon’s finest such as Deschutes, Boneyard, 10 Barrel, Bend Brewing, Silver Moon, Crux Fermentation Project, GoodLife, Cascade Lakes, and more!

For a complete list of events happening during Brewpublic’s KillerBeerWeek, visit http://brewpublic.com/events

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Wednesday October 24: Sean / Shawn / Shaun Fest @ The BeerMongers – 6p.m.
It’s a celebraSean of sensaShawnAle brewers and craft beer folks who have won our affectShaun with Killer beer! The BeerMongers (1125 SE Division St., Portland, OR) is run by Publican Sean Campbell, so as far as talented Shawns goes, it takes one to know one…or many. We’ll feature special releases from Sean/Shawn/Shauns including 10 Barrel (Shawn Kelso), The Commons (Sean Burke), Lazy Boy (Shawn Loring), 21st Amendment (Shaun O’Sullivan), Amnesia (Sean Thommen), and Georgetown Brewing (Sean Miller). Here’s your invitaSean! See you there!

For a complete list of events happening during Brewpublic’s KillerBeerWeek, visit http://brewpublic.com/events

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The brand new 10 Barrel Kolsch style brew is on tap here now and it’s tasting magnificent. True to style and fresher than the imports we were delighted to find out it comes our way in bottles this Thursday. To celebrate we’ll have a tasting of all the 10 Barrel bottles: Kolsch, ISA, Apocalypse IPA, Sinis10r Black, and Oregon Brown. The brand new 10 Barrel Bitter and their Big Black Stout will be on draft in our Biercafe.

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10 Barrel Brewing has announced a special event taking place in conjunction with PDX Beer Week and the Portland Fruit Beer Fest. 10 Barrel Tap Takeover at APEX will feature many special beers from Bend, Oregon on tap.

These include Raspberries Gone Wild, Oats on Nitro, Pray For Brandy Strong Ale, One Hop Wonder Strong Pale, Okie Dokie Smokie, Rude Boy Rye, Red Headed Step Child, Cynical CDA, “He Done Did It” PB&J, “Mighty 45″ Bourbon Maple, and Red Vine Sin1st0r in addition to some of 10 Barrel’s year round favorites. Brewers Jimmy Seifrit, Tonya Cornett, Shawn Kelso, Bobby Jackson, and Ben Shirley on hand from  4-8 p.m. on Saturday June 9, 2012 for this event.

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10 Barrel Brewing has announced a special event taking place in conjunction with PDX Beer Week and the Portland Fruit Beer Fest. 10 Barrel Tap Takeover at APEX will feature many special beers from Bend, Oregon on tap.

These include Raspberries Gone Wild, Oats on Nitro, Pray For Brandy Strong Ale, One Hop Wonder Strong Pale, Okie Dokie Smokie, Rude Boy Rye, Red Headed Step Child, Cynical CDA, “He Done Did It” PB&J, “Mighty 45″ Bourbon Maple, and Red Vine Sin1st0r in addition to some of 10 Barrel’s year round favorites. Brewers Jimmy Seifrit, Tonya Cornett, Shawn Kelso, Bobby Jackson, and Ben Shirley on hand from  4-8 p.m. on Saturday June 9, 2012 for this event. A Read More…

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10 Barrel Brewing of Bend, OR is releasing their Apocalypse IPA and ISA in 6-Packs (12 ounce bottles) this week. Look for ‘em where tasty beer is sold.

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This Thursday, May 17th at 5pm the Green Dragon will host Shawn Kelso and 10 Barrel Brewing for Meet the Brewer. Well known for making strong and flavorful beers, Shawn will be bringing with him five of 10 Barrel’s exceptional Ales:

As always beer will be on tap at 5pm and the introductions will begin at 6pm. See you on Thursday.

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