What. A. Weekend. Certainly a memorable one to say the very least. It had its ups and downs, but overall, it was positive; the glass more than half full.

The highlight of the past weekend was indeed spending two days in Oakland, California at Beer Revolution. If you haven’t been to this place yet, you really need to make plans to check it out asap. They’ve got close to fifty rotating taps of craft beer, mostly regionally sourced, and hundreds of choice bottled brews, safely stowed in refrigerated units. Husband and wife owners Fraggle and Rebecca provide a casual blue collar atmosphere with reasonable prices. The staff is friendly and quite passionate and educated about the products they are slinging. For Beer Rev’s second anniversary celebration on Saturday February 4, 2012, the tap lines were cleared from the previous night and we counted 45 rotating taps of some of the best brews anywhere on the West Coast. In fact, many Oregon Read More…

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Meet owner/brewer Pete Ricks of Ontario, Oregon’s Beer Valley Brewing at the Green Dragon Pub & Bistro.

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After weeks of compiling some of the best pumpkin brews, Brewpublic and The Green Dragon have at last put forth this amazing list to share. This event kicks off this evening (October 17, 2011) at 928 SE 9th Avenue. Here’s what’s pouring: Read More…

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While we are getting geared up for next weekend’s Ladies of Lagers and Ales tastival, next weekend at Saraveza, we look back over the past weekend and remember an amazing flavorsome celebration of another group of females – hops.

You see, hops are the female flower clusters, or strobiles, of the hop species, Humulus lupulus. At this time of year, the herbaceous perennials are reaching to high heaven, and just recently, if you’ve observed your bines, you may have noticed the flowering finger-like fruits beginning to form spicy cones.

Saraveza’s 2nd Annual IIPA Fest took place on Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17, and was a celebration of the most regal, magisterial, and potent of all hoppy beers. Ah, the Imperial India Pale Ale (IIPA) – bigger and bolder, and often more bitter than its already amplified parent. Read More…

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Join brewer Pete Ricks of Oregon’s easternmost brewery Beer Valley of Ontario, Oregon at the Horse Brass for the release of his new IPA, Delta 9.

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April 24th is National Pigs in a Blanket Day and at 2PM we’re hosting a Pigs in a Blanket Competition. There’s no cost to enter, but contestants must follow two rules: Pigs must contain pork and be wrapped in an edible blanket. The BeerMongers will award prizes to the top three contestants.

To help wash it all down we’re tapping Russian River Blind Pig as well as Bacon Beer from Aaron Gillham, Manager of the soon to be opened Portland U Brew. There will also be specials on Pig themed bottled beers, like Avery Hog Heaven Barleywine and Valley Pigskin Pale.

Cheers,
The BeerMongers

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Beer Valley Brewer Pete Ricks will be at Plew’s Brews (and their April NoPo Brews meetup) on Tuesday April 12th!Pete will be bringing several seasonals, as well as the infamous Leafer Madness! Hope you can make it!

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Meet Ontario, Oregon’s Pete Ricks, brewer at Beer Valley Brewing, the state’s easternmost brewhouse. This event happens at the Horse Brass Pub in Portland, Oregon and will feature Beer Valley’s Black Madness, Leafer Madness, FRESH HOP Leafer Madness, and one other specialty surprise. Starts at 5PM.

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After months of planning, we’ve finally nailed down a list of the beers that will be pouring at Bailey’s Taproom for Brewpublic’s 2nd KillerBeerFest. This all goes down on Saturday October 23, 2010 starting at 4PM. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Here’s the lineup: Read More…

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Saturday October 23
KillerBeerFest!
@ Bailey’s Taproom
213 SW Broadway
Portland, OR
4PM
On this special night, Brewpublic has curated a line-up of never tasted before beers from the Pacific Northwest. barrel-aged brews, Belgian-style specialties, fruit and spice beers, and other mind melting one-of-a-kind and one-off brews. Most of these beers will not be available again. Bailey’s provides a great environment for tasting these beers.
Look for kegs from:

• Astoria
• Barley Brown’s
• Beer Valley
• Block 15
• Breakside
• Cascade
• Coalition
• Double Mountain
• FiftyFifty
• Fort George
• Gilgamesh
• Laurelwood
• Lucky Labrador
• Mt. Tabor
• New Old Lompoc
• Ninkasi
• Oakshire
• Pelican
• Prodigal Son
• Upright
• Vertigo
• Walking Man

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