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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If you haven’t stopped by Belmont Station this week and you love fresh hop beers, now’s the time to get off your duff and scope it out. Thanks to the uber beer geeks at the Station, it isn’t necessary to wait for every hop fest to get your palate on some resinous lupin-loaded beers (though if you’re an uber beer geek like us, you’ll probably try and hit up all the events).

October 5th kicked off Belmont Station‘s week long (yes, seven whole days) FRESH HOP WEEK. Each night the folks at the Bier Cafe are tapping one of this year’s freshly hopped brews. The taplines are loaded. Look for such beers from Astoria, BridgePort, Beer Valley, Cascade, Deschutes, Fort George, Full Sail, Hopworks, Lucky Lab, Ninkasi, Oakshire, Sierra Nevada, Silver Moon, Upright, and yes, there will be more! Belmont Station encourages you to keep an eye on their website for daily draft updates: www.belmont-station.com

Belmont Station is located at 4500 Southeast Stark Street in Portland, Oregon. For more information, call (503) 232-8538.

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