Wednesday July 18 5 – 8 PM Logsdon Farmhouse Ales &The Commons

Logsdon Owner/Brewmaster Dave Logsdon will tap Cerasus organic kriek beer, a barrel-aged Flanders style red ale with two pounds of fruit added per gallon of beer & Barrel-aged Seizoen Bretta, farmhouse Saison with Brettanomyces.

The Commons Brewers grace us with Eleanor, Wine barrel aged Farmhouse Ale made with magic (is that a legal ingredient?), BeneTibi, a 100% Brett Lambicus fermented beer with sour cherries and cider pressings, and a special one-off TBA.

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Tuesday July 17 5 – 8PM Double Mountain

Charlie Devereux and Matt Swihart have led a parade of Puckerfesters each year with their phenomenal Krieks and fresh cherries. Let’s do it again! Can’t wait. More details soon.

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Monday July 16 5 – 8PM Upright

Brewers Alex Ganum, Gerritt Ill, and Bobby Birk present another stunning display of barrel-aging and blending: Fantasia (barrel fermented with Baird Family Orchard peaches and a mix of souring yeasts and bacteria, lambic-esque), Lactovasilios (barrel fermented Berliner-weisse style sour ale), Blend Love (mix of barrel aged wheat and rye beers with raspberries and cherries), De la Seven (one-off variant of Upright’s strong saison fermented with yeast from the De la Senne brewery of Belgium and aged with brettanomyces in Patton Valley wine barrels), Belmont Station 14th Anniversary – a blend of gin and wine barrel aged wheat beer with apricot puree, Barrel aged Five (hoppy saison matured in former Fantasia barrels with the spent peaches), Late Harvest (farmhouse-style brown ale aged in Ransom wine, whiskey, and gin barrels). Plus we’ll sell a limited number of bottles of Belmont Station 14th Anniversary Beer

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Sunday July 15 2 – 5PM Block 15

Brewer/Owner Nick Arzner serves up another of his famously amazing lineups: Golden Canary, 2011 Demons Farm, & 2011 Strawberry Fields, Belmont Station 15th Anniversary (Scotch Ale matured in rare fifteen year old Bourbon casks from Rip Van Winkle Distillery and then blended with select Bourbon barrel Oud Bruins, matured 9 & 24 months), and a special firkin of Golden Canary with Gooseberries

In order that we can serve everyone as quickly as possible our Biercafe will be Cash Only during Puckerfest.

For more information: Carl Singmaster 503-232-8538

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Saturday July 14 Noon Gueuze Drafts and Cantillon Bottles

It’s pretty rare to have 3 authentic Gueuzes side by side. We’ll tap a keg of Cantillon Gueuze, Tilquin Gueuze, and St. Louis Gueuze. I remember the days when we had Cantillon bottles for sale constantly. That was before everyone caught on. Our last allotment was so small it seemed the best thing to do would be pour flights so a more folks can taste the brilliance of Cantillon. Flights of Cantillon Geueze, Kriek, and Rose poured from our very limited number of bottles.

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Friday July 13 5 – 8PM Oakshire & Flat Tail.

Oakshire Brewmaster Matt van Wyk and Flat Tail Brewmaster Dave Marliave team up to kick off Puckerfest with some special treats. Matt is bringing his Framboise, Skookumchuck Wild Ale, Lost Keg Wild Ale (which Matt says is a “wild amber, lost and then found”), and Gin Barrel Aged Frederic’s Lost Arm (saison aged in Gin barrels with Brett).

Dave is bringing his 1st Anniversary, 2nd Anniversary Flanders Red, Vallee’ Blanche sour wit, and Tamil black session sour fruit/wheat.

In order that we can serve everyone as quickly as possible our Biercafe will be Cash Only during Puckerfest.

For more information: Carl Singmaster 503-232-8538

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If you’re like us, you’re totally geeked out on the sour beer phenomenon that has swept North America over the past half decade or so. One of the first Northwest regional outposts for great craft beer, Belmont Station (4500 SE Stark St., Portland, OR) returns with their week long Puckerfest. Now in its sixth year, Puckerfest promises some of the area’s most tantalizingly tart, savoringly sour, wickedly wild, and flat out funky favorites. This year’s Puckerfest runs from Friday July 13 through Thursday July 20. Belmont Station chief beer officer Carl Singmaster sent out a presser yesterday with the full details, including the beers and breweries that you can expect to find at Puckerfest. Here’s the lowdown: Read More…

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Brewed by Block 15 this amazing beer is a strong Scottish Ale matured in 15year Pappy Van Winkle Barrels and blended with 11% Oud Bruin aged for 2 years in Bourbon barrels and 11% Oud Bruin aged for 9 months in Bourbon barrels. We’ll tap the 15 on draft at noon so you can get a glass to try it before bottle sales begin at 1PM. Bottles will be limit 2 per person. We cannot guarantee it, but we expect the bottles to last for hours.  From 5 – 8PM Block 15 owner and brewer Nick Arzner will join us as we tap some other great Block 15 beers in our Biercafe, including the Bourbon barrel-aged Pappy’s Dark Strong ale and Super Nebula Imperial Stout.

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Over the weekend Brewpublic teamed up with one of our favorite craft beer haunts Saraveza Bottle Shop & Pasty Tavern to present the third annual My Beery Valentine. This decadent event showcased 13 of the region’s finest breweries in an array of one-off beers designed especially with sweethearts, sweet tooths, and craft beer lovers in mind. These rich and robust offerings were each made with Valentine’s Day appropriate ingredients such as chocolate, fruit, and many of them were barrel-aged for added flavor.

My Beery Valentine 3 paired up these wonderfully dessertif ales with the choice sweets from Sugar Pimp, Saraveza’s own beermeister Lori Adams Clinton to result in one amazingly mouthwatering experience unlike any other. Read More…

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Brewpublic & Saraveza Present an event for Beer Lovers

On Sunday February 12, 2012, Brewpublic & Saraveza Bottleshop & Pasty Tavern team up for a special Valentine’s event to once again to bring bring sweethearts, sweet tooths, and, of course, beer lovers, the ultimate lineup of Valentine’s brews from Beervana and beyond.

Pairing with a delectable assortment of flavors from some of the most talented craft beer brewers around, My Beery Valentine will also feature four mouthwatering and decadent treats from Sugar Pimp. Read More…

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