After three years in the making, Hopworks Urban Brewery will be releasing their Piledriver in bottles this weekend at a special dock sale. Starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, according to the brewery, they will have about 30 cases of the 750 mL bottles available for $12 each.

Piledriver

Barrel-Aged Belgian Style Abbey Ale

Piledriver began as Hopworks Dubbel Supplex Abbey Ale in 2009. We then aged it in four different bourbon and Cabernet barrels with sixty pounds of sour cherries and brettanomyces for eighteen months.

8.5% ABV             17.5 Plato            18 IBU

Hopworks is located at 2944 SE Powell Blvd. in sunny Portland, Oregon.

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After three years in the making, Hopworks Urban Brewery will be releasing their Piledriver in bottles this weekend at a special dock sale. Starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, according to the brewery, they will have about 30 cases of the 750 mL bottles available for $12 each.

Piledriver

Barrel-Aged Belgian Style Abbey Ale

Piledriver began as Hopworks Dubbel Supplex Abbey Ale in 2009. We then aged it in four different bourbon and Cabernet barrels with sixty pounds of sour cherries and brettanomyces for eighteen months.

8.5% ABV             17.5 Plato            18 IBU

Hopworks is located at 2944 SE Powell Blvd. in sunny Portland, Oregon.

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We just received news from Josh Grgas at The Commons Brewery of Portland, OR that they have bottled up two of their most popular draught brews. Bottle conditioned Urban Farmhouse and Flemish Kiss (American Pale Ale with Brettanomyces) will be available in the brewery’s tasting room (1810 SE 10th Ave, Portland, OR) beginning this evening, Friday April 27, 2012. “We’re not shy about saying how happy we are with these beers in the bottle,” says Grgas, adding, “The extra layer of fermentation and added carbonation really brighten both beers. Our tasting room hours are Friday 5-9PM and Saturday 4-9PM.”

On this night the tasting room will also debut Walnut, the latest in their Beetje series. The beer is a Belgian-style porter brewed with dark wheat and Northwest hop varieties.

Other events: Read More…

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By Theo Skourtist

My wife and I had the fortunate opportunity of spending this last weekend (September 2-3, 2011) in Bend, reveling in the beauty of Central Oregon and consuming what Bend is now known for – copious amounts of delicious craft beer. One of the events we had intended on traveling to for some time but had missed out on in past years was The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Brew Festival. The Little Woody was created in 2009 to commemorate one of Central Oregon’s cultural hallmarks — beer — and its third year was its most popular yet. This year, the event was spread over two days to allow for maximum beer enthusiasts to enjoy the fruits of the brewers’ labor. Read More…

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This Friday, from 5-8PM, The BeerMongers will be hosting Nick Arzner of Block 15 for the official Portland release of their latest bottling. La Ferme de la Ville Provision is a blend of young and old farmhouse ales aged in Pinot Noir barrels with Brettanomyces, set to mimic the early farmhouse ales which we’re open air fermented, allowing various microbes into the beer.

“We’ll have nine cases total available, with a two per person limit,” says Mongers’ Josh Grgas. Look for  the following beers on tap from Block 15′s cellar and core lineup: Read More…

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Tonight promises to be another fun filled and flavorful evening at Belmont Station as the 5th Annual Puckerfest continues with special guests Block 15 of Corvallis.

If you’ve missed out on any of the first three nights of Puckerfest with Flat Tail, Double Mountain, or Upright Brewing, you certainly do not want to pass on what Thursday has in store. Read More…

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By Oakshire Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk

Ahh, Oregon Craft Beer Month…..how I love thee.  And how you keep me so very very busy.  As we crank through the month of July here in the great state of Oregon, and as we tick another beer event off of our calendar, I am reminded of one of my greatest irritations, and that is the references to, and the naming of, the now wildly popular Belgian-inspired ales laced with Lactobacillus and other such organisms that folks refer to as “sours.”

I’ve been watching Read More…

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We’ll have this years Portland Cheers to Belgian Beers winning beer, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales “Seizoen Bretta” on draft. Also, bottles of both the “Seizoen” and “Seizoen Bretta” available for to go purchases. Dave Logsdon and Charles Porter will be here from 5pm-8pm for any questions you might have on this new Oregon brewery.

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Our trip to the first ever national (some say even international since we had a bloke from the U.K. with us) Beer Bloggers Conference was a terrific experience. During this weekend of learning, sharing, and quaffing bloggers and industry folk congregated to extend our scope in a multifaceted effort to nurture and cultivate skills within our trade. Earlier we listed some of the highlights of the weekend, and undoubtedly, one of the pinnacles was trying new beer and acquainting ourselves with the folks who facilitate many palatable offerings. One particular noteworthy encounter was getting to sample some new to market releases like Breckenridge Brewery’s Christmas Ale, Stone Brewing’s Lukcy Bastartd Ale, and Odell Brewing’s Double Black IPA (Cascadian Dark Ale to those in the Pacific Northwest region). During a speed blogging event, we met many talented and impassioned reps and brewers. One of these good folks was Odell brewer Joe Mohrfeld.

Following the conference, we extended our stay in Colorado and ventured north to Fort Collins, an oasis for artisan beer. Here we encountered first hand the Odell’s Brewery where Mohrfeld exercises his skills in the trade on a regular basis. We caught up with the brewer to learn more about the beer he helps create and to put some perspective on the daily goings-on of Odell’s. Read More…

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Before heading to Boulder, Colorado for the weekend’s Beer Blogger Conference, we made our first night one in Denver. Colorado’s largest city, Denver is also one of the state’s most vibrant craft beer areas as well. Our plane arrived in the late afternoon, and after a shuttle ride about 40 minutes from the airport to downtown, we finally were set loose into a warm evening prepared to soak in some of the city’s craft beer culture.

Over dinner at an Read More…

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