It was a weekend filled with brews, birthdays, and beer bashes.

To keep the alliteration rolling, Friday was a Bend beer ball at The BeerMongers. Brewers and representatives from around the Bend and Central Oregon region made the trek to Portland to share some of their finer offerings. Highlights included having Tonya Cornett of Bend Brewing, Jimmy Seifrit of 10 Barrel, Tyler Reichert of Silver Moon, Ryan Schmiege of Deschutes, and Tony Lawrence of Boneyard Beer in the house.

The taps were loaded with some Bend’s best, ranging from sessionable to extreme. On the light side, Three Creeks of Sisters brought their Golden Ale, Deschutes supplied their Portland brewed Armory XPA (an American Extra Pale Ale), and Silver Moon tapped their GABF medal-winning Read More…

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CAN you make it? Finally, Fort George’s can-do efforts are in the CAN, for sale in Washington. Join us for Fort George’s much anticipated release of thier canned beers, Vortex IPA, and 1811 Lager. Their 16-ounce tall cans are great-tasting and good-looking. Talking about tall and good looking, Brian from Fort George will be joining in on the festivities. BTB will be the only access in Washington for some time to get the Fort George can goods, stop By the Bottle for a sample. Fort George Brewery and Public House is located in Astoria, Oregon. more

Beer sample menu, is subject to change at any time:

VORTEX INDIA PALE ALE-tall cans

1811 LAGER-tall cans

on draft:

QUICK WIT BELGIAN-STYLE WHEAT

SUNRISE OATMEAL PALE ALE

WORKING GIRL PORTER

Event date: TODAY! Friday, July 8, 2011 (also Arlene’s B’day, but sorry she will not be at the tasting because she is celebrating her b’day in L.A. She said you could bring her gifts by when she gets back.)

Time: 5p to 7p

Tasting fee: $3, cash only

Fort George Brewery and Public House-Astoria, OR

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By now, especially if you are a craft beer lover, you have likely familiarized yourself with the various benefits of cans versus bottles when packaging. To celebrate the vast benedictions that canned craft beer offers, The Guild Public House is hosting The Cans Fest.

If you missed our previous post about the event. Here’s the details from The Guild’s founder Jesse Cornett with added finalized beer lineup: Read More…

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The Guild Public House is pleased to announce The Cans Beer Fest to be held during Oregon Craft Brew Month in partnership with Ride On Portland. Admission is free and the event is open to all ages. The Cans Beer Fest will be held at 1101 East Burnside in Portland and is scheduled July 9th from noon until 10 pm.

The Cans Fest will feature beer from as far away as Colorado where Oskar Blues pioneered using cans for their product to local Oregon brewers, including Ft. George who just started selling beer in cans this spring. We’ll have an array of brews that will satisfy the most novice beer drinker and impress the aficionados in the crowd. We’ll be announcing the complete lineup soon, which will include beers not yet on the market.

The benefit of cans over bottles include better portability, being more environmentally friendly, keeping beer fresh longer, and getting cold much quicker than bottles. More than 100 American craft brewers have recognized these benefits and more in choosing to can their product instead of bottling.

Unlike most Fests, if festival attendees like a particular beer they will be able to purchase that beer to go from The Guild as they leave the event. While admission is free, a tasting mug is required to sample beer. A mug cost $5 and tickets valid for one 4 ounce taste are $1 each. Please also visit The Cans Fest Facebook page information on an ongoing basis. About The Guild Public House Located in the Burnside Rocket Building, a LEED Platinum facility at 1101 East Burnside, The Guild Public House opened in January 2011. We serve local beer, great food and creative cocktails. The Guild is open from 4 pm-midnight or later daily. For more information please visit our homepage. About Ride On Portland Ride On Portland is an organization dedicated to keeping drunk drivers off the streets of Portland. From 11pm-3am on Friday and Saturday night, they’ll take you and your car home from any bar in Portland to anywhere in Portland for a small fee. Form more information please visit rideonportland.org or visit their table at The Cans Fest.

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Medford Beer Week rolls on…Imagine several big coolers of ice stocked with canned beer. Each beer is $3. But here’s the thing… you reach in blind. You might come away with a can of Rainier, or a can of Gubna. Come down to 4 Daughters and let the fates decide.

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The Guild Public House is pleased to announce The Cans Fest to be held during Oregon Craft Brew Month in partnership with Ride On Portland. The Cans Fest is scheduled for July 9^th from noon until 10 pm.  Admission is free and the event is open to all ages.  Tasting mugs are required to sample beer and will be on sale for $5 and tickets for 4 ounce tastes are $1.

The Cans Fest will feature beer from Read More…

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Shaun O’Sullivan, Co-Founder/Brewmaster of 21st Amendment will be at The BeerMongers on Thursday, 4/7 from 6-8PM. This date also marks the anniversary of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.

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The boys at the Fort George Brewery have been working very hard these past weeks getting the beloved Vortex IPA and new cult favorite 1811 Pre-Prohibition Lager into some snazzy new 16oz cans. Now that the canning line is operative and the masses are finally getting there hands on these long anticipated CANS, we are all finally ready for some PARTIES! We are so excited we decided to host two parties around Portland.

Can release Parties:

~Friday April 1st at Belmont Station 5-8pm-Free Can tastings, specialty draft on Tap, & of course we will be raffling off some swag!!

~Saturday April 2nd at Saraveza 7-10pm-Free Can tastings, specialty draft on Tap, Vortex cake made by Lori aka the “SugarPimp”, & of course we will be raffling off some swag!!

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From the folks at Redhook:

In the last 30 years, Seattle’s changed a lot. Starbucks started percolating. Grunge went gangbusters. And the tech bubble burst not long after they blew up the Kingdome.  But for all of the fads that went the way of the Boz’s crazy buzz cut mullet, one thing has stood the test of time. Redhook.

Since 1981, we’ve brewed crafty beer that’s been enjoyed at countless backyard cookouts and bowl games. Sure, we’ve grown up since we brewed our first batch in a converted transmission shop in Ballard, but deep down, the important stuff is the same. We’re still brewing great beer, and are having a heck of a great time doing it.  So to celebrate our big three-oh, we are changing our look to better reflect who we really are, and what we are about. But don’t take our word for it, take a look for yourself:

New Decade. New Look. Same Crafty Beer.

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Fort George Brewery and Public House in Astoria, Oregon has been dazzling the palates of Oregon craft beer enthusiasts since its inception in March 2007. Founded by brewers Jack Harris and Chris Nemlowill, the two combined their brewing expertise from previous North Coast gigs at Bill’s Tavern and Astoria Brewing Company to bring some of the best craft offerings not only to Astoria, but to the greater Oregon market. Beginning with a humble 8.5 barrel (10 hectoliter) brewhouse obtained from a Virginia pub, Fort George has recently made great strides to expand their operation with the purchase of adjoining property, a larger 30 barrel brewhouse acquired from Saint Arnold Brewing Company of Houston, Texas, and the implementation of a state of the art canning operation purchased from Cask Brewing Systems in Calgary, Canada. This new endeavor will greatly expound upon their largely meaningful, efficacious, and well-received commitment to the regions craft beer community. And not only will the ground breaking unveiling of the new incarnation of Fort George carry great social and economic implications to the area, it also leads forth significant historical connotations.

A plaque in Astoria’s Fort Astoria Park, proclaims that the fort was home to the first white woman west of the Rockies, in 1814. She is described on the plaque only as “Jane Barnes English Barmaid,” so it’s fitting that the former home of a barmaid should house a brewery nearly 200 years later. -from Fort George Brewery and Public House’s blogsite.

Just in time for the celebration of Astoria’s bicentennial, Fort George will unveil the latest aggregate of the company’s devout labors that includes a new 30,000 square foot brewhouse that is soon to package Oregon’s first 16-ounce craft beer in cans. One of the first two flavors hit the marketplace will be their 1811 Pre-Prohibition Lager to commemorate the first 200 years of Western organized settlement in Astoria.

Brewpublic has the distinct opportunity to speak with co-founder Nemlowill to learn more about this monumental undertaking.  Read More…

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