For the first year since they’ve started brewing their beloved holiday seasonal, Double Mountain Brewery of Hood River, Oregon has been in limited supply of the hoppy Fa La La La La. Based on Brewmaster Matt Swihart’s Full Sail treat known as Wreck The Halls, the brew did not make its way into the Portland market. However, fans of the full bodied brew can get a taste not only of this year’s release, but also of the three years prior at a special vertical tasting slated for Christmas Eve at the Hood River brewpub. Here’s the details from the brewery; don’t miss out: Read More…

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at the Taproom, 8 Fourth Street, Hood River
starts Saturday December 24 (Christmas Eve); good while it lasts. Doors open at 11:30am

Brewmaster Matt Swihart is feeling his holiday oats, and to celebrate, he’ll be breaking out an awesome four-year vertical of our Fa La La La La Winter Ale this weekend. Come Saturday morning, one keg apiece of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Fa will hit the Taproom taps. Tasters will be $2 for a 5-ounce mini-snifter and $7 for a full flight of four Fas. You’ll also be able to buy regular glasses & pints of all vintages (but no growlers, sorry). Once it’s gone, it’s gone, so beat a path out early to Hood River if you can.

We’ll also be tossing a special pizza for the holidays, “The Christmas Pie”, featuring Chop Butchery soppressata, fresh mozzarella and arugula pesto, yum. The bold flavors of the toppings should stand up well to the big hoppy goodness that is the Fa.

The Taproom will be open ’til 10pm on Christmas Eve and from 1-8pm for a special Christmas Day session. Happy holidays everybody!

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The five day extravaganza that is Holiday Ale Fest (HAF), you know, the biggest winter beer fest on the West Coast, is upon us. Beginning at 2PM on Wednesday November 30, 2011 and lasting throughout the weekend, this beer lover’s occupation of Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse square once again will bring merriment to the space beneath several heated tents.

Each day at HAF brings to light new select vintage and one-of-a-kind brews not to be missed. As a whole, the selection is quite daunting, with mostly above 7% ABV one-offs as the focus. Curator Preston Weesner, who also works as general manager at Cascade Brewing’s Barrel House, a boutique pub mongering some of the region’s most touted sours, has been calculatingly stowing away special kegs while encouraging breweries to formulate new and insightful styles. This year’s lineup is no exception to the ever awe-inspiring score of brews HAF has continued to build upon. Here’s ten beers that we greatly look forward to tasting, and if you are as fanatical about beer as we are, you might just want to seek out as well: Read More…

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Join the Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery for a special evening of beer tappings at the Horse Brass Pub.
Double Mountain’s co-founder Charlie Devereux says “We (will) celebrate the finest time of the beer year with a slew of awesome beers on tap at the Horse Brass, our spiritual home-away-from-home. It’ll be the Portland debut of this year’s Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA, along with its younger cousin, Killer Red.”

Also be pouring at this event will be the following select DM brews: Read More…

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Join the Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery on October 4, 2011 at 6PM for a special evening of beer tappings at the Horse Brass Pub.
Double Mountain’s co-founder Charlie Devereux says “We (will) celebrate the finest time of the beer year with a slew of awesome beers on tap at the Horse Brass, our spiritual home-away-from-home. It’ll be the Portland debut of this year’s Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA, along with its younger cousin, Killer Red.”

Here’s an updated and detailed description of all the beers pouring from DM on this evening: Read More…

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By D.J. Paul

The largest craft beer event in Central Oregon has now come to a close. The Bend Brewfest now in its 8^th year attracted an estimated 20,000 people to this continually growing beer-centric mountain town in Oregon’s high desert. Forty-four breweries, one homebrew club and one winery had their beverages featured for all to enjoy.  Most breweries offered up two different beers, some were their year round, others offered were more rarer beers.

This being my first time attending the Bend Brewfest I was pleasantly surprised on how Read More…

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It is amazing. One of the most action packed craft beer days of the year is unquestionably going to be Saturday August 20, 2011. Where to begin? Well, I’ve got a list of stuff you should consider. As for me, I will be at my dear friends’ wedding and attending my niece’s first birthday party. But here’s the lowdown on what you might consider: Read More…

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Hopworks and Double Mountain breweries are teaming up for a casual beer brunch pairing event featuring 5 courses paired with Hopworks and Double Mountain beer all available for individual purchase to build your own beerunch.

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No rest for the wicked… or for Oregon craft beer lovers for that matter. As we are gearing up for the mother of all craft beer events here in the Pacific Northwest, aka Oregon Brewers Fest, we can look back over the weekend and again amaze ourselves at how many great beer events we’ve run up against. Read More…

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After scraping away the remnants of our tastebuds from Saraveza’s 2nd Annual IIPA Fest over the past weekend, it’s time for us to shift gears and delve into some sours.

Yes, Belmont Station‘s hour of sour is upon us.  Puckerfest, their celebration of wild yeast ales is featuring a daily enfilade of over a dozen of these temptingly toothsome treats (how’s that for alliteration). Read More…

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