Barrel aging beer is certainly an emerging trend amongst craft breweries. The depth and complexity of this added dimension is an unquestionably benevolent element that, if properly executed, lends much to any stalwart brew. Full Sail Brewing knows this well.

On Wednesday February 2, 2012, Full Sail unmasked four renditions of their Top Sail Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Porter at McCormick & Schmick’s Riverplace brewpub. This “horizontal” featured three whiskey cask-aged pours of the brew and a final blend of each that married each into one exquisite conclusion. Each spent a full year soaking in and amalgamating the nuances of the bold base beer with the notes provided with each barrel.  Read More…

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Those who love the big bold flavors of imperial dark ales coupled with a touch of bourbon will be happy to hear that Full Sail Brewing Co. is again releasing their coveted Top Sail Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Porter.

Aging for a year in the bowels of their cellars, Bourbon Top Sail is slated to drop on February 1, 2012 and promises lots of oaken notes and a rich bourbon notes. Look for a vertical tasting and more. Here’s the details from Full Sail: Read More…

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Belmont Station is a place that feels like an never ending craft beer festival. Every night of the week there’s something going on in the Bier Cafe and the bottleshop. More than 1400 bottles of beer and nearly twenty rotating draught selections to choose from. Perhaps the most badass of all of their events is BIGGER, BADDER, BLACKER! This week long celebration of, as the title indicates, bold and behemoth dark brews, hosts some of the most coveted pitchy pours in the world.

If you missed the kickoff last night, you missed the initial “Descent into Darkness”, including rockstar brewer Shawn Kelso of Barley Brown’s (soon to be with 10 Barrel Brewing) unleashing two muscular brutes – BB’s Anniversary Ale simply known as “13″ and his 2010 Great American Beer Festival gold medal winning Turmoil CDA. In addition the Station was gracing the people with these two highly sought after dark ales, they also unveiled a Mikkeller Tequila Barrel-aged Black Hole alongside a Peated Whisky Barrel-aged Black Hole. Still not sated? How about some Laurelwood Moose & Squirrel Imperial Stout, New Belgium Clutch (sour Belgian style stout), or Deschutes Black Butte XXI (yes, from 2009). But don’t fret, for this, my friends, is just the tip of the big black iceberg. Read More…

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The beer-crazy cats at Roscoe’s Pub in Portland’s Montavilla ‘hood have been throwing down stellar craft brews for a half decade. And, to celebrate, publicans Quyen Li and Jeremy Lewis and their staff are pulling out some big guns to please their patrons palates. So get ready for a great beer weekend leading up to New Years. Lewis says “We will have some amazing and unique beers on tap for the event.” These include a five year old Read More…

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The beer-crazy cats at Roscoe’s Pub in Portland’s Montavilla ‘hood have been throwing down stellar craft brews for a half decade. And, to celebrate, publicans Quyen Li and Jeremy Lewis and their staff are pulling out some big guns to please their patrons palates. So get ready for a great beer weekend leading up to New Years. Lewis says “We will have some amazing and unique beers on tap for the event.” These include a five year old Full Sail Imperial Porter, 2007 Stone Old Guardian Barleywine, Boneyard Beer’s Batch #1 Black 13 aged in bourbon barrels, 2010 Hair of the Dog Adam,  Upright Rose City Seven, 2010 Fort George Kentucky Girl, Bear Republic Barrel Aged Ryevalry, 2010 Struise Tsjeeses Reserva, Double Mountain Fa La La La La, Oakshire, Russian River , Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA, and many more.

There will also be brewers from some of our favorite breweries in attendance. We will have 5 ounce tasters available. The official event date is Friday, but there will be great beers on tap all weekend long.

A huge thanks to all of our customers and the brewers that have made the past 5 years so much fun. We hope to see you there.

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Full Sail Brewing recently announced the release of their Brewers Share Program. This means that the owner-employees/brewers will have their own beer in bottles and on tap throughout the year. Saraveza will host the release of their new bottles on the 12th from 6-8, love to see you at both

More on Full Sail’s Brewer’s Share Program here.

Cheers!

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Full Sail Brewing recently announced the release of their Brewers Share Program. This means that the owner-employees/brewers will have their own beer in bottles and on tap throughout the year.  On January 5, 2012, the first release from Full Sail’s Brewers Share series will be  “Extra Special Barney” at newly opened Uptown Market in Beaverton. Full Sail representative Rick Nickerson says “We will also have the LTD 04 and the Wreck the Halls on draft and I will be there talking about Full Sail and the Brewers Share program specifically.”

More on Uptown Market here.

More on Full Sail’s Brewer’s Share Program here.

Cheers!

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In 2008 Full Sail Brewing created their small batch Brewer’s Share series as an opportunity for each of their individual brewers to express their creations to be shared on tap exclusively in their pub. Since their crew came up with so many great beers, they decided to share a selection of them with beer lovers everywhere. The first beer in the series “Extra Special Barney” (ESB) developed by Brewing Supervisor, Barney Brennan will be released in 22oz. bottles and on draft in January.

“It’s rare to know who makes your beer. We’re proud to be the people behind so many award winning brews.  As an independent and employee owned brewery, you know that we put our hearts and souls into every drop. With Brewer’s Share, we take it one step further and introduce our individual brewers by name and beer,” said Irene Firmat, Full Sail’s CEO and Founder. Read More…

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Only $5 cover get’s you beer samples, sandwiches, appetizers, and raffle tickets to win door prizes.

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So. Many. Hops. And with each year’s hop harvest comes plenty of video hop porn to arouse our palates. Here’s a few hop harvest season videos that will make you smell, taste and feel those fresh hops. Read More…

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