Eugene libations icon and beer trivia tippler Eliot Martinez provides us with an exclusive and humorous peek into his town’s famous Sasquatch Brew Festival. Here Martinez samples a smorgasbord of wonderful Oregon-crafted brews and injects his unique brand of humor into the festivities.

2013′s Eugene Beer Week kicks off on May 4 with the Sasquatch Brew Fest at the Eugene Hilton and runs through May 11. The Sasquatch Brew Fest is a benefit for the Glen Hay Falconer Memorial Fund and helps to raise money to further promote, educate, and assist aspiring craft brewers from the Pacific Northwest. Find out more about all of this fun stuff at the official Read More…

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Widmer Brothers Brewing returns another popular handle from their Rotator IPA Series. Falconer’s IPA is a flavorfully hopped ale featuring a unique hop pellet, Falconer’s Flight™, an exclusive proprietary hop blend developed by Hopunion LLC. According to Hopunion, “This novel proprietary pellet blend is comprised of many of the Northwest’s most unique hop varieties and is perfect for any Northwest-style IPA. Each hop has been hand selected for its superior aromatic qualities, imparting distinct tropical, citrus, floral, lemon and grapefruit tones.” To honor Glen and support his legacy, Hopunion will be contributing proceeds from each Falconer’s Flight™ hops purchase to the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation.

What began as a one-time brew has blossomed into a popular mainstay with Widmer and now, folks nationwide can enjoy Falconer’s IPA. Here’s more information from Widmer on this grubbin’ brew: Read More…

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Good news for Pacific Northwesterner craft brewers who are seeking assistance in furthering their experience and education in the field. The Falconer Foundation has recently announced that they are now accepting applications for a full-tuition scholarship to the American Brewers Guild‘s Intense Brewing Science and Education program. This 22-week course “designed for brewers and homebrewers who lack formal training in brewing science and covers all the fundamentals of beer production and quality assurance.”  Here’s the full details from the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation: Read More…

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The Sasquatch Legacy Project, started by Walking Man Brewing and recently transitioned to Ninkasi Brewing, invites each year’s Glen Hay Falconer Scholarship recipients to collaborating on a beer together at Ninkasi Brewing. This year the Legacy beer is a Wheatwine.

Proceeds from this beer will go to support the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation and the Northwest Legends Foundation, whose mission is to educate brewers and support the community in memory of our lost brewing friend Glen Falconer. Read More…

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Mark you calendar because the Sasquatch BrewAm is taking place again next month!   The 8th Annual BrewAm will be on Friday, July 27th. Sign-up now!!

Sign up now as spots are going fast!!

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Eugene, Oregon hosts its 2nd annual Beer Week May 7-13, 2012. Eugene Beer Week is a celebration of craft beer culture in the Willamette Valley.

Venues and Breweries include Ninkasi, Oakshire, Hop Valley, Falling Sky, 16 Tons, The Bier Stein, Izakaya Meiji, Rogue, Cornucopia, Hot Mama’s Wings, the Eugene Hilton, Cascade Brewers Society, Boneyard Beer, Brewpublic, Sasquatch Brew Fest, Deschutes, Hopworks, and others.

Beer week will feature beer tastings, brewer’s dinners, special bottle releases, a home brew competition, and other events celebrating craft beer. Breweries, retailers, bars, restaurants, and beer writers join together helping bring Read More…

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This year’s Sasquatch Legacy beer is a Wheat Wine fermenting away at Ninkasi Brewing Co. in Eugene, OR. Ninkasi founding brewmaster Jamie Floyd, who helped brew the beer with the recipients of the 2011 Glen Hay Falconer Scholarship, posted on Facebook: “We took this project over from Walking Man Brewing who asked us to take on this tradition. The proceeds for this beer will go to the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation and maybe a some to the Northwest Legends Foundation that puts on the Sasquatch Beer Festival where the beer will be served first. We are making a Wheat Wine today!!! We picked wheat as this beer is dedicated to Mike West founder of West Brothers Brewing and many other awesome things including starting Chef’s Night Out who passed away last year too young! Friend of Mike are encouraged to say hi. Much Love to the friends and family of Mike!”

2011 Falconer Foundation Scholarship recipients were Jason Carriere of Eugene’s newly opened Falling Sky Brewpub and Dave Pendelton of Dick’s Brewing in Centralia, WA. Read more about these lads here. 2010′s recipient Brett Thomas of Silver Moon Brewing in Bend, OR helped brew the beer as well as others from Ninkasi’s brew staff.

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Glen Hay Falconer (1961-2002) was a man who did more than he probably imagined for craft beer in the Pacific Northwest. A young Falconer began his professional career began at Steelhead Brewing in Eugene in 1990. The brewer took his passion to the next level by completing the Siebel Concise Course in Brewing Technology four years later. Soon after, Falconer began working in Newport with Rogue’s John Maier, one of the nation’s most recognized brewmasters. In 1996, Falconer assumed the role of head brewer at the now defunct Wild Duck Brewery of Eugene. His untimely death,a decade ago at the age of 40, was a huge loss to the craft beer world. However, it is quite evident how much he is loved, as his spirit lives on through the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, a not-for-profit organization with a mission to “contribute to the Northwest craft brewing community by providing opportunities for professional and aspiring brewers to further their knowledge and expertise. The Foundation is also committed to honoring Glen’s broader interests by working with the Northwest Legends Foundation to contribute directly to local Eugene-based organizations that represent his ideals and passions.”

Today the Falconer Foundation offers the opportunity of offering two educational scholarships to the World Academy of Brewing at the Siebel Institute and one to the American Brewer’s Guild. It was recently announced that the 2012 scholarships are now being accepted by the foundation. If you are a brewer or aspiring brewer located here in the Pacific Northwest, you are encouraged to apply. Here are the details: Read More…

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** ANTHONY STONE PREVAILS IN LARGEST APPLICANT GROUP EVER FOR FALCONER FOUNDATION AMERICAN BREWERS GUILD SCHOLARSHIP **

This year’s scholarship attracted the largest group of applicants since the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation scholarship program began in 2004.  From a truly outstanding group of talented applicants, Anthony Stone of Boundary Bay Brewing Company (Bellingham, WA) has named recipient of the 2012 Glen Hay Falconer Foundation American Brewers Guild scholarship.  This scholarship attracted a very strong group of highly qualified applicants from throughout the Pacific Northwest region.

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