The Holiday Ale Festival at P
ioneer Courthouse Square will certainly be at the front of every beer lover’s mind this weekend. Each year the event offers a vast array of specialty releases to warm the cockles of your liver while providing an excuse to head into the festive sights and lights of downtown Portland and catch up with family and friends. Here under the heated tents, merriment is shared amongst many, illustrating the collective Cascadian love for great craft beer, a signature element of our region.
For some, the weekend crowds of Holiday Ale Festival may be a bit intimidating, especially if you head out on Friday and Saturday night when things are in full swing. Thankfully, here in Portland, there are plenty of wonderfully enticing satellite events that may offer a bit more intimacy, if not just simply serve as a nice supplement to Holiday Ale Festival itself. In addition to the in-tents fest downtown, here’s a look at where we plan to be quaffing great beer: Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on November 27, 2012
Who knew you could have this much fun on a Thursday Night! From October thru April, the Bella Union comes alive on Thursday night with local distributors and breweries offering samples of beer and ales. Featured beer or ale on tap at a special price, oysters available any way you like them; cooked, over cooked, barely cooked or raw! The Bella ends the season with one of the biggest events in Southern Oregon; the Oysters & Ales Blowout, with dozens of beer and ale samples, oysters and a whole lotta fun! This is like a Southern Oregon beer fest, right here on the back patio, under the wisteria and stars
