With the big one, Holiday Ale Festival under our belts, and a few other awesome holiday craft beer gatherings such as Roscoe’s Holiday Beer Summit, under our outstretched belts, we’ve come to a stark reality. It’s not even winter yet and there is still plenty more seasonal beers for us to drink. So, let’s get down to business and gear up for the second annual St. John’s Winter Beer Festival at Plew’s Brews.

Organizer Trevor Thurston Beers points us to specialty pours at this year’s Winter Fest like Nostradamus Strong Brown, Stone Russian Imperial Stout, Uinta Baltic Porter (with brandy soaked oak chips in the secondary), Great Divide Oak-Aged Yeti, St. Bernardus Christmas Ale, Schooner Exacts’ Hoppy the Woodsman (a winter warmer aged in bourbon barrels), and a handful of specialty Oakshire brews. But that’s not it, friends, not even close… Read More…

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Twas the week before Christmas and Plew’s was in action,
The creatures were stirring, winter beer is the passion.
December 14th, 15th, and 16th we’ll play,
From noon until midnight for all of three days
Belgians and Stouts, Winter Ales, Barleywine
We hope you will come and have a good time!

 Plew’s Brews, Oakshire Brewing, and Thurston Beervents present the second-annual St Johns Winter Beer Fest to be held December 14th, 15th, and 16th! Commemorative glasses are $5 and Tickets are $1. We’ll have food from the kitchen and Tim the Sausage Guy outside. Cheers!

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Twas the week before Christmas and Plew’s was in action,
The creatures were stirring, winter beer is the passion.
December 14th, 15th, and 16th we’ll play,
From noon until midnight for all of three days
Belgians and Stouts, Winter Ales, Barleywine
We hope you will come and have a good time!

 Plew’s Brews, Oakshire Brewing, and Thurston Beervents present the second-annual St Johns Winter Beer Fest to be held December 14th, 15th, and 16th! Commemorative glasses are $5 and Tickets are $1. We’ll have food from the kitchen and Tim the Sausage Guy outside. Cheers!

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Twas the week before Christmas and Plew’s was in action,
The creatures were stirring, winter beer is the passion.
December 14th, 15th, and 16th we’ll play,
From noon until midnight for all of three days
Belgians and Stouts, Winter Ales, Barleywine
We hope you will come and have a good time!

 Plew’s Brews, Oakshire Brewing, and Thurston Beervents present the second-annual St Johns Winter Beer Fest to be held December 14th, 15th, and 16th! Commemorative glasses are $5 and Tickets are $1. We’ll have food from the kitchen and Tim the Sausage Guy outside. Cheers!

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Plew’s Brews, in conjunction with Laurelwood Brewing and Thurston Beervents, present the Autumn Ale Festival October 19th through 21st. Three days of harvest beers from stouts to fresh hops, there is something for everyone! Some of the highlights include Bayreuther Landbier Dunkel, Hale‘s Ales Harvest, Ninkasi’s Meridian Fresh-Hopped “ Tastes Like Purple”, and Laurelwood‘s Brewer‘s Cut Imperial IPA! We will have commemorative glasses for $5 and Tickets are $1 for a four-ounce taste. It will be double tickets for the more rare and unusual beers. Come out and enjoy some of the best change-of-season beers around!
 

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Plew’s Brews, in conjunction with Laurelwood Brewing and Thurston Beervents, present the Autumn Ale Festival October 19th through 21st. Three days of harvest beers from stouts to fresh hops, there is something for everyone! Some of the highlights include Bayreuther Landbier Dunkel, Hale‘s Ales Harvest, Ninkasi’s Meridian Fresh-Hopped “ Tastes Like Purple”, and Laurelwood‘s Brewer‘s Cut Imperial IPA! We will have commemorative glasses for $5 and Tickets are $1 for a four-ounce taste. It will be double tickets for the more rare and unusual beers. Come out and enjoy some of the best change-of-season beers around!
 

Posted under beer events, events, Oregon beer, places to drink beer

Plew’s Brews, in conjunction with Laurelwood Brewing and Thurston Beervents, present the Autumn Ale Festival October 19th through 21st. Three days of harvest beers from stouts to fresh hops, there is something for everyone! Some of the highlights include Bayreuther Landbier Dunkel, Hale‘s Ales Harvest, Ninkasi’s Meridian Fresh-Hopped “ Tastes Like Purple”, and Laurelwood‘s Brewer‘s Cut Imperial IPA! We will have commemorative glasses for $5 and Tickets are $1 for a four-ounce taste. It will be double tickets for the more rare and unusual beers. Come out and enjoy some of the best change-of-season beers around!
 

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By C. Baker

On Saturday we headed over to Plew’s Brews for an exclusive IPA weekend event titled Humulus Maximus Festivus. The crew at Plew’s were serving up more than 22 single, double, and imperial drafts of the famed style of beer that many of us particularly enjoy. When we arrived at noon, Trevor Thurston, the event’s organizer was busy loading in ice and coordinating volunteers who kindly donated their time to help make this event possible. I asked Trevor how the festivities went on Friday as we were unable to attend. He said it was pretty epic and proceeded to tell me that John Foyston from The Oregonian’s ‘The Beer Here’ painted a portrait of Randy Plew and presented it to him in person. I was told Randy was pretty emotional and felt extremely honored. Trevor stated that John had only painted two other portraits in his life. They were of the late, great publican Don Younger, who owned the legendary Horse Brass Pub. Read More…

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Ninkasi Brewing, Plew’s Brews, and Thurston Beervents present the first annual Humulus Maximus Festivus. A celebration of hops in the most extreme to mild IPA’s!

We present to you over 22 single, double, and imperial IPA’s from across the U.S. and beyond. These range from four local favorites by Ninkasi to Aegir IPA from Denmark, the only keg to come into Oregon this year!

Plew’s Brews is located in the beautiful St. John’s neighborhood. In the cut and on the front lines of the craft beer revolution, Plew’s has defied the status quo at the edge of Portland. Plew’s Brews is at 8409 N. Lombard St., Portland, Oregon 97203.

August 10th and 11th, we’ll get things started at noon and close at midnight. Glasses will be $5 and tickets are $2 a piece for a taster. Some of the more expensive beers will be double-price, but most will be a single ticket.

The lupulin awaits!

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Ninkasi Brewing, Plew’s Brews, and Thurston Beervents present the first annual Humulus Maximus Festivus. A celebration of hops in the most extreme to mild IPA’s!

We present to you over 22 single, double, and imperial IPA’s from across the U.S. and beyond. These range from four local favorites by Ninkasi to Aegir IPA from Denmark, the only keg to come into Oregon this year!

Plew’s Brews is located in the beautiful St. John’s neighborhood. In the cut and on the front lines of the craft beer revolution, Plew’s has defied the status quo at the edge of Portland. Plew’s Brews is at 8409 N. Lombard St., Portland, Oregon 97203.

August 10th and 11th, we’ll get things started at noon and close at midnight. Glasses will be $5 and tickets are $2 a piece for a taster. Some of the more expensive beers will be double-price, but most will be a single ticket.

The lupulin awaits!

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