The Weekend in Beer – Beginning September 15, 2022

For this post-Labor day weekend we dug up over 20 events to share with you starting today, Thursday September 15th with Oktoberfest in Mt. Angel featuring over 40 beers from Oregon and around the world.  Today, Fire on the Mountain does a Lager Tap takeover thru the weekend at 11:00 a.m., followed by new releases from Hopworks, VICE BEER, Hetty Alice and a collabo beer with Ecliptic and Holy Mountain at the Tulip Shop Tavern.  John Holl will be doing a podcast/beer signing of his new book the Craft Brewery Cookbook at Von Ebert Glendoveer at 5:30 p.m.

Friday starts with Roscoe’s Fresh Hop Beer Summit and two fresh hop beer releases from Hopworks before noon, followed by an Oktoberfest celebration at Belmont Station, Kittens and Beer at Loyal Legion Beaverton and another new beer release from VICE BEER – Erik Freshstrata in Vancouver.

Saturday kicks off with McMenamins inaugural Fresh Hopped beer fest in Wilsonville, Terminal Gravity’s 25th Jubilee in Enterprise, Oktoberfest celebrations at both Loyal Legion locations in PDX Metro and at Imperial on SE Division in PDX, followed by a Luau at Laurelwood, a rockin’ block party at Ruse Brewing and Brewing Bridges Collabo beer fest at Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver.

Over the course of the next four days you can catch the Shins, Pavement, Interpol and Spoon outdoors while enjoying a locally made craft beer at two venues in the Portland metro area.  Fact: members of at least 3 of these bands have called Portland home over the last 25 years.

MT. ANGEL OKTOBERFEST
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 11:00AM THRU SUNDAY
Oktoberfest is celebrated throughout the downtown area of Mount Angel which lies approximately 40 miles south of Portland from Thursday at 11:00 a.m. thru Sunday.  It is the largest Oktoberfest celebration west of the Cascades and features more than 40 beers from breweries around the world.

Mt. Angel Oktoberfest – 5 Garfield St. – Mount Angel, Oregon, 97362

F.O.T.M. BREWING LAGER TAP TAKEOVER
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 11-10:00PM
On Thursday Fire on the Mountain celebrates Oktoberfest with the release of their new Vienna Lager, the Pacific North Festbier.   They will  have four F.O.T.M.  lagers  and four total other lager beers from Foreland, Living Haus, Oakshire and Rosenstadt with a soft pretzel special with Queso and a pint for an undisclosed amount of dough.

Fire on the Mountain – 3443 NE 57TH AVE. – Portland, OR 97213

PFRIEM POP UP
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – Noon-10:00PM THRU SUNDAY
Noble Hop will have 18 pFriem beers on tap including a ton of limited and hard to find beers thru Sunday and will have all the pFriem Family Brewer classics and some hard to find releases available in bottles or cans to go.

Noble Hop – 370 E Main St. – Hillsboro, OR 97123

HOPWORKS BREWER’S WHISKEY POP-UP SALE
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 5-7:00PM
Hopworks annual Brewer’s Whiskey sale is on Sept. 15 at the Powell Mothership starting at 5:00 p.m. New Deal will be slinging bottles of Brewer’s Whiskey along with other awesome, local-made spirits.

Hopworks Urban Brewery – 2944 SE Powell Blvd. – Portland, OR 97202

THE OKTOPARTY AND RELEASE OF HASSELHOFF BRAU
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 5-9:00PM
VICE BEER will be tapping their new Hasselhoff Brau Festbier and it’ll be available in 1-liter das boot pours for ONE NIGHT ONLY Thursday starting at 5:00 p.m. They will be bumpin’ German pop of the 90s and a few jams from The Hoff over the speakers.

VICE BEER – 705 SE Park Crest Ave D430 – Vancouver, WA 98683

HETTY ALICE BREWING RELEASE PARTY
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 5-8:00PM
Gavin Lord helped launch Living Háus Beer with Mat Sandoval and Conrad Andrus earlier this year in the old Commons Brewery space on SE Belmont and will release beers under his new brewery project, Hetty Alice Brewing Company. He will have 3 beers on draft and 2 in cans for his release at Belmont Station on Thursday from 5-8:00 p.m.   See below for beery details:

West Coast IPA – Cans and Draft
Hetty Alice IPA pours a flaxen blonde with a dense crown of white foam. Aromas of mandarin and white grape lead to robust notes of blueberry, mango and guava. The finish is light, playful and crisp. 6.7% ABV

Bavarian Style Pilsner – Cans and Draft
Hetty Alice Pilsner pours a brilliant straw-gold with generous snow white foam. Aromas of wildflowers and citrus give way to notes of fresh bread, cracked pepper and tangerine. The finish is refreshing, vibrant and clean. 4.7% ABV

Super Fresh West Coast IPA – Draft ONLY
Take their West Coast IPA and add a plethora of Amarillo fresh hops which  impart a distinct flowery, spicy, tropical, citrus-like flavor and aroma. 6.7% ABV

Belmont Station – 4500 SE Stark St. – Portland, OR

ECLIPTIC + HOLY MOUNTAIN EXTRA JUICY PALE ALE PDX BEER RELEASE PARTY
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 5-8:00 PM
Both John Harris of Ecliptic and Colin Lenfesty of Holy Mountain will be in attendance for the release of Extra Juicy Pale Ale Thursday at 5:00 p.m.  Ecliptic/Holy Mountain Extra Juicy Pale Ale was dry-hopped for extra juicy amounts of juiciness using Vista and BRU-1 hops; you can expect tropical notes, along with stone fruit, melon & pear.

Tulip Shop Tavern – 825 N Killingsworth St. – Portland, OR 97217

A NIGHT WITH JOHN HOLL – AUTHOR OF THE CRAFT BREWERY COOKBOOK
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 5:30-8:00PM
A Night with John Holl at Von Ebert Glendoveer on September 15th at 5:30 p.m. where the evening will include a live podcast taping of Drink Beer, Think Beer, (featuring Von Ebert Brewers Sam Pecoraro & Jason Hansen) followed by a book signing of John’s latest book, The Craft Brewery Cookbook at 7:00 p.m.  For $25 you get  a copy of The Craft Brewery Cookbook, 1 Von Ebert draft beer, admittance into the podcast taping and meet and greet with John and the brewers after.  Doors open at 5:30 p.m., podcast at 6:00 p.m. and book signing at 7:00 p.m. and you can buy tickets at https://vebonline.square.site/s/order.  They will have a special menu featuring the Adobo Chicken Plate from the cookbook.

Von Ebert Brewing Glendoveer – 14021 NE Glisan St. – Portland, OR 97230

URBAN FAMILY TAP TAKEOVER
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 – 6-9PM
Tap Takeover by Urban Family with some great swag giveaways at Room 122 in Beaverton from 6-9:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Room 122 – 14274 SW Allen Blvd. – Beaverton, OR

FRESH HOP BEER SUMMIT
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 – 11-2:30AM THRU OCTOBER 9
Roscoe’s annual Fresh Hop Beer Summit will run from September 16th through October 9th and will have between 10 and 16 fresh hop beers, cask beers, and ciders rotating through at any given time. Taster trays are available if you would like to sample with smaller pours. In 2021, Roscoe’s tapped 123 unique fresh hop beers and they currently have 9 fresh hop beers on tap.

Roscoe’s – 8105 SE Stark St. – Portland, OR 97215

HOPWORKS FRESH HOP BEERS RELEASES
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 – 11:30-10:00PM
Hopworks will have their second and third fresh hop beers available Friday at 11:30 a.m. at their Portland and Vancouver locations.  Beer info as follows:

Fresh Hop Downstream IPA
Brewed with certified Salmon-Safe barley and fresh hops from Mainstem and Roy Farms, this Pacific Northwest IPA has notes of fruit and spice with pine, grapefruit and pineapple flavors. Available in 16-ounce 4-packs beginning September 16.
7.0% ABV   60 IBU

Fresh Hop Ace of Spades IIPA
This fresh-hop beast is brewed with Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe, Mosaic and Amarillo hops to balance beautiful citrus notes, fresh Strata hops and a clean malt bitterness. Available in 16-ounce four-packs and on tap beginning September 16.
8.6% ABV   100 IBU

Hopworks Urban Brewery – 2944 SE Powell Blvd. – Portland, OR 97202
Hub Vancouver – 17707 SE Mill Plain Blvd. – Vancouver, Wa 98683

OKTOBERFEST CELEBRATION
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 – 5-11:00PM
On Friday at 5:00 p.m. at Belmont Station, Tobias from Rosenstadt will be tapping a bar top cask of their Festbier.

List of beers being tapped below:
Rosenstadt – Festbier (Special bar top cask), Heater Allen – BOBtoberfest, pFriem – Oktoberfest, Schneider – Edelweisse Festbier, Wayfinder – Freiheit  and Reverend Nats – Oktoberfest Apfelwein Cider

Belmont Station – 4500 SE Stark St. – Portland, OR

LOYAL LEGIONS KITTENS + BEER
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 – 5-8:00PM
Cuddle with adoptable kittens in a kitty-dome on the patio at Loyal Legion Beaverton from 5-8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 16th. NWAC volunteers will be on site to provide information about the rescue and how you can apply for adoption.  A portion of proceeds from beer sales ALL DAY will go to benefit Northwest Animal Companions, a rescue organization based in Beaverton that takes in orphan kittens from all over the region.

Loyal Legion Beaverton – 4500 SW Watson Ave. –  Beaverton, OR 97005

ERIK FRESHSTRATA APPEARANCE & BEER RELEASE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 – 4-9:00PM
VICE BEER will be tapping a NEW Fresh Hop Hazy IPA brewed with FRESH STRATA hops from Crosby Hop Farm on Friday at 4:00 p.m.

VICE BEER – 705 SE Park Crest Ave D430 – Vancouver, WA 98683

INAUGURAL MCMENAMINS FRESH-HOPPED FEST
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 – Noon-5:00PM
The Inaugural Fresh-Hopped Fest kicks off at Noon at McMenamins Wilsonville Old Church & Pub on Saturday where for $15 you get five 4-oz tastes and a brewfest pint glass, tickets are available at the door, all  ages are welcome but you need to be 21+ to sample these once a year celebration of the hop harvest in a glass.

Beer List:

Cornelius Pass Roadhouse-Fresh Hop Hearts and Bones DIPA
Cornelius Pass Roadhouse-Fresh Hop Hammerhead
Crystal Brewery-Surprise on 13th Fresh Hop Cold IPA
Crystal Brewery-Ringler’s Fresh Hopped Classic
East Vancouver-Fresh Hop Klickitat Pilsner
Edgefield-Vine Buster Fresh Hop Sabro Pale Ale
Highland Pub & Brewery-Fresh Hop Ghost Rabbit Pilsner
John Barleycorns-Centennial Sunflower IPA
Kalama Harbor Lodge-Son of Dankenstein Fresh Hop IPA
Oak Hills Pub & Brewery-Coastline Fresh Hop Kölsch
Roseburg Station-Lazy Daisy Fresh Hop Pale
Wilsonville Old Church & Pub-Hula Hoop Hazy
Wilsonville Old Church & Pub-Thundercone Fresh Hop Ale

McMenamins Wilsonville Old Church & Pub – 30340 SW Boones Ferry Rd. – Wilsonville, OR 97070

TERMINAL GRAVITY 25th ANNIVERSARY BREWFEST 
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 – Noon-10:00PM
To celebrate their 25th year Terminal Gravity is hosting an anniversary brewfest at the pub in Enterprise on Saturday at Noon.  They will have a beer garden featuring several of their favorite Oregon breweries, live music all day, contests and games, local vendors, all with a stunning view of the Wallowa Mountains. Tickets are $40 and each entry comes with a commemorative 25th anniversary tasting mug and 6 drink tickets. One drink ticket is good for a 4 oz taster, and 3 drink tickets is good for a full mug and kids 12 and under are free.  Look for beers from the following breweries:

Barley Brown’s Beer – Baker City, OR
Double Mountain Brewery – Hood River, OR
Everybody’s Brewing – White Salmon, WA
Fort George Brewery – Astoria, OR
Goodlife Brewing – Bend, OR
M Crow Beer – Lostine, OR
Side A Brewing – La Grande, OR

Terminal Gravity Brewing – 803 SE School St. – Enterprise, OR 97828

OKTOBERFEST 101
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 – Noon-12:00AM
On the first official day of Munich’s Oktoberfest at Imperial you can learn about the history of Oktoberfest and taste through a number of Ofest based styles, each freshly brewed by local Oregon breweries.  Drink a full stein of beer (one liter) split between 7 different Oktoberfest-style beers, served with a fresh-baked soft pretzel from Fressen Artisan Bakery & house-made beer cheese dip for $20. Beers include:

Buoy Beer Co. Dunkel
Heater Allen Brewing Bobtoberfest
Baerlic Brewing Co. OktoBaerfest
Wayfinder Beer Freiheit Festbier
Chuckanut Brewing Fest Bier
Zoiglhaus Brewing Oktoberfresh
Von Ebert Brewing Rauch Marzen

Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom – 3090 SE Division St. –  Portland, OR 97202

OCTOBERFEST AT LOYAL LEGION
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 – Noon-2:00AM THRU OCTOBER 3
Both Loyal Legion locations will have various Octoberfest Beers from Oregon to Germany starting on September 17th at opening.  During the 17 days of Oktoberfest they will be showcasing German-run Bayern Brewery’s Oktoberfest beers and you can get a brat, pretzel, and beer for $20.

Loyal Legion SE PDX – 710 SE 6th Ave. – Portland, OR
Loyal Legion Beaverton – 4500 SW Watson Ave. –  Beaverton, OR 97005

LAURELWOOD LUAU & PIG ROAST
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 – 1-4:00P
Laurelwood is doing a Luau and pig roast on Saturday, September 17th from 1-4:00 p.m. where $30 will get you a full plate, $22 for a half plate, $5 beers and tiki cocktails.

Laurelwood Brewing Co. – 5115 NE Sandy Blvd. – Portland, OR 97213

BROOKLYN BLOCK PARTY WITH RUSE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 – 1-8:00PM
Join 503 Distilling and Ruse Brewing to say adios to summer with music from Golden Promise, amazeballs BBQ from Holy Trinity BBQ, cocktails from 503 Distilling and beer from Ruse Brewing.  They will also have several craft vendors, a tattoo artist on site to tat you up and shave ice from Island Nectar.  This event is all ages and pet friendly too as well.

Iron Fireman Collective – 4784 SE 17th – Portland, OR

BREWING BRIDGES COLLABORATION FEST
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 – 3-8:00PM
Brewing Bridges returns for its 4th year and will have 20+ breweries from SW Washington who have collaborated on a unique never-before-seen beer with 20+ out-of-the-area breweries, including brewers from Oregon, Idaho, and northern Washington.

This festival is held on the Fort Vancouver National Historic site and tickets are $49 or $53.90 with fees.  You can purchase tickets online here.

This year’s event includes collaborations by:
54-40 Beer + Gigantic Brewing
Ashtown Brewing + Reach Break
Backwoods Brewing + Freebridge Brewing
Brother Ass + Brewery 26
Brothers Cascadia + Baerlic Brewing
Fortside + Buoy Beer Co.
Grains of Wrath + Living Haus
Heathen Brewing + Fort George
Loowit Brewing + Payette Brewing
Plaid Skirt + Integrity
Shoug Brewing + Boring Brewery
The Heavy Metal + Ecliptic
Trap Door + Brujos
Vice Beer + Great Notion
Victor-23 + Steeplejack
Wild Man + Mount Olympus

Pearson Air Museum – 1115 East 5th St. – Vancouver, WA 98661