Scenes From the 2013 North American Organic Brewers Festival
The 2013 North American Organic Brewers Festival (NAOBF) rang in another fun and festive year. This time around, the festival’s 9th installment, the late June fest added Thursday to make it a four-day fiasco. For this year’s event, the crowds turned out in good numbers, as did the rays of sunshine. Temperatures reached mid to upper 80’s as thirsty fest-goers found sanctuary under trees, tents, and especially beneath a giant water mister. Live music permeated the grounds while organic food vendors served up delicious entrees.
The NAOBF is a great place for the whole family and people of all ages. The organizers remind us to not panic, but rather to go organic! No problem here! Thanks to the organizers, volunteers, vendors, and especially the brewers for sharing this fun event with the folks at one of the city’s best venues for a beer festival – Overlook Park in North Portland.
Beer that we particularly enjoyed this year were Widmer Brothers Tiny Tim’s Organic Mild, Fire on the Mountain (FOTM) Shocks of Sheba IPA, Golden Valley Hop Bracket IPA, Fort George Spruce Budd Ale and Forbidden Wonder Fruit Ale, Ambacht G++ Ale (a sour beer), Old Town Brewing I’d Like To Buy The World a Kölsch, which takes honors of best beer name at the event, along with another favorite, Rock Bottom Reinheitsgebrah.
Here’s a look at some pictures we snapped from 2013’s NAOBF:
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Angelo
Angelo grew up in Maine and is proud to call New England his original home. Cascadia is now his home. He fell in love with great beer in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. He has been a correspondent for the Portland Tribune's Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine. Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences homebrewing, working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, Upright Brewing, By the Bottle, Beer Revolution, Olde Depot Public House, Falling Sky Brewing, Cascade Brewing, and from many many knowledgeable, passionate, and loving people along the way. It is Angelo's mission to bring "infotainment" and "edumation" to the readers of this website. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact me at angelo@brewpublic.com
From the pictures, it looks like Abe no longer has issues with the fest
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