Handmade Bike & Beer Festival Brings Bikes and Beer Together
The popular Portland pastimes of bicycling and beer are once again brought together with the Handmade Bike & Beer Festival. Hosted by the Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association and the Oregon Brewers Guild, the 2016 event will take place on Friday, October 7th from 5:00 to 9:00pm and Saturday, October 8th from 10:00am to 8:00pm. This year’s event moves locations from Hopworks Urban Brewery to The North Warehouse in North Portland.
The 2016 Handmade Bike & Beer Festival will highlight over 20 renowned bike frame and parts builders showing its wares next to five Portland and one Eugene Brewery. The breweries include Baerlic Brewing Co., Base Camp Brewing Co., Hopworks Urban Brewery, Pyramid Brewing Co. and Widmer Brothers Brewing all pouring four beers each. A sixth beer sponsor, Falling Sky Brewing from Eugene, will serve two beers. Food will be available for purchase from Urban German and Booda Bowls.
Beer lineup
- Baerlic Brewing Co: Cavalier Classic Cream Ale
- Baerlic Brewing Co: Invincible IPA
- Baerlic Brewing Co: Noble Oatmeal Stout
- Baerlic Brewing Co: River Baer Rye Lager
- Base Camp Brewing Co (collaboration with Metrofiets): Fresh Hop Bretta Livin’
- Base Camp Brewing Co (collaboration with Water Avenue Coffee): Cascara Wit
- Base Camp Brewing Co: Crusher
- Base Camp Brewing Co: Peach Nomadic Double IPA
- Falling Sky Brewing: Blue Balloons Belgian Pale
- Falling Sky Brewing: Chester Copperpot ESB
- Hopworks Urban Brewery: Gear Up IPA
- Hopworks Urban Brewery: Holden Caulfield
- Hopworks Urban Brewery: Massive Peach
- Hopworks Urban Brewery: Pack Life
- Pyramid Brewing Co: 1977 Lager
- Pyramid Brewing Co: Apricot Ale
- Pyramid Brewing Co: Pyramid Pale
- Pyramid Brewing Co: Snow Cap Winter Ale
- Widmer Brothers Brewing: BRRR Hoppy Red Ale
- Widmer Brothers Brewing: PDX Pils Northern German Pilsner
- Widmer Brothers Brewing: Skinny Jeans Light Pale Ale
- Widmer Brothers Brewing: Steel Bridge Porter Robust Porter
Advance tickets cost $10.00 for entry to the bike festival and $20.00 for entry to the bike show, a tasting glass and 10 drink tickets. Advance tickets are available online by clicking here.
Attendees are encouraged to ride their bike to the event, with complimentary outside bike parking, or take public transportation; the TriMet Bus Line 35 stops one block away and the Yellow Max Line stops two and three blocks away. Parking is available on the street between Broadway and N. Graham St.
Stay up to date on Handmade Bike & Beer Festival by following its Facebook Event Page and make sure to use event hashtag #hbbf16.
The North Warehouse
723 N Tillamook St.
Portland, OR 97227
About The Author
DJ
D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.