3rd Annual White Owl Social Club LagerFest

The 3rd Annual LagerFest takes over the White Owl Social Club on Saturday July 11th from 2:00 to 10:00pm. With the largest selection of lagers pouring on draft within the state of Oregon this is a must attend event for fans of this historical beer style. LagerFest is also a benefit for XRay.fm.

After a great first run that closed down the streets out in front of White Owl organizers dialed the fest back last year and continue to do so this year by keeping it all within its property. LagerFest will be pouring all 54 various lagers, mainly domestic and a few imports, inside at White Owl’s bar and on in its expansive outdoor patio during this eight-hour fest. Fortunately temperatures are cooling down here in Portland that will allow for a more comfortable atmosphere while outside this weekend.

The only drawback to LagerFest is its entry fee and pour size that is becoming all too common with many beer fests. LagerFest will set one back $10.00 for a cup and five drink tickets that will deliver a 3oz pour each time. Additional tickets are $2.00 each per 3oz pour or there are a couple better deals at $5.00 for three tickets and $10.00 for six tickets. So if one does the math and lays out $20.00 the return is 33oz of beer. A spokesperson from LagerFest has argued that this fest is cheaper and a much better deal than the Oregon Brewers Festival that costs $7.00 for a plastic mug and no tickets while here you get a glass and tickets for a few dollars more. On the face of things this fact is true, however with OBF a portion of the $7.00 polycarbonate glass cost assists in the cost of closing down Tom McCall Waterfront Park, plus drink tokens are half the cost.

Here is the list of LagerFest’s 54 lagers.

1. 13 Virtues Brewing: Baltic Porter
2. 10 Barrel Brewing: Seasonal Depression
3. Airways Brewing: Pre-Flight Pils
4. Anchor Brewing: (still unnamed brew)
5. Arch Rock Brewing: Gold Beach Lager
6. Ballast Point Brewing: Longfin Lager
7. Base Camp Brewing: Hop in the Pool
8. Birra Del Borgo/Dogfish Head: My Antonia
9. Block 15 Brewing: Black Knight
10. Bridgeport Brewing: Mettle & Mash
11. Buoy Brewing: Buoy Helles
12. Burnside Brewing Co: Couch Select Lager
13. Caldera Brewing: Dark Lager
14. Cascade Lakes: Paulina Lake Pils
15. Coalition Brewing: Bulletproof Tiger
16. Commons Brewery: Baltic Porter
17. Deschutes Brewery: Trees of Doom
18. Double Mountain Brewery: Swihart’s Summer Lager
19. Ecliptic Brewing: Double Dry Hopped Spica Pilsner
20. Einbecker: Winterbock
21. Elysian Brewing: Zephyrus
22. Epic Brewing: Hop Syndrome
23. Everybody’s Brewing: Helicopter Parent
24. Fat Heads Brewing: Ultra Pils
25. Fort George Brewery: Booty’s Back
26. Full Sail Brewing: Cascade Pilsner
27. Georgetown Brewing: Eddie
28. Green Flash Brewing: Ristretto
29. Hacker Pschorr: Munich Gold
30. Heater Allen Brewing: Coastal Lager
31. Hop Valley Brewing: Light Me Up
32. Laurelwood Brewing: Dos Excellente
33. Leavenworth Brewing: Bakke Hill
34. Lompoc Brewing: El Commandante
35. Oakshire Brewing: Reclamation
36. Orlison Brewing: Roast House Stout
37. Pelican Brewing: PelicaÑa extra
38. pFfriem Family Brewers: Helles
39. PINTS Brewing: Schwarzbier
40. Plank Town Brewing: Springfest
41. Rogue: Irish Lager
42. Rusty Truck Brewing: Blacktop
43. Schlenkerla: Maerzen
44. Seven Brides Brewing: Hazelbock
45. Sierra Nevada: Nooner
46. Snipes Mountain: La Somara
47. Stone Brewing: Murder She Rotte
48. Terminal Gravity Brewing: Wallowa Lake Lager
49. Uinta Brewing: Baba Black Lager
50. Upright Brewing: Engelberg Pilsner
51. Victory Brewing: Prima Pils
52. Walking Man Brewing: Flip Flop Pils
53. Widmer Brothers: Norlander Pils
54. Woodland Empire: Kristof

Beer is the main focus at LagerFest but it is not the only thing that’ll be taking place there. The White Owl will also feature live music with local band Country Trash and its fusion of floor stomping rhythms, blazing guitar leads, banjo, harmonica, and even a little megaphone. The first set will begin at 5:00pm followed by a second set as LagerFest ends at 10:00pm.

White Owl Social Club
1305 SE 8th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214