Portland Fruit Beer Fest @ Burnside Brewing

Saturday June 11th 11am-9pm
Sunday June 12th 11am-6pm
Portland Fruit Beer Festival
@ Burnside Brewing
7th and East Burnside
Portland, OR 97214
http://burnsidebrewco.com/FruitBeerFest.php

About:
A new kind of beer festival kicks off this June outside of one of Portland’s newest breweries, Burnside Brewing. Fruit beers are the red-headed stepchild of craft beer, often overlooked by beer lovers because of preconceptions that they are sweet, boring, or artificially flavored. The first annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival aims to change all that and open minds to the strange and exotic possibilities that fruit beers can offer.

Venue:

Burnside Brewing – Parking Lot
7th and East Burnside (503) 946-8151
Portland, OR
97214

Times:
Saturday June 11th 11-9pm
Sunday June 12th 11-6pm

Admission:
Free Entry
All-Ages
$6 for Tasting Glass (required to drink beers)
$1 per ticket, most beers except for rare one-off entries are 1 ticket for 4oz pours 4 tickets for a full glass
Buzz Tent beers 2-3 Tickets for 4oz pours
Special Package: 1 Tasting Glass and 10Tickets for $15

Event Description:
The Portland Fruit Beer Festival is a celebration of the wonderful variety that fruits offer and the incredible and unique beers brewers can make from them. Featuring over 15 breweries from the Northwest and beyond with over 20 different beers, the majority of them brewed specifically for this festival. It’s a 2 day event for the whole family with Free entrance that is open to all-ages. The Portland Fruit Beer Fest will also have fruit juices for the underage or those not drinking and tasty wood-fired food from Tastebud and entertainment from live music/dj’s.

Volunteers Needed:

PFBF is looking for volunteers to pour beer! For your time you will receive a Tasting Glass, 8 tokens and a fest T-Shirt.

Shifts available:
Saturday 6/11 10:30am-2:00pm 2:00pm-5:30pm 5:30-9:00pm
Sunday 6/12 10:30am-2:30pm 2:30pm-6:00pm

Contact: Ezra at portlandfruitbeerfestival@gmail.com

Homebrewing Competition:
The PFBF loves homebrewers! So in conjunction with theOregon Brew Crew we are hosting a fruit beer homebrew competition with 3 categories: Best Light Colored (12 SRM and lower), Best Dark Colored (greater than 12 SRM), and Best Sour. The Best of Show will then be determined from the winners of those categories. Prizes for each first place in the three categories are a $20 gift certificate to Burnside Brewing. The Best of Show grand prize will win an additional $50 gift certificate! The winners will be announced on Saturday during the festival. Entries will be accepted at Burnside Brewing from Tuesday, May 31st to Friday, June 3rd at end of business with judging to commence the following day. Each entry costs $6.
For more info contact Jeremie Landers at competition@oregonbrewcrew.org.