The Tap & Growler Hosts World Beer Cup Winners Week

Eugene’s The Tap & Growler will host their inaugural World Beer Cup Winners Week to celebrate the winners of the 2014 World Beer Cup. With 4,754 beer entries from 1,403 breweries in 58 countries, winning a medal is a prestigious event. 22 Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal winning beers will be introduced throughout the week starting Sunday, April 27th thru Saturday May 3rd, 11:30am to Closing.

This week will be headlined Tuesday night with a Meet the Brewer and Tap Takeover from Pelican Brewing in Pacific City, OR, winner of the very prestigious “Small Brewing Company of the Year” award. There will also be meet the brewer, pint nights, and/or swag raffles every evening Monday through Friday.

The Tap & Growler will release beers from one or more breweries each day throughout the week, including special events with several breweries. The release dates and event schedule are as follows:

Sunday (International-Style Day)

• Ballast Point Sculpin IPA, San Diego, CA (Gold International-Style Pale Ale) 7.0% ABV, 70 IBU
• Asahi Super Dry Lager, Tokyo, Japan (Gold International-Style Lager) 5.0% ABV, 15 IBU
• Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel Seattle, WA (Bronze European-Style Dark/Muncher Dunkel) 5.0% ABV, 21 IBU
• Brouwerij Huyghe Delirium Tremens, Melle, Belgium (Bronze Belgian-Style Tripel) 8.5% ABV, 26 IBU
• Schneider Weisse Tap6 Unser Aventinus, Kelheim, Germany (Gold South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock) 8.2% ABV
• Laurelwood Mother Lode Golden, Portland, OR (Gold English Style Summer Ale) 5.1% ABV, 20 IBU
• Two Kilts Scottish Ale, Sherwood, OR (Gold Scottish-Style Ale) 6.5% ABV, 25 IBU
• Elysian The Wise ESB, Seattle, WA (Bronze Extra Special Bitter) 5.9% ABV, 39 IBU

Monday (Hop Valley Brewing Day Raffle and Pint Night 5-8 PM)

• Hop Valley Citrus Mistress IPA (Bronze American-Style IPA) 6.5% ABV, 80 IBU
• Hop Valley Double D Blonde Ale (Bronze American-Style Wheat) 4.9% ABV and 20 IBU

Tuesday (Small Brewing Company of the Year – Pelican Brewery Day – Meet the Brewer from 6-9 PM)

• Pelican Silverspot IPA (Silver English-Style IPA) 6.0% ABV, 55 IBU
• Pelican Kiwanda Cream Ale (Gold Golden or Blonde Ale) 5.4% ABV, 25 IBU
• Cherry Poppin’ Dory (Whiskey Barrel Aged Doryman’s Dark Ale with blend of sweet/sour Oregon Cherries) 6.2% ABV, 42 IBU
• Co-HOP-eration Lager (India Rye Lager collaboration with fellow WBC winner Red Rock Brewing in Utah) 6.5% ABV, 60 IBU
• Red Lantern IPA (Seasonal Release American Red IPA) 6.4% ABV, 60 IBU
• Pelican Tsunami Stout (Award winning Foreign-Style Stout) 7.0% ABV, 45 IBU
• Pelican Doryman’s Dark Ale (Award winning Am. Brown Ale) 6.2% ABV, 42 IBU
• Pelican Imperial India Pelican Ale (Award winning Imperial IPA) 8.0% ABV, 85 IBU

Wednesday (Widmer keep the 22oz Weizen Glass Night from 5-8 PM)

• Widmer Hefeweizen (Gold American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast) 4.7% ABV, 32 IBU
• Redhook Audible Ale (Gold Classic-Style English Pale Ale) 4.7% ABV, 22 IBU

Thursday (Bend Brewing Ching Ching & Hop Head IPA Day, Swag Raffle 5-8 PM)

• Bend Brewing Ching Ching, Bend, OR (Bronze American-Style Sour Ale) 4.5% ABV
• Bend Brewing Hop Head Imperial IPA (Limited Release) 8.7% ABV, 100 IBU

Friday (Meet the Brewer from Chetco Brewing and Stout/Porter Day)

• Beer Valley Black Flag Imperial Stout, Ontario, OR (Gold American-Style Imperial Stout) 11.0% ABV, 100+ IBU
• Chetco Block & Tackle Stout, Brookings, OR (Silver American-Style Imperial Stout) 8.4% ABV, 52 IBU
• 10 Barrel Power to the People, Boise Pub, Boise, ID (American-Style Stout) 7.5% ABV, 75 IBU
• Boulder Shake Chocolate Porter, Boulder, CO (Gold Chocolate Beer) 5.9% ABV, 39 IBU

Saturday (California Day, Plus Special Tapping of Firestone Walker Winter Wookey)

• Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye, Chico, CA (Silver Rye Beer) 6.6% ABV, 58 IBU
• Mad River Steelhead Extra Pale Ale, Blue Lake, CA (Bronze Golden or Blonde Ale) 5.6%ABV, 25 IBU
• Firestone Walker Wookey Jack, Paso Robles, CA (Bronze American-Style Black Ale) 8.3% ABV, 80 IBU
• Firestone Walker Winter Wookey (Blended Strong Ale with Wookey Jack and un-oaked Double DBA Barleywine blend) 10.0% ABV

For more info on the Great Tap & Growler Beer Festival please visit www.TapandGrowler.com, www.facebook.com/TapandGrowler, or www.twitter.com/tapandgrowler.

The Tap & Growler Taproom
5th and Pearl
Eugene, OR