North American Organic Brewers Festival 2013

Reminder: The North American Organic Brew Fest starts tomorrow. Looks like great weather for the fest...make sure to stay hydrated it looks like its going to be very warm Friday through Sunday.

The 9th Annual North American Organic Brewers Festival is coming up this Thursday through the weekend at the Overlook Park in North Portland. Here is the beer list info. Admission into the event is free. The purchase of a $6 reusable, compostable cornstarch glass is required for tasting beer, as are tokens, which sell for $1 apiece. A full glass of beer costs four tokens and a four-ounce taste costs one token (select beers cost double tokens). Patrons receive a $1 discount toward the tasting glass with one of the following: a validated Tri-Met ticket, a ticket from the on-site fenced bike corral, or three cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank. Children are allowed all hours when accompanied by a parent.  Looks like the weather is going to be perfect for the fest.  Make sure to check out all the info on the North American Organic Brewers Festival before you go.

Caps And Taps

A new bottle shop and tap house called Caps N' Taps opened recently in downtown Camas,Wa. My wife and I went down and checked it out a few days after it opened and have been back a few times since.  The space is pretty cool, kind of dark inside with wooden floors that give it a pub vibe.  There's an open seating area with tables and comfortable chairs near the front by the windows.  The bar is in the back.  There are 20 taps with a decent selection of beers, though nothing I haven't tried before. It would be cool to see them branch out after they get a  bit more established.  There are a couple refrigerators with bottles for sale, and more bottles on an open shelf. Again, good basic choices but nothing really unique.  When we first visited Caps N' Taps, they had free snack mix available but no real food options.  But when we went back last Friday, we saw they now have a menu with some basic pub-style fare.  We hear the food is made at a nearby restaurant and then brought in, but we didn't ask.  The service has always been very friendly, even though it's been pretty busy when we've been there.  We will probably make Caps N' Taps a regular stop.  It's great to see a new beer business up and running in Camas
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The 9th Annual North American Organic Brewers Festival is coming up this Thursday through the weekend at the Overlook Park in North Portland. Here is the beer list info. Admission into the event is free. The purchase of a $6 reusable, compostable cornstarch glass is required for tasting beer, as are tokens, which sell for $1 apiece. A full glass of beer costs four tokens and a four-ounce taste costs one token (select beers cost double tokens). Patrons receive a $1 discount toward the tasting glass with one of the following: a validated Tri-Met ticket, a ticket from the on-site fenced bike corral, or three cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank. Children are allowed all hours when accompanied by a parent.  Looks like the weather is going to be perfect for the fest.  Make sure to check out all the info on the North American Organic Brewers Festival before you go.