Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The New School 5th Anniversary New Years Eve Party

One of my favorite local beer websites the New School is celebrating their 5th Anniversary on New Years Eve and will be thowing a party at Bazi Bierbrasserie. This looks to be an epic party with great food from Chef Paul Kasten and some impressive beer & ciders to be tapped. See details below.


Portland based beer and cider webmag The New School celebrates their milestone 5th anniversary this New Years Eve with a party at Bazi Bierbrasserie featuring 10 rare beers and ciders, raffle prizes and food from acclaimed beer Chef Paul Kasten (formerly of Wildwood). In typical annual fashion this years party will be a charity benefit, this year all proceeds will go to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Tickets are on sale via Paypal for only $5 and include a buffet style dish from Chef Paul Kasten: Pork Collar braised in wort and sliced into portions, served over roasted winter veggies simmered in the pork braising liquid, and fried sage.

Raffle Tickets will be on sale for $2 with multiple chances to win everything from Double Mountain Kriek t-shirts, Allagash Brewing Hat, Portland Beer Week shirts and even the new book "Oregon Breweries" by Brian Yaeger, bottles of Barley Browns Chaos (limited to 666 bottles), the 2015 Oregon Beer Calendar, a coupon for one of the first Growler Works uKeg's and even a New Belgium Cruiser bicycle.
Beer and Cider List (so far):

Block 15: Cuvee Rouge 2013
Flanders inspired red ale matured in oak brandy barrels. Open fermented with our special blend of brewer’s yeast, two brettanomyces, and acid producing bacteria. A blend of five barrels matured 15 & 25 months in our wild cellar. Wonderfully complex malt body, aroma, and flavor with a balanced sour finish.

Burnside Brewing: Carribean Chutney
A special alternate version of Burnside's medal winning Sweet Heat. This one with Carribean spices, Lime, Cilantro and Yellow and Red Peppers in addition to Sweet Heat's Apricots and Scotch Bonnet chili's.

The Commons: Dark Czar

An Imperial Stout and Baltic Porter blend with Stumptown Guatemala Finca el Injerto coffee and vanilla beans.

Lompoc: Mon Cheri
This Belgian style golden ale was brewed with the Ardennes yeast strain giving off a mild fruitiness and finishing with a coriander spiciness.  5.5% ABV

Ninkasi Brewing/Devil's Backbone: The Devil Went Down To Oregon
Imperial Dark Rye collaboration beer with Virginia's acclaimed Devil's Backbone Brewery. 7.2% ABV.
Reverend Nat's: Applie Pie
Apple pie is a blend of mixed fermentation cider with Mexican piloncillo and bourbon barrel-aged apple wine spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Heavy fruit notes from the cider and subtle spice from the apple wine combine to create a unique wintery, pie-like drinking experience. 8.0% ABV
Oakshire Brewing: Hellshire IV
The breweries fourth entry into the Hellshire series is a blend of 3 different beers matured in bourbon and brandy barrels. Oakshire's Very Ill Tempered Gnome was the base beer and after aging and blending the final product is akin to an Old Ale or Barleywine. 10.3% ABV

Upright Brewing: Spollen Angel
a Belgian-style tripel – a fitting style to pay tribute to one of our favorite brewers, Chris Spollen. The crew here met him during his days at Amnesia up the street from us, but he’s played a big part in making Oregon beer great for much longer. More important than his contributions to the brewing community is Chris’ special personality that makes him a true blast to crush a couple beers with. The Spollen Angel is one we think he’d enjoy sharing – with a big spicy nose and well integrated layers of malt, hops, and yeast notes. 9.4%


Barley Browns: TBA
Hopworks: TBA

The New School 5th Anniversary New Years Eve Party
December 31st 7pm - 1am $5

The New School is one of the fastest growing web resources for craft beer and cider news in the Pacific Northwest. Based out of Portland, Oregon and founded January 1st 2010 the website reaches over 32,000 unique visitors per month and has contributors all over Oregon as well as Seattle, Washington and San Diego, California. www.NewSchoolBeer.com

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