Hopworks Collaborates On Second B-Side Project With New Belgium

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HOPWORKS URBAN BREWERY COLLABORATES WITH NEW BELGIUM BREWING FOR SECOND B-SIDE PROJECT

Portland, Oregon, July 24, 2015 - Hopworks Urban Brewery and New Belgium Brewing are getting the band back together to create their second collaboration beer, Organic B-Side EP. This Peach Sour Ale is being brewed at Hopworks with members from both companies’ brewing teams and will be released at a Rooftop Party at Revolution Hall in Portland on August 19.

The name B-Side EP celebrates the B Corp Certified status earned by both sustainably-minded breweries as well as their love of bicycles and bike culture.

B-Side EP is a kettle soured ale made by brewing the wort on Friday and then letting it sit over the weekend in the kettle. On Monday the wort will be transferred to the fermenter where it will join with 50 pounds of organic peaches and dry hopped with juicy and bright organic Amarillo, El Dorado and Chinook hops. 

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EP refers to “Extended Peach” and also the extension of the project into Portland. The first collaboration brew, B-Side Organic Peach IPA, was brewed in Fort Collins and made its debut at the Oregon Brewers Festival earlier this week. It is available now at both Hopworks pub locations for a limited time.

“As friends and B Corp allies, our B-Side EP celebrates our passion for beer as a force for good,” said Hopworks Brewmaster and Founder, Christian Ettinger. “New Belgium has long been an inspiration to myself and the HUB team because of their great beer and their commitment to sustainable brewing operations. It is a true honor to work together. In this playful collaboration we have taken our greatest combined skills and squeezed them into an organic beer that is packed with fruit and citrus aromas and flavors, and a tart finish.”

To help celebrate the brewing of the beer, brewers from both breweries created a playlist of their favorite B-Sides and EPs. Everyone is invited to join in and listen by tuning into our Spotify playlist.

To learn more about New Belgium Brewing, check out NewBelgium.com and for more info on Hopworks Urban Brewing, visit HopWorksBeer.com. Additional details on the release party will be announced as the dates get closer.

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About Hopworks Urban Brewery

Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), a certified B Corporation, strives to revolutionize and inspire the brewing industry with practices that drive quality, protect the environment and improve the community we live in. Utilizing organic malts and a combination of locally-sourced organic and Salmon Safe hops, the company’s 20-barrel brewery produces 16,000 barrels of beer a year for HUB’s two brewpubs and for distribution throughout the Northwest. In 2015 Hopworks expanded its range of sustainably-made offerings with HUB Hard Cider and will open its third pub at the Pine St. Market in Downtown Portland. HUB is 100% renewably powered and “cradle to gate” carbon neutral. 

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About New Belgium Brewing Company

New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses, and a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews ten year-round beers; Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Slow Ride Session IPA, Snapshot Wheat, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Lager, Blue Paddle Pilsner, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel.

Ninkasi Brewing Releasing 50th Anniversary Mount Angel Oktoberfest

The last couple days have really started to feel as if Fall is on the way....yeah I know its July and we've got a lot of summer left, but I love the Fall season and I'm happy to see the news that fall beers are on the way. Check out the release news from Ninkasi Brewing below about their upcoming German-Style Oktoberfest brewed for the 50th Anniversary of the Mount Angel Oktoberfest.

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NINKASI BREWING COMPANY celebrates Mount Angel Oktoberfest with 50^th anniversary beer, available august 2015

 

EUGENE, Ore.—July 23, 2015—In commemoration of the 50^th anniversary of Mount Angel Oktoberfest, Ninkasi Brewing Company releases a specially-brewed German-style Oktoberfest this August to 12-ounce 6-packs and draft sold throughout Northern Oregon and Southern Washington. The beer will also be featured throughout the festival, happening Sept. 17-20, in Mount Angel, Ore.

 

The largest Oktoberfest celebration in the Pacific Northwest, Mount Angel Oktoberfest draws more than 350,000 people each September. Since 1966, the festival celebrates the harvest with a focus on the thriving local hop industry. Complete with four biergartens, world class entertainment, Bavarian treats, family-friendly activities, a car show and more, the Mount Angel Oktoberfest offers something for everyone.

 

“The opportunity to partner directly with local hop farmers and make a beer to celebrate such a big milestone with the Mount Angel Oktoberfest is a great demonstration of the things that make it so awesome to be a part of the craft beer industry in the Pacific Northwest,” says Ninkasi CEO Nikos Ridge.  “Our commemorative beer is not only brewed true to the Oktoberfest style, but also features hops from local farmers including Goschie, 4B and Annen farms.”

 

“A special lager graced with Ninkasi's creative, quality brewing will help us to provide the best possible experience for our beer drinking guests,” explains Peter Schmidt, Mount Angel Oktoberfest VP. “Ninkasi helps share the message that our festival is a harvest celebration, by using one of our local treasured crops; hops, harvested from fields just out of town.”

 

Mount Angel Oktoberfest takes place Sept. 17-20 in Mount Angel, Ore. – just thirty minutes east of Salem. Tickets can be purchased online at www.oktoberfest.org. Ninkasi’s commemorative Mount Angel Oktoberfest beer will be available before the festival in 12-ounce 6-packs starting mid-August, and on-draft throughout the celebration weekend.

 

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Mount Angel Oktoberfest Stats

Style: Oktoberfest

Available: Mid-August 2015

ABV: 5.5

IBU: 40

Starting Gravity: 1054

Malt: 2-Row Pale, Pilsner, Munich, Carahell

Hops: Sterling (Goschie Farms, Silverton), Crystal (4B Farms, Mount Angel), Sorachi Ace (Annen Farms, Mount Angel)

Packaging: 12oz. 6-Packs, Draft

Distribution: Northern Oregon and Southern Washington

Description: This commemorative beer marks the 50th anniversary of the Mount Angel Oktoberfest and is brewed with hops cultivated by local farmers. Crafted in Oregon with a nod to its German roots, this lager is light-bodied with a subtle toasty malt complexity. A distinct hop finish is achieved from a final dry hopping of Sorachi Ace. Raise your stein to the biggest Oktoberfest celebration in the Pacific Northwest!

 

 

About Ninkasi Brewing CompanyFounded in 2006 by Jamie Floyd and Nikos Ridge, Ninkasi Brewing Company continues to grow from its first batch of Total Domination IPA, to two brewhouses, a 55-barrel and a 90-barrel brewhouse, located in Eugene, Ore.  Ninkasi’s Flagship beers—Total Domination IPA, Tricerahops Double IPA, Dawn of the Red IRA, Lux Helles Lager, Oatis Oatmeal Stout, and Vanilla Oatis Oatmeal Stout—are sold throughout Alaska; Alberta; Arizona; California; Colorado; Idaho; Nevada; Oregon; Utah; Washington; and Vancouver, British Columbia. The brewery remains privately-owned and is committed to community support and giving. Ninkasi’s Beer Is Love program offers in-kind donations and support for organizations throughout its footprint.

 

For more information, call 541.344.2739 or visit www.NinkasiBrewing.com. 

Good Times At The 28th Annual Oregon Brewers

The 28th annual Oregon Brewers Festival Started yesterday. We would like to thank the OBF festival organizers for the media pass (cup & tokens) so we could sample some of the fine beers that are being poured during the brewfest that continues on through Sunday.
 
A few changes this year that you should be aware of. 

The normal long tables that are usually under the big tents are now outside along the fence line and in place of those, they have standing upright tables. Should work well to keep traffic moving on Friday and Saturday, the busiest days for OBF.

Last year at OBF they had a combo Buzz Tent and International Tent. This year the Buzz portion is gone and now it's just the international tent where you will find breweries from the Netherlands and New Zealand.....and its just one token per sample! A nice change from the multi token years in previous years.

And if you don't know by now, the glass tasting glass is gone and replaced with a new polycarbonate tasting glass. We're happy its back to non-glass, also no aroma issues from the polycarbonate glass, unlike the previous years of plastic mugs, and bonus you don't have to worry about breakage if they get dropped.

We sampled many beers at OBF this year and here are a few of the beers that we really enjoyed at OBF.

• Claim 52 Brewing - Runnermass - Kolsch/lemon-lime soda Blend - Very refreshing and at 3% abv, would be a great hot day drinker.
• Breakside Brewing - Rainbows & Unicorns - Session IPA - Best beer name of the fest...Very refreshing, light, citrus notes and at 4.7% another easy drinker.
• Cascade Brewing -  Frite Gaulois - NW Sour with a blend of Weizen, Saison, and Blonde Ales ages in oak wine Barrels. Excellent
• Burnside Brewing - Smoked Berliner Weiss - An amazing combo with the hint of smoke and the refreshing tartness.
• Melvin Brewing  - Hamber - A hoppy Amber - Nice balance between the malt and hops.

Another great Oregon Brewers Festival is in the books for us here at freshpints.com. Thanks to the OBF organizers for once again putting on a great beer fest. See you next year.

Oregon Brewers Festival continues on through Sunday. Please find details here or for complete details at the OBF website.

Craft Brewing Capitals Merge Talent Through Beer Exchange

Portland and The Oregon Brewers Festival Play Host to Five of New Zealand’s Best Brewers

PORTLAND, Ore. (July 22, 2015) — With the Oregon Brewers Festival in sight, a flock of beer-centric Kiwis migrate north to pour their beer and share some Oregon beer culture. In pursuit of malty and hoppy enlightenment, the five brewers from Wellington, NZ visit Portland — home to 61 different breweries. “Portland boasts more breweries than any city in the world and is known as the Beervana of USA, ” says David Cryer, the man responsible for building the partnership between Oregon and New Zealand. The brewers’ journey overseas is part of the Oregon and New Zealand Beer Culture Exchange, which encourages the sharing of ideas and experiences between Portland and Wellington, two of the world’s foremost craft beer capitals.  

During their weeklong knowledge quest, the traveling brewers visit with many of Portland’s renowned brewing talents. In addition, they tour an Oregon hop field, lead tastings of their own New Zealand brews at Belmont Station, and represent the international brewing community on stage at the OBF opening ceremonies.  

The exchange is a partnership between the Oregon Brewers Festival and Beervana — New Zealand’s preeminent craft beer festival. Last August, roles reversed as brewing representatives from Portland travelled to Wellington for Beervana. When describing their city’s passion for beer, the folks from Tuatara Brewery say, “It probably helps that we’re based in Wellington where beer appreciation is not so much a cult as a full-blown religion.” 

Each of the five New Zealand brewers will collaborate with a Portland brewery during his stay. (Brewer's names as seen in photos above — left to right) 

• Carl Vasta of Tuatara Brewery and Cascade Brewing
• Jos Ruffel of Garage Project Brewery and Ecliptic Brewing
• Matt Warner of Parrot Dog Brewery and Gigantic Brewing
  
• Mike Neilson of Panhead Custom Ales and Widmer Brothers
  
• Stuart McKinlay of Yeastie Boys and Lompoc Brewing

Oregon breweries will individually release their collaboration beers. See brewery websites for more information. 

You can meet the visiting Kiwi Brewers at the following events during Oregon Brewers Fest week:

Wednesday, July 22 – Saturday, July 25  

 12:00pm - 9:00pm — Oregon Brewers Festival

- Tom McCall Waterfront Park

- Find the New Zealand Brewers in the international tent 

Wednesday, July 22     

11:30am — Brewers Parade                              

- Parade Begins @ 723 N Tillamook St.                          

- Parade Ends @ Tom McCall Waterfront Park 

12:00pm — OBF Opening Ceremonies

- New Zealand brewers are introduced onstage @ Tom McCall 

Thursday, July 23          

6:00pm — “Meet the Kiwis” at Belmont Station

- 4500 SE Stark Street

- Taste New Zealand beers on-tap

- Visiting brewers speak about their beers and breweries                                                                             

Be sure to try one or all of the following New Zealand beers available at OBF:

• Death From Above — an experimental beer from Garage Project Brewery 
• Johnny Octane — an imperial red ale from Panhead Custom Ales              
• Riwaka Secret — a double IPA from Parrot Dog Brewery                             
• Suavinova — an international-style pale ale from Tuatara Brewing              
• Gunnamatta — an American-style strong pale ale from Yeastie Boys          

The Wellington brewer representatives are in town for just one week!

About the Players: In a combined effort, the Oregon Brewers Festival, Beervana, New Zealand Brewers Guild, New Zealand Hops and Grow Wellington helped coordinate the 2015 brewer exchange in Portland.  Grow Wellington is the official economic development organization of Wellington, NZ. The five visiting brewers represent the following New Zealand breweries: Garage Project Brewery, Panhead Custom Ales, Parrot Dog Brewery, Tuatara Brewery and Yeastie Boys.

No-Li Collaborates With Bob Brenlin To Brew The Newest Beer In The No Boundaries Series

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Spokane, WA…For every revolution, there are revolutionaries.  For every frontier, there are pioneers.  For Washington craft beer pubs, there is Bob Brenlin.

As owner of The Latona, Hopvine and Fiddler’s Inn, Bob Brenlin was ahead of his time in creating craft-centric pubs in Seattle, WA.  To celebrate how far the culture of craft beer has come in Washington state, Bob and Patrick Wilson (GM, The Latona) journeyed east to No-Li Brewhouse, rolled up their sleeves and helped brew the newest beer in the No Boundaries series: Re-Fresh Tart Pale Ale.

“Working with Bob was a great pleasure,” said No-Li Head Brewer, Carey Fristoe.  “The wealth of knowledge he possesses is great.  The opportunity to collaborate with him opened the door to brew an interesting and memorable beer.  It’s light, fruity and refreshingly tart. I think he’ll be proud to share this with his pub patrons.”

To complete the Spokane-Style experience, Bob and Patrick stayed at the beautiful historic Davenport Hotel and even raised a pint to celebrate the opening of The Blackbird with Patrick McPherson. 

About the Beer

Tropical fruit and cherry hop aromas dance lightly over a sessionable pale base. Lactic Acid produced during a kettle sour gives a pleasant, sour sensation. Wheat and rye provide a smooth, spicy character to balance the big fruit aroma of Mosaic, El Dorado, and Amarillo hops. Dry hopping with Mosaic and El Dorado accentuate the tropical and cherry hop aromas and flavors. At 4.5% ABV, this light, tart, fruity beer is a real thirst quencher!

About No-Li Brewhouse

Born & Raised in Washington’s Inland Empire, No-Li Brewhouse is an internationally award-winning brewery, crafting Spokane-Style beers with No Boundaries: innovative beers brewed with locally sourced ingredients. No-Li has won sixteen international awards, including a gold medal from the 2012 Great American Beer Festival. For more information about the beers, brewery and the pub, visit www.nolibrewhouse.com

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New Belgium Brewing Opening New Denver Pilot Brewery To Showcase Small Batch & Sour Beers

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New Belgium Brewing to Showcase Small Batch and Sour Beers
Through Denver Pilot Brewery 

10-Barrel Brewery to open in the Source Hotel, River North District  

 Ft. Collins, Colo., July 21, 2015 – New Belgium Brewing is about to let the creative juices flow through a new 10-barrel pilot brewery at The Source Hotel in Denver’s River North District (RiNo). New Belgium will brew on the ground floor of the Source Hotel, with barrel aging on the 8^th floor in a rooftop lounge, dubbed “The Woods”, a collaboration between New Belgium and The Source Hotel. “The Woods” will serve New Belgium beers paired with small plates and will include a snack counter and bar, sit-down dining and beer garden. The 8^th floor will also include a pool and roof deck with mountain and downtown views.

Source Hotel Rendering -

New Belgium beers originating from the 2,000 square foot brewery will go to establishments in The Source Hotel and expanded market hall. The fifty oak barrels for on-site aging will help expand New Belgium’s sour beer offerings, which the brewery has been producing since 1998. That’s when brewmaster, Peter Bouckaert, first introduced aging beer in wood barrels and blending to New Belgium. The brewery’s current cellar in Ft. Collins – also known as the foeder forest – now has 64 French Oak foeders, or barrels, making it one of the most comprehensive wood beer programs in the country.

Eric Salazar in the New Belgium Foeder Forest- Courtesy New Belgium Brewing

“After 25 years in Ft. Collins, we’re really excited to get more deeply involved in Colorado’s cultural and political capital,” said Jenn Vervier, director of strategy and sustainability at New Belgium. “We’ve long considered creating a Denver location to bring the New Belgium experience to more of our Colorado fans and to the millions of travelers who visit Denver. RiNo is already a vivid scene with a rich art and craft beer culture, and will soon have great access for bikers and walkers. This small batch brewery will allow us to collaborate with The Woods’ chef and mixologists to create innovative beers, drinks, and pairings you can’t get anywhere else. The Source Hotel and the Zeppelin Development team are the perfect fit.”

Zeppelin Development, the Denver-based boutique development company behind The Source Hotel and expanded market hall will work with the group behind The St. Julien Hotel in Boulder, Colo. to operate The Source Hotel. Construction is set to begin this summer, with an anticipated opening in the first quarter 2017.

To learn more about New Belgium Brewing, check out NewBelgium.com and for more on The Source visit TheSourceDenver.com.

About New Belgium Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu’s most democratic U.S. businesses, and a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews ten year-round beers; Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Slow Ride Session IPA, Snapshot Wheat, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Lager, Blue Paddle Pilsner, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at NewBelgium.com.

About Zeppelin Development
Zeppelin Development is recognized for over forty years of work on innovative mixed-use projects in Denver’s urban core neighborhoods. Fundamental to the Zeppelins’ success is identifying underused properties in primarily former-industrial areas. This strategy began in the mid-1970s with catalytic projects in Lower Downtown, continued in the 80s and 90s with early-stage redevelopment of the Golden Triangle neighborhood and is currently driving the development of Denver’s River North (RiNo) district. The father and son team of Mickey and Kyle Zeppelin are committed to promoting social change through intelligently designed projects that address unmet needs in the market and provide a catalyst to surrounding neighborhoods. As Denver natives, the Zeppelins and their team of collaborative partners have received recognition and multiple awards for TAXI, the repurposed 20-acre former Yellow Cab terminal and The Source, a new-generation urban market in RiNo. Current projects under development include additional new-economy workspace and the Freight Residences, a high-density family housing building at TAXI for underserved demographics not currently addressed by the multi-family rental boom, such as urban families with young children.

Website: ZeppelinPlaces.com, TaxiByZeppelin.com 

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Twitter: @TAXICommunity

About The Source
The Source, a 25,000-square-foot culinary complex in RiNo, brings together a dozen carefully selected businesses in one location, including two restaurants, a bakery, coffee roaster, sour ale taproom, bank, whole-animal butcher, cocktail bar, florist, gallery, cheese shop, and produce vendor. Zeppelin Development drew on new formats for urban markets springing up throughout the country that combine a curated selection of purveyors with a venue for people to meet. As an outlet for some of Denver’s best artisans to share their craft, The Source inspires a community-oriented philosophy and is known as a gathering place for the surrounding RiNo neighbors, diners and shoppers from the metro area, and guests traveling from around the country.

Website: TheSourceDenver.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/TheSourceDenver; Instagram: @thesourcedenver;
Twitter: @TheSourceDenver


About The Source Hotel Company
The team behind the Source Hotel Company is renowned for developing, managing, and providing outstanding guest experiences at the St. Julien Hotel and Spa (Boulder, CO), arguably one of the best hotels in the West. With the same commitment, the Source Hotel team will welcome guests at this refreshingly uncommon hotel with a blend of style and exemplary service that will complement the spirit of its surroundings as well as its environmental sensibilities.

Oregon Brewers Festival Beer By Trailer & Meet The Kiwi Brewers At Belmont Station

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The 28th Annual Oregon Brewers Festival starts this Wednesday at noon and runs through Sunday. The OBF folks have provided freshpints.com with the most current list of beers by trailer. Note that the list isn't by Alpha or by style because the OBF folks - are dealing with more than 1,600 kegs of cold beer. These kegs are shipped to various distributors. When the distributor brings down their trailer to the festival, we don’t have the time or manpower to unload and re-sort the beers; that would be the definition of insanity -  

Trailer 1
Coalition Brewing Co. Honey Trap
Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom Homestead
Great Divide Brewing Whitewater
Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub Supergoose IPA
Laht Neppur Brewing Co. Flaming Peach
Maui Brewing Co. Kihei Kölsch
PINTS Urban Brewery Honey Bunches of Oats

StormBreaker Brewing Mississippi Red Dry Hopped Red
Walking Man Brewing Littlefoot ISA

 
Trailer 2
Bear Republic Brewing Co. Double Aught
Breakside Brewery Rainbows & Unicorns
Collaborator Valley Vanilla Pale Ale

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Pivo
Gigantic Brewing Kölschtastic

Kona Brewing Co. Big Wave

Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Aberrant
Omission Beer Free Radical Lager
Widmer Brothers Brewing Widmeritaville

 
Trailer 3
Buoy Beer Co. India Pale Lager
Burnside Brewing Co. Smoked Berliner Weiss
Ecliptic Brewing Aurora Crimson Saison
Eel River Brewing Co. Emerald Triangle Session IPA
Fort George Brewery+Public House Summer Stout
Hop Valley Brewing Pils to pay the Bills

Lompoc Brewing Saison de l'Evolution
Old Town Brewing 1-Up Mushroom Ale
Upright Brewing Golden Goat

 
Trailer 4
Boundary Bay Brewery Double Dry Hopped Sorachi Ace Pale Ale
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Hipster Sunburn

Mazama Brewing Co. Rasplendent

Port Townsend Brewing Co. The S.H.I.P.
Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub Huckleberry Wheat
Seven Brides Brewing Crooked Finger IPA
Sixpoint Brewery Little Raspy
Uptown Market USA Uptown Session Ale
Wasatch Brewery Ghostrider White IPA

 
Trailer 5
Anderson Valley Brewing Co. The Kimmie, The Yink, & The Holy Gose
Bison Organic Beer Kermit the Hop
Boneyard Beer Bone Light
Caldera Brewing Co. Dry Hop Mosaic IPA
Epic Brewing Hop Syndrome
Fearless Brewing Co. Strawberry Cream Ale
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers Baby Daddy IPA

Terminal Gravity Brewing Wallowa Lake Lager

The Lost Abbey Witches Wit

 
Trailer 6
Alameda Brewing Co. Black Bear Stout
Ambacht Brewing Matzobrau
Base Camp Brewing Co. Hop in the 'Pool Helles
Green Flash Brewing Co. Soul Style IPA
Klamath Basin Brewing Spud Muffin Pale Ale
Melvin Brewing Hamber Hoppy Amber
Payette Brewing Co. Leaning Barb Farmhouse Ale
Sunriver Brewing Co. Oh MANdarin! White IPA
Vertigo Brewing Lemongrass Wheat

 
Trailer 7
Calapooia Brewing Co. Santiamber
Central City Brewers & Distillers Red Betty Imperial IPA
Fire Mountain Brewery Paradise
Fish Brewing Co. Fish In A Barrel
Flat Tail Brewing Co. Big Green
Flying Fish Brewing Co. Cold Pressed Pale Ale
No-Li Brewhouse Mosh Pit
Three Creeks Brewing Co. Hop Damme
Victory Brewing Co. Prima Pils

 
Trailer 8
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits Grunion Pale Ale

BridgePort Brewing Co. Conviction Pale Ale
Deschutes Brewery Gluten Free & Red Wheat
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Glancing Blow English Pale Ale
Fremont Brewing Co. Summer Ale
Full Sail Brewing Co. Session IPA
Gilgamesh Brewing Radler
Sprecher Brewery Abbey Triple

 
Trailer 9
Cascade Brewing Frite Gaulois
Hopworks Urban Brewing Evie Radshine
Lagunitas Brewing Co. Sucks 366
Mad River Brewing Co. Jamaica Sunrise E.S.B.
McMenamins Edgefield Brewery Quatrophenia ISA
New Belgium Brewing Co. B-Side Peach IPA
Portland Brewing Super S.M.A.S.H.
Rogue Ales Imperial Smoked Lager
Worthy Brewing Co. A Walk on the Wild Side

 
Trailer 10
Bayern Brewing Dump Truck Summer Bock
Bent Paddle Brewing Co. Paddle Break Blonde
Boulder Beer Co. Nothing Too Fancy
Claim 52 Brewing Runnermass
Dunedin Brewery Mango Makrut Paradiso
GoodLife Brewing Co. Jay Bird
Lucky Labrador Brewing 20th Anniversary IPA
Viking Braggot Co. Gypsy Tears

Wild Ride Brewing Quencher

 

Oregon Brewers Festival will also be holding a Meet the Brewers event at Belmont Station this Thursday where you can meet brewers & sample beers from the New Zealand breweries that will be attending OBF this year. The event will be from 6pm to 8pm and the New Zealand Breweries below will be at Belmont Station.

Jos Ruffel with Garage Project

Mike Neilson with Panhead Custom Ales

Matt Warner with Parrot Dog

Carl Vasta with Tuatara Brewing

Stu McKinlay with Yeastie Boys

Plus David Cryer with Cryermalt, Doug Donelan with New Zealand Hops and the Brewers Guild of New Zealand

Speakeasy Ales & Lagers Baby Daddy Session Ale

Speakeasy Lagers & Ales sent freshpints.com a sample of their new session IPA, Baby Daddy. Baby Daddy Session IPA is the first beer released by Speakeasy from their new line, Session 47 Series. Session 47 beers will be low alcohol but flavorful beers and will be available in cans or on draft.

We here at freshpints.com are huge fans of session beers and Baby Daddy Session IPA really hits the session style well.

Also, we're big fans of the distinctive packaging. I love the almost flat-black can with touch of gold, and you gotta love the brass knuckles with baby pacifier. Kudos to Speakeasy for making their products really stand out.

When pouring into the IPA glass, you see a nice gold coloring, and slight bit of  haze. Aromas of malt, citrus and citrus zest are noted. The flavor is nicely balanced with great citrus flavor, and it has a nice spicy bite at the finish.

I could see buying a six pack or even a case for at-home consumption or when traveling.  Since the beer is canned, it would be great to pack along on a hike or road trip.  Another plus is that its a 4.7% session beer, you can enjoy a few of these Baby Daddy cans before you gotta stop.

Here are the details from Speakeasy (below) on Baby Daddy Session IPA. Also if you're going to the Oregon Brewers Festival this coming week, Baby Daddy Session IPA will be one of the beers being poured. You will find it at Trailer #5 and you can sample it there.

Also be on the lookout for Suds Session Ale, the second release in the Session 47 Series. Suds Session Ale will be coming out in cans and draft in August.

Courtesy of Speakeasy Ales & Lagers

The first edition of our Session 47 Series, Baby Daddy IPA is sunny straw in color and loaded with hops. The aroma and flavor yield citrus and tropical notes: grapefruit, melon, lime, passion fruit, and a touch of spice will delight your palate. Baby Daddy IPA has a full balanced body, with a crisp finish and low bitterness. It’s an ideal choice for long afternoons with friends.

Stats:

Style – Session IPA

ABV – 4.7% ABV

IBU – 35 IBU

Malt –  Two Row, Dextrin, Caramel, Munich

Hops – Citra, Chinook, Centennial, Cascade

Availability – Year-round

Formats – Draft, 12oz. can

FOOD PAIRINGS
For the carnivore: From a juicy burger to a fine steak, Baby Daddy will clean and refresh your palate, so each morsel can be savored just like your first bite. 

Cheese Pairing: Choose a mild blue like Gorgonzola. Enjoy it solo or crumbled over a citrusy salad.

Some like it hot: Go for some curry. Spices like tamarind, coriander, and cardamom play well with hops, which also cut through creamy yogurt or butter-based sauces.

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