Adam, Dan, Joy, Trey, Beckie and I at Oregon Brewer’s Festival
This year, I was super blessed to be back home in Portland, Oregon for the Oregon Brewer’s Festival 2018. Joining me on our annual beer adventure was beer professional and bestie, Beckie, cookie expert, Joy, her boyfriend, Adam, Adam’s brother, Dan and his pup, and Beckie and my newest friend, Trey. We spent a lovely Portland summer evening trying amazing beers, people watching and joining in a few cheers throughout the night.
Here is what we tried:
- Buoy Beer’s Beaver State Pilsner
- Ecliptic‘s Flamingo Planet Gauva Blonde Ale
- Bayern’s Citra DumpTruck Summer Bock
- Caldera’s Coco-Nutty Blonde – This one tasted like almonds. Definitely a note worthy beer.
- Monkless’s Peppercorn Imperial Wit – I was really excited about this beer, it was recommended to me by a friend and Cambodia is known for it’s pepper. However, I couldn’t taste anything peppery at all. I was pretty bummed.
- Von Ebert’s Hibiscus Wit
- Kells’ Mezcal-a-Gose
- Old Town’s Green Tea Lemonade
- Pelican’s To Peach Their Own!
- Agua Mala’s Sirena – I’ll be honest, I picked this beer because the name means “mermaid” in Spanish, but it ended up being one of my favorite beers of the festival. I really want to check out this brewery in the future.
- Freebridge’s Summertime Radness
- Wendlandt’s Perro del Mar
- Coin Toss’ Caught in a Pickle Lager – We tried this and expected to have a little bit of a pickle-back or dill vibe. However, it was hard to pick up any pickle flavors. I hope they revamp this beer and sell it at Portland Pickle’s games in the future.
- Heretic’s Goo – This was definitely a crowd favorite in our group, might have been the 9% AVB or the fact that it tasted like Christmas in a glass.
- MadTree’s Entropic Theory
- Sasquatch’s American Aquarium Drinker – This beer was made with squid ink, however, it wasn’t as salty as I thought it would be.
- Terminal Gravity’s Summer Honey
- Wolf Tree’s Spruce Tip Gruit – Another crowd pleaser. I met these brewer’s at an Oregon Garden’s Brewfest and have loved their beers ever since.
- Thunder Island’s Fuzzy Wit – A very fizzy beer, delightful from a great brewery.
- Wild Ride’s Cold Chillin’ Vanilla Cream Ale
- Fremont’s Limeshine – This tasted like a fancy Corona with lime.
- Migration’s Summertime in the 503
- New Holland’s I like Pretzel Day
- Rogue’s Pinch
- Silver Moon’s Water on the Moon – this coffee beer was pretty delicious.
- Vertigo’s South of the Border Blonde
My biggest take away from the evening is that you need to download the app that everyone was using. Maybe it’s the year I’ve spent in a third world country or the fact that I just really love writing down my beer tasting notes in a journal but with no information handed out, having the app was definitely super helpful.
Did you go to the Oregon Brewer’s Festival? What was your favorite beer?
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