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Fruit Beer Festival 2013

Posted on June 17, 2013 · 3 Comments

fruit-beerLast weekend was my favorite beer festival.  The Portland Fruit Beer Festival!  I’ve been going since it started three years ago.  (You can read about the First Fruit Beer Festival.)  This year, bestie Beckie, former-roommate Jeffrey and I along with an assortment of friends spent the sunny Saturday trying a vast assortment of fruit beers.  Just in case you were wondering, a fruit (or vegetable) beer is a beer brewed with a fruit (or vegetable) addition or flavoring component.  And they are hands down my favorite type of beer!

Here is what we tried:

  • Alamosa by Alameda Brewing
  • Strawberry Rhubarb Pie by Breakside Brewery (Note: Beckie tried this one – not me.  I don’t do strawberries.)
  • Bier Royale by The Commons Brewery
  • Currant Event by Deschutes Brewery
  • Strobilus Berry Wheat Bitter by Falling Sky Brewing
  • Forbidden Wonder Fruit Ale by Fort George Brewing
  • Hey there Fruitcake! by Gigantic Brewing (Note: More of a mimosa beer than the Alamosa.)
  • Tiger Tonic by Hopworks Urban Brewery (Note: This was a great Fruit IPA – yeah I said it.)
  • Fruition Wheat by Laurelwood Brewing (Note: This was like a sour version of McMenamins Ruby.)
  • Blue Raspberry Lager by Lucky Lab Brewing (Note: This beer was GREEN.)
  • Gose the Elder by Oakshire Brewing
  • Ruination IPA – Tropical Heat Edition by Stone Brewing Co.
  • Cucumber Crush by 10 Barrel Brewing (Hands down the best beer at the Fruit Beer Festival!)  
  • Rhubarbarian by 2 Towns Ciderhouse (Note: I want to try and make a clone of this cider.)
  • Barrel-Aged Citrus Wit by Upright Brewing
  • Champagne de Granada by Widmer Brothers
  • Cranberry Bu Weisse by De Garde Brewing
  • 10% Plout by New Belgium Brewing (Note: Not sure of the name of this beer, it was on the Rare & Rotating Taplist.)
  • Kriek by Schooner Exact Brewing

 What fruit beers do you like?

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: 10 Barrel Brewing, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Alameda Brewing, beer, Breakside Brewery, De Garde Brewing, Deschutes Brewery, Falling Sky Brewing, Fort George Brewing, fruit beer, Gigantic Brewing, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Laurelwood Brewing, Lucky Lab Brewing, New Belgium Brewing, Oakshire Brewing, Portland, portland fruit beer festival, Schooner Exact Brewing, Stone Brewing Co., The Commons Brewery, Upright Brewing, Widmer Brothers

Rye Beer Fest – 2013

Posted on June 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

rye-beerAfter the Bruins won the Eastern Conference last Friday, best friend Beckie, fellow beer buddy Adam and I headed over to EastBurn to check out the Rye Beer Festival.  This was put on by Taplister, which helps craft beer fans discover craft beer through their website, mobile, and iPhone app. (I’ve done freelance writing for them before, you can see it here: Oregon Beer Country Launches.)

For those of you who don’t know, rye beer refers to any beer in which rye is substituted for some portion of the barley malt.  It’s a big thing amongst homebrewers and microbreweries.  The most common example is a play off India Pale Ales (IPAs) called Rye-P-As.  Another example is the “roggenbier” which is produced with up to 60% rye malt.  This style originated in Bavaria and is brewed with the same type of yeast as a German “hefeweizen” with a similar light, dry, spicy taste.

Here is what we tried:

  • Rye-teous Dude Stout by Short Snout Brewing  This was my favorite beer of the night.  
  • You know its going to be allrye’t by PDX U Brew  Who is hosting a fundraiser to help build a mobile medical clinic here in Portland. Sign up here!
  • RyePA by Boring Brewing Co. 
  • 2013 Stone Imperial Russian Stout aged in Templeton Rye Whiskey Barrels by Stone Brewing  
  • Hop Odyssey Imperial Red Rye by Green Flash Brewing This beer was Adam’s favorite of the night.
  • Mojo RYE’sn Double IPA by Old Town Brewing  
  • Ripstop Rye Pilsner by Basecamp Brewing Co.  This roving tap was Beckie’s favorite of the night.
  • Black Moon Rye-sin’ Stout by Oakshire Brewing
  • Smallwares Saison by Breakside Brewery
  • Reuben’s Imperial Rye IPA by Reuben’s Brews
  • Quiet Rye-it by Fort George Brewery
  • Raptor Rye IPA by Three Creeks Brewing Co.

 What rye beers do you like?

Filed Under: Breweries, Events Tagged With: Basecamp Brewing Co., Boring Brewing Co., Breakside Brewery, Fort George Brewery, Green Flash Brewing, Oakshire Brewing, Old Town Brewing, PDX U Brew, Reuben's Brews, Rye Beer Fest, Short Snout Brewing, Stone Brewing, Taplister, Three Creeks Brewing Co.

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