I have an abbreviated week for being online, so I won’t be able to reliably have daily news posts up, so here is the summary of news and events for this final Halloween week of October all in one. I will work on keeping this post updated with the latest news, so check back in from time to time.

I won’t be detailing individual Halloween parties or events, unless they are specifically beer-related; I’m confident folks can find a Halloween party near them with a quick search. 🎃

Monday, Oct. 29

The Bier Stein (Eugene) is hosting a fundraiser Monday evening—Sluggo’s Real Men Wear Pink Fundraiser. “Join Sluggo & the Eugene Emeralds at the Bier Stein on Monday, October 29th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm for an evening of fun, prizes, and delicious food & drinks while raising awareness and funds for Sluggo’s Real Men Wear Pink campaign that supports Breast Cancer Awareness and the American Cancer Society. We will have a raffle to win a variety of prizes, including your very own, personalized 2018 Championship Ring! We also have Real Men Wear Pink calendars and an Emeralds Breast Cancer Awareness Tee available for purchase. Ninkasi’s Dawn of the Red and Prismatic will be featured on tap. We will donate $1 per pint of each beer sold throughout the day to the American Cancer Society and Ninkasi has agreed to match our donation!”

Portland’s Imperial Bottle Shop continues its pairing of Halloween candy with Block 15 beer this week, through Halloween on Wednesday—sort of adult trick-or-treating? “From Oct 26 through Halloween, we’ll be offering 8 beers from Block 15 Brewing Co. paired with 8 Halloween candy favorites. 4 pairings will be offered at our Division taproom, and 4 at Alberta. All beers will be available as a 4 oz sample or 12 oz glass with candy (most available as a pint as well).”

Worthy Brewing (Bend) has a new beer on tap Monday afternoon: “A new Heart and Soul Series beer is on tap at Worthy! The Wild & Hazy IPA! Six hop varieties yield a tropical taste with a smooth finish- Hops include: Amarillo, Cascade, Chinook, Ekuanot, El Dorado, Strata. 5.1% ABV, 28 IBU”

Vanguard Brewing (Wilsonville) has a new beer on tap as well: “Blackberry LPR – Imperial Oatmeal Stout; (Roasty – Fruity – Sweet); ABV 9.1%. A slight twist on a classic that is sure to delight stout and fruit beer fans alike. Blackberry LPR is a full bodied, creamy, roasty and sweet stout with tons of flavor complexity from roast grains, blackberry and honey.”

Bent Shovel Brewing (Oregon City) has a new seasonal out, International Waters: “Enjoy our newest seasonal beer “International Waters” which boasts prominent flavors of Rum, vanilla, toasted malt and slight spice. This golden brown strong ale will take you to your happy place! Barrel aged in rum soaked charred oak barrels this beer drinks smooth with a dry finish. 8.6% 20 IBU on tap at the brewery and beyond this week!”

Tuesday, Oct. 30

Deschutes Brewery (Bend): Tuesday is Community Pints day at the various Deschutes locations, where $1 from every pint sold goes to benefit a non-profit—for October, the beneficiary is Planned Parenthood and this is the final Tuesday of the month to help out PP.

Oregon City Brewing hosts its Charity Pint Night fundraiser starting at 5pm on Tuesday, and this week benefits John McLoughlin Elementary School. “Let’s cheers our beers to help support our littlest Pioneers! Join us for a pint to help raise much needed school funds for John McLoughlin Elementary School. See you there!” $1 from every pint will benefit the school.

Bridge 99 Brewery (Bend): Tuesday the brewery is releasing its Bog Trotter, brewed from an old Irish ale recipe: “The Bog Trotter Irish Ale is back! This Irish Family inspired Ale is finished with buckwheat honey. It has balanced sweetness and earthy hop undertones. 7.4% ABV 29 IBU, rich and warm to sip by the fire!”

Oakshire Brewing (Eugene): The brewery’s winter seasonal, Ill Tempered Gnome, is back and going on tap on Tuesday: “Ill Tempered Gnome has arrived- a winter-warming brown ale known to make even the most sullen gnomes smile! We’re officially releasing him tonight at our Public House 6pm.”

Sky High Brewing (Corvallis) has new beer on tap on Tuesday: “Whole Nutta Love Now on Tap! A traditional American brown gone nuts! Filberts (hazelnuts), the Oregon state nut, blend beautifully with roasted barley, chocolate malt, and light cascade hops. 75lbs of Oregon filberts roasted in house and introduced both in the hot and cold brew phases. This brew will inspire the nut lover in all of us and add a little nuttiness to all of our everyday lives! ABV: 7.5 IBU 7”

Wednesday, Oct. 31 – Halloween!

McMenamins Kennedy School (Portland) has its limited-edition beer tasting from 5 to 7pm, featuring Whiskey Widow, the Halloween seasonal with a punch: “The Black Widow has emerged from her hiding place and is spinning a whole new web! Whiskey Widow is a darkly sublime Porter that has been aged for nine months on a bed of whiskey soaked American Oak chips. The result is a dark elixir, rich with oaky smoothness, a bold whiskey aroma, and hints of vanilla. This is truly a dark beauty that packs a vicious bite!”

Deschutes Brewery has a new beer on tap at the Bend Public House: “JUST TAPPED: Body Surfin’ Brown. IBU: 43 ABV5.3% Brewers notes: An American style brown ale featuring Sterling hops. Toasted bread malt character with a balancing bitterness on the finish.”

Orenco Taphouse (Hillsboro) is hosting “Monsters vs Dragons with Fremont & Modern Times” on Halloween night starting at 7pm: “This Halloween come to Orenco and party with Fremont Brewing and Modern Times! Both make some of the best BA Stouts in the industry and we’re pitting them against each other for you to enjoy.” There will be quite a lineup of Fremont’s and Modern Times’ bourbon barrel aged stouts to drink.

Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland) has new beer on tap, a triple IPA: “Three Sides to Every Story is our newest beer in the Imperial Hop Experiments series. This Triple IPA is brewed with three malts and three hops and at 10.5% ABV it may even have you seeing triple. This limited release beer is now available at all 3 pubs.”

Portland’s Thirsty Monk (formerly Bazi Bierbrasserie) is raising money for Trailkeepers of Oregon this week with a new IPA on: “This week we are Tapping All Our Hops! Today is Trail Monk IPA, a maple IPA and the first of the Karma Series, where a portion of each full pour goes to Trailkeepers of Oregon to protect and enhance OR hiking.”

Rogue Ales Eastside Pub in Portland (formerly the Green Dragon) has a new Green Dragon brew on tap on Wednesday: “Come join us for some adult treats. See what tricks the Green Dragon Brewers can do with the Great Pumpkin. Black Dragon Imperial Pumpkin Stout tapped at 5:00”

Thursday, Nov. 1 – El Dia de los Muertos

Three Creeks Brewing (Sisters): The brewery is hosting its annual Fall Brewers Dinner starting at 6pm, featuring four courses paired with select beers for $55. “Join us for our semi-annual 2018 Fall Brewer’s Dinner! We will be pairing some of our favorite beers with gourmet meals, created by our talented kitchen staff. November 1st at 6pm, book your seats today! 541-549-1963”

Imperial Bottle Shop is hosting a Deschutes Dissident and Moonstruck Chocolate pairing Thursday at the Division location: “As part of their 30th anniversary celebration, Deschutes Brewery is releasing three variants of it’s classic Dissident. In addition to the standard sour brown ale aged in oak with cherries, they are also releasing a version fermented 100% with brettanomyces (wild yeast) and a version that uses marionberries in place of cherries. We’ll be pouring a horizontal tasting of all three 2018 Dissidents, along with 2017 Dissident, and a pairing with Moonstruck Chocolate Co. chocolates! We will only be offering 40 chocolate pairings, which will be first come, first serve. All beers will be available separately without chocolate in a sampler tray or as individual pours.”

The Horse Brass Pub in Portland kicks off its three-day celebration of its 42nd anniversary on Thursday! “It’s our 42nd Anniversary Thursday November 1st. We are going to take that first day and just chill with it, but come the weekend we are going to tantalize your taste buds.” The Horse Brass might be, in my opinion, historically and otherwise, the most important beer bar in Oregon. If you can visit during the anniversary, you should.

Newport’s Wolf Tree Brewery will be taking over the taps at The Civic Taproom in Portland: “Join us for an evening with Wolf Tree Brewing! Come sample some beers from one of Oregon’s great, coastal breweries.” Wolf Tree brews some funky and interesting beers, worth checking out.

Friday, Nov. 2

Belmont Station (Portland) is hosting Founders Brewing for the release of CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) with a release party from 5 to 8pm: “We are hosting Founders for the release of CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout), both on draft and in bottles. For those whom may not yet be familiar with this beer. CBS is a maple syrup Bourbon barrel aged coffee chocolate imperial stout, which Founders describes as a beer with rich maple syrup, roasted coffee and velvety chocolate meld together in what can only be described as a transcendental drinking experience.”

The Bier Stein is hosting the new Cyderish cidermaker from Eugene with a bottle release party Friday from 5 to 8pm: “Come celebrate with us Nov 2nd from 5-8pm! We’ll be popping bottles of brand new Cyderish Imperial Dry Cyser that you have been enjoying in keg as ‘Hardcore & Dry’.”

McMenamins is celebrating the release of Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome across many locations on Friday. This is a class Winter Warmer, one which many American craft winter ales were modeled on (particularly in the early days) so it’s neat to see McMenamins bringing this to the taps. “Winter Welcome was first exported from England to the U.S. in 1990, and we’ve been welcoming it ever since. This ale is honey-amber colored with a creamy head of small bubbles, floral aroma and delicious caramel maltiness. It finishes with a fine hop aroma and a fruity note from fermentation in a “Yorkshire Square,” a two-level fermenting vessel. Throughout history, beer of somewhat higher alcohol and richness, like this one, has been enjoyed for the winter holidays when old friends get together to enjoy the season. Come share one with us as we welcome winter!”

Saturday, Nov. 3

McMenamins Old Church & Pub (Wilsonville): Saturday is the 6th annual Boone’s Ferry Autumn Ale Fest, taking place all day long: “We’re back for the sixth year with more than 20 different beers and ciders that are perfect for the season. Help choose the best beer or cider of the bunch, whose maker will be awarded the famed Boone’s Ferryman oar trophy. We’ll have beer and cider from McMenamins and local guests, and live music!” The list of participating breweries is here, and a tasting package (glass plus 12 tokens) costs $22.

Saturday is the annual American Homebrewers Association’s Learn To Homebrew Day, where “thousands of people will gather at Learn to Homebrew Day sites worldwide to brew beer and and learn about the hobby of homebrewing.” This is the 20th annual event, which started in 1999, and you can find an Oregon event on the AHA site—or register an event if your homebrew club is hosting an event. As of Tuesday morning, here’s the list of Oregon events:

• Brewers Of the Gorge Homebrew Club Learn to Homebrew Day! – Hood River
• Cascade Brewers Society + ColdFire Brewing – Eugene
• Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization at Monkless Belgian Ales – Bend
• Deer Island Brewers. Learn to Homebrew Day – Deer Island
• End of Silence Brewing – Eugene
• Home Fermenter – Eugene
• Learn to Homebrew Day at Biologic Brewing Supply – Phoenix
• Learn to Homebrew with Look Long Brewing Company! – Portland
• Umpqua Valley Brewers Guild @ Two Shy Brewing – Roseburg
• Homebrew demo at Silver Falls Brewery – Silverton

McMenamins 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop (Portland) is hosting a 2 Towns Ciderhouse tasting from 2 to 4pm.

Breakside Brewery (Portland): The Slabtown location is hosting a book signing of Craft Beer Country with Kirk Richardson on Saturday from 5 to 8pm: “Share a pint with author Kirk Richardson and celebrate Craft Beer Country’s chapter on Breakside Brewery!”

Sunday, Nov. 4

Ecliptic Brewing (Portland) is hosting IPAs for Eyes, in partnership with OHSU Casey Eye Institute, to help raise funds for glasses: “On Sunday, November 4th, Ecliptic Brewery will be partnering with the OHSU Casey Eye Institute (Casey) Community Outreach Program to host IPAs for Eyes, a sudsy benefit to help fund quality prescription glasses statewide for underserved Oregon residents through the Casey Community Outreach Program. In addition to Ecliptic donating 10% of ALL pub sales from the day to help fund these glasses, the event will include a special IPA taster tray and a raffle for some exclusive prizes donated by Ecliptic, Breakside, Zoiglhaus, the Trailblazers, Oregon Zoo, Winterhawks and many others at 4:30 PM. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the brewery from October 28th to November 4th.”