Oregon Brewfest 2018: The Beers

By Jon Abernathy | Filed in Events
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The 31st annual Oregon Brewers Festival begins this week, and will be pouring 80 beers from 80 breweries across a wide variety of styles. The current list is available at this Google Sheet; but I’m also listing them here along with some stats, and my recommendations on what to try.

First, stats. These were helpfully provided in the press kit so I’m cribbing:

  • TOTAL BREWERIES: 80
  • TOTAL BEERS: 80
  • BEERS DEBUTING OR EXCLUSIVE TO THE OBF: 56
  • FIRST TIME BREWERIES: 20
  • COUNTRIES REPRESENTED: 3
    • Mexico: 5
    • The Netherlands: 1
    • US: 74
  • STATES REPRESENTED: 10
    • California: 3
    • Colorado: 3
    • Hawaii: 1
    • Michigan: 1
    • Missouri: 1
    • Montana: 2
    • Ohio: 1
    • Oregon: 53
    • Washington: 8
    • Wyoming: 1
  • LOWEST ABV: 2.8%
    • Zoiglhaus Elderberry Berliner Weisse
  • HIGHEST ABV: 12%
    • Heretic Goo Imperial Milk Stout
  • AVERAGE ABV: 6.1%
  • BEERS BELOW 5.5% ABV: 31
  • BEERS 5.5% AND ABOVE: 49
  • NUMBER BEER STYLES: 23
    • Belgian: 1
    • Berliner Weisse: 4
    • Blonde/Golden: 4
    • Brown Ale: 1
    • Cream Ale: 2
    • ESB: 1
    • Gose: 6
    • Grisette: 1
    • Gruit: 2
    • Helles: 2
    • Honey Ale: 1
    • IPAs: 23
      • Hazy/NE-style IPAs: 13 (note: I added this stat, because there seem to be a lot)
    • IPL: 1
    • Kolsch: 2
    • Lagers: 5
    • Pale Ales: 6
    • Pilsners: 3
    • Saison: 2
    • Sour Ale: 3
    • Specialty: 1
    • Stout: 3
    • Strong Ale: 1
    • Wheat: 2
    • Witbier: 3

And here are all of the beers (as well as ciders and wine), from the spreadsheet. (Full descriptions are on that sheet.) From the list below, I’ve highlighted my recommendations of what I think would be worth seeking out.

Brewery City State Beer Style ABV IBU
54° 40′ Brewing Company Washougal WA Rick & Mortmunder Lager, Dortmunder Style 5.2 25
Agua Mala Ensenada Baja California, Mexico Sirena Pilsner 5.2 23
Anderson Valley Brewing Company Boonville CA Framboise Rose Gose Gose 4.2 12
Backwoods Brewing Company Carson WA Dreamsicle Kölsch Kölsch 5 15
Bayern Brewing Missoula MT Citra DumpTruck Summer Bock Helles Bock 7 44
Belching Beaver Brewery Oceanside CA Orange Vanilla Milkshake IPA IPA, Milkshake 6.5 50
Binary Brewing Company Beaverton OR All Fugged Up ESB 6.3 36
Boneyard Beer Bend OR Pinot Pulp Pale Ale 7 35
Border Psycho Brewery Tijuana Baja California, Mexico Perversa IPA, Imperial 9.3 95
Boulder Beer Company Boulder CO Bump ‘n’ Rind Watermelon Kölsch Kölsch 5.9 25
Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro Bellingham WA Currantly Hip Sour Sour Ale, American Style 4.9 7
Breakside Brewery Portland OR Limon Pepino Lager 4.9 19
Buoy Beer Company Astoria OR Beaver State Pilsner Pilsner 5.2 26
Caldera Brewing Company Ashland OR Caldera Coco-Nutty Blonde Golden Ale 5.6 28
Cascade Brewing Portland OR Belmont Street Bramble Sour Ale, Northwest Style 6.5 7
Cider Riot! Portland OR Everyday Passionfruit Cider 6 0
Coin Toss Oregon City OR Caught in a Pickle Lager Lager 4.2 10
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Denver CO Do You Even Zest?! IPA, Imperial 7.5 31
Deschutes Brewery Bend OR Fruit Fight NE IPA IPA, NE Style 6.7 60
Double Mountain Brewery Hood River OR La Domestique Grisette 4 20
Ecliptic Brewing Portland OR Flamingo Planet Guava Blonde Ale Blonde Ale 4.7 25
Eola Hills Wine Cellars Rickreall OR 2016 Classic Pinot Gris Wine 12.5 0
Eola Hills Wine Cellars Rickreall OR 2015 Classic Pinot Noir Wine 13.4 0
Everybody’s Brewing White Salmon WA Guango Deep IPA, Imperial Hazy 9.3 30
Fort George Brewery Astoria OR It Takes Two to Mango IPA, NE Style 7.5
Fortside Brewing Company Vancouver WA The Real Slim Hazy IPA, Hazy 5.5 45
Freebridge Brewing The Dalles OR Summertime Radness Berliner Weisse 4.3 25
Fremont Brewing Seattle WA Limeshine Pilsner 5.5 35
Gigantic Brewing Portland OR Magnificent 527 IPA, American Style 6.3 53
Gilgamesh Brewing Salem OR CBD Pale Ale Pale Ale, with CBD 5.6 30
Golden Valley Brewery McMinnville OR This Train is Bound for Hell Helles, Smoked 4.8 18
GoodLife Brewing Company Bend OR Long Acronym Specialty Style 7.8 45
Great Divide Brewing Company Denver CO Heyday Modern IPA IPA, Hazy 5.8 38
Great Northern Brewing Company Whitefish MT Big Mountain Tea Pale Ale Pale Ale, with Earl Grey Tea 5.2 45
Great Notion Brewing Portland OR Juice Jr. IPA, Hazy 6 0
Heathen Brewing Vancouver WA Raspberry Rhubarb Sour Ale Sour Ale 5.7 10
Heretic Brewing Company Fairfield CA Goo Stout, Imperial Milk 12 35
Hopworks Urban Brewery Portland OR Completely Excellent IPA, Hazy 5.5 15
Insurgente Tijuana Baja California, Mexico Juan Cordero Pale Ale, Tijuana Style 5.5 25
Iron Horse Brewery Ellensburg WA Crazy Aunt IPA, American Style 6.5 55
Kells Brewery Portland OR Mezcal-a-Gose Gose 4.7 13
Laurelwood Portland OR Waylay Sprite Pale Pale Ale, West Coast Style 5 30
Lompoc Brewing Portland OR It’s Full of Stars Pale Ale, American Style 5.3 29
MadTree Brewing Company Cincinnati OH Entropic Theory IPA, American Style 7.5 70
Maui Brewing Company Kihei HI Belgian Table Beer Session Ale, Belgian Style 4.2 15
McMenamins Edgefield Brewery Troutdale OR The Jester’s Nightcap Stout, Imperial 9 20
Melvin Brewing Alpine WY Killer Bees Blonde Ale 5 15
Migration Brewing Portland OR Summertime in the 503 Pale Ale 5.5 45
Monkless Belgian Ales Bend OR Peppercorn Imperial Wit Wit 8.2 30
Natian Brewery Portland OR 1306 IPA, Milkshake 6.8 62
New Holland Brewing Company Holland MI I Like Pretzel Day Stout 8 35
Ninkasi Brewing Company Eugene OR Fruited Gose Gose 4.2 10
Old Market Pub & Brewery Portland OR Punchy Peach Wheat Ale, Barrel Aged Imperial 7.8 5
Old Town Brewing Portland OR Green Tea Lemonade Specialty Style 4.8 15
Oproer Utrecht The Netherlands Refuse // Resist IPA, Imperial 8.5 80
Oregon City Brewing Company Oregon City OR Guavador Dali IPA IPA, NE Style 7 50
Pelican Brewing Company Pacific City OR To Peach Their Own! Lager 6 15
Perennial Artisan Ales St. Louis MO Bridge of the Gods Grisette 4.7 15
pFriem Family Brewers Hood River OR Mango Milkshake IPA IPA, Milkshake 7.9 35
Portland Brewing Portland OR Tart Me Up! Berliner Weisse 4.4 10
Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider Portland OR Viva La Pineapple Cider 6 0
RiverBend Brewing Bend OR We Found Barb In The Strawberry Field IPA, Imperial Milkshake 8 60
Rogue Ales Newport OR Pinch Gose, Imperial 7 15
Royale Brewing Company Portland OR Zonkey Lager, Pacific Northwest Mexican 5.2 20
Rusty Truck Brewing Company Lincoln City OR Sugar Shack Brown Ale Brown Ale 7.2 31
Sasquatch Brewing Company Portland OR American Aquarium Drinker Gose 4.5 11
Scout Beer Portland OR Psycho Killer Qu’est-ce Que Saison Saison, Black 6.4 25
Serra Vineyards Grants Pass OR 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 13.8 0
Serra Vineyards Grants Pass OR 2016 Rosa Maria Rosé Wine 12.8 0
Silver Falls Brewery Silverton OR Wisp Raspberry Wheat Wheat Beer 5.5 12.3
Silver Moon Brewing Bend OR Water on the Moon IPA, with Coffee 700.00% 60
StormBreaker Brewing Portland OR Guava Man IPA IPA, West Coast Style Hazy 6.6 66
Sunriver Brewing Company Sunriver OR Hugs and Flip Flops Wheat Beer, American Style 6 35
Terminal Gravity Brewing Enterprise OR Summer Honey Strong Ale 9
Three Creeks Brewing Company Sisters OR Skol – Juniper Infused Norwegian Ale Specialty Style 5.5 45
Three Mugs Brewing Company Hillsboro OR Passion Of The Honey Honey Ale 6.9
Thunder Island Brewing Company Cascade Locks OR Fuzzy Wit Wit 5.5 17
Transpeninsular Cerveceria Ensenada Baja California, Mexico Playitas Cali Pale Ale IPA 5.4 45
Upright Brewing Portland OR Berliner Weisse Berliner Weisse 3.6 0
Vertigo Brewing Hillsboro OR South of the Border Blonde Blonde Ale 8.2 13
Von Ebert Brewing Portland OR Hibiscus Wit Wit 5 13
Wendlandt Cerveceria Ensenada Baja California, Mexico Perro del Mar IPA, West Coast Style 7 60
Widmer Brothers Brewing Portland OR Lemonic Possession IPA, Imperial 8.8 80
Wild Ride Brewing Redmond OR Cold Chillin’ Vanilla Cream Ale Cream Ale 5 20
Wolf Tree Brewery Seal Rock OR Spruce Tip Gruit Specialty Style 6 0
Zoiglhaus Brewing Company Portland OR Elderberry Berliner Weisse Berliner Weisse 2.8 0

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