The Brew Site
This Sunday, March 5, the 8th annual SheBrew Beer Festival returns to Portland, showcasing and celebrating female-identifying brewers both professional and amateur. The event will be pouring beers and ciders from over 40 professional brewers as well as 10 homebrewers, with all proceeds donated to the Human Rights Campaign. Tickets … Continue reading
Walla Walla, Washington is largely known for wine (and onions) but the beer scene has been growing over the past decade or so, and these days there’s even a beer festival. The Walla Walla Brewfest is taking place tomorrow, Saturday, February 18, taking over the downtown area to offer a … Continue reading
The Oregon Brewers Festival was canceled this year, but Hillsboro, Oregon’s “Biggest Beer Fest,” the Hillsbrew Fest, is coming up on the final weekend of this month, from February 24–26. It’s the second annual occurrence of this brewfest that will showcase around 40 craft brewers and cidermakers pouring up to … Continue reading
A bit of a last minute announcement, this, but the latest specialty beer festival, Flannel Fest, is taking place in Bend this Saturday, February 4 at the Midtown Yacht Club taphouse and food cart lot. It’s the latest brainchild from Brian Yaeger’s Grand Craft Beer, and besides pouring a variety … Continue reading
This is actually a press release promoting the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites as the venue for this festival in Ashland, Oregon, but I thought it sounded interesting as more than “just” a beer festival. The Brine, Brew & Barrel fermentation festival has been on hiatus since 2020, and returns … Continue reading
The annual Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer Cider & Whiskey Festival returns this Labor Day weekend, taking place once again at the Deschutes Historical Museum and featuring barrel-aged specialties from a selection of local and semi-local breweries and cideries. It starts Friday, September 2 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. for VIP) … Continue reading
Heads up, Connecticut: the 9th annual Sun BrewFest hosted by the Mohegan Sun hotel and entertainment center is taking place Saturday, October 8, and is promising over 100 beers and ciders available. Live music and other activities will be on hand as well. Details from the press release: Mohegan Sun’s … Continue reading
Here’s a beer festival worth checking out: the Fuji to Hood fest celebrates Oregon and Japanese collaborations and returns to Portland on Saturday, July 16. It takes place at Culmination Brewing and will be primarily outdoors, with 18 beer collaborations and one each cider and distiller collaboration. General admission is … Continue reading
And here you all thought the return of the Baker’s Dozen Coffee, Beer, & Doughnut Festival only took place in Portland—nope! This year there is a Bend version too, and it’s taking place this Saturday, May 21, at Silver Moon Brewing from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Here’s the blurb: … Continue reading
After being on hiatus for a couple of years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baker’s Dozen beer festival—featuring 13 breweries teamed with doughnut bakers and coffee roasters—returns to Portland on April 9. This fest is the brainchild of beer writer Brian Yaeger who, among other things, is doughnut-obsessed. Now, … Continue reading