After last weekend’s Zwickelmania at Portland area breweries, this Saturday will bring the brewery tours and beers served from the zwickel to the rest of Oregon. We will be in Bend partaking and looking forward to a possibly snowy weekend there!
But this weekend there’s much more to do than only touring breweries. Tonight the stout train continues rolling along as Fort George Brewery will take over a considerable number of taps at Belmont Station. Then over in Beaverton, Breakside Brewery will have its Life Barleywine Series on tap. Yes, all six varieties! Hopefully this will not be the only time all six varieties are showcased.
On Friday, two three-day winter beer festivals begin. In Hillsboro, the 2nd Annual Hillsbrew Fest returns with dozens of breweries. For those looking for a more rustic festival, The Suttle Lodge Winter Beer Festival also welcomes in imbibers with over three dozen of breweries being served.
And if that is not enough, Threshold Brewing celebrates its 4th Anniversary on Saturday afternoon. If you’re in the mood for some chili, Uptown Beer Co. has you covered on Saturday with its Chili Con V: A Song of Spice and Fire.
Learn more about these events and others from our beery weekend picks below!
Fort George Brewery Stout Month Send Off at Belmont Station
Thursday, February 23 – 5:00-11:00pm
Fort George Brewery are bringing the stouts to Belmont Station for a special Stout Night at The Station. There will be eleven Fort George beers on tap for this special night.
Draft List:
- Mirror Glaze – Tiramisu inspired stout brewed in collaboration with Buoy, Obelisk, Astoria Brewing & Reach Break. 6.0%
- Whompers – Stout with maled milk balls & cacao. 7.0%
- Disco Cake – Stout with pineapple & rum soaked oak chips. 10.0%
- Bonfire Nights – Stout inspired by smokey s’mores with vegan marshmallows, graham cracker, vanilla & cacao. 8.0%
- Etymology – A blend of two very different but equally delicious variations of barleywine. One a rich, toasty, black barleywine (Etym) and the other a classic, 12-month barrel aged American style (Ology). 14.9%
- Feed The Beast – Double Mash Imperial Stout aged in Woodford Rye and Westward Whiskey barrels. 12.0%
- Rodeo Circus – 24 month mixed fermentation project blending multiple barrels with raspberries, Marion berries, boysenberries, tayberries, elderflower, pink peppercorn & wild cider. 7.7%
- Subterranean Nectaron – Mixed fermentation wine barrel aged saison & dry hopped with Nectaron hops. 5.9%
- Dwayne’s World – IPA brewed in collaboration with Bridge & Tunnel bottleshop in Astoria. 6.6%
- Masked Laughter – Black West Coast pilsner brewed in collaboration with Van Henion Brewing in Bend. 6.5%
- Fanzine – Fanzine IPA 2023 collaboration with Georgetown Brewing in Seattle. 7.0%
There will be a non-barrel aged flight as well as a barrel aged flight. Most of these beers will be making their Portland debut so don’t delay!
Belmont Station – 4500 SE Stark – Portland, OR
Breakside Brewery Life 1-6 Barleywine Showcase
Thursday, February 23 – 4:00-6:00pm
Breakside Brewery, one of Oregon’s most award-winning breweries, released LIFE Barleywine in six variations. Try them all side by size as tasters, or get a full pint of your favorite!
Every batch of LIFE Barleywine clocks in at 9.5% ABV and features specialty grains from a different maltster. Breakside’s brewmaster, Ben Edmunds, selected some of the most renowned British maltsters, as well as up and coming producers from the Northwest.
Each recipe is built around the nuances of the malt from the following producers, respectively:
Simpsons Malt — 5th generation maltster from Northumberland, England
Thomas Fawcett — 7th generation family maltster in West Yorkshire England, operating for more than 200 years
Crisp Malt — the 10th largest malting company in the world, established in 1870, with two facilities in England
Minch Malt — Ireland’s oldest maltster, producing malted barley that is 100% Irish origin
Bairds Malt — Malting for 199 years with facilities in Scotland and England
Skagit Valley Malt — Malting sustainably grown grain from the Pacific Northwest, based in Washington
Loyal Legion – 4500 SW Watson Ave – Beaverton, OR
Everybody’s Brewing X Swift Cider Showcase
Thursday, February 23 – 5:00-8:00pm
Everybody’s Brewing and Swift Cider are taking over 16 taps at Loyal Legion SE PDX! Meet the brewer and cider maker will take place from 5:00-8:00pm.
A portion of the proceeds from this event will go to the Portland Audubon, in honor of Portland’s Vaux Swifts, Swift Cider’s namesake.
Vaux Swifts flock to Portland each harvest season by the thousands to roost inside old brick chimneys on their annual migration. Locals convene to toast the birds as they dive into one particular chimney at sunset. The swifts inspire Swift Cider’s natural process and challenge them to create remarkable ciders for the whole flock.
Loyal Legion – 710 SE 6th Ave – Portland, OR
2nd Annual Hillsbrew Fest
Friday, February 24 – Sunday, February 26
After launching last year, the 2023 Hillsbrew Fest returns to the beautiful Wingspan Event Center at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro, Oregon. The second-year event will place beginning at Noon from Friday, February 24 through Sunday, February 26.
This year’s festival celebrates craft beverages from every corner of Oregon, with this year’s participants representing the Willamette Valley, Oregon Coast, Columbia River Gorge, Central Oregon, Southern Oregon, and the Portland Metro Area. Including at least ten breweries from Washington County, where the festival is located. Plus this year, three Oregon craft cideries will join the lineup of breweries.
Take a peek at the breweries that will be served at this year’s Hillsbrew Fest below.
2023 HILLSBREW FEST PARTICIPATING BREWERIES & CIDERIES:
- Bauman’s Cider Co.
- Binary Brewing
- Bonevard Beer
- Buoy Beer Company
- Caldera Brewing Company
- Cascade Brewing
- Coin Toss Brewing
- Cooper Mountain Ale Works
- Deschutes Brewer
- Ecliptic Brewing
- FlyBoy Brewery and Pub
- Fort George Brewery
- Gatewav Brewing
- Gigantic Brewing
- GoodLife Brewing Company
- Hopworks Urban Brewer
- Integrity Brewing Company
- La Familia Hard Cider
- Labyrinth Forge Brewing Company
- Laurelwood Brewing Co.
- Level Beer
- Maui Hard Seltzer
- Migration Brewing
- Montavilla Brew Works
- Occidental Brewing Co
- Old Town Brewerv
- Parallel 45 Brewing
- Pelican Brewing
- pFriem Familv Brewers
- Portland Cider Company
- Ridgewalker Brewing
- Slowdrift Brewing Company
- Steeplejack Brewing Company
- Stickmen Brewing Company
- StormBreaker Brewing
- Sunriver Brewing Company
- Three Mugs Brewing Company
- Threshold Brewing & Blending
- Wild Ride Brewing
To learn which beers each brewery will be serving, check out the Google Doc by clicking here.
Wingspan Event Center at Westside Commons – 801 NE 34th Ave. – Hillsboro, OR 97124
Roscoe’s 13th Annual Stout Summit
Friday, February 24 – Sunday, February 26 – Noon-11:00pm
Fans of dark stouts are in luck this weekend
Roscoe’s will be presenting a phenomenal collection of vintage and unique stouts the 13th Annual Stout Summit. The event kick-off will take place on Friday February 24th at noon. Great stouts will be pouring all weekend long.
Some of the Breweries (and stouts) will include:
Grains of Wrath/Fort George – Original Creature
Sunriver Brewing – Rum Barrel Aged Coconut Stout
Alesong Brewing – Señor Rhino
2011 Dogfish Head – World Wide Stout
AleSmith – Vietnamese Coffee Speedway
Deschutes – The Abyss
Taster trays will be available!
Roscoe’s – 8105 SE Stark St. – Portland, OR
Suttle Lodge Winter Beer Festival
Friday, February 24 – Sunday February 26 – Noon-5:00pm
The Suttle Lodge’s six Rustic Cabins will be transformed into mini-pubs serving seasonal and limited release craft beers from our region. In addition to the great beers, there will be plenty of food options, live music and family fun each day from Noon – 5:00pm.
2023 PARTICIPATING BREWERIES:
- Ale Apothecary
- Bale Breaker Brewing Company
- Bauman’s Century Farm Cider
- Bend Cider Co.
- Bend Brewing Company
- Block15 Brewing Company
- Boneyard Brewing
- Boss Rambler Beer Club
- Breakside Brewery
- Bull Run Cider
- Buoy Beer Co.
- Crux Fermentation Project
- Deschutes Brewery
- Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery
- Everybody’s Brewing
- Ex Novo Brewing Co.
- Fort George
- GoodLife Brewing Company
- Great Notion
- Heater Allen Brewing
- Hetty Alice
- Hopworks Urban Brewery
- Laurelwood Brewing
- Level Beer
- Little Beast Brewing
- Migration Brewing
- Monkless Belgian Ales
- Ninkasi Brewing Company
- pFriem Family Brewers
- Pono Brewing
- Ruse Brewing
- Stickmen Brewing Company
- Sunriver Brewing Company
- Via Beer
- Von Ebert Brewing
- Wayfinder Beer
- Wild Ride Brewing
- Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery
- Working Hands Fermentation
- Xicha Brewing Co.
The Suttle Lodge Winter Beer Festival offers a few options. Single Day and Weekend Pass tickets are available with GA and VIP options, ranging from $50-$160 per person. Paid admission includes tasting tickets, a commemorative Miir Cup and more. Designated drivers and kids have free entry, and well-behaved dogs are also welcome. To purchase advance tickets, click here.
The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse – 13300 US Highway 20 – Sisters, OR
2023 Zwickelmania – Statewide Breweries
Saturday, February 25 – Noon-4:00pm
This past Saturday Portland area breweries were in the spotlight during its Zwickelmania. Now on week later, all other Statewide Breweries will have the opportunity to be part of the second weekend of Zwickelmania, an afternoon of exclusive brewery tours and tastings, some directly from the zwickel.
Here’s a rundown on participating breweries.
Central Oregon
- Bend Brewing Co. – Brewery Location Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, Zwickel samples
- Bevel Craft Brewing – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, Zwickel samples
- Boneyard Beer – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Meet the Brewer, Self-guided brewery tours, Zwickel samples
- Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, free swag bag to the first 50 people at each pub
- Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. – Redmond: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, free swag bag to the first 50 people at each pub
- Craft Kitchen & Brewery – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, New beer release
- Crux Fermentation Project – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, Self-guided brewery tours, Zwickel samples (Opens at 11am)
- Deschutes Brewery – Simpson Ave. (Bend): Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Meet the Brewer, Self-guided brewery tours, Zwickel samples
- Deschutes Brewery – Bond Street (Bend): Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples
- GoodLife Brewing Co. – Bend: Family friendly, Food specials, Locals Day Prices All Day, $20.00 Special on Select Cases of Beer and 25% off of all Merchandise.
- McMenamins – Old St. Francis – Bend: Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, McMenamins Passport Brewery Tour Stamp
- Silver Moon Brewing – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, Raffle/giveaways, Zwickel samples
- Sunriver Brewing – Sunriver: Food specials, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Live music, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, Zwickel samples
- Van Henion Brewing – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, Raffle/giveaways, Self-guided brewery tours, Zwickel samples
- Wild Ride Brewing – Redmond: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, Self-guided brewery tours, Zwickelmania Collab Beer Participant, Zwickel samples
- Wild Ride Brewing – Prineville: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, Self-guided brewery tours, Zwickelmania Collab Beer Participant, Zwickel samples
- Worthy Brewing Co. – Bend: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, Raffle/giveaways, Self-guided brewery tours
Columbia Gorge
- Double Mountain – Hood River: Family friendly, Free samples, Live music, Self-guided brewery tours, Zwickel samples
- Ferment Brewing Co. – Hood River: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, New beer release, Zwickel samples
- Thunder Island Brewing – Cascade Locks: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Guided brewery tours on the hour.
Oregon Coast
- Crooked Creek Brewery – Warren: Family friendly, Meet the Brewer, Zwickel samples
- Fort George – Astoria: Family friendly, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, Zwickel samples
- Public Coast Brewing – Cannon Beach: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Meet the Brewer
Southern Oregon
- Weekend Beer Co. – Grants Pass: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, Zwickel samples
Willamette Valley
- Alesong Brewing & Blending – Eugene: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, Zwickel samples
- ForeLand Beer – McMinnville: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, New beer release
- Gratitude Brewing – Eugene: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, Zwickel samples,
- Ninkasi Brewing – Eugene: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Zwickel samples
- Plank Town Brewing – Springfield: Family friendly, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, 10th Anniversary Strong Ale Fest
- Stickmen Brewing Co. – Tualatin: Dog friendly, Family friendly, Food specials, Free samples, Guided brewery tours, Meet the Brewer, New beer release, Raffle/giveaways, Zwickel samples. Everyone that joins us for a guided brewery tour will receive a coupon for $3 off one of our wood-fired pizzas (only valid that day)
Threshold Brewing 4th Anniversary
Saturday, February 25 – Noon-4:00pm
Celebrate four years of Threshold Brewing & Blending. During this special day expect a few special beer releases, a live DJ set from DJ Yum and Polish food specials at their neighborhood-centric SE Portland Montavilla taproom.
Anniversary Beers:
- FourShadow NW Style Pilsner – Collaboration with ForeLand Beer on a brand new Polish-style IPA, a hoppier version of a Polish Pilsner.
- Savage Crush Smoothie Sour – Piña colada in flavor smoothie beer
Congratulations to Threshold on four years!
Threshold Brewing – 403 SE 79th Ave. – Portland, OR
Chili Con V: A Song of Spice and Fire
Saturday, February 25 – 3:00-6:00pm
It’s time for the 5th annual chili and beer competition that brings together seven local breweries serving a beer alongside their chili. Three titles will be awarded at the end of the event: Best Chili, Best Beer, and Best Pairing. This year’s competing lineup includes BinaryBrewing.co, Baerlic Brewing, Level Beer, Little Beast Brewing, Gigantic Brewing, and Threshold Brewing, and Steeplejack Brewing.
Tickets can be purchased for $45 on www.uptownbeer.co. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Oregon Food Bank.
Uptown Beer Co. – 6620 SW Scholls Ferry Rd. – Portland, OR
450 North Brewing “Gotta Drink Them All” Pokemon Showcase
Monday, February 27 – 5;00pm
Celebrate National Pokemon Day at Loyal Legion – Beaverton. Wait, there’s a National Pokemon Day? To celebrate, Loyal Legion will tap six Pokemon themed beers from 450 North Brewing Company.
Tap List:
Legendary Psychic XXXL – Blackberry, Blueberry, Apricot, Grape, Strawberry
Poison Dino XL – Kiwi, Passionfruit, Coconut Cream, Limoncello, Pineapple, Lychee
Rock Titan XXL – Pineapple, Tangerine, Cherry, Passionfruit, Limeade
Sleeping Giant XXL – Cranberry, Banana, Mango, Marshmallow, Cheesecake
Jumbo Jellyfish XXL – Blackberry, Blueberry, Apricot, Grape, Strawberry
Trading Card Nuggets IPA – Azacca, Citra, Mosaic, Enigma Hops
Loyal Legion – 4500 SW Watson Ave – Beaverton, OR
