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Come to the food carts at Hillsboro Downtown Station and snap a pic with the Alpacas, enjoy happy hour specials on some of your favorite Tualatin Valley beers and ciders, and hang out with the Tap Season Street Team (who’ll be on-site handing out free swag!) to learn more about the Tualatin Valley Ale Trail Mobile Passport.
Explore Tap Season and taste new releases from some of the best breweries and cideries in the Tualatin Valley while shopping at Bridgeport Village. Breweries will be paired up with participating retailers for a fun and unique opportunity to sample a brew or cider while you shop. The “Tap Season Street Team” also will be on hand to give away beer-inspired swag and prizes.
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A Daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, distracting one’s attention from the present. From time to time, we all need a break, a rest or a Daydream. Doernbecher and Timberline have teamed up to bring you an inspiring, supportive, hope filled distraction, a day-of-days on Mt. Hood.
Join us Saturday, September 2, 2023, for Timberline Daydream, a celebration of music, brews, and bikes at historic Timberline Lodge benefiting
OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
The Timberline ethos prioritizes not only Mt. Hood stewardship and a high level of social responsibility, but positivity and support of each other. Through authentic relationships and interests, Doernbecher and Timberline realized their core values are aligned for the greater good, for supporting hope. It is through these beliefs that Daydream was born.
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Portland, OR - August 3, 2023 – The People's Courts, a highly anticipated new 48,000 sq ft multi-court recreational and social space at 2700 NE 82nd Ave in Portland, Oregon, officially opens on Friday, August 25th.
The People’s Courts brings something truly unique to the Pacific Northwest region through high quality courts and games for all ages, groups, and skill levels. Paired with exceptional local food, drinks, and a welcoming social atmosphere, The People’s Courts will be a year-round entertainment destination.
The People's Courts offers:
Pickleball: Five indoor and six outdoor pickleball courts plus two "skinny singles" courts, and a “dinkum” court
Bocce Ball: Five courts
Ping Pong: Six to ten tables
Cornhole: Six to ten courts
Disc Golf Putt-Putt: A one-of-a-kind nine hole putt-putt style indoor Disc Golf course
Arcade with classic and modern games
Pro-Shop with a well-curated selection of equipment and merchandise
Two Restaurants:
‘The Kitchen’ is a bar and grill serving generous burgers, sausages, salads, and rice bowls developed by Nate Tilden of Clyde Common and Olympia Provisions.
‘The Parlor’ serves parlor-style pizza created by Brian Spangler of Apizza Scholls, as well as soft serve ice cream. The beverage menu throughout the venue features local beer, wine, craft cocktails and mocktails, and Deadstock Coffee.
“After a total interior and exterior renovation, we’re excited to open this unique space for quality recreational experiences, with a focus on building a fun and social atmosphere,” says Dave Sacks, Co-owner of The People’s Courts. “This is unlike any other venue in the country.”
With the opening of The People’s Courts, owners Dave Schrott, Dave Sacks, and Robert Sacks demonstrate their continued commitment to investing in Portland’s restaurant and tourism industry. They are also owners of the buildings that house Coopers Hall Winery and Taproom, Spirit of 77, Oven and Shaker, and other iconic local venues.
“We are ecstatic for our new neighbors, The People's Courts, to join the community,” says Adam Skyles, Principal of McDaniel High School. “I had an opportunity to take a sneak peek and was amazed! In my conversation with their leadership they are community focused and we look forward to a long and positive relationship.”
For the Grand Opening Weekend celebrations, The People’s Courts will be open special hours: Friday 8/25 from 5pm - 10pm, Saturday, 8/26 from Noon - Midnight and Sunday 8/27 from Noon - 10pm, with a live DJ, raffles, beer and wine samples, and community connections. More information on the Grand Opening Weekend here.
After opening weekend, The People’s Courts will be open regular hours of 8am - 10pm Sunday through Thursday, and 8am - Midnight Friday and Saturday.
Play details including fee structures, open play hours, clinics, rental packages for groups and leagues, and more information is available at www.thepeoplescourts.com.
About The People’s Courts:
The People's Courts is a destination social and recreational hub in Portland, OR, featuring a wide range of activities for all ages and abilities. The 48,000 Sq Ft multi-court venue features indoor and outdoor Pickleball, Bocce Ball, Ping Pong, Cornhole, a classic arcade, a pro-shop, and a one-of-a-kind indoor 9-hole putt-putt style Disc Golf course. In addition to the sports and recreational amenities, The People's Courts has two vibrant bars and restaurants serving local fare and inventive drinks, creating a lively atmosphere perfect to socialize, unwind and have fun year-round. Learn more at www.thepeoplescourts.com.
The tasting classes will be held at the Cellar Z events space at the Burnside Zupan’s, and the series kicks off this upcoming Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. with an introductory course that covers the history, ingredients, processes, styles, and beer terminology.
The events run once a month through July; each class is $40 and includes tastings of 6 beers, plus cheese, charcuterie, and other beer snacks. Cellar Z is located at 2340 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97210.
The tasting classes will be held at the Cellar Z events space at the Burnside Zupan’s, and the series kicks off this upcoming Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. with an introductory course that covers the history, ingredients, processes, styles, and beer terminology.
The events run once a month through July; each class is $40 and includes tastings of 6 beers, plus cheese, charcuterie, and other beer snacks. Cellar Z is located at 2340 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97210.
The tasting classes will be held at the Cellar Z events space at the Burnside Zupan’s, and the series kicks off this upcoming Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. with an introductory course that covers the history, ingredients, processes, styles, and beer terminology.
The events run once a month through July; each class is $40 and includes tastings of 6 beers, plus cheese, charcuterie, and other beer snacks. Cellar Z is located at 2340 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97210.
The tasting classes will be held at the Cellar Z events space at the Burnside Zupan’s, and the series kicks off this upcoming Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. with an introductory course that covers the history, ingredients, processes, styles, and beer terminology.
The events run once a month through July; each class is $40 and includes tastings of 6 beers, plus cheese, charcuterie, and other beer snacks. Cellar Z is located at 2340 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97210.
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Come celebrate 9 years of Shed Life with us as we round the home stretch on our way to a decade of fun times and fond memories at Northgate's original neighborhood pub:
Friday March 31 get the party started with Seattle's own DJ Topspin aka Blendiana Jones starting at 6pm!
Saturday April 1 at 6pm we're popping a gigantic bottle of oak aged saison from Sovereign Brewing for a pub-wide toast! The Shed’s own DJ Potatoes O’Brien at 6pm.
All weekend long we'll be serving up Lucky Envelope Maybe Partying Will Help Pilsner, E9 The Whole Nine IPA and Cloudburst Shed Head IPA along with special cocktails, dishes and of course, funfetti cake!
We’re ready to turn up the music, dress to impress, make some new friends and celebrate this most excellent community that makes the Shed everything it is. Thanks to everyone for 9 incredible years!
The tasting classes will be held at the Cellar Z events space at the Burnside Zupan’s, and the series kicks off this upcoming Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. with an introductory course that covers the history, ingredients, processes, styles, and beer terminology.
The events run once a month through July; each class is $40 and includes tastings of 6 beers, plus cheese, charcuterie, and other beer snacks. Cellar Z is located at 2340 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97210.
The tasting classes will be held at the Cellar Z events space at the Burnside Zupan’s, and the series kicks off this upcoming Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. with an introductory course that covers the history, ingredients, processes, styles, and beer terminology.
The events run once a month through July; each class is $40 and includes tastings of 6 beers, plus cheese, charcuterie, and other beer snacks. Cellar Z is located at 2340 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97210.
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For the 9th year, the Shed will be holding its now legendary celebration of exceptional imperial stout beers, curated over the past year.
February is the time of year when we begin to dream of spring while the weather keeps urging us to drink dark, rich, boozy beers. It's also Stout Month which means it's Black & Brew time at Watershed Pub!
Each year we tap 15 of the most delicious, decadent, and eclectic imperial stouts we could get our hands on throughout the year, all at the same time. That time has come once again.
In addition to the usual festivities at the pub we're again offering a Black & Brew sampler experience to take home with you as well as exclusive custom glassware!
Mark your calendar, prepare your mind, body and soul, and stay tuned for more details as we prepare for another voyage into the darkest reaches of the craft beer universe.
Guests have the option of sampleing these 15 beers with the following themed flights:
Bourbon Barrel Flight:
· Block 15 Super Nebula Bourbon Barrel Cocoa Imperial Stout '22
· Matchless Thurston County Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22
· No Boat Marley Was Dead Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22
· Lumberbeard Black Daylight Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla Imperial Stout '22
Breakfast Of Champions Flight:
· Lucky Envelope Chai Spice Double Happiness Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '23
· Single Hill Dawn Awaits Barrel Aged Coconut Latte Imperial Stout '22
· Wiley Roots+Ingenious Surgical Precision Imperial Stout '22
Flavor Town Flight:
· Alesong Señor Rhino Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout '22
· Crux Tough Love Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22
· E9 Sad Wings Bourbon Barrel Aged Cacao Vanilla Imperial Stout '22
· Spartacus Icon Chocolate Peanut Butter Imperial Stout '22
Speakeasy Flight:
· Chainline Dark Olympus Port Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22
· Chuckanut Oregon Oak Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22
· Epic Big Bad Baptist Reserve Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22
· Standard Greasy Money Rye Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22
These beers will also be available for takeout (16oz, 32 oz and 64 oz options) and can be ordered online at https://watershedpub.kulacart.net/
Event Details
Join us on Monday, January 30th for a special Lunar New Year dinner with Lucky Envelope brewing! Ticket ($125 per seat) include 5 courses inspired by a traditional Lunar New Year feast paired with schooners of 5 fantastic beers from Lucky Envelope Brewing. THIS TICKET IS FOR THE 5PM SEATING. Ticket does NOT include gratuity and customers are responsible for any alcohol purchases beyond the included 5 schooners. **20% GRATUITY WILL BE ADDED AT END OF MEAL** Stay tuned to our instagram (@thelatonapub) for updates about courses!
Event Details
Join us on Monday, January 30th for a special Lunar New Year dinner with Lucky Envelope brewing! Ticket ($125 per seat) include 5 courses inspired by a traditional Lunar New Year feast paired with schooners of 5 fantastic beers from Lucky Envelope Brewing. THIS TICKET IS FOR THE 5PM SEATING. Ticket does NOT include gratuity and customers are responsible for any alcohol purchases beyond the included 5 schooners. **20% GRATUITY WILL BE ADDED AT END OF MEAL** Stay tuned to our instagram (@thelatonapub) for updates about courses!
WeldWerks Brewing will be popping up at Function PDX, an event space that hosts pop-ups with rotating brewery partners, next month starting on Friday, Nov. 4 through Sunday the 27th.
Enjoy 12+ WeldWerks beers, including the brewery’s acclaimed flagship Hazy IPA and Double IPA—Juicy Bits and Extra Extra Juicy Bits.
Below is a list of beers that will be available—with more beers to come later on!
Blueberry Cobbler - Sour Ale
Coffee Coconut Stout - Imperial Milk Stout
DDH Upward Spiral - Double Dry-Hopped West Coast India Pale Ale
Extra Extra Juicy Bits - Hazy Double India Pale Ale
Fade Away, Perfect (collab with BlackStack Brewing) - Hazy Double Indie Pale Ale
Final File Name - Hazy Double India Pale Ale
Item Box - Hazy Double India Pale Ale
Juicy Bits - Hazy Flagship India Pale Ale
Peach Pie - Sour Ale
Robo-Boogie - Hazy New Zealand-Style Double India Pale Ale
Strawberry Daiquiri - Sour Ale
The Nerdy Professor - Sour Ale
When Darkness Falls - Munich-Style Imperial Dark Lager
Portland Ore…. North Portland’s Mayfly Taproom and Bottle Shop is excited to announce the second annual Mayfly Kölsch Fest will kick off on Friday, August 26 and run through Sunday, August 28. This year’s event will feature 12 Kölsch-style beers, through a blind tasting process, from various local breweries as well as live music, cornhole and more!
Guests will have the opportunity to purchase a $30 tasting package to take part in the festivities. Each package includes two different rounds of six 3 oz. tasters. Guests will then choose their top two beers from each round, receiving a final tray with their top four choices, to determine their favorite overall Kölsch. Once the tasting is complete, they will receive a full pour of their top Kölsch in a custom 2022 Mayfly Kölsch Fest Glass that they can keep.
At the end of the weekend, all votes will be tabulated to determine which Kölsch received the most top votes, to crown the 2022 Kölsch Champ. With the entire event being a blind tasting, not even the breweries or distribution reps will know which beer is theirs.
Every tasting package includes the entire Kölsch tasting, the custom 2022 .3L Mayfly Kölsch Fest glass to be filled with the guests #1 Kölsch pick, and a Dos Hermanos Bakery soft pretzel with mustard. Each guest will also have the opportunity to guess which Kölsch they chose as their top beer and if correct, they’ll receive a $10 Mayfly Gift Card!
Complete Weekend Schedule:
Friday August 26: 5 pm-10 pm
Kölsch Kick Off!
The Festival begins! Swing by to purchase your tasting package and start tasting some of the best Kölsch in the Pacific Northwest.
Saturday, August 27: all day 12pm-10pm
Live music from Festival Brass (5pm-8pm), cornhole, and hangs throughout the day!
Sunday, August 28: all day 12pm-8pm
Enjoy NW Loop Fest (1pm-8pm) - feature seven different loop musicians!
Last chance to purchase a tasting package and participate! At 8 p.m. we will tally all votes and decide who is the Kölsch Champ!
Monday, August 29: Noon
Kölsch Champ will be announced! Winner will receive a trophy, a special prize from Team Mayfly, and a permanent handle for the rest of 2022!
Breweries Featured:
54°40' BEER
Breakside Brewery
Chuckanut Brewery
Double Mountain Brewery
Grains of Wrath Brewery
Living Häus Beer
Occidental Brewing Company
Rosenstadt Brewery
StormBreaker Brewing
Van Henion Brewing Company
VIA Beer
Zoiglhaus Brewing Company
About MAYFLY TAPROOM AND BOTTLE SHOP: Mayfly Taproom and Bottle Shop opened in March 2019 in the Kenton neighborhood of North Portland, featuring delicious beer, wine, seltzer, and more! With 16 rotating taps along with a wide variety of cans and bottles, including non-alcoholic options, Mayfly has something for everyone. Stop by for live music from local artists throughout the week, Untapped Trivia on Thursday nights and Peachy Springs Drag Bingo every other Saturday night. BE GOOD. HAVE FUN.
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SATURDAY, 9/17
LAST DAY ON THE WEST SEATTLE ISLAND!
FREE STUFF! TO THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE
2PM: OPEN! First 100 People get a free lei! First 50 People get a pair of shades too!
FOOD & DESSERTS:
2-8PM: Big Boys Filipino/Hawaiian Food Truck
2-7:30PM: Desserts from:
2-6PM: Kids Activities!
Island themed Bounce House for Kids under 10
Face Painting! (courtesy of A Living Canvas Face Painting)
Yard Games!
2-6PM: Pop-Up Market featuring:
Tin Can Cakes from Lovely & Dapper Desserts
Seattle e-Bike (eBike test rides)
West Seattle Wonder Dogs
Lillie’s Passion (Haitian Hot Sauce & Products)
6:30-8PM: Live Music from Hayward Sun
8-9:30PM: Live Music from Nick Howrey
11am-12pm: FREE HIIT Class from Hiit Lab
*Bring a yoga mat, a water bottle and a sweat towel, and show up by 11am for a good workout!
12-7pm: Tacos la Original Food Truck
DESSERTS FROM:
2-6PM: Sweet Alchemy Ice Creamery
1-7:30PM: Cay Sals Pie
1:30-3PM: Live Music from Nick Howrey
3-4:30PM: Hayward Sun
5-6PM: Shadow Pattern
6:30-7:30PM: Mona A Mono
1PM: Seahawks Game!
ALL DAY: Yard games
Mark this important date with the official Reunited T-shirt from West Seattle Best Seattle!
Click the link below to purchase.
The Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Fest returns for its 7th year at Portland’s “top food cart pod” Prost! Marketplace and the Bloodbuzz outdoor bar, as a covered beer garden, with ten of the best food trucks in Oregon complementing an incredible ever changing selection of the freshest fresh hop beers of the season. The annual event created by Portland Beer Week in 2015 is the longest, and one of the largest selections of fresh hop beers in the country, running for 17 straight days from 8am til 10pm daily.
Fresh Hop beers are only made once a year when the annual late summer and fall hop harvest takes place in the northern hemisphere. Instead of using the normal kiln dried and processed hop pellets that are produced for year-round beers, this is a special opportunity for breweries to use whole cone fresh picked hops straight off the bine in a matter of hours. Because most of the country is nowhere near hop farms like the ones in Oregon and Washington, fresh hop beers are almost exclusively available in the pacific northwest and come and go faster than our summer weather.
The Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Festival was first held in the parking lot of Burnside Brewing Co. (RIP) in 2015 to showcase the finest harvest beers of the season in one place, in 2019 it relocated to Prost!. Instead of searching the city and local breweries, bars, and bottle shops the pop-up fest curates a selection of 10 draft beers and continues to change them out to the latest offerings as they come out of the brewery tanks. Perhaps best of all, the event is free, outdoors, all-ages, and runs all-day.
Fun Fact: the Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Festival has never missed a year even during COVID-19 shutdowns; since this is a completely outdoors beer garden the fest was able to pivot to socially distanced draft beer and growlers to-go in 2020, and cautiously returned to the normal format in 2021 with masking.
To keep things interesting the Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Fest has collaborated or curated special featured brewery and region nights spread out across the 17 day run. Many of these themed tapping days will have larger selections of the seasonal offerings then the breweries themselves at any one given time, or even beers from out of state breweries that otherwise will not be seen in Portland.
The Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Fest returns for its 7th year at Portland’s “top food cart pod” Prost! Marketplace and the Bloodbuzz outdoor bar, as a covered beer garden, with ten of the best food trucks in Oregon complementing an incredible ever changing selection of the freshest fresh hop beers of the season. The annual event created by Portland Beer Week in 2015 is the longest, and one of the largest selections of fresh hop beers in the country, running for 17 straight days from 8am til 10pm daily.
Fresh Hop beers are only made once a year when the annual late summer and fall hop harvest takes place in the northern hemisphere. Instead of using the normal kiln dried and processed hop pellets that are produced for year-round beers, this is a special opportunity for breweries to use whole cone fresh picked hops straight off the bine in a matter of hours. Because most of the country is nowhere near hop farms like the ones in Oregon and Washington, fresh hop beers are almost exclusively available in the pacific northwest and come and go faster than our summer weather.
The Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Festival was first held in the parking lot of Burnside Brewing Co. (RIP) in 2015 to showcase the finest harvest beers of the season in one place, in 2019 it relocated to Prost!. Instead of searching the city and local breweries, bars, and bottle shops the pop-up fest curates a selection of 10 draft beers and continues to change them out to the latest offerings as they come out of the brewery tanks. Perhaps best of all, the event is free, outdoors, all-ages, and runs all-day.
Fun Fact: the Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Festival has never missed a year even during COVID-19 shutdowns; since this is a completely outdoors beer garden the fest was able to pivot to socially distanced draft beer and growlers to-go in 2020, and cautiously returned to the normal format in 2021 with masking.
To keep things interesting the Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Fest has collaborated or curated special featured brewery and region nights spread out across the 17 day run. Many of these themed tapping days will have larger selections of the seasonal offerings then the breweries themselves at any one given time, or even beers from out of state breweries that otherwise will not be seen in Portland.
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Uptown Beer Co. to Host Wingding Beer & Wing Pairing Party Hot wings, cold beer and live music, who could ask for more? PORTLAND, Oregon - With spring taking its sweet time to ripen, we thought we’d spice things up with an event. In celebration of the new Hot Wing food cart the West Wing, Uptown Beer Co. has joined forces to pair West Wings sauces with great locally produced beer. Join us Saturday May 21st, 2022 to enjoy great wings, local craft beer and live music. We have hand selected Heater Allen Brewing, Ex Novo Brewing, Little Beast Brewing, Ruse Brewing, Fracture Brewing and BinaryBrewing.co to pair with West Wings signature sauces. From spicy to sweet, tangy to tart we will be exploring a wide range of beer styles and classic to unique sauces. West Wing Food Cart started in March at Uptown Beer Co. and features over 14 house-made sauces. These sauces are generously tossed to perfectly fried Chicken or Vegan wings. Wings aren’t the only thing, West Wing is becoming known for their fantastic sides and sauces. The event will take place on Uptown Beer Co.’s Beer Garden patio, which is now all ages! With a huge clear tent and fire heater, the Wingding will be happening rain or shine. Grab the dog and bring the whole family down to enjoy a day of craft beverages and wings. Live Music will be provided by long time Uptown favorite Gabe Hess (http://www.gabehessentertainment.com). Tickets are available at Uptown Beer Co. 6620 SW Scholls Ferry or online at www.uptownbeer.co and are $20. You may choose between Chicken and Vegan wings for your pairing. For each pairing, guests will enjoy a wing tossed in the signature sauce and a 4oz sample of the paired beer. The Wingding will start at 2:30 and run until 5pm. Uptown Beer Co. has been a bottle shop and brew pub in SW Portland for over 10 years. Carved out of an old convenience store, it is now home to over a thousand unique beers, wines and cider as well as 36 taps. With draft beer, beer garden patio and thousands of beers to go Uptown Beer Co. has something for everyone to enjoy while catching up with friends as well as something to take home with you.
After two years of waitin’ in the wings, Brother Barrel is dustin’ o the bar stools and kickin’ up our heels in celebration of Seattle Beer Week. We’ll be servin’ up a variety of 15 dierent barrel-aged sours from our cellars and guest taps from a few of our favorite breweries. Our legendary Brother’s Old Fashioned will be making an appearance as well.
Viva Farms + Skagit Farm to Pint + Farmstrong Brewing present
Skagit Cider Fest
Join us in the expansive Farmstrong Brewing beer garden to meet the makers, learn about the cider-making process and sample some of the best cider around including:
Alma Cider, Bauman's Cider, Bull Biter Cidery, Dragon's Head Cidery, Garden Path Fermentation, Greenbank Cidery, Greenwood Cider, Hammered Dwarf Cider, Locust Cider, Lost Giants Cider Co., Madrone Cellars & Cidery, Misfit Island Cider Company, Ragged & Right Cider Project, Renaissance Orchards, Soundbite Cider, and more.
Play your favorite lawn games, eat great food from Rooted Kitchen, purchase your favorite cider to take home from our festival store, and stay awhile longer for an incredible afterparty concert from the legendary Baby Cakes!
SKAGIT FARM TO PINT ROADSHOW VIP TICKETS INCLUDE ENTRY TO THIS EVENT!
Your ticket provides tokens redeemable for 8 four-ounce cider samples. Additional tokens can be purchased at the event.
The sampling event is 21+ for ticketed guests only. The afterparty is at 5pm and is open to all ages and free to the public up to capacity.
Rain or Shine.
We're so excited to have survived another trip around the sun and so very thankful for the support you all have shown us. SO LET'S PARTY!
Our good friends DJ Miguel Rockwell and Selector Lucky Brown will be setting the vibe Friday evening, and throughout the day and night Saturday. Our beer fam at Jellyfish and Cloudburst have blessed us with special anniversary brews that'll be on tap until they're not, and at 6pm on Saturday we'll have a very special pub-wide toast from a massive, one-of-a-kind Holy Mountain bottle that's been waiting over two years to be popped!
Blend in some special treats from our amazing kitchen, that good old Watershed hospitality from our most excellent crew and you, our beloved community, and we've got all the ingredients to feed your inner party animal!
Watershed's Convergence series of monthly special brewery-night-community-fundraising events continues with a very special 75th edition featuring brewer members of Seattle Pink Boots Society.
Along with their limited release Pink Boots beers and some special pairings from our talented chefs, we'll be raising money and awareness for Pink Boots Society (pinkbootssociety.org), "created to assist, inspire and encourage women and/or non-binary individual fermented and alcoholic beverage industry professionals to advance their careers through education."
Don’t miss this exciting true “convergence” of breweries and beer lovers in support and celebration of women and/or non-binary individuals in the industry!
PORTLAND, Oregon - Uptown Beer Co. will host Chili Con, it’s annual beer and chili pairing competition at its Raleigh Hills location on March 5th from 3pm to 6pm. This year will mark the return to an in person event after being forced to make Chili Con a take home experience last year.
This year, 7 Portland area breweries will bring their best chili and paired beer for all to enjoy. This year's breweries include Breakside, Baerlic, Away Days, Rosenstadt, BinaryBrewing.co, Stormbreaker and Loowit.
This year Chili Con will be benefiting Oregon Food Bank, a local non-profit focused on ensuring everyone has access to healthy food. A portion of each entry fee will go toward the Food Bank and at the end of the night all remaining chili will be sold off for $5 donations to the Food bank.
“Chili Con has become one of my favorite events we put on” said Joshua Johnson, owner of Uptown Beer Co. “We are so excited to have this event back in person this year. Being able to mix around and watch everyone compare notes on their favorite beers and chili creates a very fun environment,” said Johnson.
The entry fee of $45 can be purchased ahead of time at www.uptownbeer.co or at the door (if tickets are remaining). This includes a commemorative glass and sticker, 4 oz samples of each beer paired with 2oz samples of each chili, and a pint of your favorite beer. This event is ages 21 and up only.
While the event is a celebration of the pairing of beer and chili it is also a competition. Each entry includes a vote for each category: Best Beer, Best Chili and Best Pairing. At 6pm we will be announcing the winners. We will also enjoy raffles throughout the evening for all sorts of prizes!
Uptown Beer Co. has been a bottle shop and brew pub in SW Portland for over 10 years. Carved out of an old convenience store, it is now home to over a thousand unique beers, wines and cider as well as 36 taps. With draft beer, beer garden patio and thousands of beers to go Uptown Beer Co. has something for everyone to enjoy while catching up with friends as well as something to take home with you.
February is the time of year when we begin to dream of spring while the weather keeps urging us to drink dark, rich, boozy beers. It's also Stout Month which means it's Black & Brew time at Watershed Pub!
Each year we tap 15 of the most delicious, decadent, and eclectic imperial stouts we could get our hands on throughout the year, all at the same time. That time has come once again.
In addition to the usual festivities at the pub we're also offering the Black & Brew sampler experience to take home with you including exclusive custom glassware!
Mark your calendar, prepare your mind, body and soul, and stay tuned for more details as we prepare for another voyage into the darkest reaches of the craft beer universe.
Holy shit, we’re turning 15. While it could be warranted to talk about what we’ve strived to provide for the beer community and how, after 15 years, we are still committed to the mission of providing one of the very best venues in the Pacific Northwest to enjoy beer, it isn’t our style to sit back and rest on our laurels. It is a time to reflect and then look forward.
We want to say thank you.
Thank you to every person who has ever stepped foot into Brouwer’s to enjoy a craft we love so dearly. Thank you to every guest who’s asked a question, tried a new beer or style, made a bad joke, become a regular, pre-gamed for your flight, spent your lunch break here, etc. What we mean to say is this: we couldn’t and wouldn’t be here with each and every one of you. We’ve changed a little over the years as we’re tried to meet the needs of beer lovers, whiskey drinkers, quick lunch eaters, and people who just casually walked in. We’ve tried to always do our best. This anniversary is for you; all of you.
Thank you to our present and past employees. We can still open our doors because of your dedication to craft beer, Belgian cuisine, and customer service. Not all of our relationships ended amicably, but at least a story or two from each of your time here still gets passed on; you are still part of this place. This anniversary is for you; all of you.
Thank you to all the brewers, distillers, brand reps, purveyors, and distributors for keeping us in stock of all our favorite beers, spirits, and food items. Your tireless, and often overlooked, work makes our jobs here so much easier. Without your dedication to quality, this place wouldn’t be thought of in the same light. Not nearly. This anniversary is for you; all of you.
And maybe most importantly, thank you to Vern. For over 15 years, he has provided many of us with a place to call home. Never one to micro-manage and always one to praise, you will not find a better business owner to work for. The Seattle beer community is a stronger place thanks to you and Bonney’s vision to take a Belgian-style bier café and make it into a world-class beer destination. The lineage of some of the Northwest’s finest beer establishments can trace its path through these doors and our little community tucked in the rainy PNW is all the richer for it. This anniversary is for you; enjoy it.
This year, we will have two anniversary beers. The first is a collaborative effort between E9, of the Tacoma E9s, and Holy Mountain, two of the finest producers of craft beer the country has to offer. The beer will be a sour rosé-style beer that is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. The second is a west coast-style IPA from the trio of Stoup, Standard, and Cloudburst. Both beers will be available to purchase from Bottleworks on the morning of the 28th.
In addition to those beers, we’ll have a few beers from each of the breweries, some of our past anniversary beers, and some other deep cuts from our cellar. If you’ve been to one of our anniversaries before, you know we also break out some cool beers from yesteryear.
We hope to see you out on March 28th to celebrate this occasion with us. We are so excited to be able to have the good fortune to turn 15 and start to plan for the next 15 years. Cheers!
image sourced from Chainline Brewing Company
The Chainline gang will be bringing some goodies from Kirkland!
image sourced from Little Beast Brewing
It's the night of Little Beast! Our friend Charles Porter, founder of Little Beast Brewing, is hand picking four beers from his cellar for the perfectly curated flight showcased only at Belmont Station. Along with this special and rare flight we will have two other Little Beast beers flowing in the biercafe. But wait! That's not all! Little Beast will be tasting a handful of cans and bottles in the bottle shop. Keep your eye out for updates as Charles is still choosing the perfect beers to display. Think you handle all of this deliciousness? Come show us!
image sourced from Midnight Sun Brewing Company
We’ll have thirty (30!) dedicated barleywine taps!
