Brewery News: OR: Eugene: Oakshire Brewing's Hellshire Day & Barrel-Aged Beer Fest returns March 12th. Tickets on sale now!
Press Release
EUGENE, OR ... –The Oakshire Brewing team is excited to announce details of this year’s Hellshire weekend of events surrounding the release of Hellshire VI - the brewery’s sixth barrel-aged beer under the Hellshire label. To celebrate this release and the craft of barrel-aging, Oakshire will host a Third Annual Hellshire Day & Barrel-Aged Beer Fest starting at noon on Saturday, March 12th, at its Public House on Madison Street in Eugene. The beer festival will include offerings from Oakshire’s barrel-aging cellar, as well as 50+barrel-aged beers from breweries around the country. The first sales of 22 oz. wax-dipped Hellshire VI bottles start at the festival.
Regarding the Hellshire VI release, Head Brewer Tyler West said, "We’r every excited and proud of this year’s Hellshire VI release! We’ve spent the last year brewing, cellaring, and tending to a number of barrels of this beer to ensure this year’s Hellshire is more than exceptional. On top of that,we reviewed our absolute top barrels and selected one that stood out for our first-ever Single Barrel Reserve Hellshire.I’m also personally excited to try some of the most respected, rare beers from around the country on Hellshire Day!"
The Hellshire Day & Barrel-Aged Beer Fest will include live music by local bands and food served up by local food carts. Entry fee to the festival will include a commemorative Hellshire VItasting glass and five sampling tokens, with more available for purchase.
For a second straight year, Oakshire will also offer a unique Hellshire Experience to a limited number of early registrants, which will include: Friday night {3/11/16} behind-the-scenes barrel-program tour and tastings with charcuterie; a bottle of our first-ever and extremely rare Single Barrel Reserve Hellshire; and, early entry to the Hellshire Day festival to be first in line for the most sought after offerings.
... Online tickets here: http://hellshirevi.brownpapertickets.com/.
For the latest festival updates, stop by http://oakbrew.com/hellshire, follow Oakshire on Twitter {https://twitter.com/Oakshire} or visit us on Facebook {https://www.facebook.com/oakbrew}.
About Oakshire Brewing: Oakshire Brewing of Eugene, OR, is a community inspired small batch brewing company founded in 2006. Oakshireis locally owned, employs 25 people,and produces a wide variety of beers through its distinct brewing programs. These beers are distributed throughout the Pacific Northwest.Oakshire’s Public House and barrel-aging facility are located at 207 Madison Street in Eugene; the Public House is open daily from 11am to 10pm. The brewery is located nearby at 1055 Madera Street with private tours by reservation on the first and third Saturday of each month-call (541)654-5520.
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