Tickets now on sale for this year's Willamette Week's Beer & Cider Pro/Am
Press Release
PORTLAND, ORE. – Tickets are on sale now and the teams have been announced for Willamette Week’s 6th annual Beer & Cider Pro/Am, happening Sunday, October 14 from Noon to 6:00 p.m. at the Leftbank Annex (101 N Weidler Street). The Pro/Am is Portland’s original home brewer and professional brewer collaboration event, and benefits Oregon Wild.Guests meet 30 teams of homebrewers and pro brewer/cider makers, who debut (and pour for themselves) their new beer or cider available for the first time at this event!
Entry allows samples of all beer and cider in the competition, no tokens, no tickets, no huge lines. Guests can also vote for their favorite in the People's Choice competition, and see which beer and cider the esteemed judges (including Jeff Alworth, Ryan Spencer, Kat Martin and others TBA) decide are best. Music by DJ Lemix.Food by Tamale Boyand PDX Sliders,Tickets include commemorative, reusable, recyclable pint glass, made possible by Gnome Grown Gardens.
General admission tickets ($30) allow entry from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. VIP tickets ($40) allow entry one hour early for an exclusive, line-free tasting opportunity and the chance to win a special beer experience giveaway to be announced soon. A non-drinker / designated driver ticket ($10) is available. 21+ only allowed at this event,
For more information, visit bit.ly/ticketsproam2018 or email Steph Barnhart at beer@wweek.com.
2018 Beer & Cider Teams
Erik Nelson with 54-40 Brewing Co
Kristen Walters with Alameda Brewing Co.
Jason Jaimie with Ascendant/PINTS Brewing Company
Ezra Johnson-Greenough & Heather Egizio with Baerlic Brewing Co.
Andrew Bisbee with Bianary Brewing
Ritch Marvin with Breakside Brewery
Jarret Creason & John Moore with Coalition Brewing
Bill Schneller with Culmination Brewing Company
Felicia Reninger with Dirty Pretty
Dean Ehnes with Ecliptic Brewing
Coyan Corder with Evasion Brewing
Chad Graham with Ex Novo Brewing
Dwayne Smallwood with Fort George Brewery
Will Minderhout with Funhouse Brews
George Dimeo with Gigantic Brewing Company
Stephen Smith with Great Notion Brewing
Dan Schlegel with The Green Dragon Brew Pub
Barry Webb with Leikam Brewing Company
Jack Hall & Gordon Penner with Level Beer
Dan Trimarco with Lompoc Brewing
Mike Marsh with McMenamins Edgefield
Brandon Kilpatrick with Sasquatch Brewing Company
Margaret Havlik with Second Profession Brewing Company
Jeff Roth with Three Mugs Brewing Company
Parker & John Hall with Upright Brewing
Ashley Rose Salviti with Widmer Brothers Brewing
Craig Vanaken with Zoiglhaus Brewing Company
Corrie Heath with AVID Cider Company
Nathan Mock with Bauman's Cider
John Drake with New West Cider
Roxanne Kilpatrick with Portland Cider Co.