Today at 11am the long awaited Homebrew shop, Brew-on-Premises and Brewpub in one Portland U-Brew opens its doors for a soft opening. I cant make it because of work but you should stop by. On tap will be Deschutes Twilight, Bridgeport Kingpinm, Full Sail Amber Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Fort George Cavatica Stout, Ninkasi IPA, Max's Fanno Creek Vanilla Porter and a 2 year lagered Pilsner from Max's Fanno Creek (Owner Jason Webb brewed these beers when he was Brewmaster at Fanno Creek).
Samurai Artist and Fruit Beer Fest on KOIN 6
Yesterday I made an appearance on the motion picture box. It is painful to me to view myself but all in all it was not completely unwatchable.
Craft Dash tickets going Fast
The 3rd annual Craft Dash is coming up on July 9th. The pub crawl/5k race through North Portland taphouses and breweries is a guaranteed good time. Here is my experience doing it last year. And more on the event and how to sign-up on The Hop & Vine's website here.
Upright Brewing Sole Composition Rose City Seven Release
Also on Friday Upright releases just 10 cases of this years Rose City Seven which debuted last year at the NAOBF. The base beer for RC7 is of course Upright's Seven a strong golden saison that was then aged in Pinot Noir and White Wiskey barrels with Rose Petals and some wild yeast. The final beer is tart, floral, spicy, citrusy and tangy. Should be a great beer to age.
Slick new Beer Commercial going Viral
A new beer commercial has been making the rounds and getting a lot of hype on the web as the best beer commercial of all time.
The touching story of 3 Red Wattled Pigs raised by professors and aspiring chefs from youth to being served up as food pairings with Upright Brewing beer. Ok actually it's a little more complex than that but this mini documentary does follow 3 pigs, 2 raised in a pen and one in the pasture on 2 different farms and then finally served up to the table for a special dinner featuring Upright Brewing where the attendees try to taste the difference between pen raised and pasture raised pigs. So it is only tangentially related to beer but definitely worth watching. The above video is really just a preview. To watch the whole series go here.
One last chance to try the Kopstootje Pairing at The Hop & Vine
There is a lot of Upright Brewing news this week what with one of if not thee last chance to try this unique pairing of Bols Genever a spirit and Upright Brewing's Kopstootje Biere de Garde brewed just to be paired with it in traditional Dutch fashion. I wrote all about it here. Try them together today (Friday) at 5pm at The Hop & Vine.
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