18th Annual Spring Beer & Wine Fest

The 18th annual Spring Beer & Wine Fest happens today and tomorrow, April 6-7, and I almost forgot about it. Usually the most forgettable of PDX fests, it nonetheless makes up for a slow fest going season until we get into June. The Spring Beer & Wine Fest does have it all, including breweries, wineries, and distilleries, along with all sorts of random craftsman hocking everything from massage chairs to leaf guards for your gutters.

This year's fest has a few new things going for it. Mt. Tabor Brewing will debut Hudson Bay CDA; Eugene's newest brewery, Falling Sky, debuts in PDX with Bare Hands NW Bitter and Pouring Porter; Long Brewing, seldom seen in Portland, is pouring Kolsch and IPA; and, perhaps most interesting, is the debut of Churchkey Can Co., which has been getting a fair amount of press recently. Rumor is that one of Churchkey's co-founders, famous actor and musician Adrian Grenier, will even be there to promote the launch.
I will attend the early morning Media Preview today and scope out if there is anything else worth reporting.

April 6 & 7, 2012
Friday & Saturday
from 12:00 noon till 11:00pm

Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon

DAY OF EVENT PRICING
  Admission . . . . . . . . . . .. .$5.00*
  Souvenir beer glass . . . . $10.00
  Souvenir wine glass . . . . $5.00
  Plastic Beer mug . . . . . . .$5.00
  Sampling tokens . . . . . .. .$1.00
  Package for One. . . . . . .$25.00**
  Package for Two . . . . . . $50.00***