Oregon Brewers Festival 2014

Cheers! Prost! Woohoo!

It's almost here! The BIG one! The grandpappy of all Oregon beer fests, the Oregon Brewers Festival! 2014 will mark the 27th anniversary of this fantastic event. On Wednesday, July 23rd the gates will open at noon at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in beautiful downtown Portland, and the awesome beer-drinking festivities will begin! Woohoo!

86 craft brewers from all over the country will offer tastes of over 30 different styles of beer to an anticipated turn out of over 85,000 beer lovers during this five day event. Your's truly, Wolf Linderman, will be there on Thursday the 24th as a volunteer! Yes, indeed, if you can find me, I will pour you a beer!

If you've never been to the Oregon Brewers Fest, where the heck have you been? Under a rock? People come from all over the country--heck, from all over the world--to attend the nation's longest running, most popular beer festival. Situated on the banks of the Willamette River, with a spectacular view of downtown Portland, the iconic Portland bridges and beautiful Mt. Hood in the distance, you couldn't ask for a better venue. The weather forecast for the weekend looks sunny and warm, too!

As always, there will be food booths galore, and you will want to bring a pocket full of cash. I suggest bringing a water bottle, as well. Hydration is key! Also, don't drink and drive! Keep yourself and other Portlanders safe by using public transportation. Numerous Trimet buses have stops nearby and there's a MAX station a block away from the main entrance. Find your way using the Trimet Trip Planner.

Dates
July 23 - 27, 2014 — "Always the last full weekend in July"

Times
Wed through Sat, taps are open from Noon to 9pm
Sun, taps are open from Noon to 7pm
Token & glass sales close one-half hour prior to the taps shutting off (8:30pm daily, except 6:30pm Sunday)

Admission

Admission to the grounds is free, but if you want to drink beer, you'll need $7 for the collectible tasting glass and $1 for each wooden taster token. Here's how it works, you'll pay four tokens for a full 12.8oz glass of beer, or one token for a 3oz. taste. Glasses and tokens are pre-sold up to two weeks prior to the festival at select local locations, including Raccoon Lodge & Brew Pub, Cascade Brewing Barrel House, Belmont Station, Deschutes in the Pearl, Rogue Ales Public House and the Green Dragon. The festival is cash only, and there are 8 ATMs on-site.

Volunteer
Volunteers are still needed for weekend shifts! If you want to donate some time to this great event, click here.

Okay, here's what you've been waiting for, the 2014 Tap List:

Brewery	City	State	Beer Name	Beer Style
10 Barrel Brewing Co	Bend	OR	Cider Weisse	Berliner Style Weiss blended with green apple cider
13 Virtues Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Hoptimal Results Imperial IPA	Imperial IPA
21st Amendment Brewery	San Francisco	CA	Hell or High Watermelon Wheat	Wheat Beer
Alameda Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Waterfront Park Extra Pale Ale	Extra Pale Ale
Alaskan Brewing Co	Juneau	AK	Hopothermia Double IPA	Imperial IPA
Amnesia Brewing Co	Washougal	WA	Crystal Red	NW Red Ale
Anderson Valley Brewing Co	Boonville	CA	Summer Solstice	Summer Cream Ale
Ashtown Brewing Co	Longview	WA	Blackberry IPA	NW IPA w/Fruit
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits	San Diego	CA	Sculpin IPA	IPA
Bayern Brewing	Missoula	MT	Bayern Amber	Amber
Bear Republic Brewing Co	Cloverdale	CA	Grand-Am	American Pale Ale
Beer Valley Brewing	Ontario	OR	Heavy Sugars Honey Ale	Honey Ale
Boneyard Beer	Bend	OR	Bone-A-Fide	Pale Ale
Boulder Beer Co	Boulder	CO	Shake	Chocolate Porter
Boundary Bay Brewery	Bellingham	WA	Double Dry Hopped Mosaic Pale Ale	Pale Ale
BridgePort Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Trilogy 2: Aussie Salute IPA	IPA
Caldera Brewing Co	Ashland	OR	Caldera Toasted Coconut Chocolate Porter	Porter
Cascade Brewing	Portland	OR	Raspberry Wheat	Fruit Beer
Central City Brewing	Surrey	BC	Red Betty Imperial IPA	Imperial IPA
Cigar City Brewing	Tampa	FL	Blood Orange/Dragon Fruit Florida Weisse	Berliner Weiss with Fruit
Collaborator	Portland	OR	Czech’d Out Pils	German-style Pilsner
Coronado Brewing Co	Coronado	CA	Orange Avenue Wit	California Style Witbier
Crux Fermentation Project	Bend	OR	Off Leash NW Session Ale	NW Session Ale
Deschutes Brewery	Bend	OR	Dechutes Brewery Gluten Free	NW Gluten Free Pale Ale
Deschutes Brewery	Bend	OR	Ester the Farmhouse Maiden	Saison
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery	Milton	DE	Dogfish Head Oak Aged Strong Ale	Olde English Strong Ale
Drake's Brewing Co	San Leandro	CA	7x70 IPA	West Coast Style IPA

Dunedin Brewery	Dunedin	FL	Moon Reflects on Hibiscus	White IPA w/ Hibiscus Flowers
Ecliptic Brewing	Portland	OR	Perihelion Crimson Saison	Saison brewed with Rhubarb
Eel River Brewing Co	Scotia	CA	Emerald Triangle IPA	West Coast Style IPA
Elysian Brewing Co	Seattle	WA	Perfesser	Belgian Blonde Ale Fermented with plums and Brettanomyces
Ex Novo Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Black & Wheat	Fruit Wheat
Fearless Brewing Co	Estacada	OR	Peaches and Cream Ale	American Style Cream Ale with Peaches
Firestone Walker Brewing Co	Paso Robles	CA	Easy Jack	Session IPA
Fitger's Brewhouse	Duluth	MN	Hoppulujah IPA	North Shore Style IPA
Fort George Brewery & Public House	Astoria	OR	The Optimist	American Style IPA
Full Sail Brewing Co	Hood River	OR	Full Sail Cascade Pilsner	NW German Pilsner
Gigantic Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Who Ate All the Pies?	Strawberry Rhubarb Gose
Gilgamesh Brewing	Salem	OR	Radtke Radler	Radler
Golden Valley Brewery	McMinnville	OR	Young Franken Stein	Kellerbier
GoodLife Brewing Co	Bend	OR	Nothing As It Seems	Coffee Blonde
Grain Station Brew Works	McMinnville	OR	Epernay Weiss Beer	Champagne Wheat Beer
Green Flash Brewing Co	San Diego	CA	Citra Session IPA	Session IPA
Heathen Brewery	Vancouver	WA	Megadank	Hop Centric IPA
Hopworks Urban Brewery	Portland	OR	Belgian Apple	Belgian Style Fruit Beer
Kells Brew Pub	Portland	OR	Billy Ray Citrus	Cascadian Dark Session Lager
Klamath Basin Brewing Co	Klamath Falls	OR	Breakfast Blend IPA	IPA Brewed with Espresso
Kona Brewing Co	Kailua Kona	HI	Castaway IPA	American Style IPA
Laht Neppur Brewing Co	Waitsubrg	WA	Peach Pie Heffy	American Hefeweizen with Fruit & Spice
Lakefront Brewery	Milwaukee	WI	Wisconsinite Summer Weiss	Weiss Beer
Laurelwood Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Pale Pony ISA	India Session Ale
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales	Hood River	OR	Straffe Drieling	Belgian Style Tripel
Lompoc Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Pamplemousse IPA	American Style IPA
Lucky Labrador Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Hopperopolis	Portland Style Pale
Maui Brewing Co	Lahaina	HI	Lorenzini Blood Orange Double IPA	Double IPA brewed with Blood Orange
Mazama Brewing	Corvallis	OR	Rasplendent	Raspberry Hibiscus Wit
McMenamins Concordia Brewery	Portland	OR	Double Helix Double IPA	Double IPA
Natian Brewery	Portland	OR	Portland Fog	Organic NW Golden Ale
Nimbus Brewing Co	Tucson	AZ	Old Monkeyshine Ale	Strong Ale
Ninkasi Brewing Co	Eugene	OR	Oktoberfestbier	Fest Bier
No-Li Brewhouse	Spokane	WA	Empire No. 8 Session IPA	Session IPA
North Rim Brewing	Bend	OR	Skyline	Belgian Pale Ale
Oakshire Brewing Co	Eugene	OR	Citrafonix	American Pale Ale with citrus

Old Market Pub & Brewery	Portland	OR	Cherry Derive	Kriek
Old Town Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Yosteamite Sam	Oregon Common
Omission Beer Co	Portland	OR	O’Shandy	Grapefruit Shandy Session IPA
Paradise Creek Brewery	Pullman	WA	Huckleberry Pucker	Berliner Weisse
Payette Brewing Co	Garden City	ID	Blood Orange IPA	Fruit IPA
Pelican Brewing Co	Pacific City	OR	Phil's Pils	Pre-Prohibition American Pilsner
pFriem Family Brewers	Hood River	OR	Hoppy Wheat	American Hop Forward Wheat Beer
Port Townsend Brewing Co	Port Townsend	WA	Extra Special Hop Diggidy	IPA
Portland Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Raspberry Oregon Honey Beer	Honey Beer with Fruit
Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub	Pendleton	OR	Huckleberry Wheat	Fruit Wheat Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery	Portland	OR	Cascadian Kölsch	Cascadian Kölsch
Rogue Ales	Newport	OR	Rogue Doppelsticke	Doppelsticke
Scuttlebutt Brewing Co	Everett	WA	Jalapeno Tripel	Belgian Style Tripel infused with Jalapeno & Serrano Peppers
Sierra Nevada Brewing	Chico	CA	Double Latte Coffee Milk Stout (Collaboration with Ninkasi Brewing Co)	Coffee Milk Stout
Sixpoint Craft Ales	Brooklyn	NY	Barrel Aged 3Beans	Coffee Cacao Baltic Porter
Sprecher Brewery	Glendale	WI	Abbey Triple	Belgian Tripel
Stone Brewing Co	Escondido	CA	Stone Liberty Station Witty Moron	Black Wit
Terminal Gravity Brewing	Enterprise	OR	Terminal Gravity IPA	IPA
The Dudes Brewing Co	Torrance	CA	Grandma’s Pecan Brown	English Style Nut Brown Ale
Three Creeks Brewing Co	Sisters	OR	Goldminer’s Daughter Pre-prohibition Common Ale	California Common Ale
Upright Brewing Co	Portland	OR	Old News Saison	Saison
Vertigo Brewing	Hillsboro	OR	Fresh Razz Wheat	Wheat beer with Fruit
Viking Braggot Co	Eugene	OR	Pineapple IPA	IPA-style braggot
Widmer Brothers Brewing	Portland	OR	Widberry	Black Raspberry Ale
Wild Ride Brewing	Redmond	OR	Whoopty Whoop Wheat	American Wheat with Lemon Peel