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Harry Goes To Beer Camp!

Mad props to Oregon’s own Harry Sanger, who won one of the coveted spots at Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp, making him a Happy Camper, indeed.

You might recall that Sierra Nevada held a series of auditions, one in Portland at Belmont Station,and also asked for submissions on its website.

Harry is a former Rogue brewer, who moved to Oregon City with his delightful partner, Fay, to work at Fearless Brewing in Estacada. (Harry just wrote me to say that he is no longer with Fearless due to a Rugby injury, though.) Harry and Fay are both staples in the beer scene in and around Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Harry is the Northwest’s only representative at Beer Camp. He is very deserving for a spot, although I believe the winners all were based on their submissions, not their beery resumes.

Harry’s backseat beer rap (that’s Fay driving) garnered him a total of 26 votes in the online competition for Beer Camp. (The highest vote-getter was someone named Aaron Ford at 40 votes, the second-highest got 28 votes). Click the link to see Harry’s winning rap and watch all the winners.

Sometime down the road, Harry will have some of the beer he makes at beer camp for us to sample! That’s way better than making a pencil-holder or other camp staple.

Congrats, again, Harry. Well played!

Posted by Tim Joachim on Aug 24, 2010

Stone Brewing's Oompa-Loompa

I had a wonderful conversation Monday afternoon with Greg Koch of Stone Brewing at the Horse Brass Pub. Most of the interview will be heard on Beer O’Clock in a couple of weeks. But I couldn’t help posting a fun conversation we had about his new hair color — and what it’s all about. Details are right here.

Posted by Tim Joachim on Aug 17, 2010

From the Hop Press: This Ain't Your Granny's Quilt

What to do with those old beer T-shirt you can’t seem to part with? Here’s an clever idea!

Posted by Tim Joachim on Aug 10, 2010

Steinbart's Magical Mystery Scavenger Hunt 2010

On Saturday Aug. 28, the FH Steinbart staff will be going on a Magical Mystery pub crawl. They won’t tell you where they are going (this is a mystery pub crawl) and you can’t join them on the entire crawl, but you can try and find them to win some cool prizes. Clues will be sent out on Steinbart’s Facebook and Twitter feeds the day of the event.

Beer O’Clock listeners get an extra leg up on the pub crawl-scavenger hunt because the Steinbart staff will be sharing an exclusive clue only available to Beer O’Clock listeners each Saturday on the show (3-4 p.m. PT) from Aug. 7 through Aug. 28/ Yep! One extra-special clue will be aired as the staff starts off on its pub crawl!

Just to get you all started, the exclusive Beer O’Clock clue for Aug. 7 was:

“This Portland brewpub adds an extra side to the square.”

You will have to listen to the show each week for the rest of the special clues.

Meanwhile, you can get all the details on the Steinbart Magical Mystery Scavenger Hunt right here.

Posted by Tim Joachim on Aug 10, 2010

Beer O'Clock Extra: Win Tickets to Concert On The Lawn

Pale Horse Brewing is a sponsor of Salem’s Mission Mill Museum‘s Second Sunday Concert on the Lawn series. And Pale Horse has free tickets to give away to this Sunday’s event (valued at $5 each).

The live music runs 4:15-8 p.m. This month’s featured artists are described as such: "Salem-based Normandy Guitars All Star Band, named for the locally-made Normandy Guitars) is a collection of friends (all veterans of professional bands) who refuse to settle down when there’s “a-rockin’ to do.” Playing classics such as the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc, the bottom line for this group of talented, veteran musicians is “If it’s not fun or it’s not cool, we’re not *%#&% doin’ it!” The are preceded by The Rattle Shakes, who play tunes that pay homage to 1980s California rock and roll bands (sometimes called “hair bands”). Food will be available from Mission Mill Café and Beer will be available from Pale Horse Brewing Co. Bring a blanket and enjoy an evening in the sun at this event."

Sound like fun? Call Pale Horse Brewing at (503) 364-3610 to claim a pair of tix! But hurry, there are only a couple of pairs left!

Posted by Tim Joachim on Aug 03, 2010

Ale-xploring in Colorado Springs

I just added a new Hop Press post — this time about a whirlwind trip to Colorado Springs for a wedding. And, of course, some beer hunting! Check it out here.

Posted by Tim Joachim on Jul 27, 2010

Vote for Your Favorite OBF Haiku!

The contest has ended! Thanks for playin’!

Here’s proof that Beer O’Clock listeners are creative!

About 60 Oregon Brewers Festival Haiku (thanks, Laurie, for pointing out that “haiku,” not “haikus” is the plural of haiku) were submitted for a chance to win one of two $50 packages for two to the OBF — which includes two mugs, 40 tokens and an official program!

It was not an easy task, narrowing all the wonderful submissions down to 10 finalists. A crack team spent a good couple of hours over breakfast making the selections.

Now, it’s up to you, the Beer O’Clock public, to read the haiku that have reached this pinnacle, and vote for your favorite. The top two vote-getters will each win one coveted OBF package, a $50 value. Not bad for jotting down three little lines of prose!

The haiku are numbered here, and if you look to the bottom right of the BeerGoddess.com homepage, you will find a survey with a series of numbers that correspond to the haiku. Remember the number of the haiku you like best and then vote for that number in the survey.

It’s that easy!

Voting ends at 7 a.m. PDT, Wednesday, July 21. Winners will be alerted by e-mail and will be given instructions on how to collect their winnings at the OBF!

Good luck, and may the best haiku win!

Read the OBF Haiku Finalists after the jump!

Posted by Lisa Morrison on Jul 17, 2010

Deschutes Goes On Record, Backs Home Brewers

This just in from Marie F. Melsheimer, with Deschutes’ pubic relations firm, Campbell Consulting:

Hi Friends – You may have heard rumblings of this Oregon homebrewing story lately, and I wanted to provide you with some information straight from Deschutes Brewery! Let me know if you have any questions.

Deschutes Brewery has been an avid supporter of homebrewers for years, and would never do anything to jeopardize their rights. In fact, we were planning an event to celebrate homebrewing during which our brewers would brew on a home system at our pub and homebrewers would bring their beer to our pub to be discussed, tasted and critiqued. We contacted the OLCC to ensure we were not violating any regulations. Now it seems that the OLCC has resurrected a dormant law regarding homebrewers, much to the dismay of the brewing community, including Deschutes Brewery. We have always felt that passion for craft beer starts at home and we support homebrewers all across the United States. We are always happy to fulfill homebrewer requests for clone recipes, hops and raffle items for homebrew competitions. We also sponsor the Porter category at the American Homebrewers Association’s National Homebrew Competition each year.

Gary Fish, president and founder of Deschutes Brewery, said:

“The real story is that Deschutes Brewery contacted the OLCC to ensure that a homebrewers forum we were planning during American Craft Beer Week was legal. Given the rules we are bound to as licensee of the OLCC and as a responsible member of the brewing community, we always want to make sure that we understand the intricacies of the OLCC’s regulations. After a three-minute conversation with an OLCC representative, we were told that the agency would call us back with further information. This never happened, and the planned event was dropped as a result.

“The bottom line is that we were attempting to create an event celebrating homebrewing, and our roots in this culture. We were never contacted by any media outlets to clarify this story and the reasons for our inquiry. We hope that these OLCC laws will change in the near future, as recent coverage has suggested, and that homebrewers can continue to share their creations with the world.”

Deschutes Brewery strongly believes in the value and importance of homebrewing, and will continue to support homebrewers whole-heartedly in the future.

Posted by Lisa Morrison on Jul 16, 2010

New Hop Press Post: An OCBM Halftime Report

A midway look at “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”:

http://lisamorrison.hoppress.com/2010/07/13/halftime-report-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/

Posted by Lisa Morrison on Jul 13, 2010

Win a $50 Package to the Oregon Brewers Festival

How about a $50 package for two to the Oregon Brewers Festival? We have not just one, but two $50 obf packages to give away — which includes two mugs, 40 tokens and a program! What a deal!

Now, all you have to do to be a part of this drawing is to tap into your creative juices and write up a haiku poem about the Oregon Brewers Festival!

Remember, haikus don’t have to rhyme! That’s the good news. But they must adhere to a very specfic parameter:
There are only three lines in a haiku: the first has five syllables, the second has seven syllables and the third again has five syllables.

Now, to qualify for the $50 OBF package for two, the subject of your haiku must be _about _the OBF! Please only enter two haikus per person. If you submit more, I am going to choose my favorites which might not be yours!

You have until July 16 to get your obf haikus to me. A panel of judges including yours truly and Chris cCabb of the obf will select the semi-finalists and then you, dear listeners will get to log on to beergoddess.com starting on July 17 to vote for your favorites! The top two vote-getters will win the OBF packages that includes two mugs, 40 tokens and an official oregon brewers festival program — a $50 value!

Send your haikus to me at real.beergoddess@gmail.com by July 16 at 7 a.m.

And just to help you get started, I made up a couple of OBF haikus — I am pretty sure you can do better than these!

A hot summer day
the nectar quenches my thirst
oregon brew fest

Hark! The first yodel!
The obf siren song
let the games begin!

Posted by Lisa Morrison on Jul 10, 2010