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What’s part scavenger hunt, part costume party, part pub crawl and ALL fun? The first-ever Night of the Living Ales pub crawl co-sponsored by The New School blog and Beer O’Clock — the show for people who love great beer!
The Night of the Living Ales starts at 8 p.m. sharp on Oct. 31, Halloween night, at Migration Brewing. Then the costumed crew will then crawl over to Spints Alehouse, Beulahland and Coalition Brewing. Special beers, happy hour pricing on certain food and drinks and a themed costume contest at each location — plus an ongoing scavenger hunt — will all be part of the fun.
You can win two wristbands which will get your costumed self and a equally fabulously costumed friend into the Night of the Living Ales pub crawl by sending an e-mail to me at real.beergoddess@gmail.com with “Night of the Living Ales” in the subject head. The deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 20 at midnight.
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 17, 2010
Hopworks Urban Brewery is going nano! The venerable HUB brewers have procured the mini brewery that they will use to brew collaboration beers with folks — and it’s all ready to go except for one thing. It needs a name!
HUB has yet to find a name from those submitted so far, so they are extending their “Name the Nano” contest through Monday, Oct. 18. So if you slacked before(You know who you are), you still have time.
Submit your nano brewery name idea to NameTheNano@hopworksbeer.com with “Name the Nano” in the subject line. The winner will not only get to name the tiny brewery, but will win a year-long Mug Club membership with all the perks at Hopworks.
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 17, 2010
Around these parts, Deschutes’ Jubel Ale was the first out of the gate, showing up in my mailbox in late August. Then, Ninkasi followed in hot (or is that hop?) pursuit with Sleigh-r. Southern Oregon Brewing (those SOBs) released their Old Humbug. And now, Full Sail has released its venerable Wassail to contribute to the winter seasonal selection.
Doesn’t it seem a tad early for winter beers?
Yes, I think so, at least. But apparently, there is a (market-driven) reason for this beery equivalence of peeking at your Christmas presents too early.
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 15, 2010
This face doesn’t lie! My review of last weekend’s Celebrate Beer Weekend at Skamania Lodge has been posted on the Hop Press. It’s a great weekend, as Anna from Salmon Creek is surely expressing. Read this, then plan to check it out next year.
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 13, 2010
This week on Beer O’Clock, the Homebrew Chef Sean Paxton and I talk about the best beers to pair with those mini-Tootsie Rolls and fun-sized candy bars that will be beckoning us all as we approach All Hallow’s Eve. All that tasty goodness, plus a whole lot more! Check it out here or click the podcast button on the right side of the homepage!
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 11, 2010
Hopworks Urban Brewery is going nano! The venerable HUB brewers have procured the mini brewery that they will use to brew collaboration beers with folks — and it’s all ready to go except for one thing. It needs a name!
Submit your nano brewery name idea to NameTheNano@hopworksbeer.com with “Name the Nano” in the subject line. The winner will not only get to name the tiny brewery, but will win a year-long Mug Club membership with all the perks at Hopworks.
Contest ends Tuesday, Oct. 12 — and that’s when the winner will be announced. So get those names sent in ASAP!
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 08, 2010
Somebody better inform Hallmark: Mother’s Day has now been changed to NovemBEER 19, 2010.
That’s when Pelican Pub & Brewery will release its super-special seasonal: Mother of All Storms. Think Perfect Storm, but Mama-sized!
From the website:
Mother of All Storms will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. The only way to ensure you get a bottle of this vintage will be by showing up in person at The Pelican Pub & Brewery.
We will not be accepting online orders for this beer.
Instead we will be accepting names and contact information via phone starting today October 7th, 2010
503.965.7007
On December 1st we will be evaluating our stock of the beer and should the numbers allow, we will proceed to contact the names on our reservation list on a first come first serve basis to fulfill their orders.
We will begin shipping any orders the following Monday the 6th. This delay will allow us to process payment and ensure that everyone can be contacted prior to shipment.
If you have attempted to submit an online order you will still need to call to get your name on the reservation list
online orders will not be processed.
Thank you for your interest in Mother of All Storms!
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 07, 2010
Been meaning to post this. The winner of the first-ever Prost! Oktoberfest competition is Widmer’s Okto. Both “pro” judges (me, Karl Ockert, Megan Flynn, Ned from Portland Mercury and Roger of the Mississippi Marketplace) and the customers chose Okto from a blind tasting of nine local beers as most authentic Oktoberfest beer.
For those who took part, here is the lineup as the beers were tasted:
A.) Deschutes
B.) Hop Valley
C.) Golden Valley
D.) Lompoc
E.) Widmer Brothers
F.) Heater Allen
G.) Amnesia
H.) Double Mountain
I.) Hopworks
The pro judges also deemed Deschutes’ offering as “best NW-style” Oktoberfest (meaning it was good and hoppy!) And Widmer’s Okto also got Best In Show as well as Most Authentic. Thanks to Prost! for a grand time. I am sure this event will come back around next year. It was a hoot!
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 07, 2010
The latest Beer O’Clock show is available right here or you can just click on the link to the right on the homepage. Special guests include KSWBeer bloggers Greg Krsak and Matt Snyder and Rick Lyke of Pints for Prostates. Plus we have a great rundown on some new brews that are now on the shelves from Carl Singmaster of Belmont Station — and our Beer of the Week is a wintry offering from the Goddess Ninkasi and her disciples down in Eugene!
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 04, 2010
Well, it’s raining. Might as well enjoy some Oktoberfest biers at Prost! in Portland this gray Sunday. Join me and a host of other “celebrity” beer judges including Oregonian beer columnist and blogger John Foyston and Beer NW’s Megan Flynn at 3 p.m. in critiquing biers from nine local breweries — vote for your favorite! The winning brewery will have its beer at Prost! all month long — and the proceeds from the event will go to help at-risk youth in Portland under the name of the winning brewery. See you there later today!
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Posted by Lisa Morrison on Oct 03, 2010
