Events for May 1, 2010

Big Brew/National Homebrew Day Brewing Demo

FH Steinbart, 234 SE Pine St., Portland

9:00 AM

Join the Oregon Brew Crew at the venerable Steinbart’s for a morning of great brewing tips and fun. May 1 is National Homebrew Day, so spread the word and the good beer love!

Portland Cheers to Belgian Beers

Hopworks Urban Brewery, 2944 SE Powell Blvd., Portland, OR

12:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Hopworks will be hosting the 2010 PCTBB in our upper west parking lot to benefit Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon. The festival started four years ago to help introduce Oregonians to the breadth of style and flavors of beers brewed in Belgium. PCTBB is much like your standard beer festival, but all the beers are brewed by Oregon breweries in a Belgian inspired manner, most using one Belgian yeast strain.

Admission is free! There is a $5 charge for a tasting goblet, which is required to sample beers, and $1 for tastes. The event has grown from 10 beers brewed in 2007 to 28 beers brewed in 2009. We expect more than 30 beers this year!

More information at www.OregonBeer.org/PCTBB

Sasquatch Homebrew Competition -- Entries Due!

Eugene City Brewery, 844 Olive St., Eugene

7:00 PM

Calling all Homebrewers!
Enter the Sasquatch Brew Festival Homebrew Competition!

The national competition is made possible with the sponsorship of NW Legends, and the generosity and hard work of the Cascade Brewers Society. It is also sanctioned by the BJCP, recognizing the most outstanding home-brewed beers produced by amateur brewers.

Entries must be received by Eugene City Brewery by May 1.
Please Ship to: 844 Olive St. Eugene Oregon 97401.

Judging will take place on May 8, 2010 in Eugene, Oregon.

Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for each of the following categories and their sub-categories. The “Best of Show” prize is tuition and lodging for HopUnion’s Hop School (the winner will be responsible for transportation and incidental expenses).

Category 8: English Pale Ale
Category 10: American Ale
Category 14: IPA
Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale
Category 19: Strong Ale
As well as the “Glen tribute Beer”
The idea of the “Glen Tribute Beer” is to brew a beer that Glen might have brewed and most certainly would have enjoyed.

For more information, winners list for 2009 and entry forms, click here.

Unique Beer Tasting