Events for September 30, 2010

Pints for Prostates

Green Dragon Bistro and Brewpub, 928 SE 9th Ave., Portland

5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Rogue Ales has made a $5,000 donation to support the mission of the Pints for Prostates campaign, which reaches men through the universal language of beer with a critical message about prostate health screening and PSA testing, and will host an awareness day on Sept. 30 at each of its pub locations in Oregon, Washington and California.

Coalition Brewing Cascadian Revolution Release Party

Coalition Brewing, 2724 SE Ankeny St., Portland

6:00 PM

Ritch Marvin (aka SNOB Ritch) recently had the privilege to brew a 10 gallon batch of beer at Coalition Brewing in their “Coalator” brewer program. Come taste it (or any of the other Coalition tasty brews):

Here are the details:
Sept. 30
6pm
Coalition Brewing
2724 SE Ankeny Street

Here is the description of the beer:

“Cascadian Revolution” was originally created earlier this year when “Swine Flu” Jimmy Blum and I wanted to try our hand at making a style of beer that we both loved. We scratched out a recipe and brewed it up at my house. I’m not sure that the original beer could be replicated since we used a lot of miscellaneous hops that we had left over from other brew projects. Also, two days into fermentation, I came home to a blown airlock. There was beer on the ceiling, floor, and walls, the Pacman Yeast was going crazy! I just replaced the airlock and hoped for the best. Well, when the beer was finished, we loved it and got many compliments on it. We also entered the beer into the open “Northwest” category of the Slurp and Burp Homebrew contest and got a bronze (I think we would have done better had the beer been a bit fresher since some of the hops had dropped out). I brewed the beer again recently with a different hop schedule and yeast, but thought it was a bit too roasty. So, the beer that I brewed for Coalition has been modified from the original, cutting back on the roasted malts. I think the Coalition “Cascadian Revolution” is true to the CDA style. This beer pours black with the body and hop profile of an IPA and a strong hop nose. If you were to drink this beer blindfolded, you might think it was an IPA if not for a hint of roastiness. The grain bill includes two row American Pale, Carafa II Black malt, and Crystal 120. It has five different hops added (including some fresh hops) in eight different additions, with Simcoe and Amarillo dominating. I hope you like it.