Update: 2010 Fresh Hop Beer Tastival details here!
The Portland installment of this year’s Fresh Hop Beer Tastivals takes place Saturday, October 10th, at Oaks Park. John Foyston explains fresh hop beer in his blog post about the first 2009 Tastival in Hood River last weekend:
Fresh Hop beer is made during the short window of hop harvest every year, with straight-from-the-vine hops. Instead of the usual process of immediately drying and sending baled hop cones to cold storage, the fragile fresh hops are taken straight to the brewery and, in most cases, tossed into a brew that very same day. Fresh hops possess a whole range of aromatics, flavors and resinous textures that are often changed during drying.
The festival runs from noon until 9pm (free Oaks Park Train Rides until 6pm, but alas, other rides will be closed). $5 tasting glass required to taste.
(Visit the Oregon Brewers Guild On Tap blog for information on attending the Friday, October 9th preview of the Tastival. )
Below is the tentative list of beers available Saturday:
Brewery, Hops Used, Style, Name
4th Street Brewing, Willamette, pale ale, Fresh Hop Pale
Alameda Brewhouse, Multi Hop, IPA, Failing St Fresh Hop
Astoria Brewing Co Cascade/Simcoe, Pale Ale, Hoptimus Prime 2.0
Barley Browns Brewpub, Wild, IPA, Roadside
Beer Valley Brewing Co., Chinook, Imperial IPA, Leafer Madness
Beer Valley Brewing Co., CTZ, Imperial Stout, Black Flag
BridgePort Brewing Co, Chinooks, Imperial Ale, Hop Harvest
Caldera Brewing, Cascades ,Fresh Hop ale, Alpha Beta
Cascade Brewing, Crystal/Cascade, Cascadian Dark Ale, Cascadian Fresh Hop
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co, Santiam, Fresh Hop ale, Harvest Ale
Deschutes Brewery, Crystals, Pale Ale, Hop Trip
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub, Centennial, Pale Ale, King Cone
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub, Cascade, Pale Ale Fresh Hop, Mirror Pond
Double Mountain Brewery, Brewers Gold, IPA, Killer Green
Double Mountain Brewery, Mt. Hoods, Vienna, Fresh Vienna
Fort George Brewery, Assorted, Fresh Hop Ale, Cohoperative
Full Sail Brewing Co, Cascades, Pale Ale, Lupulin
Golden Valley Brewery, Mt. Hood, Extra Special Pale Ale, Mt. Hood Fresh Hop
Hopworks Urban Brewery, Crystals, Pale Ale, Crystal Method
Hopworks Urban Brewery, Willamettes, Oktoberfest, Fest of Fury
Laurelwood Brewing Co, Organic Chinook, Red Ale, Organic Goodness
Laurelwood Brewing Co, Amarillo, Pale Ale, Hop Bale Pale
Lompoc Brewing, Crystal, American Red, Harvest Man Red
Lompoc Brewing, Crystal, Wheat, Crystal Wheat
Lompoc Brewing, Crystal, Saison, Crystal Missile
Lompoc Brewing, Millenium, Imperial IPA, Millinium
Lucky Labrador Brewing, Multi Hop, Fresh Hop Ale, Mutt Ale
Lucky Labrador Brewing, Multi Hop, Fresh Hop Lager, Mutt Lager
MacTarnahan’s Brewing, Cascade, Amber Ale, Fresh Hops MacTarnahan’s Amber
McMenamins on Monroe, Simcoe, IPA, Hop Bud-E
Ninkasi Brewing Co., Nugget, Red Ale, Nugg. E Fresh
Oakshire Brewing, Chinook, Fresh Hop Ale, Harvest Ale
Oakshire Brewing, Nugget, American Red, Red Nugget
Pelican Pub & Brewery, Sterling, Strong Pale, Elemental Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery, Mt Hood, Intergrity, Hoodwinked
Rogue Ales, Revolution, Fresh Hop Ale, Wet Hop Ale
Three Creeks, Santiam, American Farmhouse, Santiam Hop Harvest
Upright Brewing, Liberty, Saison, Fresh Hop of Bel Air
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co, Summits, Pale Ale, Hopturnal Emission
(List provided by the Oregon Brewers Guild.)
Any idea if this is family friendly? I’d expect it to be given the venue, but I’d hate to show up with the kids and find out otherwise.
Slainte Mhaith – Hmm, I hope not! I kid, I kid! 😉
Not sure . . . I’ve tweeted @OregonBeer that question; will update when I hear back!
Thanks! I guess I could have taken that very obvious step.
About the kids – yeah, I know. It’s just that my “window of opportunity” is much larger if I can bring the family. In fact, if I can’t bring the kids, I’ll probably be forced to decide between this event and the Brewpublic Brewniversary at Bailey’s Taproom.
Slainte Mhaith – According to ItsPubNight kids are okay in Portland (but not in Eugene next week).
what about “kid friendliness” for the pre-tastival on friday?
I’ve been to the tastivals the last two years. Every year there seem to be kids (at least in portland) I think you will be just fine.