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A Toast to Repeal Day 2011

December 5, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Headline from the Oregonian, Dec 5 1933 Monday, December 5, 2011 marks the 78th anniversary of Repeal Day, the day in 1933 when three quarters of the states ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution and thus repealed the federal prohibition on the sale, manufacture, and consumption of alcoholic beverages!

Toast to our brewers, vintners, distillers, distributors, publicans, bartenders, waitrons, and friends on this anniversary. Head to to your local drinking establishment or throw a cocktail party!

Some local area bars are getting into the spirit of the occasion:

Teardrop Lounge (1015 NW Everett) is throwing their annual Repeal Day 2011 bash. Period dress encouraged – and you must know the password: “I’m here to see a man about a horse.”

Saraveza (1004 N Killingsworth) is celebrating with a special presentation of the film Prohibition’s “A Nation of Scofflaws” – in the Bad Habit room. Doors open at 5pm, film begins at 6pm. No cover!

At all Rogue pub locations Repeal Day means Double Taster Day.

And Imbibe Unfiltered has a five drink recipes suggestions to toast your right to imbibe.

For more information about my favorite secular holiday, visit RepealDay.org, a site created by local bartending and mixology blogger Jeffrey Mogenthaler, one of the first individuals to propose treating the anniversary as a holiday.

OMSI After Dark: Shaken & Stirred (26-October-2011)

October 23, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Shaken & Stirred is the theme of this month’s OMSI After Dark on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 6 to 10pm.

Treat yourself to childfree, brain-building science fun at OMSI After Dark! Check out live demos, new featured exhibitions, and old favorites. Sample tasty snacks and sweets along with beer and wine, and talk to regional food and beverage artisans about the science behind them. It’s geeks gone wild!

The main event is the Spirits Tasting. Sample liquor from a dozen local distillers, learn the difference between potatoe and wheat vodka, whiskey and scotch, and house aging influences flavor. Tasting tickets, which include a sourvenir shot glass and 10 tokes for samples, are $8 for non-member, $6 for members, and $4 for OMSI After Dark members.

Other activities and presentations include Fortune Telling Fish & Ouija Board, Mummified Animals, a demonstration of an Apple Cider Press, and more!

21 and over only! Admission tickets (the spirit tasting tickets are separate) are $12 for non-members, $6 for members – pre-purchase online. Visit OMSI.edu for more details.

Review: North American Organic Brewers Festival 2011

June 26, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

This guest post is by Rick from Beerdrinker.org – follow him on Twitter too: @m8ryx. I had to miss my first NAOBF ever, but Rick graciously offered to share his reviews and recommendations with me, and Dave Knows readers!

A gorgeous Portland early summer day made Overlook Park the place to be in Portland Friday, with a great selection of organic beers at the 2011 North American Organic Brewers Festival. Unsurprisingly, the selection was mostly ales, with one or two lagers available and a cider. There seemed to be fewer brewers in attendance this year, with the international section notably absent, as well as a dedicated space for ciders. There seemed to be more fruit/adjunct beers, which is where I chose to focus my tasting. Arriving before 2, it felt a little early in the day to have my face melted off by a mega-hopped IPA, and I’d already had a number of what was available.

I holed up at my preferred spot, a table near the tree, fairly distant from the beer and stage, but a quick jaunt to the port-o-lets. The music was generally good, not too loud, leaning towards coffee house earlier in the day, and getting a bit more rock towards the evening. The crowds never became a factor in my beer selection, as lines had not formed by the time my tokens ran out sometime between five and six. In the past I would switch to the 2-token selections when lines grew, but fortunately they didn’t since I couldn’t find any 2-token beers.

Some of Rick’s reviews and recommendations:

Alone, the Alpenfire cider was a bit sweet, but it was fantastic as a chaser for the dry Elliot Bay Black Ops.
Ambacht Rye Farmhouse ale: Interesting.
Eel River acai wheat is delicious.
Fort George spruce ale is super drinkable. Less sprucey than some, a little sweet.
Lahr Neppur Brewing’s peach hefeweizen is more peach than hef. Nice on this warm day.
Uncommon Brewing Siamese Twin Dubbel with some smoked chicken. Pretty good pairing.
I love upright brewing Enjoying their funky reggae junkie gruit whatever that means.
Bison’s honey basil. Nice, light, and refreshing.

North American Organic Brewers Festival (June 24-26, 2011)

June 18, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

The 2011 North American Organic Brewer Festival takes place Friday through Sunday, June 24-26 at Overlook Park (N Fremont and Interstate).

My favorite Portland beer festival celebrates its 7th year with 50 organic beers and ciders, live music, organic foods, vendors, and even activities for the kids. The beer selection looks to be more diverse than in previous years – it’s less than 25% IPAs for the first time I can remember! The Belgian and Farmhouse ales look interesting, and after enjoying the Fruit Beer Festival, I’m prepared to give the several fruit infused beers a shot.

Take the Yellow Line MAX to the fest – get off at the Overlook Park station (festival organizers encourage bicycling too, but drunk bicycling is dumb).

Admission is free, but the required taster cup is $6 ($5 with validated MAX ticket, ticket from the bike corral, or three cans of food to be donated to the Oregon Food Bank). Sample tokens are $1. The festival is open from noon until 9pm on Friday and Saturday, noon until 5pm on Sunday.

Weekend Amusements (June 10-12, 2011)

June 9, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

The 2011 Rose Festival is in full swing – Fleet Week is upon us, the Grand Floral Parade takes place Saturday, and the Milk Carton Boat Races are Sunday.

Meanwhile beer and cider drinkers, bicyclists, and Timbers fans are also in for a treat this weekend – see below!

Ongoing

Pedalpalooza 2011

“Pedalpalooza is 2+ weeks of bikey fun. With 239 events, most organized by individuals, bikers of all persuasions are likely to find many events of interest. Nearly all events are free.”

Runs June 9-26. [more]

Saturday-Sunday

Portland Fruit Beer Festival

“Fruit beers are the red-headed stepchild of craft beer, often overlooked by beer lovers because of preconceptions that they are sweet, boring, or artificially flavored. The first annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival aims to change all that and open minds to the strange and exotic possibilities that fruit beers can offer.” [more]

Saturday

Cider Summit Portland

The inaugural Cider Summit Portland takes place Saturday, June 11, 2011 at Elizabeth Caruthers Park (3508 SW Moody) from 11am until 7pm.

The lineup features multiple ciders from two dozen cideries, including Oregon’s 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Wandering Aengus, Blue Mountain Cider Company, Bushwhacker (who will be demonstrating apple pressing at the event too!), Carlton Cyderworks, and EZ Orchards. [more]

Portland Timbers vs Colorado

The Portland Timbers (5-4-2) aim to regain form at home Saturday when defending MLS champions Colorado (4-3-7) make their Jeld-Wen field debut.

Though the Timbers lost to Colorado to open the season, they’ve been strong at home and have a chance to get revenge. Colorado have played to draws the last five matches.

Sunday

Milk Carton Boat Races

The Westmoreland Park casting pond is the place to be on Sunday, June 12: the 2011 Milk Carton Boat Race kicks off at 11am!

My favorite Rose Festival event, I have not missed a race since the 2009 revival, and I won’t miss the 2011 spectacle either. [more]

Cirque Du Cycling

This year’s Cirque du Cycling takes place Sunday, June 12, 2011. A benefit for Albina Youth Opportunity School, it’s a street festival, a circus, a bike race and a parade on North Mississippi.

The Cirque features an art bike parade, a criterium-style street race, a cargo bike race, and a family ride. And to accompany the festivities? Exhibitors and a beer garden! [more]

PDX Urban Wineries Premiere

The PDX Urban Wineries Premiere takes place Sunday, June 12, 2011 at The Slate (2001 NW 19th) from 3pm to 6pm.

The PDX Urban Wineries, an association of wineries that are happy to be producing wine in the city of Portland, OR, are ENSO Winery, Grochau Cellars, Helioterra Wines, Hip Chicks Do Wine, Jan-Marc Wine Cellars, Ribbon Ridge Vineyard, Seven Bridges Winery, and the Vincent Wine Company. [more]

And for even more weekend events and activities, check out the Dave Knows Calendar, and visit Around the Sun, Blogging Portland on the Cheap, and PDX Pipeline!

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