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Oregon Craft Beer Month – 7 Brides Brewing

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If you venture outside of Portland, you will find a great brewery in almost every Oregon City. McMinnville has Heater-Allen. Pacific City has Pelican. Enterprise has Terminal Gravity. Well Silverton has 7 Brides Brewing.

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Lauren’s Pale Ale (LPA)
NW pale ale made with generous amounts of hops
and enough crystal malt for a great balance.
Good upfront hop aroma with a great hop taste that lingers.
5.5% alcohol ibu’s 50

Emily’s Ember
Very well balanced red ale with deep amber color,
a caramel aroma and just enough hops
to let you know they are there.
4.5% alcohol ibu’s 35

Oatmeal Ellie
This coffee-like beer will finish with the smooth taste of oatmeal.
The strong oatmeal flavor should remind you of your breakfast bowl of oatmeal.
Tastes much lighter that it looks, but has a complex flavor with a dry smooth finish.
4.5% alcohol ibu’s 30

Maggie’s Marzen
Traditional octoberfest marzen
with soft malt flavor, creamy texture,
and a dark orange color and a smooth crisp finish.
5.5% alcohol ibu’s 30

Weezin-ator
This dopplebock is dominated by its strong,
deep toasty flavors that have a full-bodied finish
and a lingering sweetness from the complex mix of malts
and just the right amount of hops to balance.
This “big” beer has complex undertones and a smooth warming finish.
7.9% alcohol ibu’s 30

Lil’s Pils
This traditional bohemian pilsner is light, crisp,
and has a wonderful floral hop bouquet
that balances the complex malty taste
of the all German barley.
4.5% alcohol ibu’s 30

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Oregon Craft Beer Month

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Last month I yawped about some southwest breweries, but since July is Oregon’s time in the sun (literally), I will post about Oregon beers. And I will try my best to focus on non-Portland based brewers.

First though, here is a sampling of beer events that I believe are the highlights of the month.

CRAFT BEER MONTH KICK-OFF – McMenamin’s Hillsdale 7/1

PUCKERFEST – Sour beers at Belmont Station 7/9-7/15

INTERNATIONAL BEER – Portland International Beerfest 7/16-7/18

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Rules and Regulations

I promise to get back to happy beer news with the next post today but it seems the State Government of Oregon has reinterpreted ORS 471.403 so as to ban home brew competitions!

IN OREGON! IN 2010!

Now I think the Tea Party (aside from choosing an ironic name, since they are represented by chosen politicians before being taxed) is too “me” first and community second but when government does stupid crap like this, you can see why the anger has arisen.

Enough vitriol by me. Check out this well written post by Lisa Morrison, one of the leading lights in the Oregon beer scene. After reading, please write to the Oregon government and let them know as a purchaser of beer from Oregon, you think they have misread the law.

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Eugene – Beer Buying Central

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One neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon is the beer buying equivalent of the Mall of America. The latest entrantSixteen Tons adds to an area of the Duck town with several other beer retailers, including Beer Nuts, a smaller bottle shop about a block away, and the Bier Stein, a great bottle shop that also offers beers on tap and food, about two blocks away. And then there’s the Circle K convenience store across the street.

Bet there are some happy craft beer lovers in that part of town.

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Pale Horse Brewing

For quite awhile, if you drove south from Portland, your next beer destination was Eugene. You drove right past the state capital of Salem.

But now there are signs of life. One is Pale Horse Brewing.
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They have a Hillbilly Blond, the Hopyard Dog and the signature Pale Horse Irish Dry Stout.

Pale Horse Brewing
(brewery only, no pub)
2359 Hyacinth ST. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503-364-3610