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57 breweries serve up over 120 craft beers at the KLCC Microbrew Festival Eugene

Since 2002, Eugene radio station KLCC 89.7 FM has put on a microbrew tasting festival to benefit the station. In addition to the brewfest, you can also enjoy live music and a music sale of donated records and CDs. Not only can you sample beer from 57 breweries all over the U.S., if you brew your own beer you can also enter the KLCC Microbrew Festival Homebrew Competition.

Sample craft beers from Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Hawaii & more

• 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Corvallis, OR: The Incider, The Bad Apple
• 10 Barrel, Bend, OR: Apocalypse IPA, Pub Beer – New Release
• 21st Amendment, San Francisco, CA: Bitter American, Backin Black
• Block 15, Corvallis, OR: River Mudd, Coffee Bean Stout, Six Hop Wonder, Triple IPA
• Blue Moon, Denver, CO: Belgian White Ale, Blue Moon Seasonal, Blue Moon Limited Release
• Boston Beer, Boston MA, Samuel Adams Alpine Spring Lager, Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Samuel Adams Blackberry Wit
• Bridgeport, Portland, OR: Dark Rain, Hop Czar
• Buckman, Portland, OR: Le Petit Mort Black Saison, Ginger, Chamomellow
• Calapooia, Corvallis, OR: Chili Beer, rIPArian IPA
• Caldera, Ashland, OR: Export Lager, I.P.A.
• Cascade Lakes, Redmond, OR: Cyclops IPA, 20″ Brown, Special brew TBA
• Crispin Cider, Colfax, CA: Crispin Cider Original, Fox Barrel Blackberry Pear
• Deschutes, Bend, OR: Hop Henge Experimental IPA, Chainbreaker White IPA
• Double Mountain, Hood River, OR: Vaporizer, IRA (India Red Ale), Goliathon
• Eel River, Fortuna, CA: Organic IPA, Organic Porter, , Elysian, Seattle, WA: Idiot Sauvin IPA, Dragonstooth Stout
• Falling Sky, Eugene, OR: TBA, TBA
• Fire Mountain, Carlton, OR: Steam Fire Stout, Bogart NW IPA
• Firestone-Walker, Paso Robles, CA: Union Jack IPA, Velvet Merlin
• Flat Tail, Corvallis, OR: Mustache Rye’d Red, Tailgater Kolsch
• Fort George Brewery, Astoria, OR: Spank Stout Pepper Stout, Red Tide Imperial Red
• Full Sail, Hood River, OR: Brewer’s Share Barney’s ESB, LTD 4, Top Sail Bourbon Aged Imperial Porter, (served Saturday night only)
• , Gilgamesh, Turner, OR: Vader Cascadian Dark, Mamba
• GoodLife, Bend, OR: Descender IPA, Mountain Rescue Dry Hopped Pale Ale
• Green Flash, San Diego, CA: Imperial IPA, Double Stout
• Hop Valley, Springfield, OR: Alpha Centauri, Golden Road, Dry Irish Stout, Oakeroo
• Hopworks Urban, Portland, OR: Organic Hopworks IPA, Secession CDA
• InBev, St. Louis, MO: Stella Artois, Hoegaarden Belgium Wit Bier, Shock Top TBA
• Kona Brewing Co., Kailua Kona, HI: Longboard Lager, Koko Brown
• Lagunitas, Petaluma, CA: A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’, Hairy Eyeball Ale
• Laughing Dog, Sand Point, ID: Laughing Dog IPA, Dogzilla
• Laurelwood, Portland, OR: Workhorse IPA, Cascadian Pilsner Collaboration Ale
• Lost Coast, Eureka, CA: Great White, Tangerine Wheat, Downtown Brown
• Mad River, Blue Lake, CA: Steelhead Double IPA, Jamaica Red Ale
• Maui Brewing, Lahaina,, HI: TBA, TBA
• McMenamin’s High Street, Eugene, OR: Epicenter IPA, Purple Haze
• Mendocino, Ukiah, CA: Eye of the Hawk, Red Tail
• Mountain Meadows Mead, Westwood, CA: Dry – Sierra Nectar, Medium – Moonlight Magic Mead, Sweet – Honeymoon Nectar
• New Belgium, Fort Collins, CO: Dig, Lips of Faith TBA, Trip TBA
• Ninkasi, Eugene, OR: Sterling Pils, Renewale Porter, Transcendentale, , Oakshire, Eugene, OR: Watershed IPA, Overcast Espresso Stour, Very Ill Tempered Gnome
• Pelican, Pacific City, OR: Rip Tide Red Ale, Nestucca ESB, Tsunami Stout
• Phat Matt’s, Redmond, OR: Phat Snowman, Phat Matt’s Red Ale, Phat Matt’s IPA
• Pyramid, Portland, OR: Outburst Imperial IPA, Discord Dark IPA
• Redhook, Woodinville, WA: Nut Brown, Pilsner
• Rogue Ales, Newport, OR: Chatoe Dirtoir, Chatoe Good Chit
• Seven Brides, Silverton, OR: TBA, TBA
• Sierra Nevada, Chico, CA: Ruthless Rye IPA, Torpedo Extra IPA
• Steelhead, Eugene, OR: 21st Anniversary Imperial Rye IPA, Break Action Porter
• Stone, Escondido, CA: Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA, Cali-Belgique IPA
• Tieton Cider Works, Tieton, WA: Wild Washington Cider, Tieton Cherry Cider, Tieton Apricot Cider
• Track Town Ales, Eugene, OR: Track Town Brown, Triple Jump Ale, New Beer TBA
• Trumer Brauerei, Berkeley, CA: Trumer Pils
• Uinta, Salt Lake City, UT: Dubhe Imperial Black IPA, Wyld Organic Pale Ale
• Vermont Hard Cider, Middlebury, VT: Woodcuck Hard Cider – Amber, Woodcuck Hard Cider – Granny Smith
• Wakonda, Florence, OR: Beachcomber Cream Ale, Seven Devils IPA
• Widmer Brothers, Portland, OR: Rotator IPA Series – Spiced IPA, W’12 Dark Saison, Kellerbier

Homebrew Competition

Homebrewers can submit their own homebrewed beer and compete for awards and prizes. Deadline to enter is Feb 3. Download contest details and entry form (PDF)

Music Sale

• Thousands of records and CDs available
• Donate your LPs and CDs to KLCC through Wed, Feb 8, at 136 W 8th Ave, Eugene, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F

Come to the KLCC Eugene Microbrew Festival

• When: Friday, Feb. 10, 5-11 p.m. (Live music from Karen Lovely starts at 7:30 p.m.) and Saturday, Feb. 11, 1-11 p.m. (Live music from the Ty Curtis Band starts at 7:30 p.m.)
• Where: Lane Events Center Exhibit Hall, 796 W. 13th Ave., Eugene, OR
• Cost:
  • Advance: $10 (purchase tickets now, available through Feb. 9), includes souvenir glass, 3 complimentary beer tickets, and separate entrance
  • At the door: $12, includes souvenir glass and 1 complimentary beer ticket
• Must be 21 or over
• You can also sign up to be a volunteer. Volunteers work a 4-hour shift, get free admission and receive some beer tickets Sign up to be a volunteer
• More information online

Kombucha samples and starter kits at the Eugene Fun with Fermentation Festival

Beer. Kombucha. Yogurt. Sauerkraut. We know them as yummy. They are also the products of fermentation. And on Saturday, you can learn more about fermented foods and beverages, from local sources to how to make your own, at the third annual Eugene Fun with Fermentation Festival.

Brought to you by The Willamette Valley Sustainable Foods Alliance, the festival happens Sat. Jan. 14, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the WOW hall, 291 W. 8th, Eugene, Oregon. The event is a fundraiser for Food for Lane County and WVSFA.

Admission is on a sliding scale of $10-20 per person, or $5 with 2 cans of food. Children 12 and under are free.

Sample Fermented Food Goodness from 25+ Eugene ARea Food Businesses

Over 25 local businesses are expected to participate in the festival. Local natural foods businesses will showcase, demonstrate, and provide free samples of locally produced cheeses, chocolates, coffees, wines, beers, kombuchas, breads, tempeh, pickles, and many other local fermented delicacies. Local food carts Devour and Viva Vegetarian Grill will be serving their menus as well, which will highlight fermented ingredients.

Demos and workshops show you how you can put the power of fermentation to work in your kitchen

The event has an educational focus, centered on discovering the many ways that fermentation is practiced with many foods. The stage demonstration schedule features local blogger Jennifer Burns Levin, Nutritional Therapist Yaakov Levine, Eight…Nine Tempeh, Falling Sky Brewery, and OSU Master Food Preservers. There will also be a kids zone, raffle prizes, and beer/wine bottle sales downstairs.

About the Willamette Valley Sustainable Foods Alliance

The Willamette Valley Sustainable Foods Alliance is a regional trade association comprised of companies that promote natural food businesses through relationships, education, and sustainable business practices. The alliance endeavors to nurture new and existing businesses by sharing best practices and acting as mentors, educate the community about the health benefits of natural and organic foods, and foster a network to assist in regional sourcing of ingredients and raw materials. WVSFA works with the city and county on issues affecting the viability of natural foods businesses, and to foster and develop access to distribution channels. For more information, please visit www.wvsfalliance.org

Ninkasi Brewing vs. Brooks Winery at 16 Tons

A Benefit for Greenhill Humane Society

Craft beer or wine—which pairs best with cheese? On Thurs., Jan. 5, 2012, 16 Tons hosts the third bout pitting a brewery against a winery, Cheese Wars III!

Held at The Supreme Bean at 29th & Willamette, Cheese Wars is a food-pairing showdown between two ancient beverages. The battleground? 5 courses, of rustic, gourmet cheese, many coming from local sources. Each cheese course will be paired with a beer and a wine. Eugene’s own Ninkasi founder and Brewmaster Jamie Floyd will choose and present the beers. Winemaker Chris Williams of Brooks Winery, in Amity, Oregon, will choose and present the wines.

Which pairings work best? Only you can decide.

Cheese Wars is a fantastic opportunity to learn about making and pairing beer, wine, and cheese. Tickets are limited for this fun, lively, sit-down affair. $25 includes all tasting and food (cheese and bread). Purchase tickets at 16 Tons, The Supreme Bean or online at BrownPaperTickets.com. There is a 5:30 p.m. session and an 8 p.m. session, each lasting approximately 2 hours.

100% of ticket sales donated to Greenhill Humane Society.

Firestone Walker has been racking up fascinating and drinkable beers since 1996. With the release of Firestone Walker’s 15th Anniversary Barrel-Aged Blended Beer upon us, they are also raiding the taps of Eugene’s beloved The Bier Stein for an evening of Firestone Walker.

David Walker, founder of Firestone Walker Brewing Company, will be on-hand to talk with Eugene craft beer enthusiasts and beer geeks. He’s bringing with him 6 Firestone Walker beers to be on-tap, including the 15th Anniversary Barrel-aged blend. Word is, too, that if you buy a glass of 15th Anniversary you will receive a 4 oz. sample of 14th Anniversary to have side by side (while supplies last). Bottles of 14th and 15th Anniversary will be available for purchase, with a discounted price if you buy them together.

Empty Firestone Walker’s kegs at The Bier Stein

• Where: The Bier Stein, 345 E. 11th Ave., Eugene
• When: Tues., Dec. 13, 6-9 p.m.
• Free admission
• Lots and lots and lots of other draught/bottled beer available too
• Website: www.thebierstein.com

How about beer and a movie?

Billed as “a documentary celebrating women in the craft beer industry,” The Love of Beer reminds us that craft beer is no longer a man’s game. Women across the country have gained renown as brewers, and especially so in the Pacific Northwest. Filmmaker/producer Alison Grayson shows us how much women have done to help make craft beer what it is today, and what it can be tomorrow.

Special Eugene Screening: “The Love of Beer”

• When: Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
• Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
• Where: Oakshire Brewing, 1055 Madera Street, Eugene, OR 97402
• $7 tickets available at Oakshire or 16 Tons Taphouse
• Minors welcome
• Great beer specials
• Meet filmmaker Alison Grayson

Proceeds will help Alison further distribute the movie.

Spread the Love

• Like “The Love of Beer” on Facebook
• Follow The Love of Beer on Twitter: @theluvofbeer
• Website: theloveofbeermovie.com
• Rate “The Love of Beer” on IMDb