FRESH HOP BEERS
Baerlic Brewing
The "stubbornly independent" craft brewery just dropped three new fresh hop beers: Fresh Hop Punk Rock Time IPA (brewed with Chinook hops), Fresh Hop Stay Fresh IPA (brewed with Simcoe hops), and Fresh Hop Pioneer ESB (brewed with Mount Hood hops)—the latter took home the gold at the Oregon Beer Awards.
Hosford-Abernethy, Rose City Park, Vernon
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Breakside Brewery
This year's batch of Breakside's Fresh Hop Pilsner is made with Willamette hops from Silverton-based Goschie Farms and is available exclusively on draft at Breakside locations and other spots around town. They've also released Fresh Hop Trade Secrets, a West Coast-style fresh hop IPA made with Simcoe hops from Gervais-based Coleman Agriculture, in cans and "extremely limited" draft.
Nob Hill, Woodlawn, Milwaukie
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Culmination Brewing
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Culmination has released this year's fresh hop version of its popular Phaedrus IPA, available on tap and in cans.
Kerns
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Deschutes Brewery
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The Bend-based craft brewery is reprising its seasonal favorite Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA next month. The release is made with Idaho 7 hops, which contain "notes of apricot, tangerine, and papaya paired with pine and hints of floral," according to Brewpublic.
Bend, Pearl District
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Ecliptic Brewing
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Brewer John Harris's galactic-themed brewery is releasing two fresh hop beers this year: Altair Fresh Hop IPA, made with Idaho 7 and Centennial hops along with fresh ADHA 218 hops, and Astro Fresh Hop Italian-style Pilsner, made with Sterling hops and fresh Mount Rainier hops. Altair Fresh Hop IPA is now available on draft and in 16-ounce cans, while Astro will be released on draft on September 21.
Boise
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Ex Novo Brewing
Refine your taste buds by comparing Ex Novo's flagship Eliot IPA with its fresh hop variations: one made from fresh Centennial hops from Goschie Farms, one made with fresh Centennial hops from Crosby Hops, and one made with fresh Strata hops from Goschie Farms.
Eliot, Beaverton
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Level Beer
This brewery with a focus on brewing "subtle, balanced, and traditional beers" is keeping the fresh hops flowing all month long. Current offerings include a fresh hop bitter on draft, a fresh hop version of the brewery's Pixelated Pale Ale, and a fresh hop version of its Button Smasher #4 (a single malt and single hop IPA, otherwise known as a SMASH IPA).
Argay, Buckman, Multnomah
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Little Beast Brewing
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This brewery specializing in rare beers currently offers Green Keeper, a fresh-hopped American pale ale made with pale and Munich malts and fresh Centennial hops from Crosby Hops. Little Green Men, a seasonal fresh hop hazy IPA made with Skagit Wintmalt and freshly picked Azacca hops from Goschie Farms, is set to be released next week at the brewery's beer garden and tasting room, followed by retail distribution.
Richmond
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Migration Brewing
The award-winning brewery Migration is going all out for fresh hop season with no fewer than five seasonal releases: Fresh Outta Portland (a fresh hop IPA), Into the Light (a fresh hop lager), Summer Chinook Pale (a fresh hop pale ale), ReFRESH (a fresh hop hazy IPA), and Fresh Coast (a fresh hop West Coast-style IPA). The first four have already been released, while ReFRESH will come out on October 6.
Boise, Kerns, Gresham
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Occidental Brewing Co.
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Occidental's fresh hop pilsner is brewed with a truckload of fresh Oregon-grown Willamette hops from Goschie Farms.
St. Johns
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Ruse Brewing
The innovative favorite Ruse Brewing is now featuring several fresh hop IPAs, including Picture a Perfect Picture (a hazy fresh hop Strata IPA brewed in collaboration with Seattle-based Cloudburst Brewing), Karma Terminal (an IPA made with a blend of rolled oats, spelt and malted white wheat, fresh hopped with Strata hops from Goschie Farms, and dry hopped with Mosaic and Galaxy hops), and Fresh Hop Architect (a fizzy, soft Saison made with fresh Cascade hops from Coleman Agriculture).
Brooklyn, Vancouver
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StormBreaker Brewing
StormBreaker plans to release over a dozen fresh hop beers this season, including Handful of Fresh Hops, Fresh Hop What We Brew in the Shadows, Fresh Hop Safety Meeting, Fresh Hop Triple Double, and more.
Mississippi, St. Johns
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OKTOBERFEST BEERS
Ex Novo Brewing
Ex Novo's "German Overalls" is a traditional Bavarian Märzen style lager, featuring "bread crust and biscuit flavors" with a "clean, soft, earthy bitterness" and available in four-packs.
Eliot, Beaverton
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Great Notion Brewing
Due to popular demand, the cult-favorite brewery has at last brewed its own Oktoberfest-style beer, aptly dubbed Oktoberfest. The brew is made with Vienna and Munich malts for a "nice sweet malt backbone" and Hallertau Mittelfruh and Sterling hops for "bittering and aromatics for balance."
Concordia, Nob Hill, Beaverton
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Occidental Brewing Co.
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Occidental describes their Festbier as a "rich yet quaffable lager in the old tradition of Oktoberfest beers," made with German noble hops and Munich and Vienna malts.
St. Johns
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Rosenstadt Brewery
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This German-style brewery's Festbier is aged for over two months and features "layers of malts, with notes of everything from fresh bread and toast to almonds, dried fruit, and golden raisins" and a "floral, spicy counterpoint" from Noble hops.
Available at various Portland retailers
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BEER EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 15-16
Portland's 2022 Oktoberfest
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You'll receive your very own Oktoberfest keepsake mug and a dozen drink tickets with which to fill it up at this downtown event. Choose from 16 different German beers on tap—if that's not your thing, Pine Street Taproom also has a full bar.
Pine Street Market, 11 am-8 pm
SEPTEMBER 15-18
Mount Angel Oktoberfest
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For four days out of the year, the town of Mount Angel essentially transforms itself into Little Germany, full of lederhosen, tuba music, sausages, and an absolutely astounding amount of beer of all kinds and varieties, to be drank out of all sorts of steins, mugs, cups and boots. Plus there's other attractions, including wiener dog races, a car show, races, dancing, live music, and much more.
Mount Angel
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
OMSI After Dark: BrewFest
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Curious about the science behind those Oregon-made beers you love so much? OMSI's After Dark event will include science demos, food and drink vendors, trivia, DJ tunes, planetarium shows, and, of course, plenty of beer-drinking.
OMSI, 6-10 pm
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Oktoberfest 101
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Brush up on the fundamentals of Oktoberfest beer with this introductory primer. You'll get to try seven different Oktoberfest beer samples (amounting to one total stein) alongside a soft-baked Fressen Artisan Bakery pretzel served with house-made cheese dip—education has never been so fun.
Imperial Bottle Shop and Taproom, 12 pm-12 am
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Fresh Hop American Summer, vol.1!
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Level Beer has rounded up all its brewery pals, including Away Days, Binary, Ex Novo, Little Beast, Migration, Zoiglhaus, and more, for a bona fide fresh hop extravaganza. Other festivities include lawn games and merch packages.
Level Beer, 12-5 pm
Widmer Brothers' 18th Annual Oktoberfest
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For a free, all-ages Oktoberfest option, check out this party from Widmer Brothers Brewing, which will offer special beers, food vendors, live music, dancing, and even special guest appearances from llamas and alpacas.
Widmer Brothers Brewing, 2-10 pm
SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 1
PDX Fresh Hops Festival
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This festival in its 18th year will feature over 30 fresh hop creations from brewers across Oregon, plus live music and more festivities.
Oaks Amusement Park
Zoiglfest 2022
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This event invites you to "loosen up your lederhosen" with beer sampling, live music, family-friendly activities, pretzels and brats, yard games, and a fashion show. Five percent of sales will benefit the Lents International Farmers Market.
The ZED
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
Oktoberfest at Paddy's
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The Irish pub Paddy's will transform into a German beer hall for the day with authentic beer steins, Bavarian music, traditional German food, raffles, and other "German shenanigans." Lederhosen and dirndls are highly encouraged—a prize will be awarded to the best dressed guest. Each $10 entry ticket benefits Friends of the Children.
Paddy's Bar & Grill, 12 pm-2 am
Hood River Hops Fest
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This acclaimed annual fresh hop festival, which took home a silver medal for Best Beer Festival at the Oregon Beer Awards, will offer over 40 fresh hop beers from 30 different breweries, along with food vendors and live music.
Columbia Lot, 12-7 pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29
Killer Pumpkin Fest
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Get into the Halloween spirit with pumpkin beers, storytelling, costume contests, axe throwing, and even pumpkin smashing at this free and all-ages event. Sales benefit UKANDU, a volunteer-driven nonprofit whose mission is to "bring joy, hope, and connection to communities impacted by childhood and adolescent cancer."
Rogue Eastside Pub & Pilot Brewery, 12-11 pm