Today P and I went to the North American Organic Brewers Festival at Overlook Park. I had previously gone to this festival last year with John and Melanie (old post for 2008 here).
For the most part the festival was the same with the exception of more double token tastings which was ok I suppose. Some of them deserved it after tasting them (Samuel Smith’s Cherry ale for example).
After a few hours of wandering around we bumped into a couple that P knows from a happy hour meet-up group she runs, so we hung out with them under a spot they claimed in the large tent. This was a new and welcomed addition from last year since there really isn’t shade from the sun. I did end up burning my face, neck and badly burning my right arm (since it was holding beer all day). That was my fault since I stupidly forgot to put any sun screen on.
Here’s a list of the beers we tried:
Bison: Chocolate Stout (a Dry Foreign Style Stout)
Captured By Porches: Invasive Species IPA
Crannog Ales: Backhand Of God Stout
Dupont: Foret Saison
Eel River Brewing: Acai Berry Wheat
Elliott Bay Brewing: Organic Coffee Stout & Coffee Oatmeal Stout
Fort George Brewery: Spruce Ale
Hopworks Beer: Hopworks Organic IPA & Cascadian Dark Ale
Lakefront Brewery: Organic Coffee Stout
MateVeza: Yerba Mate IPA (one of the more interesting beers)
Nelson: After Dark
New Old Lompoc: Bald Guy Brown Ale
Oakshire Brewing: Overcast Espresso Stout
Pike Brewing Company: Monk’s Uncle
Samuel Smith: Organic Strawberry Ale & Organic Cherry Ale (definitely our favorites of the day)
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing: People’s Porter
Standing Stone Brewing: Oatmeal Stout (on nitro)
Wandering Aengus: Heirloom Blend Cider
Wolavers: Pat Leavy’s Ale (American Amber Ale)
I feel like I’m leaving a beer or three out of the list, but I can’t be held accountable for losing track after all of those.
Aside from the beer they had a few food tents set up. P didn’t want any of the food tey offered, but I did buy two different items from a veggie tent. I had the vegetarian Italian meatball sub and the vegetarian Philly cheese steak. The “meatball” sub was actually pretty good, but the Philly cheese steak wasn’t close to what I remember them tasting like. It wasn’t bad, but I’d probably not choose it again if there were other options.
Next up we’ll be at the Oregon Brewfest!
