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The Whisky Extravaganza
2016-11-11 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Rainier Club, 820 Fourth Avenue , Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
Join us for a dram packed evening featuring the most prestigious single malts, premium Scotch and other unique whiskies in joyous camaraderie. Unlimited samplings, epicurean dinner, premium cigars, souvenir sniffer and more.
Event details:
Tickets are priced at $150 for non-members and $135 for members. Members need to call for promo code. Non-members will receive a 10% discount for parties 8 and up.
Registration begins at 7 pm and the event will conclude at 9:30 pm.
Business casual dress code. No denim or athletic attire.
Friday, November 11, 2016
Location: The Rainier Club, 820 Fourth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104
For more information, please visit www.thewhiskyextravaganza.com or call (954) 749-8123.
*Must be 21 years of age. Tickets are non-refundable. The Whisky Extravaganza endorses responsible drinking.*

Olympic Peninsula Harvest Wine & Cider Tour
2016-11-11 - 2016-11-13 | OR
It’s that colorful time of year when the sun slants lower on the horizon, the air is crisp and the harvest is ready for reaping. The Olympic Peninsula Wineries invite you to share the season’s bounty paired with wine and cider releases that will complement your holiday table. Come to the annual Harvest Wine & Cider Tour, November 11 – 13, Veterans’ Day Weekend, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Locally harvested oysters, locally foraged mushrooms, wild-caught smoked salmon croquettes, and turkey pumpkin chili are just some of the savories you’ll enjoy, along with fresh warm apple cake and other seasonal sweets. Hot cider cocktails, cranberry mead and Cranberry Jubilee wine will put you in the holiday spirit!

Online tour tickets are $35.00 (plus a service fee) or $40.00 at the door of each winery. A commemorative wine glass, wine tasting and food pairings are included in the ticket price. Visitors without tour tickets will be charged a $7.00 tasting fee at each winery. Children are permitted in the tasting rooms, however visitors must be 21 years old to purchase a ticket and participate in wine tasting.

Wine Tour Highlights
Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Chimacum, is celebrating the harvest season at its new Cider Garden with special release craft ciders from its organic orchard, and hot toddies featuring its Spirited Apple Wine. Sweet seasonal treats will be provided by Sugar Hill Confections. Visitors can walk the paths through Finnriver’s 50 acre farm and orchard and soak up the season with Chimacum Valley views and fresh farm air.

Marrowstone Vineyards, located in Nordland (Marrowstone Island), has invited Alexa from Sol Food to whip up some tasty, savory, finger foods. There will also be chocolate from PT Chocolate Company, and of course, Mt. Townsend Creamery cheese and cracker plates for sale that pair exquisitely with Marrowstone’s delicious, seasonal wines.

In Port Townsend, FairWinds Winery is hosting a Harvest Seattle Seahawks Celebration! Start your visit with a tasting of their limited-released Merlot bottled especially for this Harvest Tour/Seahawks weekend, as well as FairWinds’ other award-winning wines. Play the winery’s football game to win Seahawk prizes! Enjoy harvest treats! The venue is decked out in harvest and Seahawk themes — all for your pleasure and fun! Not to be missed!

Baby, it’s going to be cold outside, so stop by Alpenfire Cider in Port Townsend for hot cider cocktails, alcohol-free hot cider and coffee. Mt. Townsend Creamery’s Red Alder cheese will be served raclette style on a slice of Pane de Amore baguette. There will also be fresh, warm apple cake to sample along with Alpenfire’s traditional ciders. Vinegars and shrubs will be available to taste and purchase for holiday gifts. Cheers!

Also in Port Townsend, Eaglemount Wine & Cider is celebrating the bounty of the harvest season with several new releases, including Eaglemount Red, Syrah, Ginger Cider, and Cranberry Mead (its seasonal selection, made with Washington-grown cranberries from Starvation Alley Farms). Samples of experimental ciders not yet in production will also be available. Come experience the cider-making process with footage of Eaglemount’s production crew hard at work harvesting apples, grinding and pressing, fermenting, and bottling their small-batch, artisan ciders.
In Sequim, Wind Rose Cellars is excited to partner with Alderwood Bistro, which will be providing focaccia bread loaded with a bounty of harvest goodies. Stop in and see which wines will be paired. Sunday will feature a special treat! Wind Rose’s Sauvignon Blanc will be paired with locally harvested oysters from Sequim Bay. The winery will be pouring five wines for the Harvest Tour: Pinot Grigio; Sauvignon Blanc; Dolcetto (new release); Malbec; and Barbera. These wines will be on special during the event. There will also be a VIP bar where visitors can spend time with the winemaker one on one, taste additional wines and hear all about the winemaking process and philosophy that goes into making award-winning wines. On Saturday night, Wind Rose will host a local blues group, the “Malcolm Clark Trio.” Music starts at 7 p.m. and goes until 9 p.m. Come early to find a seat!
In Port Angeles, Olympic Cellars’ tour theme is Thanksgiving. The winery will feature wines specially selected for the holiday table. Lemberger is the perfect wine to pour with a turkey dinner. It’s bright and flavorful, light enough that it won’t overpower the delicate flavor of turkey and the acidity works well with all the rich side dishes. Neuharth’s Legacy Magnum will also be available for tasting. There are still a few cases of this very special wine left. One of Olympic Cellars’ most popular fall wines is the Cranberry Jubilee. Usually it is sold out by the time November rolls around, but this year the winemaker made extra. Chef Michael from Kokopelli Grill in Port Angeles will create a delicious turkey soup, with turkey smoked in his newly built BBQ smoke house. Nash’s vegetables will round out the flavors. Samples of the soup will be available for tasting in the Gathering Room. For dessert, My Sweet Syrah paired with Yvonne’s chocolate.

Camaraderie Cellars, Port Angeles, is celebrating its 25th harvest — 25 years of making great wine in a beautiful place. The winery will feature some newly released wines such as Tempranillo, its new Madrona blend and also some well-aged varietals to recall years gone by. Harvest tastes will include Turkey Pumpkin Chili (back by popular demand) and a harvest savory scone. Because Camaraderie celebrates the bounty of life found in food, wine and friends and to celebrate its 25th harvest, special discounts on wines will be available and each purchase will include a sample of Chef Steve’s Wine Club recipes.
While the main focus is producing mind-blowing wines at Port Angeles’ Harbinger Winery, Winemaker Sara Gagnon and her crew believe strongly in the beauty and goodness of locally grown and prepared foods. In theme with the celebration of the bounty they will be serving up locally foraged wild mushrooms, wild-caught “Smoked Salmon Croquettes,” and organic pumpkin that is an experience. Think of it as a palatial tour of the northwest bounty — 100% local, 100% delicious! These dishes have been prepared to match exceptionally with Harbinger wines. And no harvest would be complete without experiencing the versatility of the 2015 Rose’ and 2011 El Jefe’. The Harbinger crew doesn’t want to give up all the secrets, so visitors will just have to stop by and see for themselves all that is in store. The winery is excited to share this gastronomic occasion!
For more information, visit www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org.

The Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience
2016-11-11 - 2016-11-13 | OR
Forward-Thinking Prosser Wine Network Unrolls This Year’s Second Inaugural Wine Country Event: Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience
PROSSER, Wash.—October 24, 2016 —The Prosser Wine Network, a non-profit wine organization formed in Spring, 2014, is charging full-steam ahead with the promotion of wine country tourism in the “Birthplace of Washington Wine” of Prosser, Washington. On the heels of the successful Bottles, Brews and Barbecues event held June 10-11, 2016, which attracted almost 1400 consumer participants, is the debut of the Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience, a three-day winery blitz happening this November 11, 12, 13.
The newest, area-wide event organized by the Prosser Wine Network, the Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience allows participants to be guest Wine Club members at the 17 wineries who are part of the Wine Club Experience weekend.
Prosser Wine Network President, Carolyn Knee, relays:
“The Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience weekend is a program designed to entice wine lovers to the Prosser area as well as showcase our hospitable, open-arms approach to wine country tourism.”
During the three-day tasting experience, consumers will have access to by-the-bottle and by-the-case wine discounts; special tastings; and VIP treatment throughout Prosser, WA wine country. It is free to participate in the Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience weekend. The only requirement is that Wine Club Experience guests have to be Wine Club members of one of the 17 wineries involved in the three-day wine-country promotion.
Seventeen wineries are part of the upcoming Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience weekend:

14 Hands Winery
Alexandria Nicole Cellars
Desert Wind Winery
The Hogue Cellars
Mercer Estates
Wit Cellars
Airfield Estates
Bunnell Family Cellars

Coyote Canyon Winery

Gamache Vintners
McKinley Springs
Milbrandt Vineyards
Willow Crest Winery
Barrel Springs Winery
Domanico Cellars
Columbia Crest
DavenLore Winery

Knee iterates:
“To have such a large number of wineries participating in the Wine Club Experience demonstrates the Prosser area’s approach to embracing wine tourism as a collective, as opposed to an individualized, marketing outreach.”
To participate in the Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience, participants are instructed to pick up their tasting card, first, at the winery they are a Wine Club member of. The Drink Prosser–Wine Club Experience event is a three-day long event from 11 AM – 5 PM, starting Friday, November 11 and through Sunday, November 13, 2016.
About the Prosser Wine Network:
The Prosser Wine Network is a non-profit, membership-based organization focused on the promotion of the Prosser wine community within its home in Southeast Washington state and beyond. The Prosser Wine Network aims to increase positive tourism experiences in the beautiful, historic and agricultural hamlet of Prosser via a number of events and philanthropic initiatives throughout the year. Twenty-three wineries, two breweries and eight non-drinks businesses are members of the Prosser Wine Network.

City Fruit’s 6th Annual Cider Taste Fundraiser
2016-11-10 18:00 - 21:00 | AXIS Pioneer Square, 308 First Avenue S, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
6TH ANNUAL CITY FRUIT CIDER TASTE FUNDRAISER TICKETS ON SALE
November 10, 2016 – Featuring Ten Cideries and Five All-Star Chefs
Evening Raises Funds for Local Program Dedicated to Making the Most of Seattle Fruit & Fighting Hunger
SEATTLE, WA (October 12, 2016) – Tickets are now on sale for City Fruit’s 6th Annual Cider Taste fundraiser on Thursday, November 10th at AXIS Pioneer Square (308 First Avenue S). Tickets are limited and must be purchased online at cityfruit.org/cidertaste.
All tickets include the event passport, souvenir glass, tastes from Washington cideries, and specially crafted and paired plates using the finest local produce. Cider cocktails will round out the evening.
Participating cideries include Alpenfire Cider, Tieton Cider Works, Snowdrift Cider Co., Finnriver Cidery, Whitewood Cider Co., Dragon’s Head Cider, Schilling Hard Cider, Seattle Cider Co., Nashi Orchards, and Woodinville Ciderworks.
This evening’s chef lineup features Lisa Dupar (Pomegranate Bistro), Renee Erickson (The Whale Wins), Tamara Murphy (Terra Plata), Holly Smith (Cafe Juanita), and Rachel Yang (Revel). Each chef will create small plate pairings to accompany the ciders. The evening will also feature a live auction, photo booth, and cider store!
All funds raised support City Fruit’s 2017 harvest and provides fresh, local fruit to over 50 food banks, meal programs, and homeless shelters. The evening makes a critical difference in our ability to harvest fruit, build community, and fight hunger. Fruit donated from City Fruit travels fewer than five miles and reaches thousands of families each year. This year, City Fruit is celebrating the harvest of more than 46,000 pounds of fruit – another record breaking year for the organization!
Purchase tickets and learn more at cityfruit.org/cidertaste. Share the Facebook event here and follow our chef and cidery series this month on the City Fruit blog.
Ticket Information:
Individual ticket: $100
City Fruit Member ticket: $90
2 tickets + City Fruit Membership + 1-Year Subscription to Edible Seattle: $250

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City Fruit promotes the cultivation of urban fruit in order to nourish people, build community and protect the climate. We help tree owners grow healthy fruit, provide assistance in harvesting and preserving fruit, promote the sharing of extra fruit, and work to protect urban fruit trees.

Cornucopia - Whistler's Celebration of Food + Drink
2016-11-09 - 2016-11-20 | OR
“Cornucopia is the True North of food & drink festivals – a place of culinary reckonings, where the wild meets the refined and the epic and the epicurious come together.
This November, Cornucopia celebrates 20 years as Whistler’s homage to this rugged land of plenty, and there’s plenty on offer indeed. Embracing the palate, the plate, and the Pacific North West, Cornucopia is a promise of warmth and welcome to all-comers amongst a convivium of global taste-makers.
Relying on the raw and rugged backdrop of the Pacific Coast Mountains to cleanse the senses and focus the palate, Cornucopia shines a light on the craft and talent chefs, vintners, brewers and distillers bring to bear on the basic elements of civilization – grapes, hops, the fruits of the sea and the soil.
Winery dinners, grand tastings, culinary demonstrations and events, industry gatherings – including the brand new Cornucopia Wine Summit, all running alongside Cornucopia’s wellness microfestival, Nourish and the Cornucopia Kids cooking day, Cornucopia’s rich and wide-ranging 11 day and night program will deliver its fill of new discoveries and deeper connections with locally inspired and globally relevant ingredients, destinations, flavours and makers.
Witness the power of pairing – the primal and polished, the simple and the sophisticated, the disruptors and the discriminating – in a schedule packed with offerings that tear down the walls between kitchen and salon, back of house, back of truck and the long table, and brings farmers, fishers, chefs, brewers, vintners and connoisseurs together, united by taste and straight-up passion.
An 11 day festival of food + drink, Cornucopia brings together the wild and the refined, and puts the art of eating and drinking centre stage.
Cultivate passion. Open wide. Let your tastebuds run wild.”

2nd Annual WineCraft Harvest Auction
2016-11-06 13:00 - 16:00 | OR
Woodinville Wine Country, just 30 minutes east of Seattle and home to more than 100 wineries, announces the second annual WineCraft: Harvest Wine Auction on Sunday, November 6, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Columbia Winery. Wine enthusiasts and guests are invited to experience top-tier wines by Woodinville’s most prominent winemakers while enjoying live music and signature bites by The Barking Frog at Willows Lodge, The Commons, and Oil & Vinegar.
A “Raise the Paddle” auction will feature specialty reserve, new blends and limited- release wines as well as curated and personalized wine tasting and blending experiences from more than 20 wineries including Baer Winery, EFESTE, Chateau Ste. Michelle, J. Bookwalter, Lauren Ashton Cellars, Patterson Cellars and Gorman Winery.
Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Northshore Schools Foundation and its mission to support academic success for all Northshore students by funding academic programs.
“We are thrilled to be hosting WineCraft for another year and partnering with the Northshore Schools Foundation,” said Sandra Lee, executive director at Woodinville Wine Country. “Wine lovers throughout the region can sample the season’s top wines all while benefiting a great organization.”
Tickets are on sale now for $60 per person, and can be purchased at www.cellarpass.com/winecraft-harvest-auction-tickets-1829. For more information on WineCraft: Harvest Wine Auction, visit woodinvillewinecountry.com/winecraft-harvest-auction.

John Howie Steak’s Rare & Well Done Whiskey Tasting
2016-11-05 18:30 - 20:00 | OR
At John Howie Steak’s upcoming Rare & Well Done whiskey tasting on Nov 5th, Erik Liedholm will pour small sneak preview tastes of The Dark Door, Wildwood’s yet-to-be released bourbon. This is the one and only time the distillery’s first bourbon can be sampled before it is bottled and released to the public beginning in February 2018.
Rare & Well Done is a whiskey event unlike any other – a truly unique opportunity to taste 150 of the finest and most highly prized whiskies collected from around the world. Renowned distilleries will be on hand and guests can also taste from John Howie Steak’s extraordinary collection of the world’s best whiskies, scotches, bourbons and more. Executive chef Mark Hipkiss has prepared an amazing menu of fine bites that will compliment these rare spirits.
We are excited to offer this special opportunity to taste The Dark Door at John Howie Steak’s most anticipated event of the year. There are still some GA tickets left, but the VIP tickets are nearly sold out.
Ticket Information:
General Admission: $200
VIP Experience: $500
For more information check out the Faceboook Event or purchase tickets here.

Sippin' in the City
2016-11-04 17:30 - 20:30 | eighth & Main Bldg, 821 W. State St., Boise, ID, United States
“Break out from the everyday tasting, step away from the table and prepare yourself for a different type of tasting. Sip your way through Idaho’s best while tasting sweet and savory bites in the city.
Featuring all Idaho winemakers, tasty treats from Idaho’s coolest culinary artists and original local music.”

Hood Canal Harvest Season: Chef's Cider Dinner & Cider Tasting
2016-10-28 - 2016-10-29 | Alderbrook Resort & Spa, 10 E Alderbrook Drive, Union , WA, 98592, United States
Cidercraft Magazine has partnered with Alderbrook Resort & Spa to celebrate the Hood Canal Harvest Season with locally crafted hard cider paired with locally foraged, farmed and harvested culinary treats from the region.
On Friday, October 28th, Executive Chef, Josh Delgado, will showcase his expertise through pairings with locally made ciders in a 5 course dinner. $85 per person.
On Saturday, October 29th, sip cider from 13 Washington and Oregon cideries while savoring locally gathered fare including Hood Canal salmon, Skokomish Valley produce, Hama Hama oysters, paella and more.
Chef’s Cider Dinner: Friday, October 28th
Located in our Restaurant, 6-9PM, $85 per person
Executive Chef, Josh Delgado, will showcase his expertise through pairings with locally made hard ciders.
5 Course Hard Cider Dinner will be paired with local ingredients including:
Oakland Bay Mussels
Hood Canal Oysters
Northwest Kurobuta Pork
Quail
Washington Duck
Summer Hill Farms Fall Squash
Washington Apple & Chestnut Soup
Foraged Mushrooms
Cider Makers will attend the dinner and talk about their ciders from the following cideries:
Tieton Cider Works
Alpenfire Cider
Portland Cider Co.
Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider
Finnriver
Cider Tasting & Hood Canal Harvest: Saturday, October 29th
Located on our Waterfront Lawn & Olympic Ballroom, 12-4PM, Starting at $22 per person
Sip cider from 13 Washington and Oregon cideries while savoring local food including mushrooms, oysters, salmon and cheese.
Cideries:
Portland Cider Co.
Finnriver
Tieton Cider Works
Alpenfire Cider
Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider
Seattle Cider Company
Schilling Cider
Dragon’s Head Cider
Neigel Vintners NV Cider
Eaglemount Wine and Cider
Wandering Aengus Ciderworks & Anthem
Jester & Judge Hard Cider
Steelhead Cider
Local Food:
Paella House Port Townsend
Hama Hama Oyster Company
Humble Stump Farm
Alderbrook Resort & Spa
Purchase tickets for the Chef’s Cider Dinner, here.
Purchase tickets for the Cider Tasting, here.

Sip Northwest's 2016 Best of the Northwest Tap Takeover
2016-10-27 16:00 - 23:00 | OR
We tested, tasted and reviewed: now the Best of the Northwest beer and cider will be poured for YOU to be the judge!
Join us at the Sixgill in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood on Oct. 27 to celebrate Sip Northwest’s fifth annual Best of the Northwest beer and cider winners! With more than 20 different winning beers and ciders, kegs will be tapped and bottles will be popped at 4 p.m., splashing into glasses until the booze runs dry. Bonus: entry is free and bottles/drafts are priced accordingly.
Raffle ticket giveaways will be going on throughout the night and are sure to fill your closets and cupboards with gear from the winning producers, not to mention subscription deals to Sip Northwest magazine, the region’s premier voice on beverage. Brewers and cidermakers will be on-hand to chat with and cheers to the Best of the Northwest!
PARTICIPATING BREWERIES AND CIDERIES:
Full Sail Brewing Co.
Wander Brewing
Schooner Exact Brewing Co.
Hopworks Urban Brewery
Fort George Brewery
Boneyard Beer
Two Beers Brewing Co.
Wingman Brewers
Lucky Envelope Brewing
Fish Brewing
Cloudburst Brewing
Fish Brewing Co. Leavenworth Biers
7 Seas Brewing
Long Brewing
Montana Cider Works
Alter Ego
Finnriver
2 Towns
Seattle Cider
Flatbed Cider
Square Mile
Snowdrift

Behind the Bottle Harvest Dinner
2016-10-25 18:30 - 21:00 | OR
Chef of RN74, Ben Godwin, and not just one, but four esteemed winemakers are putting on the Behind the Bottle Harvest Dinner on Tuesday, Oct 25, 6:30 pm.
Celebrate crush season and some of Washington’s finest winners and winemakers Michael Savage (Savage Grace), Morgan Lee (Two Vintners), Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen (W.T. Vintners and RN74 sommelier) and Kevin White (Kevin White Winery) as they take guests through the nuances and backstories of their wines and wineries, following crush season.
Five-course menu, served family-style:
GRILLED MACKEREL
HORSERADISH, APPLE
W.T. Vintners Grüner Veltliner ‘Underwood Mountain’, Columbia Gorge 2015
HAM AND CHICKEN BALLOTINE
ANJOU PEAR, SOURDOUGH
Savage Grace Cabernet Franc ‘Copeland’, Ratlesnake Hills 2015
SMOKED PORK CHEEK
FENNEL, WALNUT
Kevin White La Fraternite, Yakima Valley 2014
ROASTED DUCK BREAST
HUCKLEBERRY, HISPI CABBAGE
Two Vintners Syrah Some Days Are Stones, Walla Walla Valley 2014
BABA AU RHUM
VANILLA, GRAPEFRUIT
Dinner with wine pairings $95 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity.
Reservations can be made at dcalle@rn74.com or 206.962.0452.
Michael Mina’s RN74 is located at 1433 Fourth Avenue, Seattle.

Beer Fest Benefitting the Oregon Brew Crew
2016-10-23 13:00 - 17:00 | Portland Brewing Company, 2730 NW 31st Ave, Portland, OR, 97210, United States
Kicking off the holiday season, Portland Brewing will hold its 3rd annual Fall Fest, benefitting Oregon’s oldest home brewing club, the Oregon Brew Crew. Enjoy a free beer tasting, and vote for your favorite home brew —16 home brewers are bringing 20 beers. Donate $10 to the Oregon Brew Crew and leave with a 6-pack of beer, donated by Portland Brewing. Fall Fest is a family friendly event featuring live music from the Hops & Honey String Band, raffles, food specials (kids eat free with an adult meal purchase) and kids activities.

Fall Fest also features the return of two Portland Brewing seasonal favorites — BlackWatch Cream Porter and MacTarnahan’s Fresh Hop Amber Ale. With cooler months ahead, these seasonals will keep imbibers warm. Back by popular demand, BlackWatch Cream Porter is an honorably smooth blend of Caramel, Black Roast, Wheat and Oats Malts, with Willamette and Northern Brewer hops, lending a subtle bitterness to the beer. “BlackWatch has always been a fan favorite,” says Portland Brewing’s Head Brewer Ryan Pappe. “There’s something comforting about sipping on a robust, dark beer while the rain pelts our city.” The beer comes in at ABV: 5.3% | IBU: 27

MacTarnahan’s Fresh Hop Amber Ale is another Portland Brewing favorite. Every year during harvest, the brewers head to Goschie Farms in Silverton, Ore. to pick wet Cascade hops. The fresh hops are rushed back to the brewery and added to MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale, resulting in refreshingly green flavors, with subtle and complex fruit notes. The wet Cascade hops are complemented by 2-Row Pale and Caramel malts. The beer comes in at ABV: 5.1% | IBU: 32

BlackWatch and Mac’s Fresh Hop Amber Ale are available for a limited time at the Portland Brewing Company Taproom and in stores and bottle shops throughout Oregon and Washington.

About Portland Brewing Company
Celebrating 30 years of passionate brewing in the Rose City, Portland Brewing looks ahead to a future of unwavering obsession over what our civilized world simply can’t live without: great beer. Founded in 1986, the brewery is one of Portland’s craft brewing pioneers and remains committed to the city for which it is named. Portland Brewing is located at 2730 NW 31st Ave., Portland, OR 97210. For more information about Portland Brewing Company, head to their website, Facebook and Twitter.

British Columbia Beer Awards 2016
2016-10-15 16:00 - 21:00 | Croatian Cultural Centre, 3520 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N, Canada
“The 7th Annual BC Beer Awards & Festival is set to return to Vancouver on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 4 – 9pm at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The signature consumer tasting event of BC Craft Beer Month, this festival celebrates the very best in craft brewing from across the province. A one-day only event, it features both the BC Beer Awards ceremony hosted by CBC’s Stephen Quinn and a craft beer festival with over 65 breweries and cideries. This year, awards will be presented for 30 categories, up from 20 last year. Awards include CBC People’s Choice Award, Richards Buell Sutton LLP Rookie of the Year Award and the Brewers Challenge. Last year the BC Beer Awards challenged Brewers to make our judges and event attendees “pucker up.” 2016 has been dubbed by the craft beer community to be the “Year of the Mild Beer” and we have challenged BC’s Brewers to create something mild, 4% ABV or less and still full flavoured. The Growler is hosting a Brewer’s Collaboration booth. Also returning to the festival will be our community booths, and craft beer focused vendors. Once the awards ceremony is over, we’ll have live music in the smaller second room provided by Paul Filek.”

BC Cider Week
2016-10-15 - 2016-10-22 | OR
“The NorthWest Cider Association, along with your local BC Cider producers, are really stoked to be bringing BC’s first Cider Week to you. This week long series of events will take place around the province, and with an opening festival at the start of CiderWeek. The festival is still being organized, so stay tuned. In attendance will be craft cider producers from BC, Washington and Oregon.”

More details to be coming soon.

CROSSTOBERFEST
2016-10-14 16:00 - 2016-10-15 22:00 | OR
“Crosstoberfest is a premiere event to reach beer enthusiasts and bike lovers throughout our region. The beer festival is on Saturday and will consist of lots of brewer’s tents regional and national marketing to bring as many silly fun fans out to share great suds, listen to tunes and watch the races.”

Hood River Valley Harvest Fest
2016-10-14 - 2016-10-16 | Hood River Event Site, Portway Ave, Hood River, OR, 97031, United States
This old-fashioned fall festival brings together more than 125 vendors offering local produce and food products, plus arts and crafts, wine, cider and beer tastings. Held along the scenic Hood River waterfront, this is the Columbia River Gorge’s biggest celebration of the region’s incredible fall bounty. Festival-goers can load up on boxes of Hood River favorites, including fresh pears, apples, pumpkins, berries, flowers, and a wide variety of local foods, from pies and jams to smoked salmon and chocolate covered cherries. There will be live music throughout the weekend as well as a kids activity area complete with bouncy houses, face painting, a petting zoo and more!

Prices:

Adults: $6 per day
Kids under 12: FREE
Seniors: $3 on Friday, $5 on Saturday and Sunday
Active military: $3 on Friday, $5 on Saturday and Sunday

Entertainment Schedule:

Friday 10/14
1:00 – 2:15pm – Larry & Raven (The Dalles, OR)
2:30 – 4:00pm – ThreeForm (Hood River, OR)
4:30 – 6:00pm – Jeff Carrell & Kenny Olsen (The Dalles, OR)

Saturday 10/15
11:00 – 12:15pm – Alonzo Garbanzo (Hood River, OR)
12:45 – 2:00pm – PT Barton (Husum, WA)
2:30 – 4:00pm – Greenneck Daredevils (Hood River, OR)
4:30 – 6:00pm – Tony Smiley (Vancouver, WA)

Sunday 10/16
11:00 – 12:15pm – Tracy Kias (Portland, OR)
12:30 – 1:45pm – Matt Mesa & Mark Reynolds (Hood River, OR)
2:00 – 3:15pm – Al & Nolan (The Dalles, OR)
3:45 – 5:00pm – Junebug Boys (Hood River, OR)
