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august6
2015
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Another Round: More Words of Wisdom About Beer
By Scott Laird
Roadhouse Brewfest
I had the pleasure
of
attending
the 14 th Annual
Roadhouse Brewfest
at
McMenamins
Cornelius Pass Roadhouse on Saturday,
July 18 th . This is the first year I’ve
made it after promising myself to attend
for several years, and what a pleasant
surprise!
This small, low key event was
a sharp contrast to some of the other
larger outdoor summer brewfests that
the Portland region is known for.
For this festival brewers from
several
McMenamins
properties,
including the Crystal Brewery, Edgefield
Brewery, John Barleycorns, and of
course the hosts at the Roadhouse, made
up some special brews. The Edgefield
Winery also sent along three ciders.
Last year the Roadhouse invited several
other neighboring westside brewers
to participate and that new tradition
continued this year with brews from Fort
George in Astoria; Three Mugs, Ambacht
and Vertigo Brewing all from Hillsboro;
and Heater Allen from McMinnville.
Also on tap were Hopworks, Oakhills,
Burnside, and Ecliptic from Portland,
along with cider from Reverend Nat’s
Hard Cider in Portland and 2 Towns
Ciderhouse in Corvallis. Several of the
brewers provided special barrel-aged
kegs just for the festival.
There were 19 different choices
in all, making this a decent sized brewfest
when you get down to it.
The atmosphere was relaxed
and comfortable with lots of shade trees
and grassy areas for lounging, which
was nice since the temperature was 98
degrees when we arrived at 6:30 pm.
There was food for sale,
including bratwursts and
burgers, and festival
goers were also welcome
to wander the property
and grab one of the
numerous picnic tables in
the seating area adjacent
to Imbrie Hall, the
Roadhouse restaurant,
and order from the full
menu.
Brewery
and
Distillery tours were
available during the
day and there was live music from
two different bands under a large tent
including McMenamins favorites The
Freak Mountain Ramblers.
The best part of this festival,
after the awesome selection of brews,
which I’ll get to in a minute, was the
price. Admission was just $17, which
includes 10 tasting tokens and a beautiful
festival glass.
Wait, wait... it gets better. At
the Roadhouse Brewfest they pour 4 oz.
tasters for a single token, not the usual 2
oz. like most brew fests, which stretched
your tokens twice as far! You could also
get an 8 oz. pour for 2 tokens and a full
12 oz. glass for 3 tokens. Additional
tokens could be purchased for $1.50.
OK, about the beer and cider.
The brewers at the Roadhouse had an
amazing Crow Barrel-Aged Double
R
IPA, aged in their own distillery’s Billy
Whiskey barrels. The barrel aging
really smoothes out the hoppiness to
make a delicious and big beer. The
Edgefield Brewery sent a Double Barrel
Baltic Porter, aged in two
different whiskey barrels,
a malty brew with lots of
chocolate, toffee, vanilla
and oak flavors. The
Roadhouse Brewery also
had Sunbow Blonde on
tap, a light, summery, and
very drinkable ale.
Summer beers were
obviously what this fest
was about. There were
several IPAs on tap, a
Pilsner from Heater Allen,
an interesting Pie Cherry Dark Ale
from Ambacht, a Tropical “Key Lime”
Blonde from Vertigo, Booty Back Lager
from Fort George, and a Gin Barrel-
Aged Gose from Burnside. Rhino Red
from the Crystal Brewery and Oak Hills
Mexi-Revolution Porter rounded out the
beer selection.
With the extra hot weather
the ciders were a popular choice. The
Edgefield ciders included their Estate
Cider, Hard Cider and their delicious
Black Cherry Cider. Reverend Nat’s
also sent an Apple Cider and 2 Towns
sent Made Marion Marrionberry Cider.
This was an excellent brewfest
with a little bit of everything, making it a
great all around experience and a “can’t
miss” for next summer.
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