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‘Something unique’ at Seaside brew fest
Cannon
Beach well-
represented at
beer festival
By R.J. Marx
Cannon Beach Gazette
The “brotherhood of brew-
ers” was on display at the
Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center Saturday for the
Pouring at the Coast craft
beer festival. Beer fans from
throughout the Pacific North-
west grabbed a glass and had
a sip at the fest, presented by
the Seaside Chamber of Com-
merce. This was the eighth
year for the event.
“This event is huge,” Lo-
gan Marks of Stickmen Brew-
ing Co., based in Lake Oswe-
go, said. “For a brewery our
size, it means the world.”
Marks was pouring Stick-
men’s F1 IPA. “We dry-hop
it twice,” he said. “It’s super
aromatic, with a nice fruity
body.”
Brent Nygard from River-
Bend Brewing Co. poured an
oatmeal stout and an IPA.
A small Bend brewery
with a capacity of only 5,000
barrels, Nygard said the Sea-
side festival allows his brew-
ery “to reach out and get our
beers out there.”
Local brews
Participants from Astoria
included Fort George Brew-
ery and Public House, Buoy
Beer Co., Wet Dog Brewery,
Reach Break Brewing and
Rogue Ales and Public House.
The South County was repre-
sented by Seaside Brewing
Co., and Pelican Brewing and
Public Coast Brewing, both of
Cannon Beach.
Dan Hamilton founded
Buoy Beer in the garage of
his house in Seaside. “It’s a
fantastic thing to see craft
beer really bring people out,”
Hamilton said. “We’ve got
people of all ages and all
taste-bud sets.”
Hamilton said Buoy Beer
focuses on traditional Europe-
an lager beers and Northwest
ales. “We have some proto-
cols in the brew house that
border on philosophy,” Ham-
ilton said. “We use extreme-
ly clean yeast strains. The
brewers are very dedicated to
making sure the beers are ab-
solutely balanced.”
Shaun Barrick, head brew-
er with Astoria Brewing Co.,
said of Astoria’s six brewer-
ies: “We all kind of fill a dif-
ferent niche in the market and
get along great, so the more
the merrier, as far as I can
see. Craft beer is such a great
boon. It helps keep dollars in
local communities, it provides
jobs and a great outlet for cre-
ative energy.”
Barrick showcased the
company’s Harbor Coffee
Cream Ale and Slack Tide
IPA.
Far and wide
One of the most creative
pouring stations — and cer-
tainly the one with farthest
distance traveled — was Mel-
vin Brewing from Jackson
Hole, Wyoming.
Co-founder and “Field
Hoperative” Jeremy Tofte
high-fived customers and
donned an animal costume
— moose? bear? donkey? —
while beeristas offered tast-
ings of Melvin’s 2X4 Dou-
ble IPA, winner of “a bunch
of gold medals all over the
world,” according to Tofte, a
Portland State University grad
who described Jackson Hole’s
brew scene as “burgeoning.”
Tofte is on the fast track for
celebrity — he’s profiled in
this week’s issue of the na-
tional Men’s Journal maga-
zine.
‘A destination’
So what is it that brings all
these superstars from far and
wide to Seaside?
“The coast is a destination
and the people who live here,
we’re superentrenched in our
communities,” Seaside Brew-
ing Co. owner Jimmy Griffin
said. “We’re here to stay and
PHOTOS DAMIAN MULINIX/EO MEDIA GROUP
Beer-related T-shirts were not hard to find Saturday during the Pouring at the Coast event in Seaside.
FAR LEFT, An attendant
from Pelican Brewing pours
a glass of Kiwnda Cream
Ale Saturday during Pour-
ing at the Coast in Seaside.
‘We’re
superentrenched in
our communities.
We’re here to stay
and we just pour
ourselves into
these beers.’
LEFT, Wearing an elephant
mask on his head that echoed
the logo of the brewery he
owns, Jeremy Tofte of Melvin
Brewing waits on customers
at Saturday’s Pouring at the
Coast craft beer event at the
Seaside Convention Center.
Jimmy Griffin
Seaside Brewing Co. owner
we just pour ourselves into
these beers.”
Will Leroux of Public
Coast Brewing, the newest
entry to the beer scene in Can-
non Beach, poured a tangerine
IPA and a blonde ale.
“I was a chef for about
30 years,” Leroux said. “I’ve
been brewing for about 1 1/2
years and everybody has wel-
comed me with open arms.
It’s a brotherhood, not a com-
petition.”
Is there a particular North
Coast brewing style?
“As a region, people sense
we really care about what
we’re doing and the quality
of these beers,” Griffin said.
“You’ve got to be a weird
duck to live on the north Or-
egon Coast. It’s not a normal
thing. So we’re not normal
brewers. And we make beers
that aren’t normal either. Peo-
ple are really drawn to that.
“I think the North Coast
scene is exploding because
it’s unique,” he added. “It’s
got its own flavor. It’s very
eclectic.”
And the winner?
The People’s Choice win-
ner was Wild Ride Brewery
for its Nut Crusher Peanut
Butter Porter, the second year
in a row this beer has won and
third year in a row that the
Wild Ride Brewery has tak-
en the People’s Choice award
home.
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