Portland Beer Week Kickoff Weekend Events Preview
Portland Beer Week features 40+ events over 10-days from June 16 - 25th.
The return of Portland Beer Week in 2023 features the densest calendar of events since pre-pandemic years. The 10-day celebration of all things beery in Portland, Oregon runs June 16 - 25th with events held city-wide from outer eastside all the way to Beaverton.
Events big and small showcase small batch craft beers and the people that make them at various locations all around the city. Creative and unique food pairing experiences, chef driven collaborations,interactive tastings, concerts, block parties, street cookouts, festivals, and art openings are among the highlights.
There will be over 40 events held over the 10 days of PDX Beer Week, and the calendar is already filling up with more. Each event is a custom experience, many of them free to attend, some all-ages and others adults only. Indoor, outdoor, beer halls, beer gardens, and grilling parties.
Loyal Legion beer hall is the homebase for Portland Beer Week, hosting daily specials and discounted beers, plus special events like FatherFest, Dayapalooza, a Westward Single Malt Whiskey Stout Cask beer pairing, and a showcase of SW Washington breweries to name a few. Check out their full beer week schedule at https://loyallegionbeerhall.com/portland/news/
Block 15 Brewing has a series of unusual and fun events planned. Kicking off beer week with a pizza collaboration with one of Portland’s best pizzeria/bars Pizza Thief, who will be running a special beer week pie and Block 15 drafts for the entire 10 days of beer week. On Father’s Day June 18th Block 15 will be pairing their beers with cheesecake at Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom. And a Cellar-Bration, where Block 15 unearths 15 beers from their cellar and puts them on tap at Tiny Bubble Room in N. Portland takes place on Jun 17th.
Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom hosts 6/22 New Oregon Breweries Showcase, 6/23 Rye Beer Fest, 6/20 Beer & Tacos, and a 6/18 Father’s Day beer and cheesecake pairing event! This bottleshop/taproom on bustling SE Division has the bonus of a full side street closure for expansive street parties.
Portland Beer Week Kickoff Party at Pizza Thief- 6/16
Pizza Thief hosts Block 15 Brewing for a special Friday edition of their maker monday series where they invite beverage makers to collaborate on a special Sicilian-style slice of pizza with head baker Darby Adalco.
The special one-day only slice is the "NW White Pie" based on Block 15 founder Nick Arzner's all-time favorite snack of sourdough bread, cheddar, and fresh crab, washed down with a Pale Ale.
On tap:
Sticky Hands IPA
Blue Truck American Lager
Tropicolor Hazy IPA
Joy Pale Ale
Pizza Thief's Portland Beer Week celebration will continue all week at Pizza Thief & Bandit Bar with a Block 15 tap takeover and another special slice: Highway 99.
Hwy 99 is a popular fan-favorite slice from chef/baker Darby Adalco's who calls it his ode to the Central Valley of California where he grew up. Chile Verde & cream sauce, Monterey Jack cheese, braised pork shoulder, jalapeños, radish, cilantro and cotija
For the Win: Washington Breweries Celebrate Oregon Distribution Victory - 6/16
To commemorate the recent legal victory that now permits out-of-state breweries to self-distribute throughout Oregon, Saraveza is hosting a celebration for the victors to kick off Portland Beer Week on Friday, June 16th.
At the event “For the Win: Washington Breweries Celebrate Oregon Distribution Victory,” the North Portland bar will take over its taps with offerings from Fortside Brewing, Mirage Beer, Garden Path Fermentation, and Dwinell Country Ales – the Washington breweries that challenged Oregon last summer with a lawsuit alleging that state law discriminated against out-of-state breweries in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
The tap takeover-style event will run from 5 to 8 pm and feature a Q&A session about the lawsuit at 5:30 pm in the Bad Habit Room. Michael Dempster (Mirage), Justin Leigh (Dwinell), and attorney Judith Parker of J.A. Parker Law Firm, who served as local counsel in the lawsuit, will be in attendance to discuss the underlying lawsuit. A celebratory toast will be held at 7:00 pm.
Show Me Your Can(Art) - June 16
Array Bottle Shop & Taproom will host Show Me Your Can(Art) a visual beer showcase on Friday June 16, from 7-9 PM. Array will be featuring Kings & Daughters Brewing owner/artist Kacie McMackin, Ben Love of Gigantic Brewing Co., Dave Coyne artist and brewer at Obelisk Beer), Alex Ganum owner of Upright Brewing, and Charlie Devereux of VIA Beer, along with a few more special guests and artists.
Array will feature art from each of the breweries, with some available for purchase and our bud DJ Weedcoughs will set the background sounds.
On draft for the event are new IPAs from Kings and Daughters, VIA Beer, and Obelisk, along with a new citra pilsner from Gigantic Brewing and a couple more TBD on draft, as well as some gorgeous packaged beer from these incredible Oregon brewers.
Ecliptic Brewing’s concert and mini-beer fest featuring the musical talents of the craft beer industry live on-stage in the beer garden on Sat. 6/17. Beer specials from the performing brewery bands Breakside, Ruse, McMenamins, Stormbreaker, Unicorn Brewing & Ecliptic.
Breakside Woodlawn Block Party - 6/17
Celebrate 13 years of Breakside Brewing in Woodlawn with a block party anniversary for their original location. On Saturday, 6/17 Breakside invites the neighborhood out for an all-ages family-friendly block party with live music (Jay Ringer from 1-3pm, Gata Galactica from 4-5pm and Family Worship Center from 6-8:30), great food (beer brats, corn dogs, tacos, chicken strips), cold beer, jello shots, cocktails, wine, cider, bouncy slide for the kids, photo booth, lots and lots of fun.
Kölsch, a regionally specialty of Cologne that can only legally be brewed in the city to carry the name(as appellation d'origine controllee in wine), is Germany's answer to the British pale ale. It's pale straw color, subtle fruity flavors, and easy drinking character make it the perfect bier for summer drinking.
Portland’s premiere German beer bar PROST! will be featuring 4 Kölsch biers from Reissdorf, Gaffel, Früh, and Sion breweries (more TBA) that will be all served in the traditional .2L(6.76oz) kölsch stange, and delivered by kölsch kranz(special serving trays). Come spend the day with us sipping these fine biers just as they do in the streets of Cologne!
A Few More Upcoming PDX Beer Week Events:
FULL SCHEDULE OF 40+ EVENTS HERE
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