Portland Fruit Beer Festival Announces Beer and Cider Lineup

May 21, 2018

With a few weeks to go, the Portland Fruit Beer Festival has announced 30+ fruit beers and ciders created for this year's event taking place June 8-10th as part of Portland Beer Week. This lineup features a lot of new breweries creating new one-offs like Great Notion Brewing, Claim 52, Modern Times, Level Beer, Montavilla Brew Works, and others with favorites like pFriem, Deschutes, Hopworks, and Fort George making return visits as well.

BREWERIES/BEERS:

Allegory Brewing - Sunshine SlammerFruits used: Passionfruit, Blood Orange, Pink GuavaDescription: Lacto Sour with Passionfruit, Blood Orange and Pink GuavaABV: 5.2% Breakside Brewery - Caribbean VacationFruits used: Orange, TangerineDescription: Inspired by the flavors of Caribbean cuisine: citrus, chile, nuts. We've created this golden pastry ale with orange and tangerine zest, toasted almonds, and a little fire from aji amarillo chilies.ABV: 6.2% Buoy Beer Company - Saison de GewürtzFruits used: Gewürztraminer GrapesDescription: A light, earthy saison brewed with Buckwheat. Aged for five months in Willamette Valley Pinot Noir barrels on blend of house cultures and then spiked with Oregon-grown Gewürztraminer juice. Notes of pineapple, mango and, well, grape juice.ABV: 4.9% Burnside Brewing - Lem and AdaFruits used: Strawberry Lemon GoseDescription: A slightly tart Gose style ale with strawberries, lemon zest and a cold side infusion of lemon aid5.2% Claim 52 Brewing - SkrrrrrtFruits used: Pineapple, PassionfruitDescription: Puree Gose brewed with coriander and Oregon sea salt. Conditioned on 840 pounds of pineapple and passion-fruit puree.ABV: 4.2 Culmination Brewing Co. - Sun Rey Tea RadlerAdjuncts Usesd: Lime, Ginger, Black TeaDescription: Our twist on a radler, Sun Rey, is a kettle sour based that is fermented with ginger and lime and then blended with a house soda made from Jasmine Pearl Tea Company’s Black Tea for a tart and refreshing summer beverage.ABV: 4.5% Deschutes Brewery - Sop Trop & KolschFruits used: Soursop & TangerineDescription: If you’re looking for light and refreshing… you found it. Crisp and clean with a light body and subtle bready notes from Bohemian Pilsner malt. Conditioned on Soursop and Tangerine puree offering notes of strawberry and pineapple with a hint of tartness.ABV: 4.8% IBU 25 Ex Novo Brewing - Cactus Wins the LotteryStyle: Berliner Weisse Style beerABV: 4.2% ABVIBU: 8Description: A sour Berliner Style Weisse beer, fermented with Prickly Pear Cactus fruit. Notes of puckering melon, extremely refreshing. 54° 40' Brewing Co. & Grains of Wrath Collaboration - Brass MonkeyFruits used: OrangesDescription: Drink Brass Monkey, here's how you feelYou put your left leg down, your right leg upTilt your head back, let's finish the cup!ABV: 7.7% Fort George Brewery - I Apricot Wait IPAFruits used: ApricotDescription: A classic IPA with a twist of sweet apricot to balance the bitterness. I cannot wait for Fruit Beer Festival to try I Apricot Wait IPA.ABV: 6.7% Gigantic Brewing - Gigantic & JuiceFruits used: pineapple, tangerine, grapefruitDescription: Gigantic IPA kicked up to the juiciest heights with pineapple, tangerine, grapefruit.ABV: 6.3% Great Notion Brewing - Blueberry MuffinFruits used: BlueberryDescription: This art and whimsical blueberry treat will remind you of your family's freshly baked blueberry muffins!ABV: 6% Hopworks Urban Brewery - Strawberry Milkshake IPAFruits used: StrawberryDescription: We blended berry-forward Australian hops with tropical Pacific NW hops for this fruity Milkshake IPA. We added lactose and apple pectin for added texture and we conditioned the beer on a mountain of strawberries. No brain freeze here, but this is certainly an ice cream dream come true.ABV: 7.4% Level Beer: Lemon Meringue PieFruits used: Lemons?Description: ?ABV: ? Lompoc Brewing - Cacao Cream AleFruits used: CacaoDescription: Brewed in collaboration with Repurposed Pod and Portland Fruit Fest. This Cream Ale has cacao juice added at the end of fermentation and aged on cacao nibs in the brite tank. 5.0% ABV Migration Brewing Co.- Manhattan TransferFruits used: Sweet and tart cherriesDescription: A Manhattan cocktail beer! Fermented entirely in freshly emptied rye whiskey barrels, heaps of sour and tart cherry were added along with vermouth-infused oak and botanicals to round out this classic cocktail beer.ABV: 7.9% Modern Times Beer - NectarnomiconFruits used: Apricot and CoconutDescription: This kettle soured miracle was packed w/ ridiculous amounts of apricot puree as well as coconut flakes & Madagascar vanilla bean.ABV: 3.6% Montavilla Brew Works - Black Cherry PorterFruits used: Black Cherry JuiceDescription: Bittersweet Chocolate Devil’s food cake meets Dark Cherry compote in a glass.6.4% ABV pFriem Family Brewers - Hazy Peach PaleFruits used: White Peach PureeDescription: A New England Style Pale Ale brewed with White PeachABV: 6.4% Reuben's Brews - Razzmatazz Raspberry Berliner WeisseFruits used: RaspberryDescription: A Berliner Weisse style beer fermented with raspberries. Crisp, refreshing, tart and balanced.ABV: 3.2% Ruse Brewing - Invisible MachineDescription: Invisible Machine is an Extra Pale Brut IPA brewed with Pinot Gris grapes and dry hopped with a bountiful amount of Mosaic.ABV: 6.2% StormBreaker Brewing - When I Froot, I Froot For The...Fruits used: Dragon Fruit, Buddah's Hand, Strawberry, and GuavaDescription: Our fruit beer rotator series is a Mosaic and Galaxy Dry Hopped Blonde Ale. Strawberry and Guava was generously added during fermentation, while Dragon fruit and Buddah's Hand was added after, seamlessly complimenting the rich, bright tropical notes of the hop profile. Game Day? Match Day? This beer is for any and all days!ABV: 5.2% Sunriver Brewing - Pineapple HazeFruits used: PineappleDescription: This New England style IPA combines barley, malted wheat and flaked oats with an abundance of juicy hops in hazy perfection. We then added over 80 pounds of pineapple puree for some tropical fruit complexity. Von Ebert Brewing - StarcloudFruits Used: StarfruitDescription: Hazy IPA with StarfruitABV: 7.1% Widmer Brothers Brewing Company - Strawbarbaric IRAFruits used: Strawberries, RhubarbDescription: An India Red Ale incorporating strawberries and rhubarb, accompanied by red fruit nuanced hops such as Hallertauer Hull Melon, Mandarina Bavaria, and a few others. These hops were chosen because they interplay beautifully with the fruit as well as accentuate it. Red-X malt, Munich and Dark Caramel Malt give this beer a solid malt backbone while the hops shine through dancing on the pallet harmoniously with the strawberries and rhubarb added.ABV: 6%

CIDERY/CIDERS:

Cider Riot! - Everyday PassionfruitFruits used: PassionfruitDescription: A trip to the tropics, this semi-dry cider is balanced with acidity from the addition of Passionfruit late in fermentation. Beautiful passionfruit aromas and flavor combine with that of fresh pressed NW apples.ABV: 6.0Finnriver Farm & Cidery - Berry & BardFruits used: Apples, Aronia Berries (and Rhubarb)Description: An heirloom blend of organic Washington apples come together with Aronia Berries grown from cultivars at Finnriver Farm and rhubarb sourced locally on the Olympic Peninsula. The tart berries bring depth, acid and a beautiful pink blush as rhubarb punctuates crisp green apple notes in this bright fruit cider.ABV: 6.7%Mission Cider - KIWIFORNIA100% Kiwi 7.7% ABV Made from Nothing other than Whole Cold Pressed Kiwi.Portland Cider Company - Guava HopaneroFruits used: Guava and AppleDescription: A juicy, tropical cider with deliciously fresh Guava, a touch of heat from Habanero peppers, and 100% NW apples! Hopped up with Citra & Mosaic hops for added tropical island fun and ending medium sweet.ABV: 6%Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider - Blood Orange Viva La PineappleFruits used: Pineapple and Blood OrangeDescription: A Fruit Beer Fest exclusive version of This cider is a blend of fermented fresh apple juice (sourced, like all the apples I use, from Oregon and Washington, but mostly Eastern Washington in the case of this cider), and unfermented fresh pineapple juice. A touch of spice is added (cinnamon and cloves and allspice) and it is not to be consumed by those allergic to pineapples.ABV: 6.9%2 Towns Ciderhouse - Easy PeasyFruits used: apples, meyer Lemon, RaspberriesDescription: Citrusy and refreshing, Easy Peasy will have you leisurely drifting your way through summer. Crafted with fresh-pressed Northwest apples, Meyer lemon, raspberries and soured with lactobacillus, it's summertime and the livin's squeezy!ABV: 5%