17th Annual Lighthouse Brewfest
- Lighthouse Brewpub |
- Saturday, August 18, 2012
- 11 a.m. 'til late |
- Free admission |
- All ages welcome; 21 & over to drink the ales
About 17th Annual Lighthouse Brewfest
It's a party at the coast! Woooo-hooooo! At this summertime, near-the-beach, bring-your-sunblock brewfest, each McMenamins brewery creates its own distinct craft beer style while the Lighthouse serves up food and drink specials and brewery tours all day long. It's big fun.
As part of the annual tradition, the brewfest kicks off weeks earlier with the "Vallancing Act" (named for former Lighthouse brewer Rob Vallance) during which each participating McMenamins brewer picks a number. Then beer styles are pulled from a Portland Timbers hat to correspond to that number. The brewers are then required to brew an original recipe in that style.
Each participating brewery is also asked to submit a tiny image to represent their particular brew. This collection of "Tiny Brewer Art," always amusing if not befuddling, is displayed in the festival booklet provided to patrons, along with descriptions of the beers. McMenamins also unveils a new Mighty Beer Atom each year – a mighty beer atom is our in-house graphic symbol or totem representing the creative spirit and energy of brewers and brewing. That is what it started out as and what it remains today. The 2012 Beer Atom was designed by Lighthouse employee Matt Stallings.
Presenting the selection of beers on tap for the 2012 Lighthouse Brewfest:
John Barleycorns (Tigard, Ore.)
Southsider Oatmeal Pale Ale (on nitro)
Concordia Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Weiss-Guy Wheat
Cornelius Pass Distillery (Hillsboro, Ore.)
Small Dog Session Lager
Crystal Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Tooth & Nail English Pale
Mill Creek Brewery (Mill Creek, Wa.)
Infra-Black Black IPA
Edgefield Brewery (Troutdale, Ore.)
Wit Wedding Belgian
Fulton Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Sweet Briar Golden Ale
High Street Brewery (Eugene, Ore.)
Midtown Brown Ale
Highland Brewery (Gresham, Ore.)
Turbo Boost IPA
Hillsdale Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Sir Reginald Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Lighthouse Brewery (Lincoln City, Ore.)
Uncle Rudy’s Dunkelweizen
Oak Hills Brewery (Portland, Ore.)
Old World Baltic Porter
Old St. Francis Brewery (Bend, Ore.)
Black Scratch Spiced Porter
Roseburg Brewery (Roseburg, Ore.)
Kickin’ Pale Ale
Queen Anne Brewery (Seattle, Wa.)
Pickelweasel India Session Ale
Thompson Brewery (Salem, Ore.)
Berry Dark Boysenberry Stout
West Linn Brewery (West Linn, Ore.)
Cajun Cornbread Amber Ale
Vancouver on the Columbia Brewery (Vancouver, Wa.)
What’s Wheating Gilbert Grapefruit Wheat
McMenamins on Monroe (Corvallis, Ore.)
Golden Oaks Golden Ale
Old Church Brewery (Wilsonville, Ore.)
Ludwig’s 1810 Oktoberfest
