SNOB Stuff

Become a member! SNOB (Support Native American Beer) and the Oregon Brewers Guild can use your support. Call Brian at 503-288-2739 or email him at brian@oregonbeer.org. Thanks to the Oregon Brewers Guild for the following information.

SNOB party for the 1000th SNOB and prize package entry for all new members and renewals between 3/31 and 04/29, 2006. If you are going to attend please RSVP to Brian@oregonbeer.org or call 503-288-2739

Membership month will end Saturday 4/29/2006 at 3:00 p.m. at Concordia Ale House, 3276 NE Killingsworth. Anyone who renews their membership between now and April 29th will be entered into a drawing to win a fabulous prize package to be drawn on April 29th at Concordia Ale house at 3:30 p.m. There will be free food, specially selected and priced beers from Oregon microbreweries such as Roots, Laurelwood, BJ's, Amnesia and perhaps a few others. We will cut off entry at 3:00 p.m.

Please RSVP if you are going to attend.

Hope to see you there.

Guild Gathering for May
The Guild gathering for May will be at the Lucky Lab Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby on May, 20th 2006. Long time Lucky Lab Brewer Dave will be there and he will introduce his Maibock and offer brewery tours. The May Guild gatehering will be at Lucky Lab, 1945 NW Quimby from 1-4 503-517-4352.

Upcoming Events

June Guild Gathering

The June Guild gathering will be at the Raccoon Lodge, June 24th from 1-4 p.m. at 7424 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale HWY, 503-296-0110. This will be part of their Summer Solstice celebration and Brewer Ron Gansberg will be on hand for brewery tours and he will probably bring out some cool beers for this event.

New Releases

Dechutes Brewery:

They have released two new beers in 12 oz bottles, Buzzsaw Brown and Inversion IPA. They have also released as part of their Bond St. series the Broken Top Bock in 22 oz. bottles.

Raccoon Lodge .

They will release their Farmhouse Brown today, April 21st, 2006. This is a beer made in the Saison farmhouse style from Belgium. Farmhouse Brown is fermented with La Chouffe Ardennes yeast with a secondary lactic acid fermentation in oak barrels. Reminiscent of the very rare in these parts, Moinette Bruin. Get it while you can.

Rogue Ales

Rogue is always doing something new, and for Fathers Day this year they are releasing Dad'sLittle Helper Malt Liquor. Available in bottles and on draft at the pub, this beer honors Sonora Smmart Dodd who organized the first Father's Day celebration on June 19th, 1910. If your dad drank malt liquor, Rogue is here to let you know this is not your dad's malt liquor. Brewmaster John Maier has made this beer with 40% corn, lightly hopped with Oregon's own Crystal hops then lagered at a warmer temperature to bring out the sweetness of the corn.