Portland Fruit Beer Festival Taplist Announced & Behind-the-Scenes Making of video Released

Raspberry Sour will slap you in the face with raspberry tartness then slaps you again with an undeniable sourness. It ends refreshing and dry daring you to take another drink.

ABV: 5%

IBU: 4

Huckleberry Hound is a light bodied, sessionable India Pale Ale with a new twist…. HUCKLEBERRIES! Take German Pilsner malt, American hops, an ale yeast strain, northwest huckleberries, artfully brew with them and you will have this amazing beer. This isn’t any wimpy fruit beer, it really is an IPA with 6.5% ABV and 55 IBU”S. It is just the perfect beverage to kick off the warm days of summer, whether you are out in the mountains gathering berries or relaxing on the river. Just watch out for the black bears.

Malts: 2-Row, Pilsner. Hops: Millenium, Simcoe, Amarillo, Cascade

ABV: 6.5%

IBU: 55

Ching Ching is a whimsical take on a German Berliner Weisse. It is effervescent with a Swee Tart tanginess. Pomegranate and hibiscus make this a perfect summer thirst quencher that just might push the boundaries of what you consider beer. Bronze medal winner at the Great American Beer Fest 2011.

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: 4

Farmhouse style ale brewed with Pilsner malts, Palm Sugar and Nelson Sauvin Hops. Conditioned with yellow papaya and blended with a one year old barrel of Ferme de la Ville Provisions.

Raspberry Tart Ale. Red to brown in color, 12.5lbs per barrel raspberry pitched into the fermentation. Influenced by Belgium sour brown and Flanders red.

ABV: 6.2%

IBU: 12

A malty golden ale made with whole strawberry rhubarb pies (crust included) in the mash, kettle, and fermentor.

ABV: 6%

IBU: 20

An Imperial stout brewed with 44 pounds of Belgian chocolate and 400 pounds of strawberries aged in Pacific Rum barrels

Light colored, full bodied saison. The spicing and fruit additions should be refreshing and be indicative of Vietnamese cooking.

ABV: 5.75%

IBU: 16

Raspberry Stout. Deep velvet chocolate malt decadence folded with delicate raspberries. This stout combines two of life’s finer flavors into drinkable glory.

ABV: 9.5%

IBU: 65

A tart and refreshing wheat beer. Festina is fermented with loads of peaches and makes a great summertime thirst quencher.

ABV: 4.5%

Gluten-free with gusto. The hints of molasses and pit-fruit in this sorghum-based beer are balanced by vibrant strawberry and honey notes.

Light. Refreshing. Good.

Yuzu’s is made with 100% pale malt, Turbinado sugar and Belgian Golden ale yeast. Bittered with Magnum and finished with Styrian Goldings hops. Organic dried lemon peel is added at the end of the boil, and yuzu juice is added both pre- and post-fermentation. Starting gravity 12°P (1.048).

ABV: 4.5%

Our Corvaller Weisse fermented 100% in barrel, then refermented on stainless with fresh strawberries and local rhubarb.

South, a Strong Summer Fruit Ale Brewed simply, yet deftly with only Organic Pilsner malt, South is aged in Argyle Pinot Noir barrels for two months then conditioned in a bright tank with 100 pounds of frozen raspberries creating a stunning sunset hue that evokes tropical transcendance. The oak gives complexity to the body and a little Cascade and Amarillo are the spice that reminds us there can be bitterness in paradise.

ABV: 7.5%

IBU: Mild to Medium Bitterness (Note the qualitative rather than quantitative bitterness rating)

Back of my neck getting burnt and gritty. Imperial Black Saison aged with a myriad of chili peppers. A beer that will prepare you for the zombies, concrete and fire.

Belgian Golden Apple: 70% Organic 2 Row, 30% Organic Wheat, OG: 14. Apples are organic apples sourced from Hood River.

ABV: 6.5%

IBU: 10

Belgian Style Dark ale/dubbel. 18 Plato, Fruit is Hawaiian Cascara, i.e., the cherry off of the coffee bean.

ABV: 7.8%

IBU: 25

A blend of 3 different beers; Kick Axe fermented in Maryhill Winery Port barrels with tart cherries, Cherry Bomb, and Lompoc Wheat Wine. It has pleasant notes of vanilla and berry fruit, a light mouthfeel, and a tartness coming from the sour cherries.

ABV: 6%

A light lager flavored with lychee.

Our Valentine’s Day beer brewed with raspberries and rose-hips. Fermented with a French Saison yeast, a little tart, a little sweet, really delicious.

ABV: 7.5%

Renewale Robust Porter that has been aged in Heaven Hills Bourbon Barrels with cherries.

Bittersweet chocolate, caramel, pleasant fruity esters and a smooth malt creaminess combine to create a flavorful, drinkable and true-to-style Robust Porter. The bourbon barrels bring out vanilla and a hint of coconut while the cherries brind fruit to the nose and a subtle tartness.

ABV: 5.9%

IBU: 38

Orange Chocolate Porter. A creamy Chocolate Porter with hints of juicy oranges.

ABV: 6%

IBU: 20

The Levinator is a barley based bock brewed with Bavarian weisse yeast, lending the characteristic fruity and spicy character beers fermented with it are known for. It’s matured in two wine barrels with Oregon black currant puree for an extra fruity and snappy profile.

ABV: 7.2%

Gose is a traditional cloudy German style of beer that balances tart and slightly salty features with a soft malt background. Our unique take uses a healthy dose of Oregon-grown Marrionberries as well as organic dried Hibiscus flowers for a tart, floral profile with clove and coriander flavors to round it out. Goseanna! Original Gravity – 11.8o Plato. Fruit – Oregon-grown Marrionberries.

ABV: 5.4%

IBU: 15

Semi-Dry Cider, hand crafted in Oregon with all Northwest ingredients, The Bad Apple is a rich & bold cider with notes of fruit and vanilla. This complex cider is aged on brandy-cured Oregon White Oak. The Bad Apple is surely a cider to savor.

ABV: 10.5%

The Brookland Sour is a cherry cider, made with Oregon apples. The cherries used are tart and sour, and then the batch was dry oaked. Fermented with London ESB yeast, the juice was first infected with lactobacillus, to try and get as much sour flavors. The cider name comes from the original name of the neighborhood that Bushwhacker is located in.

ABV: 10.5%