Beer Around Town

Well, the Oregon Brewers Festival is wasting no time in getting organized. Here we are the first week in March, over 4 months away and they are already posting an early list of what will be pouring at the fest this year. Here is a link to the site.

Oregon Brewers Festival 2010 Beer List

While far from final a couple are already standing out:

1. The Bruery 7 Grain Saison – if this is anything like Saison Rue I may just camp in this line over and over.

2. Surly Bitter Brewer – From the few experiences I’ve had with Surly I’ve been impressed, and well, lets just say a well made bitter would be nice in the hot summer.

3. Goose Island Sofie – A brett saison aged in wine barrels. I was lucky enough to try this in the past year, very nice.

4. Riverport, Natian, Mt. Emily, Great Northern – All new breweries to the fest, so I’ll be looking to try my first offerings from them.

5. More diversity in styles – Just browsing the half way completed list I’ve already noticed a more varied selection of styles. Lets hope that trend continues and we don’t end up with 75% of the beer with India in the title.