Oregon Brewers Festival

Oregon Brewers Festival
Oregon Brewers Festival
Oregon Brewers Festival, 2007.jpg
The festival in 2007
Begins Thursday before last full weekend in July[1]
Ends Last Sunday in July
Frequency Annual
Location(s) Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon
Years active Since 1988
Participants 80,000 (2011)[2]

Oregon Brewers Festival (OBF) is a four-day craft beer festival held annually since 1988 at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Oregon.[1] In addition to beer, OBF features food vendors, live music, as well as exhibits from hop growers, home brewers, breweriana collectors, and others.

Each invited brewery brings one beer.[1] Admission is free; to sample the festival's beers, attendees purchase that year's plastic OBF mug as well as one or more $1 beer tokens—each token is good for a sample, while a full pour costs four tokens.[1][3] OBF features a root beer garden, which offers free root beer for designated drivers and minors; the latter must be accompanied by a parent.[3]

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History

Live music was introduced in 2001.[4] In recent years OBF has anchored a month of beer-related festivals in Portland, including the North American Organic Brewers Festival, the Portland International Beerfest, and the Great American Distillers Festival.[5]

The 2011 Oregon Brewers Festival featured 85 craft beers from 14 states; it attracted 80,000 people, a record for the festival.[2] Nearly 2,000 volunteers worked at the festival, selling tokens and pouring beer, among other tasks.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "FAQ". Oregon Brewers Festival. http://www.oregonbrewfest.com/index2.php?p=faq. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  2. ^ a b c Culverwell, Wendy (August 2, 2011). "Brew Fest breaks attendance record". Portland Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2011/08/brew-fest-breaks-attendance-record.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  3. ^ a b Perry, Douglas (July 24, 2008). "Brewers Fest FAQ: What you need to know". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2008/07/brewers_fest_faq_what_you_need.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  4. ^ Miller, Trisha; Schrag, John (July 11, 2001). publisher= Willamette Week "Beer Wars". News Buzz. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-187-news_buzz.html publisher= Willamette Week. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  5. ^ Watts, Joseph (June 25, 2008). "Brew Fest breaks attendance record". Willamette Week. http://www.wweek.com/portland/print-article-9167-print.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 

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