Pacific Northwest Brew Cup FestivalLyra Stone2024-08-07T11:39:27-07:00
Pacific Northwest Brew Cup 2024
September 20 - September 21
Pacific Northwest Brew Cup Festival
The 22nd Annual Pacific Northwest Brew Cup is returning September 20-21st at Heritage Square (beside the Garden of Surging Waves) with live music, 30+ different varieties of beer, and food trucks available on-site. Entry for the event is free, and there are children’s activities all day. This community event has more than 90 volunteers and boasts of around 3,000 guests annually.
Event Schedule:
Friday: 2:00 – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
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TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SPONSORS
These community events simply could not happen without the support of the businesses and banks who keep the economic vitality of our Astoria town thriving. These individuals who lead in these sectors deserve our appreciation. So be sure to give them love and check out our fantastic sponsorship partners below:
MASTER OF GLASS & SUSTAINABILITY SPONSORS
Bridge & Tunnel Bottleshop and Taproom
A Craft Beer bar with 22 rotating taps and a curated selection of beer, wine and cider.
Gimre’s Shoe Store
Gimre’s Shoe Store is an award winning business and the West Coast’s oldest family owned shoe store. We feature quality, comfort oriented footwear from Birkenstock, Dansko, Keen, New Balance, Hoka, Brooks, Merrel (and more!) plus Smartwool & Darn Tough socks, Superfeet and Aetrex insoles and all the care and accessory products you didn’t know you could use. Our staff is trained to help you find the best fit in the best footwear for your needs. From hiking or walking boots to sandals, work shoes to dress footwear, and slippers to all day around the house, yard or town we try to keep you covered. We have larger men’s and women’s sizes and also wide widths for hard to fit feet.
Lewis and Clark Bank
Headquartered in Oregon City, Oregon, Lewis & Clark Bank was established as a state-chartered commercial bank in December, 2006. The founders envisioned a locally based bank focused on providing personalized services to meet the needs of its clientele, and one whose management would make decisions based on interactions with the community and an understanding of local needs and circ*mstances.
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SUDS AND WATER SPONSORS
Port Hopper
Port Hopper is a Global Lifestyle Market with unique finds and a curated collection of goods. It is located on Commercial Street in the heart of the downtown of Astoria. It specializes in international goods such as vibrantly colorful Cocoa Leaf lamps from the Philippines. They have Tea pets and Yixing pots, mini clay chimenea that are hand-painted in Mexico and bronze sea life pendants from Florida + so much more. Port Hopper is not just a shopping experience. It’s an aesthetic experience for your senses every time you go inside.
Pacific Power
At Pacific Power, we proudly serve 800,000 customers in 243 communities across Oregon, Washington and California.
We strive to be the best energy company in serving our customers while delivering sustainable energy solutions. To achieve our vision, we are guided by our core principles – customer service, employee commitment, environmental respect, regulatory integrity, operational excellence and financial strength – and a shared purpose of making the lives of our customers better every day.
NW Natural
NW Natural serves approximately two million people across the Pacific Northwest—customers who are also our neighbors. We grew up here, so look for us at community events, join us as we participate in environmental programs that support a better future, and always expect new innovations that ensure natural gas remains a safe, reliable and comfortable choice.
Our mission: To provide safe, reliable and affordable energy in an environmentally responsible way to better the lives of the public we serve.
Nygaard Logging
Warrenton Fiber-Nygaard Logging is a full-service processor of forest products, specializing in northwest forest harvesting, sorting and chipping of timber. Warrenton Fiber operates a log sorting and storage yard, deep water and barge cargo docks, and a log barking and chipping facility in Warrenton, Oregon. Warrenton Fiber’s-Nygaard Logging’s operations include timber harvesting, rock crushing, road building, land development, and wetland mitigation.
TAP HANDLE SPONSORS
NorseWest Wood Shop
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Old Town Framing Co.
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The Magic Shop & More
Northwest Lending Group
Astoria Arts and Movement Center
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Hipfish Monthly
Ten Fifteen Productions
Bowline Hotel
Astoria Yacht Club
Weird Sisters Freak Boutique
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Labor Temple Diner & Bar
Table 360 Bakery & Bistro
Port Hopper
Ashriver Woodworks
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The Petworks
Holly McHone Jewelers
Ticor Title
Consejo Hispano
Hartnett Homes Group with Premier Property Group
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Merry Time Bar & Grill
Astoria Pride
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Erickson Floral Co.
Katie Watson & Marc Ward
Lenny the Cat
Jeany + Pete Birdeno
Friends of the Brew Cup
Lower Columbia Preservation Society | Jonothan’s Limited | Ryan Osburn Plumbing | Englund Marine | City Lumber
FOOD TRUCK SCHEDULE
Monte Alban
Traditional Mexican| Friday & Saturday
Lily Rose Coffee & Crepes
French Crepes| Friday & Saturday
Repair 3 BBQ
Barbecue | Friday & Saturday
Frite & Scoop
Ice Cream | Friday & Saturday
MUSIC SCHEDULE
Time | Band | |
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September 20 | ||
Friday | 1:30 – 5:00 PM | The Bridge 94.9 FM |
Friday | 5:00- 5:30 PM | Brownsmead Flats |
Friday | 6:10 – 6:50 PM | Jesse Lee Falls |
Friday | 7:20 – 8:20 PM | The Pagan Pancakes |
September 21 | ||
Saturday | 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM | The Bridge 94.9 FM |
Saturday | 3:00- 3:40 PM | Ilwaco High School Jazz Band |
Saturday | 4:10 – 4:50 PM | Red String Theory |
Saturday | 5:20 – 6:00 PM | Roostipher |
Saturday | 6:30 – 7:30 PM | Dr. Onion & the No No Mamas |
BEER & BEVERAGES LINE-UP FOR 2024
28 Breweries, Cideries, and Kombucha Houses on draft
Confirmed Breweries:
Fort George Brewery | Buoy Beer Company | Obelisk Beer Co | Breakside Brewery | Public Coast Brewing Company | North Jetty Brewing | Astoria Brewing Company | Sisu Beer | Oakshire Brewing |Georgetown Brewing | Evasion Brewing | Lucky Envelope Brewing | Single Hill Brewing Company | Great Notion Brewing | pFriem Family Brewers | 2 Towns Ciderhouse | Finnriver | Happy Mountain Kombucha | Sunriver Brewing Co. | ForeLand Beer | Ruse Brewing Crust Collective |Ilk Brewing | Threshold Brewing & Blending | Gigantic Brewing Co. | Public Coast Brewing Co. | Ilwaco Cider Co. | Mac & Jack’s Beer Co. | Hondo’s Brewery & Pub | Steeplejack Beer Co.
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India Pale Ales & American Pale Ales
Design Trends IPA | Fort George Brewery – a light and trendy West Coast IPA with Vista hops and Columbus Cryo (5.5%)
Electric Surfboard Double IPA | Fort George Brewery – Electric Surfboard is a Double IPA with an electrifying hop bill (9.0%)
Similar Science Hazy IPA | Ruse Brewing – This hazy IPA will fill your beak with a plethora of Citra and Nelson Sauvin for a truly tropical trip (7.3%)
Lily IPA | Georgetown Brewing – A refreshing, bright and drinkable IPA with hints of tropical fruit. Contains Strata, Citra, Mosaic and Idaho 7 hops (6.5%)
Boneshaker IPA | North Jetty Brewing – named after the song by Australian rock band Airbourne, this IPA was designed to make you want to shake your bones. With aromas and taste of sweet citrus and berry, an incredibly smooth finish (7.9%)
pFriem West Coast IPA | pFriem Family Brewers – a crushable, crisp, and clean IPA with bright notes of kiwi, tangerine, and passionfruit (6.8%)
Ripe Hazy IPA | Great Notion Brewery – ripe has certainly earned its “bones” over the years. Our flagship hazy IPA is dry hopped with Citra and Citra Cryo hops for a juicy wave of citrus and tropical fruit tones (7.0%)
Wonderment West Coast IPA | Astoria Brewing Co. – A heavy hand of Luminosa, Citra, Chinook and El Dorado create a tropical, citrusy, dank
west coast IPA (7.0%)
Echoes Double Dry-Hopped West Coast IPA | Obelisk Beer Co. – West Coast IPA with Citra, Citra Cryo, Citra Hyperboost, and Citra Terpenes (7.2%)
Skyfinder Fresh Hop Hazy IPA | Single Hill Brewing– Multi-award-winning Fresh Hop Hazy IPA featuring Yakima-grown Strata and Simcoe Hops. (6.4%)
TBD Fresh Hop Strong Pale Ale | Ilk Brewing – a seasonal ale with a hoppy-blast to the finish; easy drinking and loads of flavor (5.8%)
Corgi Puppy Pale Ale | Hondo’s Brewery & Pub – a sessionable pale ale with a classic hoppy aroma and taste that’s easy drinking (4.5%)
Specialty Ales & Dark Beers
pFriem Oktoberfest | pFriem Family Brewing – a malty, easy-drinking German lager with traditional notes of honey, sour dough, and white grape (6.1%)
Oktoberfest Lager | Breakside Brewery – the Breakside-version of a contemporary Bavarian fest lager with bready notes and spice (5.6%)
Three’s a Kraut | Ilk Brewing – a lightly smoked take on the traditional Festbier drank all around the world in Oktoberfest calibrations! (5.2%)
Brew Berry Blonde Ale | Astoria Brewing Co. – Blonde ale with marionberries; this seasonal release has a ton of jammy marionberry flavor and aroma. (6.0%)
Buoy Porter | Buoy Beer Company – a full-bodied ale intertwining toffee, chocolate, and a subtle roast that captivates with balanced hop bitterness, making it remarkably drinkable while maintaining a rich flavor profile. Explore the satisfying depths of flavor by raising your glass and embarking on a journey where complexity meets drinkability (5.5%)
Overcast Espresso Stout | Oakshire Brewing– Overcast skies inspired a dark and smooth oatmeal stout blended with cold brewed coffee, offering a full palate of roasted malts, chocolate and espresso (5.8%)
(Gluten-Free) Hophoria IPA | Evasion Brewing – their flagship IPA, brewed to be easily enjoyed again and again. Citra and Mosiac hops deliver tropical and citrus notes with moderate alcohol strength and full body. The search for the perfect Gluten Free IPA is over (6.1%)
(Gluten-Free) This is My Party Shirt Blonde Ale | Evasion Brewing – With this beer in hand, you can be the life of the party! Out Blonde Ale is blended with Hibiscus, Lime and Agave to create a fruity and refreshing beer that will surprise you. A little sweet, a little sour, a little tart, and always delicious (4.8%)
Blondes & Lagers
Vienna Lager | Lucky Envelope Brewing – our Vienna-style Lager pays respect to the 19th century Austrian beer which made its way to the US via a fascinating trip through Central America. Pouring a gorgeous amber-red, this highly drinkable lager greets you with notes of lightly sweet malt and toasted bread, finishing with a clean bitterness. Most recently, the Vienna Lager was awarded a gold medal at the 2020 Best of Craft Beer Awards (5.1%)
Stoic Black Lager | Sisu Beer –A dark American Lager with hints of chocolate and coffee (5.2%)
Honey Orange Lager | Sisu Beer – A lagered wheat beer that’s crisp and refreshing in color with bold notes of blood orange and a hint of honey (5.5%)
African Amber Ale | Mac & Jack’s Brewing Co. – This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste, followed by a well-rounded malty middle, finishing with a nicely organic hop flavor. Locally sourced two row grain and a blend of specialty malts give our amber its rich taste. Further complexity is achieved by leaving the beer unfiltered, providing exceptional flavor, as well as giving our amber its unique “cloudy” look. Lastly, they dry hop with locally grown, Yakima valley hops creating what has become the original, cult classic, northwest amber ale (5.8%)
’67 Blonde Lager | Public Coast Brewing Co. – Everyone’s got a favorite year. For us, it’s 1967, the year Oregon boldly decided our beaches belong to everyone. We know—totally awesome! So, we revisited the freewheeling namesake and style to bring you the ’67 Blonde Lager. (5.0%)
Pilsners
Sunstreak West Coast Pilsner | Sunriver Brewing Company – A hoppy pilsner brewed with hand-selected Citra & Strata hops; a crisp, easy drinkable ale great for a late-summer afternoon (5.5%)
Gigantic Pilsner | Gigantic Brewing Company – This pilsner is a love letter to the Pacific Northwest. It was brewed with pure mountain water, Willamette Valley grown hops, and locally produced malt (5.2%)
French Pilsner | Buoy Beer Co. – This French Pilsner begins with herbal and floral aromas, with hints of lemon on the nose, unfolding into bready and honey notes with a touch of spiciness. Traditionally a malt-forward pilsner, this lager sets itself apart from its Italian and German counterparts. Made with Jehanne D’arc Pilsen malts and Strisselspalt and Elixir hops from the hop-growing region of Alsace, it’s a taste of France right here in Astoria (5.0%)
West Coast Pilsner | Steeplejack Beer Co. – Featuring LINC Malt, Michigan Chinook and Mosaic Hops, this West Coast Pilsner is all the hoppy love of an IPA in a crisp lager package (5.2%)
Senke Northern German Pilsner | ForeLand Beer Co. – Inspired by the pilsners of the North-Rhine Westphalia. Senke Pils is composed of a single German pilsner malt and Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops. An exploration in simplicity, this beer displays a wonderful interplay between the malt, hops, and water profile for a clean, dry and crisp pilsner. Gold Medal- North American Beer Award (4.9%)
PIWO Polish Pilsner | Threshold Brewing – Polish Style Pilsner brewed with 100% Polish Pulawski hops (5.5%)
Cider & Sour
Mango Cosmic Crisp Imperial Cider | Two Towns Ciderhouse – aim for the stars with this top-spinning mango modification of Cosmic Crisp®. Crafted with Northwest Cosmic Crisp® apples and Alphonso mangoes, this Imperial hard hitter will have you dinking celestial drop shots with precision (9.0%)
Pacific Pineapple Unfiltered Cider | Two Towns Ciderhouse – Juicy and tropical, Pacific Pineapple rolls ripe Costa Rica golden pineapples into fresh-pressed Northwest apples. This refreshingly juicy and easy drinking session cider will relax your state of mind, no matter your locale! (5.0%)
Forest Ginger Botanical Cider | Finnriver Farm & Cidery – Bright apple fruit, infused with the crisp, forest flavors of fir trees. Tangy, tree tones with warm spice from the ginger. Tastes like a walk in the woods on a sunny day! (6.5%)
Springrider Cran Semi-Sweet Cider | Illwaco Cider Co. – local cider made with late harvest cranberries from the Long Beach Peninsula, currants, rose hips, key lime and wildflower honey. (7.2%)
Loganberry Cider | Bauman’s Cider – One of our family favorites, this cider has a well-balanced, quintessential berry flavor with the gentle sweetness from the Loganberries coming out from start to finish. (6.0%)
Authentic Cider | Bauman’s Cider – This cider is made from fresh-pressed local apples, and back sweetened with just a splash of juice. Authentically apple-forward, it’s nicely balanced with a subtle sweetness and a dry finish. (5.5%)
Soda & Kombucha
Peach Blossom | Happy Mountain Kombucha
Made with filtered water, organic white peony tea, organic kombucha culture, organic cane sugar, peach, orange and tangerine flavors – this highly rated kombucha has a light floral profile with sweet citrus notes and a peach aroma and finish (0.5%)
Cucumber Mint | Happy Mountain Kombucha
Made with filtered water, organic white peony tea, organic kombucha culture, organic cane sugar, organic mint leaves, and organic cucumber flavor – this is a newer addition to Happy Mountain’s kombucha lineup that is ideal for summer consumption; the mint + cucumber combination cools you off and refreshes you with each sip (0.5%)
Stephen’s Root Beer | Public Coast Brewing Company
This gold winning root beer from the U.S. Open Beer Championship is rich, creamy, and smooth with vanilla & wintergreen notes and sweet, caramelly aromatics; an amazing non-alcoholic option (0.0%)
Brew Cup cannot happen without the amazing support of volunteers, and we’ve got some great swag for you if you want to help out. If you would like a free t-shirt, a free ticket to Ten Fifteen Theater, a free mug as well as brew cup tokens for your assistance, sign-up to volunteer with us. We have a whole list of exciting opportunities for our volunteers from helping people to check-in, handing out the mugs and tokens, to pouring beer. Shifts typically last for 4 hours. Sign-up at the link below, and we will email you with all the details you’ll need to know upon arrival at Brew Cup!