Oakshire Hellshire IV Release/BA Beer Fest

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  1. sharpski

    sharpski Grand Pooh-Bah (3,100) Oct 11, 2010 Oregon
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    As if there wasn't enough going on Valentines Day weekend, Oakshire announced a barrel aged beer festival at the same time as they release Hellshire IV.

    http://www.newschoolbeer.com/2014/01/oakshire-brewing-hellshire-iv-barrel.html#more

    From the article: "Entry fee to the festival will include a commemorative Teku tasting glass and sampling tokens, with more available for purchase. Breweries presently confirmed include those listed below, with more confirming daily.

    National: Crooked Stave, Anchorage Brewing, Port Brewing/ The Lost Abbey, Pizza Port Carlsbad, 5050, Beachwood BBQ, Firestone Walker, Elliot Bay, Two Brothers Brewing, Haymarket Brewing, Half-Acre, Off Color Brewing, Pipeworks Brewing, Trinity Brewing, Perennial Artisan Ales, Cigar City Brewing, Three Floyd’s and Surly.

    Oregon: Ninkasi, Block 15, Breakside, Flat Tail, Boneyard, Hopworks, Double Mountain, Logsdon, Cascade, The Commons, De Garde."

    That's a lot of out-of-distro breweries for a relatively under the radar event.
     
    #1 sharpski, Jan 15, 2014
  2. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Yeah, I know... unfortunately, the timing on this is not good for me. Will be back East for 72 hours of Belgium in Baltimore. Oh well, can't make them all...
     
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  3. bfg75

    bfg75 Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2011 Washington

    Shame it's at the same time as the Festival of Dark Arts at Ft. George that I already have tickets for. Looks awesome though.
     
    #3 bfg75, Jan 15, 2014
  4. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Considering that this is generally considered the off season for local beer events, it's amazing how much great stuff is going on right now. Just got the email from Belmont Station about their upcoming "bigger, badder, blacker" event, that unfortunately, I'll also have to miss.
     
    #4 John_M, Jan 15, 2014
  5. yeahnatenelson

    yeahnatenelson Pooh-Bah (1,952) Feb 8, 2010 Illinois
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    For anybody going that is not into tekus: I want your glass!
     
    #5 yeahnatenelson, Jan 15, 2014
  6. Lansman

    Lansman Savant (1,116) Mar 19, 2011 Missouri
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    Someone hook Nate up! Great BA and FIB like a boss.
     
    #6 Lansman, Jan 15, 2014
  7. Gobigvt7

    Gobigvt7 Zealot (709) Mar 15, 2008 Oregon

    That lineup is incredible!
     
    #7 Gobigvt7, Jan 16, 2014
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  8. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    Anyone heard when / where tickets will be on sale?
     
    #8 kscaldef, Jan 16, 2014
  9. mrgabe

    mrgabe Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2013 Oregon

    I might be able to help you out. I will keep you posted.
     
    #9 mrgabe, Jan 16, 2014
  10. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    From past experience, I don't believe they sell tickets to events like this. My understanding is that there will be an entry fee (not sure what it is yet, though), which you simply pay at the entrance way (this is what they did for the fresh hop fest, and the description for this event sounds very similar). For those who haven't been to the new location, there is a fair size patio area outside the pub, which is where I assume the fest will take place.

    This is the first year they've held the event at the new pub location, so I my guess is that they really don't know what to expect in terms of the size of the crowd. Anyway, I'll post the information if I find out anything more about the event.
     
    #10 John_M, Jan 16, 2014
  11. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    I feel like this might be a mistake....
     
    #11 kscaldef, Jan 16, 2014
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  12. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    You could well be right, but for the fresh hop fest, there were no problems. I didn't stay till the very end (got their early and left fairly early), but the crowd was pretty manageable, waits for a beer were short, and the staff seemed to have no problems handling the event.

    It's Eugene...
     
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  13. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. There's 2 (3?) other fresh hop festivals in the region. People weren't going to drive from Portland down to Eugene to go to that hop festival unless they really wanted to go to Eugene for some other reason. I'm pretty sure that taplist is going to be enough reason to get a lot of folks driving down.
     
    #13 kscaldef, Jan 16, 2014
  14. OregonHopmonster

    OregonHopmonster Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2011 Oregon

    I agree with Kevin. I could see people coming in from all over the place with that brewery line-up. Plus how do they know how many Teku's to order if they are not limiting the number of attendees?
     
    #14 OregonHopmonster, Jan 16, 2014
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  15. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Good point. That does make you think they'd want to set some sort of limit on attendees (but then again, they also had a special tulip glass for the fresh hop fest, and there were no advance tickets for that either).

    Anyway, I'll stop speculatiing and will include the pub in my after work beer plans tomorrow and see what I can find out.
     
    #15 John_M, Jan 16, 2014
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  16. sharpski

    sharpski Grand Pooh-Bah (3,100) Oct 11, 2010 Oregon
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    You could well be right, but that weekend is also Fort George's Dark Arts and Zwickelmania state-wide to split up the draw.
     
    #16 sharpski, Jan 16, 2014
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  17. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    Sounds good, let us know!

    Dark Arts may give it some competition (their lineup was looking pretty good before Oakshire announced theirs), but at least personally I don't see Zwickelmania being much of a draw for the folks who are going to flock to this. Zwickelmania is a lot more of an "amateur" event, IMO.
     
    #17 kscaldef, Jan 16, 2014
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  18. sharpski

    sharpski Grand Pooh-Bah (3,100) Oct 11, 2010 Oregon
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    Fair enough, people who travel for beer events are a different breed. Those on the fence, though, may be tempted by some hometown breweries doing something in their own neighborhood. I'm looking forward to Zwickelmania in Bend this year.
     
    #18 sharpski, Jan 17, 2014
  19. goodbyeohio

    goodbyeohio Pooh-Bah (2,312) Jul 13, 2004 Connecticut
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    I'm guessing they'll overorder and this will be a yearly fest at which they can sell the old glasses and reorder as necessary in the meantime based on this year's attendance. It's a genius idea and if I had known about this before Dark Arts I probably would have skipped Dark Arts.
     
    #19 goodbyeohio, Jan 17, 2014
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  20. Gobigvt7

    Gobigvt7 Zealot (709) Mar 15, 2008 Oregon

    I'm trying like hell to go to this. Not looking especially likely, however.
     
    #20 Gobigvt7, Jan 17, 2014
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