PDX Beer Week -- Upright Brewer's Dinner @ Wildwood

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  1. pkasten

    pkasten Crusader (475) Jun 17, 2005 Australia

    For our first event of Portland Beer Week, Wildwood will be hosting Alex Ganum of Upright Brewing for a six course beer pairing dinner on Thursday, June 7 at 6:30pm. Alex has very generously provided an exciting lineup of vintage and limited release beers including Pure Wit, Blend Love, Fantasia, both vintages of Fourplay, batch 3 Late Harvest, and batch 2 Billy the Mountain. It has been a lot of fun putting this event together, and I look forward to seeing some of the BA crowd there. Check out the event listing linked below for menu and details.

    http://beeradvocate.com/events/info/54819

    Details coming soon on our Firestone Walker Dinner 6/12 and PDX Beer Week Beer & Food Pairing Seminar featuring chefs Aaron Barnett (St. Jack), John Gorham (Toro Bravo), Nathaniel Price (Grain & Gristle), and myself with brewers Alex Ganum, Ben Edmunds (Breakside), Charlie Devereux (Double Mountain), and Nick Arzner (Block 15).

    Cheers,
    Paul
     
    #1 pkasten, May 31, 2012
  2. RedMedicine

    RedMedicine Initiate (0) Jun 3, 2005 Oregon

    Any chance of a vegetarian option at this event or any of the others?
     
    #2 RedMedicine, May 31, 2012
  3. hopsbreath

    hopsbreath Savant (1,157) Aug 28, 2009 Florida

    I've had every single beer on the menu...and there's not a thing wrong with that! :slight_smile: Fantastic looking menu Paul. Thanks for posting here on BA. I hadn't heard of this before hand. My wifes birthday is June 6th but our schedules keep us from going out that night. She loves Upright so this is going to essentially be her birthday dinner. Anybody who knows me be sure not to mention it to her though. I'm going to try and keep it a surprise. This is going to be great and she's going to be psyched I'm sure. Looking forward to it!
     
    #3 hopsbreath, May 31, 2012
  4. Shmeal

    Shmeal Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2009 Oregon

    These Wildwood beer dinners are coming in fast and furious!
     
    #4 Shmeal, May 31, 2012
  5. guajolote

    guajolote Maven (1,359) Sep 12, 2008 Oregon

    They are also really making me start to hate my job.*

    * because of the fact that having to work keeps me from attending these
     
    #5 guajolote, May 31, 2012
  6. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Just to throw out my two cents... I've only been to one of these Wildwood Dinners (the Block 15 event during OBF last year), but it was just excellent. The event was really well organized... beers and food were excellent and well thought out, with everything going very well with the course it was paired with. The discussion of the individual beers didn't run too long (always a problem - I've been to some beer dinners that ran over 3 hours!), and the discussions were informative and interesting. Also, there were a lot of like minded beer geeks there, and I met a lot of very nice, very cool people at my table.

    IMHO, the Wildwood dinners are some of the best events going during Portland Beer Week.
     
    #6 John_M, May 31, 2012
  7. Shmeal

    Shmeal Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2009 Oregon

    I went to the Deschutes/HotD dinner, and it was spectacular. Not sure if I will go to this one, because I've had all the beers and the food pairings don't tug on my pork belly obsessed appetite.
     
    #7 Shmeal, May 31, 2012
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  8. TulipSnifter

    TulipSnifter Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2010 Oregon

    I love Upright! I love food! Totally psyched!!!!!!!
     
    #8 TulipSnifter, May 31, 2012
  9. digita7693

    digita7693 Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2010 Germany

    The only thing wrong with that menu, aside from it not being vegetarian friendly:wink:, is the lack of Engelberg pilsner...
     
    #9 digita7693, May 31, 2012
  10. Shmeal

    Shmeal Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2009 Oregon


    It's always you with the comment on Engelberg Pils haha. You must have brought growlers back home with you after your visit.

    I also wholeheartedly agree
     
    #10 Shmeal, May 31, 2012
  11. digita7693

    digita7693 Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2010 Germany

    hehe, i loved that beer, was shockingly* one of the highlights of my recent trip.

    in other news... we might be moving there, so id get to enjoy it more often:slight_smile:

    * I say shockingly as I almost didnt order it, only at the insistence of a friend, and I am so inundated with pilsners here.
     
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  12. hopsbreath

    hopsbreath Savant (1,157) Aug 28, 2009 Florida

    Yargh! Guess the cat's out of the bag now that you logged on. What are the chances of you stumbling across this thread? :wink: Stopped by Wildwood already today. We're officially attending now.
     
    #12 hopsbreath, May 31, 2012
  13. RedMedicine

    RedMedicine Initiate (0) Jun 3, 2005 Oregon

    I'll take the non-response as a "no" re: vegetarian. I mean, I know Portland is obsessed with pig, but I have yet to see a single beer dinner offering a veg. option... Whereas on the East Coast, at least in Boston, it was extremely common. Oh well, plenty of other beer events, count this as a vote for some vegetarian friendly beer dinners in the future.
     
    #13 RedMedicine, Jun 1, 2012
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  14. boMD

    boMD Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2009 Oregon

    When will someone created a non-alcoholic beer dinner for us straight edge folk.
     
    #14 boMD, Jun 1, 2012
  15. Shmeal

    Shmeal Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2009 Oregon

    I think those straight edge people are on the wrong forum.

    Praise the pig!
     
    #15 Shmeal, Jun 1, 2012
  16. hopsbreath

    hopsbreath Savant (1,157) Aug 28, 2009 Florida

    Count this as a vote for eating some animals.
     
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  17. cavemanlawyer

    cavemanlawyer Zealot (611) Dec 7, 2010 Oregon

    I wish I could attend this dinner. I was at the Deschutes/HotD Collage event and it was an extremely pleasurable and perfectly executed collaboration. I'm sure this one will not disappoint.
     
    #17 cavemanlawyer, Jun 1, 2012
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  18. pkasten

    pkasten Crusader (475) Jun 17, 2005 Australia

    These events are quite an undertaking, and with just myself and a few of our line cooks who generously donate their time to work these dinners, it is not really feasible to be cooking two separate six course menus at once in our banquet kitchen.

    As for the complicated answer, we have made an exception several times in the past for a vegetarian companion or member of a group. In that case, we would serve that person small vegetarian plates from that night's dining room menu prepared in our main kitchen. Those dishes won't pair tightly with the beers, but are really the best accommodation we can make at this time.
     
    #18 pkasten, Jun 1, 2012
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  19. RedMedicine

    RedMedicine Initiate (0) Jun 3, 2005 Oregon

    Thanks for the response!
     
    #19 RedMedicine, Jun 1, 2012
  20. digita7693

    digita7693 Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2010 Germany

    I think there has to have been some vegetarian or vegan beer dinners in Portland, or at least, as pkasten alluded to, times when dinners catered to vegetarians.

    I think aside from the most breweries per capita, or at least high on the list, portland probably has the most vegan restaurants per capita. In addition to strictly vegan + vegetarian, in inordinate amount of restaurants there have delicious veggie options.

    Really though, someone like Portobello or Blossoming Lotus havent done a beer dinner?

    Hell I know of at least 3 vegan beer dinners that have taken place in Jacksonville, Fl.
     
    #20 digita7693, Jun 1, 2012
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