Breakside Brewery Announces New Bottle and Draft Beer Releases

Breakside Brewing has a whole slew of new bottle and draft beer releases. Check out the info below.

 

 

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Portland & Milwaukie (May 26, 2015) - Oregon's Breakside Brewery is releasing new limited edition beers in bottles "Back to the Future IPA" for Portland Beer Week and "Oui, Chef" the latest in the Farmhouse, Fruit & Funk Series. In addition to the 2 highly anticipated bottle releases are two new draft-only IPA's in the form of "Old World IPA" (available now) and "Session Double IPA" (released later this week). Back to the Future IPA (a collaboration with Seattle's Fremont Brewing Co.) will be available primarily during Portland Beer Week at participating locations on draft and in 22oz bottles. Oui, Chef is available right now on draft and will be available everywhere in bottles in June. The new Session Double IPA is a test-run on a new IPA the brewers are particularly excited about that may become a new year-round IPA exclusively for Breakside's upcoming 12oz bottles and 6-packs, we look forward to hearing your feedback! 

Back to the Future IPA
- a collaboration with our friends at Fremont Brewing Co. for Portland Beer Week

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This IPA is a cross-border collaboration with Seattle's Fremont Brewing. We planned the beer together and each brewed a batch of it for our cities' respective Beer Weeks. When we set out to do this beer together, we knew that we wanted to make a big IPA and showcase some fun hop varietals that don't get much attention..yet.

We specifically chose new varietals that we think have a lot of promise, and it's named after the futuristic hops used in each version: Jarrylo and Equinox in Fremont's, and Azacca and Ella in ours. These beers very might well introduce you to new hop varietals that will be front and center in many IPAs to come.

7% ABV
68 IBU
Malts: Two Row, Light Crystal
Hops: Chinook, Ella, Azacca

Back to the Future Release Parties:

Bottle Release Party

Friday June 12th, 2015 6pm
Whole Foods Market - Pearl
1210 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209

Sample our new collaboration IPA during Portland Beer Week as well as beers from our collaborator --Fremont Brewing Co.

Breakside & Fremont Brewing Tap Takeover and Back to the Future IPA Draft Release
Saturday June 13th, 2015 5pm
Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark, Portland, OR

Special beers on tap from Breakside and Fremont Brewing as well as the new collab Back to the Future IPA and a special Salt & Straw Beer Ice Cream to boot!
Oui, Chef
saison with spelt and fennel

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Oui, Chef is a straw-colored farmhouse ale brewed with European spelt and two types of fennel. We use both fennel seed and fennel pollen at different points in the brewing process to layer in the complex savory and herbal notes from the spice. Originally brewed as part of our Chef Collaboration series in 2012, this beer was designed by our brewers and Chef Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon Restaurant in Portland.

This is the third release in our new Farmhouse, Fruit and Funk Series. This set of six beers--each available for two months of the year--showcases the deft and playful ways in which our brewers use non-traditional ingredients to make complex, flavorful beers. From lychee and yellow chilies to Oregon-grown peaches and California kumquats, this line of beers stakes a claim for the "culinary beer" as an emergent, delicious and elegant new beer style.

6.9%ABV
34 IBU
Malts: German Pilsner and Spelt, Crystal 15L
Hops: cascade
Special ingredients: Fennel seed and fennel pollen

Old World IPA
a draft-only ipa with intense floral and herbal notes 

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This draft only release is a beer that evolved from our award-winning English Pale Ale, which re-tooled to give it a bolder hop presence and higher alcohol. In other words, we wanted to put our pale ale on steroids and turned it into an IPA. Thus, Old World IPA was born. While the aggressive use of hops is very American, this beer's roots are quintessentially European. We've sourced world-class English malt to give the beer a beguiling softness; Slovenian hops used throughout the brewing process give the beer its distinctive floral, herbal, woody and spicy notes.

We hope that this beer shows you a whole new realm of IPAs--a style that was born of the Old World and perfected in the Northwest. Available on draft only during May 2015.

6% ABV
40 IBU
Malts: Two Row, British Pale, Melanoidin, CaraMunich
Hops: Crystal, Styrian Goldings


Session Double IPA
our favorite hoppy test batch ever. Widely available for the first time.

Our brewers love hops. They love them so much that they are always tracking down new varietals, coming up with new combinations, and seeking to extract the most flavor and aroma they can from the beautiful hops we have in the Northwest. Often times, the beers they make with these new hops and schedules are done in small batches at our pub, where they are served on draft to our regulars. Every once in a while, the brewers get so excited about a new hoppy beer that they decide to immediately scale it up to share it with a wider audience. Session Double IPA is one of those beers.

This IPA uses Mosaic, Cascade and Columbus hops to make for one of the most expressive, dank and tropical beers we've ever made. Strong resinous notes are coupled with hints of citrus and big juicy flavors of mango and tangerine. The bitterness is balanced against a simple malt bill to allow for these hops to really shine.

6.2% ABV
65 IBU
Malts: Two Row, Munich
Hops: Mosaic, Columbus and Cascade

About Breakside Brewery

Opened in 2010 in the quiet Woodlawn neighborhood of Northeast Portland as a restaurant and nano-sized brewery, Breakside expanded to a 3.5 BBL brewhouse while winning their first medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2011 where they have earned medals each year since. In late 2013 the brewery expanded operations to Milwaukie, Oregon with a 30BBL production brewery filled with 60 and 120BBL tanks, barrel rooms for wild and non-wild/sour fermentation's and a 20 tap tasting room. In 2014 Breakside was awarded with the highly coveted Gold Medal for American-style IPA at the Great American Beer Festival for their flagship IPA that was also named to Men's Journals 100 Best Beers In The World and Sip Northwest's Best IPA in the Northwest. Breakside is also known for their experimental, barrel-aged and sour beers like Bourbon Barrel-Aged Aztec a strong amber ale with chocolate and chilies that won Bronze at both Chicago's Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers and Best of Craft Beer Awards and Passionfruit Sour a berliner-weisse style beer that earned a Bronze at the 2013 GABF.

Breakside Beers are available on draft and in 22oz bottles in Oregon, Seattle-Washington area, Denver, Hawaii and British Columbia. 2015 expansion plans include introducing 6-packs of 12oz bottles and more specialty bottles and sour beers. Visit www.breakside.com for more info.
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2015 PDX Beer Week Events

The 5th annual Portland Beer week is coming up quickly and takes place over 11 days, from June 11th-21st. This years Portland Beer Week has just about everything PDX beer related you could want....Fruit Beer Fest, Rye Beer Fest, Beer & Cheese Fest, Block Party, Pig Roast.....you get the idea. Check the details/events below for this years Portland Beer Week.

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5th annual Portland Beer Week

June 11-21st, 2015 with events city-wide 

The 5th annual Portland Beer Week is presented by Whole Foods Market, Columbia Distributing, Curb and Portland Mercury with this years 11 day celebration taking place June 11-21st, 2015 with events city-wide. Highlights include an official beer by Breakside Brewery & Fremont Brewing and extends outside of beer to a sandwich special from Bunk Sandwiches, beer ice cream from Salt & Straw. Attendees also get a free coupon credit for $15 towards your Curb taxi app rides during Portland Beer Week.

Returning this year are classics like the Portland Fruit Beer Festival, Rye Beer Fest, Sour and Barrel-Aged Beer Seminars and the Portland Beer and Cheese Fest. Some of the new events worth looking forward to are the Whole Foods Pearl Block Party on Saturday June 20th and the combined Fruit Beer Fest and Beer Week Kickoff Party & Pig Roast on June 11th!

Official Beer of Portland Beer Week
Introducing the 2015 Portland Beer Week collaboration beer "Back to the Future IPA" a multi-city beer week and brewery project between Seattle's Fremont Brewing Co. and Portland's Breakside Brewery. Check the calendar for bottle release parties and tappings of this highly limited edition beer.

Description:

 

Courtesy of Breakside Brewing co

This IPA is a cross-border collaboration with Seattle's Fremont Brewing. We planned the beer together and each brewed a batch of it for our cities' respective Beer Weeks. When we set out to do this beer together, we knew that we wanted to make a big IPA and showcase some fun hop varietals that don't get much attention...yet. 

We specifically chose new varietals that we think have a lot of promise, and it's named after the futuristic hops used in each version: Jarrylo and Equinox in Fremont's, and Azacca and Ella in ours. These beers very might well introduce you to new hop varietals that will be front and center in many IPAs to come.
ABV: 7%  IBU: 68  Malts: Two Row, Light Crystal  Hops: Chinook, Ella, Azacca

Beer Week Sandwich
Bunk Sandwiches has honored us with an official Portland Beer Week Sandwich available at Bunk Bar SE Water and a special Queso available only at Bunk Bar Wonder, both for the entirety of the beer week June 11-21, 2015.

*Beer Braised Brisket & Gravy Po Boy with Bitter Green Slaw and Herb Salad (Made with Good Life Pass Stout) - $11 (Available at Bunk Bar Water and Wonder)

*Deluxe Queso Dip with Beer Braised Brisket (Made with Good Life Pass Stout) - $8.50 (Available only at Bunk Bar Wonder)

Beer Ice Cream

Salt & Straw Ice Cream, our long time collaborators and partners once again grace us with a brand new Beer Ice Cream flavor this year made with an all-Citra hopped new IPA from Breakside Brewery and specked with actual Citra hop flakes. Available at special Portland Beer Week parties only. 

Curb Transportation Special
Presenting Transportation Sponsor Curb is offering a $15 discount on rides for Portland Beer Week attendees. Request your Curb ride in seconds and watch your trained driver arrive in minutes. Curb drivers are always available and ready to pick you up. Curb works only with professional taxi and for-hire drivers. Every time you ride with Curb you’ll ride with a fully licensed, insured driver. No exceptions. Curb offers vehicle and payment choices to fit your needs. Easily book a taxi or for-hire car* and pay seamlessly with a credit card in the app or with cash in the car. *In select markets

Code: PDXBEER

Exp: 8/4/15

*only valid when booking and paying through the Curb app 

Patio Drinking
Bar Vivant/Pix Patisserie opens their brand new Beer & Cider Garden just in time for early summer drinking and is our featured outdoor drinking spot. Throughout the week Pix & Bar Vivant will be offering free beers to Fruit Beer Fest attendees, featured brewer, beer and cider tappings, a pFriem tap takeover and week-long pFriem Beer Floats!
  
Mississippi & Williams Pub Crawl
Saturday June 20th Noon-8pm $5

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Back for it’s 2nd year the popular N. Mississippi and Williams Pub Crawl promises a day full of day and evening drinking with guaranteed discounts, special drinks, rare beer tappings and food at 9 locations along Mississippi and Williams with more venues and specials still being added.
Pick up a wristband for $5 at any participating location beginning May 7th or order in advance to be mailed to you (minimum 2 wristbands for mail order). Guaranteed $1 off drinks at every location from Noon to 8pm on Saturday June 20th.
Ecliptic Brewing 825 N Cook St, Portland, OR 97227
$3.75 pints, your choice
$7.00 Sweet and Spicy Drumsticks
Stormbreaker Brewing, 832 N Beech St, Portland, OR 97227
$1 off beers, more TBA
Bridgetown Beerhouse, 915 N Shaver St, Portland, OR 97227
$1 off pints
Beer City Bottle Shop, 4214 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97217
$1 off beers, special tappings
Interurban, 4057 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227
$1 off beers
Prost! 4237 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97217
$1 off beers
Lardo North, 4090 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97227
$1 off beers, sandwich special TBA
Lompoc 5th Quadrant & SideBar, 3901 N Williams Ave Portland, OR
$1 off beers, special rare beer tappings
Tin Bucket, 3520 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97227
$1 off beers

 Portland Beer and Cheese Fest

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Sunday June 21st Noon-5pm $35

The 4th annual Portland Beer and Cheese Festival returns to The Commons Brewery and their wonderful new space on 7th and East Belmont. Sample 10 lovingly paired craft beers and cheeses by Steve Jones of Cheese Bar and 10 different breweries. Enjoy complimentary free charcuterie from Olympia Provisions. And new this year we will have complimentary chocolate from local makers Woodblock Chocolate.
Tickets are on sale now for this great 21+ Father’s Day event. Each ticket gets you a punch card for all 10 beer and cheese pairings, a 4oz pour of each beer and 1-2oz slice of each cheese, also a collectible branded glass and complimentary charcuterie and chocolate while it lasts. Warning, this event usually sells out in advance so get your tickets now here. Check back in June for the full beer and brewery list.

First Half of Beer Week Events

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• 6/11 Kickoff Party & Pre-Fruit Beer Festival Pig Roast @ The EastBurn

• 6/12 Official Portland Beer Week Breakside/Fremont "Back to the Future IPA" bottle release @ Whole Foods Pearl
• 6/12 Rye Beer Fest @ The EastBurn
• 6/12 Southern Washington Staycation @ Saraveza
• 6/12-6/14 Portland Fruit Beer Festival
• 6/13-6/14 Washington Beer Invasion @ Civic Taproom
• 6/13 Breakside/Fremont Tap Takeover & Draft Beer Release @ Belmont Station
• 6/14 The Rural Brewer @ Hawthorne Hophouse
• 6/14 Battle of the Belgians @ Bazi
• 6/15 New School's New Breweries Showcase @ Bailey's Taproom
• 6/15-6/20 All Day Happy Hour Specials @ Portland Brewing

And many, many, many more events are being added to the calendar at http://pdxbeerweek.com/event/kickoff-party/

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Fremont Brewing Release Back To The Future IPA, a Collaboration With Breakside Brewing For Seattle Beer Week

Fremont Brewing will be releasing Back To The Future IPA on May 7th, a collaboration brew with Breakside Brewing. Back to the Future IPA was brewed for the upcoming Seattle Beer Week which starts May 7th and runs through May 17th. See release info below for Back to the Future, as well as events that Fremont Brewing will be putting on during Seattle Beer Week.

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Back to the Future IPA

This collaboration is a liquid representation of the Pacific Northwest craft beer community; a cross-border collaboration between Seattle’s Fremont Brewing and Portland’s Breakside Brewing. We decided to brew this beer for Seattle Beer Week and will release another beer for Portland Beer Week...stay tuned. 

This bromance beer is named Back To The Future IPA as a nod to the futuristic hops used in each of our releases; Jarylo and Equinox in Seattle and Azaaca and Ella in Portland. So, why did you collaborate? 

Thanks for asking. We came up with the idea to collaborate while traveling through the Mexican desert on a vision quest search of the little-known but potent Chulo Berry. Although the Chulo Berry eluded us that trip, we decided to dedicate what remains of our very existence to finding that damn berry. And since that idea creeped us out, we decided to brew these beers and chill out. So, pop the top, pour yourself a little adventure and Chill Out as you ride Back To The Future on this magic hop carpet ride! 

 

ABV: 7.0% 

IBU: 65

Availability: Released, 5/7 at Chuck’s Hop Shop (85th) and available across Washington

 

Courtesy of Fremont Brewing

 Release Information:

Fremont Brewing is having two events during beer week focusing on the collaboration 

 

1) Bottle Release at Chuck’s 85th

• Thursday, May 7th at Chuck’s Hop Shop (85th)
• Bottles available upon opening, Brewery reps present from 5-7pm

2) Collaboration Celebration at Fremont

• Wednesday, May 13th at Fremont Brewing UBG, 5-9pm
• Featuring Back to the Future IPA, randalled versions of Back to the Future, and additional Breakside beers (Braggadocio, Apollo & Dionysus, Sunshine Pilsner, Session Black IPA)

Fremont Brewing Events During Seattle Beer Week.

 

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