"When they say Beer, we say Organic"
- J.K.
The North American Organic Brewers Festival (NAOBF)
returns to Portland’s Overlook
Park on Friday, June 27th, 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. • Saturday,
June 28th, 12:00 to 9:00 p.m. • Sunday, June 29th, 12:00 to 5:00
p.m. The event is Free and open to the public. Participation in beer
tasting is $5 for a reusable, yet compostable, cornstarch tasting
glass and samples are $1 a ticket. Children are welcome with guardians.
Beer sales are restricted to people 21 years and older with valid
ID. Discount of $1 off of tasting glass with validated MAX ticket
or three (3) 4 oz cans of food.
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The North American Organic Brewers Festival celebrates
the diversity and range of beer styles being brewed organically; from
pilsner to pale ale, saison to stout, amber ale to lambics. Brewers
from across Cascadia, the heart of organic brewing, pour their beers
alongside organic pioneers from Europe, such as Pinkus Mueller from
Muenster, Germany. Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Northern
California, often referred to as Cascadia, lead the continent in the
number of organic breweries, with nearly half of Oregon’s 80
breweries having produced an organic beer since the first Organic
Brewers Symposium in 2002.
In its fourth year, the festival will again feature
organic beers from across North America, and Europe. The 2007 event
poured 50 organic beers to 7000 people and raised over $2000 for the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Oregon Tilth (a certification body
dedicated to organic agriculture), and also brought in hundreds of
cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank.
Organic brewers have hewn out a market for themselves,
with organic beer growing by leaps and bounds along with the organic
foods sector. In 2006 North American organic brewers made over 40,000
barrels, with 2007 production expected to increase by more than 25%.
Brewed with ingredients grown without pesticides, herbicides, and
chemical fertilizers, organic beer is good for the environment, the
farmer, and the consumer.
In addition to pouring organic beers the NAOBF features
sustainability oriented vendors, live music, and local and organic
food. The festival is powered by biodiesel, composts food waste, and
will use biodegradable tasting cups.
Overlook
Park features a view of the Willamette River and downtown Portland
and is located on North Interstate Avenue between Failing and Fremont
Street has its own stop on the MAX
Yellow line. Riders of MAX, Portland’s award-winning light
rail system may present their validated ticket for a $1 discount on
the tasting mug. Use the Tri-Met
website for directions from your door to Overlook
Park (1301 N. Fremont St. Portland, OR 97227).
The North American Organic Brewers Festival is presented
by Roots Organic Brewing Company, Portland’s first all-organic
brewery. Brewer-owned Roots is located at 1520 SE 7th Avenue, Portland,
Oregon 97214 just off of Hawthorne Boulevard. 503-235-7668 www.rootsorganicbrewing.com
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