September 25th will mark the 9th annual Laurelfest celebration. We welcome you to come out an join us for our end of summer celebration with great food, the release of Laurelfest Lager and live music. Party starts at 3pm! See you there!

Today we are brewing a new beer called Stratus Pale Ale.  Stratus was created by Portland native and long time homebrewer Mark Easton.  Mark’s beer was hand picked by our Brewmaster Chad Kennedy as his favorite in the Oregon Brewcrew’s Fall Classic held this last November.  As one of the judges, Chad chose Mark’s beer and awarded him the opportunity to have his recipe brewed on our 15 bbl system.  Chad felt that quality of Stratus would translate very well on a larger scale and would be received with high marks from our customers.  Having tasted a sample that Mark brought us I would have to agree.

Mark describes Stratus Pale Ale as having “a unique high hop aroma with a very mild bitterness” measuring in around 40 IBUs.  He attributes this to his use of the hop varietal Citra, which he describes as having a very tropical or passion fruit flavor profile with less of the grapefruit style citrus notes that one would see in using a hop such as Amarillo or Cascade.  Mark brews on a ten gallon system at home and expects that brewing 465 gallons on our system will only make this beer “a bigger party!”  Look for Stratus Pale Ale to be released sometime in early July!

Stratus Pale Ale

ABV 5.5 /  IBU  40+ / OG 12º Plato

Cheers!

Green Elephant

The Green Elephant is big, strong, and green- organic that is. A relative of the American IPA, the Green Elephant takes big hop flavor to the next level. Brewed with 100% organic malt, Cascade, Amarillo, and Ahtanum hops, this is a unique and beautiful creature. The Green Elephant’s smooth and subtle malt character gives way to a bold, aggressive hop flavor. But be warned, this is one elephant that can sneak up on you.
16.0° OG 68 IBU 6.9% ABV

Need a great place to eat this Valentines Day? �If you are going to be in or around our Battle Ground location this Sunday, these are the specials we will be running. �With love from us to you….Cheers!

Manilla Steamer Clams

Fresh manilla clams steamed with garlic, white wine, lemon, crushed red pepper flakes and butter. �Served with baked garlic baguette.

$10.95

Sole Farcie au Crabe

Fresh Dover Sole filet filled with crab meat, caramelized shallots and asparagus. Finished with a pinot noir� b�arnaise sauce. Served with a roasted red pepper and smoked tomato risotto.

$16.95

Applewood Smoked Prime Rib

Cracked pepper and garlic rubbed 12 ounce Prime Rib loin, slow roasted, served with whipped potato and celery root, grilled asparagus and horseradish cream sauce.

$16.95

Chocolate Hazelnut and Chambord Frozen Truffle

Organic vanilla ice cream blended with toasted hazelnuts, Callebaut chocolate and Chambord, topped with a Marionberry ganache and white chocolate lattice, served with Cr�me Anglaise.

$8.50

On tap today at 51st 

Hop Bale Pale

This year we used Amarillo hops from Yakima for our fresh hop offering. The hops were picked and then overnighted to us by our good friends at Gamache Family Farms. Amarillo hops are grown exclusively by the Gamache family- and we love them for. Amarillos are one of the signature hops in both our Green Elephant IPA and Workhorse IPA. These fresh hops have a bit different charachter than the dried variety giving this beer a uniquely fresh character. Cheers to the Harvest Season!

6.6% ABV

 ??? IBUs

O.G. 15 � Plato

On tap at Pizza Co 

Fresh Hop Organic Goodness

This year we were lucky enough to find Plough Monday Farm near Eugene and their Organic hops. These Organic Chinook Hops were used with all Organic Malt to create a slightly amber brew with great fresh hop flavors and aroma. First year hop farmers, Plough Monday picked these hops by hand and drove them to the brewery early one morning. We're particularly excited to see some new Organic hop varieties coming out of the Willamette Valey these days. Cheers to the Harvest Season.

5.9% ABV

 ??? IBUs

O.G. 14� Plato

Available at 51^st and Pizza Co.

Art Beer

The Portland Art Museum asked our Head Brewer to make a special beer based on a piece of art from their permenant collection. The painting Chad chose was Homesteaders Arthur Runquist 1939. The Work Progress Administration sponsored piece inspired Chad to brew a beer with sugar sources from the Pioneers' time and ferment it in a quasi-historical way. This amber ale uses not only traditional malted barley but also gets it's sugar from corn, molasses and Oregon clover honey. The beer was also fermented with a small portion of Oregon Oak to recreate the fermentation methods of yesteryear. This is truly a unique brew.

ABV 5.8%

IBU 30

OG 13

Also, please check out http://www.taplister.com/  A cool way to find your favorite beers around town or to see what's on tap at your local Portland watering hole.

We're off to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival. See you next week.

Chad