It's All In The SUDS! Hood River Hops Fest, Sept. 29, 2012

It's All In The SUDS! Hood River Hops Fest, Sept. 29, 2012

This is the ultimate beer lovers festival: Hood River Hops Fest, 2012.

Hops Fest was voted "Best Event Of The Gorge" in 2010 and 2011!

Hood River County Chamber of Commerce will host it's annual beer lover's delight when more than two dozen Northwest craft brewers join together to present their best, especially Hood River County's own microbreweries. The event is held in a special pavilion set up in downtown Hood River, between 5th and 7th streets on Cascade and Columbia Streets, from noon to 9.m. Children are welcome until 6 p.m. The celebration also includes:

• Local cuisine from woodfire pizza to American pub grub to vegetarian style dishes.
• Arts and crafts vendors from around the Northwest
• A selection of Gorge wines.
• A Kids Zone with face painting and other child friendly activities.
• And a day-long lineup of live music.

Admission

• $4.00 for wine drinkers and designated drivers
• 21 and over $6.00, which includes beer tasting stein
• 20 and under free until 5:30 p.m.

Tokens are $1 each. 4 tokens = a full beer, or 1 token = a taste.

Interested in being a beer pouring volunteer at Hops Fest? Email: ashleyjhuckaby@gmail.com or call Ashley at (503) 819-4532.

Breweries participating in Hops Fest 2012:

Amnesia Brewing, Portland, OR  *  Big Horse Brewery, Hood River, OR * Block 15 Brewing, Corvallis, OR  *  Breakside Brewery, Portland, OR  *  Burnside Brewery, Portland, OR  *  Beer Valley Brewing, Ontario, OR  *  Bridgeport Brewery, Portland, OR  *  Cascade Lakes Brewing, Redmond, OR  *  The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR  *  Deschutes Brewery, Bend and Portland, OR  *  Double Mountain Brewery, Hood River, OR  *  Everybody’s Brewing, White Salmon, WA  *  Falling Sky Brewing, Eugene, OR  *  Flat Tail Brewing, Corvallis, OR  *  Fort George Brewery, Astoria, OR  *  Full Sail Brewing, Hood River, OR  *  Golden Valley Brewing, McMinnville, OR  *  Gigantic Brewing, Portland, OR  *  Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland, OR  *  Hale’s Ales Brewery, Seattle, WA  *  Laurelwood Brewing, Portland, OR  *  Lagunitas Brewing, Petaluma, CA  *  Logsdon’s Ales, Hood River, OR  *  McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale, OR  *  New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO  *  Ninkasi Brewing, Eugene, OR  *  Oakshire Brewing, Eugene, OR  *  Pelican Brewery, Pacific City, OR  *  Pfriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR  *  Rock Bottom Brewery, Portland, OR  *  Rogue Ales, Newport, OR  *  Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, CA  *  Schooner Exact Brewing, Seattle, WA  *  Solera Brewing, Parkdale, OR  *  Silver Moon, Bend, OR  *  10 Barrel Brewing, Bend, OR  *  Upright Brewing, Portland, OR  *  Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR  *  Walking Man Brewing, Stevenson, WA