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Limited Release Beers
The Limited Release Beers are special vintage beers for which there is a very limited supply. These beers typically require additional tickets for a taster, with a select few also offered as full mug pours of varying ticket cost. To help ensure as many people as possible get a fair chance of trying at least one of these beers, we stagger their tapping throughout each day of the fest (Wednesday through Saturday only).
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Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Samichlaus (2005)Doppelbock • ABV: 14.0%
Samichlaus Bier is brewed only once a year on December 6th and is aged for 10 months before bottling. Samichlaus is one of the rarest specialty beers in the world, ideal for aging, and older vintages become more complex with a creamy, warming finish.
[Tasters only! 2 tickets per taster.] Beer Location: Out
Vorchdorf, Austria
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Cascade Brewing Barrel House
Soured Baltic Porter (2007)Soured Baltic Porter • ABV: 9.0%
Blended from 2006 Bourbon barrel-aged Porter and 2006 French oak barrel-aged Porter with rich round malt flavors of toasted toffee, coffee and dark chocolate provide the foundation for a range of hop flavors. Vanilla and Bourbon mingle in the sweet malt finish. This ale is available only at the Holiday Ale Festival (last keg in existence!).
[Tasters only! 2 tickets per taster.] Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Deschutes Brewery
Lost Barrels of Mirror Mirror (2009)Oak-Aged Barleywine • ABV: 10.7% • IBUs: 51
As part of the Reserve Series, the brewers discovered some "lost" barrels hidden in the back corner of the warehouse. They set aside this special 100% barrel-aged version of Mirror Mirror for occasions such as the Holiday Ale Festival. Lucky you!
[2 ticket per taste; 6 tickets per mug.] Beer Location: OutBend, OR
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Oskar Blues
Ten Fiddy (2008)Imperial Stout • ABV: 9.4% • IBUs: 98
Deep flavors of chocolate, malt, coffee, cocoa and oats roll across your tongue with the first sip. Made with an enormous amount of two-row malts, chocolate malts, roasted barley, flaked oats and hops, this beer aims to please your dark beer needs.
[2 tickets per taster. 6 tickets per mug.] Beer Location: OutLonmont, CO
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Anchor Brewing Company
Old Foghorn (2006)English Barleywine • ABV: 9.1%
Brewed strictly according to traditional brewing methods, using only natural ingredients: water, malted barley, fresh whole hops, and yeast. Featuring only Cascade hops, with additional hopping while aging, it is fermented with a true top-fermenting ale yeast. Carbonation through natural "bunging" produces champagne-like bubbles.
[Tasters only! 2 tickets per taste.] Beer Location: OutJuneau, AK
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Lompoc Brewing (New Old Lompoc)
Bourbon Barrel-Aged 8 Malty Nights (2010)Chocolate Rye • ABV: 6.5%
Portland's first Hannukah seasonal, it features a roasted chocolate flavor with hints of bourbon and oak for a sweet finish. It is dark brown in color, lightly hopped with English style hops and aged in bourbon barrels for nine months. Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Upright Brewing Co.
Noel (2010)Barrel-Aged Belgian Winter Ale • ABV: 6.2%
Part of the extra-small batch Sole Composition Series, this is a Pinot Barrel-Aged Belgian winter ale brewed with the juice from three varieties of cherries with added spices. Primarily found only in bottles, we somehow managed to get a rare keg for your enjoyment. Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
Babushka's Secret (2009)Black Raspberry Russian Imperial Stout • ABV: 9.0%
Starting with its classic KGB as the base beer, local black raspberries were added at a rate of 14 lbs per barrel throughout fermentation. The result is an almost purplish opaque color with a beautiful brown head, a combination of fruit and chocolate in the nose, a coffee-like roastiness and a nice hop bitterness.
[2 tickets per taster. 6 tickets per mug.] Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Cascade Brewing Barrel House
Sang Noir (2009)Barrel-Aged Sour Ale • ABV: 10.2% • IBUs: 5
A big, full-bodied double Flanders style Double Red comes from a blend of several barrel aged beers, aged on 100 pounds of Bing Cherries, with portions of the beer aging in Heaven Hills and Maker's Mark Whiskey barrels and Pinot Noir Barrels. For sweet high notes, Bourbonic Plague and Blond Quad aged in Minnesota oak were added.
[2 tickets per taster. 6 tickets per mug.] Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Deschutes Brewery
Sour Crown (2010)Sour Ale • ABV: 4.8% • IBUs: 24
This is a beautiful blend of the malt character of a classic English brown ale and a recent sour beer Deschutes created, right here in Portland, called Mos Eisley. The light tartness within appeals to both sour beer lovers and novices of the style.
[Tasters only! 2 tickets per taste.] Beer Location: OutBend, OR
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Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
JIM (2008)Strong Blend • ABV: 10.0%
A Holiday Ale/HotD collaboration honoring the late Jim Kennedy, this is a blend of Hair of the Dog beers Adam of the Wood aged 4 months in wet Elija Craig bourbon barrels, Fred of the Wood aged in new American oak, Blue Dot for hop nose and Doggie Claws for balance, with a touch of 2003 Samichlaus and 2007 Chimay Grand Reserve.
[2 tickets per taster. 6 tickets per fill.] Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
JIM (2009)Strong Blend • ABV: 10.0%
A Holiday Ale/HotD collaboration honoring the late Jim Kennedy, this blend features Doggie Claws, Adam, Fred from the wood, and Blue Dot, with a keg of English Brown Ale, German Bock, and American Strong Ale, and finished off with Cantillon St. Lamvinus, Scaldis Noel, Corsendonk Christmas Ale, and Orval.
[2 tickets per taster. 6 tickets per fill.] Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Bear Republic Brewing Co.
Tartare (2010)Berliner-Style Weisse • ABV: 4.0% • IBUs: 8
A dry and tart Berliner-style wheat beer spontaneously fermented in a 2500 gallon oak vessel. One of the world's classic sour beer styles, Tartare is Bear Republic's interpretation of the beer style dubbed as "The Champagne of the North". Beer Location: OutCloverdale, CA
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Bison Brewing Co.
Tangerine Trees and Marmalade SkiesBarrel-Aged Belgian Tripel • ABV: 9.0%
A Belgian Tripel barrel-aged with pectin-free Naval orange marmalade in Evan Williams barrels providing hints of vanilla and tangerine peel. We only have one of these kegs, so it will go quick.
[Tasters Only! 2 ticket per taste.] Beer Location: OutBerkeley, CA
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Black Diamond Brewing Co.
Bourbon/Brandy Imperial PorterBarrel-Aged Imperial Porter • ABV: 8.5%
An imperial porter barrel-aged in both bourbon and brandy barrels. This is a "one-off" keg we were lucky enough to get, so get a taster while it lasts.
[Tasters Only! 2 tickets per taste.] Beer Location: OutWalnut Creek, CA
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Cascade Brewing Barrel House
Barrel-Aged Diesel Stout (2010)Barrel-Aged Stout • ABV: 9.9% • IBUs: 45
Brewed with chocolate and roasted malts, black strap molasses and dark Belgian candy sugar, it is then aged for 15 months in Heaven Hill Bourbon and Pinot Noir barrels. You will taste both dark sweet and milk chocolate, coffee, bourbon and molasses in every sip and hints of dark vanilla and Bourbon in the finish.
[Tasters only! 2 tickets per taster.] Beer Location: OutPortland, OR
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Kona Brewing Company
Black Sand Porter (2009)Porter • ABV: 6.6% • IBUs: 40
A robust, full bodied porter with pronounced bittersweet chocolate flavor and aroma from the diverse variety of malt, including Premium 2-Row, Chocolate, Munich, Caramel, Carapils and Black. Centennial and Northern Brewer hops balance the maltiness of this robust and roasty ale. Flown in directly from Hawaii in 2009.
[2 tickets per taste. 6 ticket per mug.] Beer Location: OutKailua-Kona, HI
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New Belgium Brewing Co.
Eric's Ale (2009)Barrel-Aged Sour Ale • ABV: 6.9% • IBUs: 16 • O.G.: 17.8° • F.G.: 4.5°
Having worked closely with our wood beer project, La Folie, Eric decided to play around with oak barrels. The result is a very drinkable sour beer hybrid with subtle peach tones and a warm, spicy finish. The aroma has pleasant hints of vanilla and tropical fruit, the wood characteristics are present but nicely muted. Beer Location: OutFort Collins, CO
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Stone Brewing Co.
Belgian-Style Tripel (2008)Belgian-Style Tripel
A one-of-a-kind Belgian-style Abbey Tripel created through a collaboration between Stone, Mikkeller and Alesmith.
[2 tickets per taster. 6 tickets per mug.] Beer Location: OutEscondido, CA
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Bear Republic Brewing Co.
Zinfandel Barrel-Aged XP (2009)Barrel-Aged Pale Ale • ABV: 6.0% • IBUs: 25
A pale ale that was barrel-aged for two years with 100 pounds of Zinfandel grapes added during secondary fermentation. Beer Location: OutCloverdale, CA
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Deschutes Brewery
Twisted Winter (Sour Jubel)Soured Winter Ale • ABV: 10.5% • IBUs: 40
Jubel is a deeply complex, intensely flavored take on their festive winter seasonal, Jubelale. Now amp that up with some traditional NW souring techniques, and you have Twisted Winter, aka Sour Jubel. Beer Location: OutBend, OR
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