On Saturday, February 13th, Eugene will join the rest of Oregon for the state’s 2nd annual Zwickelmania. The free event is a state-wide brewery open house, put on by the Oregon Brewers Guild. This year, over 40 breweries are participating, offering tours and tastings (some straight of the zwickel) from 12:00-4:00pm. Additional information can be found HERE on the organization’s website.
All Eugene/Springfield area breweries are participating in this year’s event. Rogue will have the old white school bus fired up, offering shuttle service between the breweries. Here is a copy of their schedule. It is also available as a PDF on the Rogue website.
Besides our 5 local breweries, the bus also stops at the Lane Events Center, where you can park and ride for free. The Lane Events Center is also the location of the KLCC Microbrew Festival; conveniently starting at 5:00pm, just as Zwickelmania comes to a close.
Oakshire posted their Zwickelmania list a couple days ago. Here are the brews they will be offering next Saturday.
Oakshire Amber
Watershed IPA
Overcast Espresso Stout
Two Wheeler IPA
Frog’s Wort Pale Ale
Ill Tempered Gnome
Harvest Ale
Red Nugget
09 Sasquatch – Last Year’s KLCC Collab.
Duck Billed Platypus – This Year’s KLCC Collab, a Belgian Style Cascadian Dark Rye Ale
Matt also mentioned that he has kegs of Cascade Conundrum, Perfect Storm and Bourbon Barrel Aged IPA that he is trying to wrestle away from the sales team for the event.
My game plan is to attend the KLCC Fest Friday night, Zwickel Saturday afternoon then take my wife out to Ambrosia for an early Valentines dinner Saturday evening. Damn, busy weekend. Oh, and speaking of Ambrosia, they will be hosting an Oakshire beer dinner on February 23rd. I’ve e-mailed the restaurant for a menu and will post it when I receive it.
Cheers and happy zwickeling!
Kevin
I heard you can go blind if you Zwickle too much!
True, but zwickeling just the right amount leaves you with a very satisfied feeling.
Cheers!