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Portland is a land of ales. Lagers pop up as seasonals at a lot of breweries, but it’s ales that dominate the Portland beer scene. Lagers are brewed the same as ales, with the exception of the yeast used. Lager yeast is a bottom fermenting yeast, that requires colder temperatures and a longer primary fermentation time than ales. Colder and longer fermentation has a large impact on breweries who have limited cooler space, as lagers have to age longer before it can be served. Many breweries rely on the ability to brew and serve beer as quickly as possible to make the most efficient use of limited brewing equipment, which usually means brewing ales.
There are many different styles of lagers such as Pilsners, Bocks, and Viennas, with colors ranging from extremely light to very dark. Like ales, there is quite a bit of variety in lagers. So, now you want a lager, right? They may be a bit harder to find in Portland, but luckily, Baily’s Taproom is hosting a rare event where people can sample five different lagers from Portland’s Lompoc Brewing Company:
“Please join us for a five month vertical tasting of 2008 Lompoc Brewing Co. Lagers Wednesday the 19th of November. Meet the brewers and tip a pint of our Summer through early Winter seasonal Lagers.”
Here’s the list:
- Heaven’s Helles 5% ABV Bavarian-style pale lager (July)
- Saazall 5.5% ABV Bohemian-style dry-hopped Pilsner or lager (August)
- Oktoberfest 5.0% Bavarian-style Maerzen or amber lager (September)
- OktoBock 6.7% ABV Bavarian-style Bock or amber lager brewed with 5 lbs/bbl of fresh picked Crystal hops (October)
- Saazilla 7.6% ABV Bohemian-style double Pilsner or pale lager brewed with over 2 lbs/bbl of Saaz hops (November)
All five of these 2008 cellared Lompoc Brewing Co. lagers will be available for one night. Flights of Five will be served as well as individual pints or glasses.
November 19th at:
Bailey’s Taproom
213 SW Broadway
Portland, OR
503.295.1004
baileystaproom.com
4 pm until midnight
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Not to be a ginormous ass, but really what is proposed is a 5 beer horizontal tasting, not a vertical (vertical would be the same beer just 5 different years)
Love the work, tho, and esp. the photos. Those are great for seeing the differences in everyone’s set up.
And further, I realize you didn’t introduce the vertical tasting wording, that was the brewer who, one would presume, would know better.
Sorry,
A ginormous Ass
Patrick
Patrick,
I wasn’t paying enough attention when I was cutting and pasting. Thanks for pointing this out–it’s only one word, but it makes a big difference in what kind of tasting this will be. I agree that this should be labeled as a horizontal tasting, not vertical.
But don’t tell me about it–yell at Jonathan on Wednesday at Bailey’s!
Cheers!
matt