Saraveza’s IIPA Fest
This weekend in Portland—among all the other things also going on—Saraveza is holding their 3rd annual Imperial IPA Fest—featuring an incredible rotating list of super-hoppy high-alcohol DIPAs and IIPAs, live music, a commemorative glass, free jars for to-go IIPAs, food specials, gifts, prizes, and more. It’s all taking place from 1 to 10pm today, and from 1 to 9pm tomorrow (Sunday).
Cost is $20 for a glass and 8 tickets, or $35 for 2 glasses and 16 tickets, purchasable online here.
Here’s the current line-up:
- Amnesia’s “Dopeacetic”
- Hop Valley’s “Infinite Hoppiness”
- Burnside’s Double Dry-Hopped “Alter Ego”
- Good Life’s “Comatose”
- Alameda’s “Green Wolf”
- Beer Valley’s “Leafer Madness”
- Widmer’s “Scorcher”
- Laurelwood’s Organic “Green Mammoth”
- Laurelwood’s Organic “Deranger” (Red IIPA)
- Ninkasi’s “Babylon”
- Oakshire’s “Perfect Storm”
- Gigantic’s ” (Name TBD) “
- Rock Bottom’s “Thunder Dome”
- Hopworks’ Organic “Ace of Spades”
- Hopworks’ Organic “Galactic” (Red IIPA)
- Natian’s “Old Grogham”
- Block 15’s “Block Head”
- Old Town Brewing Company’s “RRR”
- Boneyard’s “Hop Venom”
- Boneyard’s “Armored Fist” (Imp. CDA)
- Southern Oregon Brewing’s “Big Rack”
- Fort George’s “Bad Juju”
- Deschutes’ “JediPA”
- Vertigo’s “Friar Gone Wild”
- Everybody’s “Big Brother”
- Walking Man’s “Homo Erectus”
- Mt. Tabor’s “Finsky Super IPA”
- Lazy Boy’s “Double Trouble”
- Sierra Nevada’s “Hoptimum”
- Lagunitas’ “Hop Stoopid”
- Bear Republic’s “Hop Rod Rye” (Rye IIPA)
- Mad River’s “Steelhead”
- Pizza Port’s “Poor Man’s”
- Pizza Port’s “Killer Dana”
- Moylan’s “Moylander”
- Stone’s “10th Anniversary Ruination”
- Firestone Walker’s “Wookey Jack” (Imp. CDA)
- Firestone Walker’s “Double Jack”
- Green Flash’s “Palate Wrecker”
- Russian River’s “Pliny the Elder”
- He’Brew’s “Lenny’s R.I.P.A.” (Rye IIPA)
- Epic’s “Exponential Imperial IPA”
- Oskar Blues’ “Gubna”
- Oskar Blues’ “Deviant Dale’s”
- Dogfish Head’s “120 Minute” (IIIPA)
- Boulevard’s “Double Wide”
- Victory’s “Hop Wallop”
- Southern Tier’s “Unearthly”
- Uinta’s “Detour”
- Uinta’s “Dubhe” (Imp. CDA)
- Midnight Sun’s “Meltdown”
- Urthel’s “Hop-It” (Belgian IIPA)
- Van Viven “Viven” (Belgian IIPA)
Impressive list! If you go, however, be sure to drink lots of water and stay hydrated too; these are bigger beers that most fests serve up.