Oregon craft beer opens its doors wide
This sounds insane (the good insane, that is).
On Presidents Day weekend, dozens of Oregon breweries will open their doors to the public and offer tours, tastings and meet-and-greets with brewers.
Hosted by the Oregon Brewers Build for the third year in a row, the annual Zwickelmania tour gives the state some call Beervana a chance to showcase its craft beer reputation all at once. Though “reputation” seems a little weak; maybe “permeation” would be better.
More than 55 breweries will participate in the event on Saturday, February 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. If your Road Trips for Beer calendar is empty that day, and you can make it, start planning.
To see a list of the participating breweries and more details, go to the Oregon Brewers Guild website.
By the way, if you didn’t know already, a zwickel is the sampling valve mounted on the outside of a brewery’s fermentation tanks.
