Jim Anderson

Laurelwood Brewing Company - Sponsor of Team Oregon and active participant
in the community celebrates 10 years of craft brewing this weekend. Come
celebrate 10 years of Laurelwood Brewing at their Sandy Blvd Location.

More info below:

Celebrating 10 Years Of Craft Beer!
Portland, OR - March 01, 2011
Laurelwood Public House & Brewery will be celebrating their ten year
anniversary on March 18th
with a grand birthday celebration. In true Laurelwood fashion the occasion
will be marked with 12 great
beers on draught, the tapping of 2 firkins, live music, family fun and food
specials featuring a Sweet Briar
Farms Berkshire Pig Roast. From the brewery there will be two great new beer
releases. First off is
Imperial Workhorse IPA in a limited edition screen printed 22oz bottle. The
second will be the debut of
Laurelwood?s newest year round organic brew, “The Big O” Organic Pale Ale.
“I'm really excited to be
releasing these two new beers for our anniversary celebration. I think we've
developed a knack for
creating hoppy ales of great variety. The new Organic Pale not only shows
what we can do with subtle hop
flavors but also speaks to our leadership as an organic Oregon brewery. The
Imperial Workhorse, of
course, shows what we can do with over the top hop character while
maintaining balance and drinkability”
says Brewmaster Chad Kennedy.
Laurelwood was founded in March 2001 by husband and wife team Mike De Kalb
and Cathy
Woo-De Kalb. The original Laurelwood Public House & Brewery opened in the
Hollywood district in NE
Portland, Oregon with a 7 barrel brewery system. “Since the beginning we
have been committed to
sustainability and supporting local farms and other purveyors. We are
Portland?s first certified organic
brewery and all of our craft beers are brewed with Pacific NW organic malt
as well as regionally sourced
hops. The brewery is certified organic by the Oregon Tilth and all of our
brewery water usage is offset by
credits from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. The breweries? spent
grain and yeast are used as
animal feed and we compost all of our spent hops. Our commitment to
sustainability fits our commitment
to making quality beer” says owner Mike De Kalb.
In 2007 Mike and Cathy relocated Laurelwood Public House & Brewery just 12
blocks east of the original
location to the former Sylvia?s Dinner Theatre in NE Portland. This location
remains home to their 15
barrel brewing system today. With 5 great pubs including two at the Portland
International Airport,
Laurelwood is distributed throughout Oregon and Washington in both draught
and 22oz bottles.
The Celebration starts at 5pm and is being sponsored by Taplister.com.
Taplister, founded in 2009 and
run by Kerry Finsand and Ken Baer, is a free online service that provides
information about what craft beer
is on tap at bars in 45 cities around the country. Users can find out what?s
on tap on the website
Taplister.com and with Taplister?s mobile apps available at
apps.taplister.com.