SASQUATCH BREW FEST ON TAP FOR JUNE 7, 2008
Monday, April 28th, 2008This press release just recieve:
TO FEATURE BEER TASTINGS, HOMEBREW CONTEST, SILENT AUCTION, LIVE MUSIC
Eugene, Ore. - The Sasquatch Brew Fest, scheduled for June 7, 2008 at Broadway Plaza, started as a tribute to the passing of a friend, active community member, and professional brewer and evolved into one of the premier beer festivals in the Pacific Northwest.
This year’s Sasquatch Brew Fest will feature another range of beer-soaked activities, including a silent auction, a beer dinner, a homebrew contest and a golf Brew Am. Located outdoors on the Broadway Plaza in Eugene from noon to 11 p.m., the beer festival will showcase the vibrant Pacific Northwest brewing industry by offering an opportunity to taste unique craft beers.
Tickets will be available when the festival gates open at 12 p.m. for $10. Entrance includes a commemorative glass and two taste tickets. Additional taste tickets will be available for purchase throughout the festival grounds.
The Sasquatch Brew Fest is dedicated to the memory of Glen Hay Falconer, a well known and leading Pacific Northwest professional brewer. Falconer was the skilled and popular head brewer at the Wild Duck Brewery in Eugene until his untimely passing in 2002.
To honor his memory, his friends and family created the Sasquatch Brew Fest, a unique beer tasting opportunity because the beers are selected by the head brewer of each participating brewery, with some brewers crafting a distinctive recipe just for the festival.
Each year, the festival evolves.
This year, the festival will be organized by the Northwest Legends Foundation, formed at the request of the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, an organization that used to run the festival but now will manage the distribution of the brewing scholarships funded by the event.
Through local management, Northwest Legends will continue the Sasquatch Brew Fest, striving to ensure through active funding and support the overarching enjoyment of craft beers, educational and community spirit envisioned by all who knew Falconer, according to board member Jamie Floyd.
“The Northwest Legends Foundation will invoke the spirit of the legendary Sasquatch and the memory of Glen Falconer, known as one of the most talented and popular brewers in Eugene,” said board member John Burgess.
“By furthering the art of home brewing through the support of the people who brew craft-brewed beer in their home, and by continuing the financial support of the brewing scholarships and the good works of the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, the Sasquatch Brew Fest will be locally managed but will remain true to the original mission,” Burgess said.
Sasquatch was Falconer’s nickname.
A large portion of the proceeds will benefit the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, a non-profit agency dedicated to furthering professional brewing education. Additional proceeds will be donated to local non-profit agencies.
The Third Annual Sasquatch Homebrew Contest will be administered by the Cascade Brewers Society, a local homebrew club. Sanctioned by the American Homebrewers Association and the Beer Judge Certification Program, the contest is open to homebrewers currently residing in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California.
Prizes will be awarded at the Sasquatch Brew Fest to the top three finishers in the following BJCP style categories: English Pale Ale / Best Bitter / ESB; American Ale / American Pale Ale / American Amber; India Pale Ale / American IPA / Imperial IPA; and Strong Ale / Old Ale / American Barleywine.
The Bier Stein Bottleshop and Pub will cold store all entries. Rogue Ales Eugene City Brewery will host the judging. For more information about style guidelines and admission procedures, please visit http://www.sasquatchbrewfest.org/ .
The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing awards a full tuition scholarship each year to apprentice brewers to attend the celebrated Siebel Institute Chicago Campus Concise Course in Brewing Technology.
The course features a two week intensive program that covers every topic critical to successful brewery operations. Designed for brewing professionals, the program is designed to provide a wider knowledge of professional brewing standards and procedures in order to advance each applicant’s continuing brewing career. The program is also designed for individuals planning to enter the brewing industry.
The Scholarship is open to professional brewers and home brewers from the Pacific Northwest and Northern California regions. The selection committee includes brewers and professionals related to the brewing industry.
Organic brewers from around the world celebrate sustainability June 27-29 in Portland, Oregon at the North American Organic Brewers Festival (NAOBF). The 2007 festival featured 50 organic ales and lagers, drew 7000 attendees and raised over $2000 for local charities. The largest organic beer festival in the world, the NAOBF was first held in 2003 in Gresham, Oregon, and has been an annual event since 2006. In addition to organic beer the festival features live music, local and organic food, and sustainability-focused vendors. 
barley grown with chemical fertilizers. Organic beer made its debut in the US in the mid 1990s’ and production has grown by leaps and bounds since then. Organic beer is now a more than 20 million dollar market in the US. The festival celebrates the diversity of styles of organic beers from pilsners, pale ales, porters, and ambers, to stouts, India Pale Ales, and a plethora of Belgian styles.
A benefit for Oregon Food Bank, Leukemia Lymphoma Society, and Oregon Tilth, the NAOBF celebrates numerous facets of sustainability. The chemical pesticides 
and fertilizers used in conventional agriculture are one of the leading causes of cancer. The Leukemia Lymphoma Society, helps those suffering from leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma. The Oregon Food Bank feeds the hungry, and Oregon Tilth promotes sustainable agriculture and is one of the most stringent organic certification bodies in the nation.
the proceeds from which will benefit the Glen Hay Falconer Memorial Foundation, which maintains a Brewing Scholarship to the Siebel Institute of Technology brewing school. Eugene brewer Glen Hay Falconer was an organic beer pioneer while at the Wild Duck Brewery and Restaurant in Eugene. This years Sasquatch Legacy Project is the Imperial Vienna, brewed by 2007 scholarship recipients Corey Blodgett and Jacob Leonard using organic malt.
In the interest of sustainability the NAOBF is working to reduce its waste stream, and minimize its carbon footprint. This year the NAOBF has switched from plastic to cornstarch tasting glasses, which are 100% compostable. Conventional plastics not only take up landfill space, but have been linked to cancer, and are made from foreign petroleum. The cornstarch cups are made from domestically grown corn by Colorado-based Eco-Products, .
a zero-waste, solar-powered company. Onsite compost receptacles will be provided at the event for the cups and food waste. All food vendors are required to use compostable flatware and plates. A Biodiesel-fueled generator provides the festival’s energy needs, and attendees are encouraged to take MAX light-rail to the event. Vendors at the NAOBF promote sustainable living through their wares and services
Oregon Food Bank. The event is all-ages. Service animals only. There is no onsite parking, attendees are encouraged to take public transit. (MAX Yellow Line to Overlook Park stop). Bicycle parking will be provided.
Join us at Roots Organic Brewing Company on April 5, 2008 for the 2nd Annual Portland’s Cheers to Belgian Beers Festival. This festival was launched in the spring of 2007 and was held at Rock Bottom Brewery in it’s first year. Ten local Portland Breweries were challenged to create their own Belgian Style Beer Recipe with the same yeast strain. Proceeds generated from the festival were donated to charity.
