Lagunitas Owner on Guitar, Cool Jar Give-away & Doggystyle Cookies at Saraveza

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Wed. May 11th: Sure, sometimes we get to tip one back with the awesome brewers & founders behind our favorite suds, but how often do we get a performance to boot?  Join us as we welcome Lagunitas Brewing Founder, Tony Magee & his guitar, for a live performance. A true entertainer, Tony’s show is a rare and amazing night out, especially if you pair it with an über-fresh pint of “Hop Stoopid”.  In addition to the crowd favorite IIPA, we’ll be pouring Pilsner, “W.T.F.” & “Undercover Investigation Shut-Down” Strong Ales.

As if that’s not enough, your first taste of these delectable offerings will be from the coolest quaffin’ vessel on the planet (The Famous Lagunitas Jar) free for you to take home (while supplies last, of course)! AND some Sugar Pimp cookies in honor of our guests - gratis!  So, get your butt down here for what’s sure to be a GREAT night of music and beer!

Beer & Cheesecake Pairings

Thursday, April 28, 2011

SUN, MAY 8th, 1-3pm @ Saraveza’s backspace: Join Lisa Morrison, the Beer Goddess, and Sarah Pederson of Saraveza for a unique Mother’s Day event.  Help your mom discover her perfect craft beer and cheesecake pair! (or just come and tell your mom about it later!) Enjoy samples of 6 savory and sweet cheesecakes made by local bakers & brewers as well as 8+ craft beers.

Some of the delicious cheesecakes:
- Block 15 Bourbon Bleu Cheesecake w/ Bacon Balsamic Reduction
- Vanilla cheesecake, chocolate cookie crust with salted peanut-caramel
- Goat Cheese Chipotle Swirl Cheesecake w/ toasted pumpkin seed & tortilla crust
- Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam Cheesecake
- Alaskan Smoked Porter Cheesecake and more!

$30 per person. Space is limited, purchase tickets starting on Mon, April 25th at Saraveza! Takes place behind Saraveza @ 5433 N Michigan Ave.

This event benefits the Pink Boots Society, a non-profit Portland-based organization that supports and promotes careers in beer for women.

Happy Hour ALL Night Long w/ Double Mountain, Firestone Walker & Nectar Ales

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Thurs, April 28, 5-10pm: In the United States alone, someone is infected with HIV every nine and a half minutes. On Thurs, April 28, Saraveza will donate a generous percentage of revenue from our dinner hours to Portland’s HIV Day Center, OHSU Partnership Project and the Dining Out For Life fundraiser. 

HAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT LONG IN THE BACK ROOM: Double Mountain, Firestone Walker and Nectar Ales have generously donated kegs for the evening.  Saraveza will open it’s back room to pour these beers during a 6-10pm happy hour.  100% of Double Mountain, Firestone Walker and Nectar Ales proceeds will go back to the fundraiser.

Flat Tail Brewing at Saraveza this Friday!

Monday, April 11, 2011

FRI. April 15th, 7-10pm: Corvalis’s new superstar brewery, Flat Tail Brewing, is going to be on center stage this Friday night at Saraveza.  A newer Oregon brewery, Flat Tail has come out of the gates running!!  We’re pumped to have head brewer, Dave Marliave pouring samples of their Licentious Goat IIPA (winner of this years People’s Choice Award at the KLCC Brew Festival) and their New Belgian IIPA brewed with lemon grass and citrus peel!  And of course, we’ll raffle off the house!

Join us Friday to meet the beaver brewers and if you’re lucky, you might go home with some schwag! 

Free Bacon Night!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Every 2nd Monday of the month from 6-10pm, come on down to Saraveza for a beer and get your pork on!  All craft beer pours are paired with our house smoked bacon. Seriously.  Free.  Bacon. 

Fort George Can Release Party & Sugar Pimp Can Cake For All!!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Sat. April 2nd, 7-10pm @ Saraveza’s Back Room: CAN you believe it? Finally Fort George in package - cans nonetheless! Now, let’s celebrate!

Fort George owner/brewer Chris Nemlowill and Coffee Girl Zetty McKay will be on hand to sample Vortex IPA and 1811 Pre-Prohibition Lager from 16oz cans and raffle off prizes. Erika from Saraveza will be pouring delicious Bourbon BBL aged Cavatica Stout and XVIth Chapel Belgian IIPA on draft in addition to the two canned guests of honor.

For the occasion, Sugar Pimp is making one of her famous “Can Cakes”. This time a chocolate buttercream cake made with Fort George’s Coffee Girl Stout. Cake cutting at 9pm (yummm..complimentary can cake!) AND…Chef Dustin Gettmann is whipping up some ceviche for everyone (yes! FREE ceviche!) AND…DJ all night long, so wear your party pants!

DOUBLE MOUNTAIN 4th ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!! (Portland Edition)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

WED. MARCH 16th, 5 - 9PM @ Saraveza’s Side-space: Those who know Charlie, Matt, & the Double Mountain Crew know they can throw one heck of a party, & this time it’s Saraveza’s turn to throw one for them! Join us as we celebrate 4 years of Double Mountain’s love of good times and killer craft beer. We’ll not only be pouring their new “2x4” Anniversary Strong Ale, but their entire Trappist Series; “Tripel Nipel”, “Sacre Bleu!” & “Red Light District.”. We’ll be spinning vinyl, dancing & laughing, so if that sounds as good to you as it does to us, we’ll see you there!

Saraveza’s 3 Day Russian River Extravaganza: Pliny the Younger, Elder, Blind Pig and R.R. Flights!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Pliny the Younger is here!!! And if you want some on Monday, March 7th, stop down at Saraveza after 2pm on Saturday, March 5th to pre-order your 8oz glass.  Tickets limited, first 80 customers receive a ticket.  One per person ONLY! Redeem your ticket between 2 and 7pm on Monday.  After 7pm, unclaimed beers will be forfeited and lucky bystanders will purchase till the keg blows.  (No worries though, you can come in during the week and redeem your ticket for another draft beer.) In addition, we’ll have Russian River festivities all Saturday - Monday long! 

Check out the itinerary:
SAT, 2pm: Younger tickets on sale (one per person). Blind Pig on draft!
SUN, 2pm: Pliny the Elder and Blind Pig on draft. R.R. Flights: Supplication, Consecration, Temptation, Sanctification and Redemption! 
MON, 2pm: Redeem your Younger ticket! At 7pm, unclaimed Youngers sold.  R.R. Flights: Supplication, Consecration, Temptation, Sanctification and Redemption! Blind Pig on draft.

Lagunitas Cool Jar Night

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Fri. Feb. 25th, 4:20pm: Check out this hilariously awesome drinking jar from Lagunitas (note the handy measurements!)  In Lagunitas fashion, the festivities will begin at 4:20 with a free jar for those enjoying Lagunitas brews.  We’ll be pouring Fusion 5 (only 70 barrels nation wide) and Pils. It’s that simple! 

While supplies last…and they won’t!

Celebrate Valentines Day with Decadent and Delectable Beer at Saraveza

Sunday, February 13, 2011

VALENTINE’S DAY. Mon, Feb 14th, 5pm: Brewpublic’s 2nd Annual My Beery Valentine offers a variety of unique, specialty, and one-off craft beers with sweethearts and sweettooths in mind.
POURING ON THIS NIGHT:
* Block 15 Love Potion #9: Brewed special for this occasion by the Corvallis brewers at Block 15. “A hint of earthiness just ahead of a hearty fruit flavor somewhere between … wait for it … blackberry & red raspberry. Nice roasty support & not too sweet” -Dave Selden 33Beers.com

* Cascade Chocolate Raspberry: Using the last keg of the past fall’s Fresh Hop Porter and a new version of Busta Nut Brown, the brewers and blenders at Cascade added some raspberry infused triple and straight Bourbonic. You will get raspberries and chocolate in the nose, and bitter chocolate, tart fruit and dark spices on the tongue. The Bourbonic finishes it up in a way that only Bourbonic can. 8% ABV.

* Double Mountain Bonne Idée Avec Kriek: This beer is one you may never be able to try again. This complex brew combines the regular Bonne Idee, developed originally for 2009?s Portland’s Cheers To Belgian Beers, blended 85/15 with Devil’s Kriek 2010, brewed over the summer. With cherries grown at Brewmaster Matt Swihart’s orchard in Hood River and the addition of Brettanomyces, the result is tart, sweet, and ever-changing specimen.

* Fort George Bourbon BBL Cavatica: “Our Cavatica Stout was left to sit and age in Wild Turkey barrels for two and a half months. The day before we transferred the stout into a serving tank we had one of the Wild Turkey barrels explode on us sending delicious stout all down Duane St. It never smelled so good on this block. What was once a very delicious bourbon stout has become a limited edition bourbon stout.” -Chris Nemlowill, co-founder of Fort George Brewery.

* Fort George Murky Pearl Oyster Stout: Many believe that oysters are an aphrodisiac.This brewed with three buckets Willapa Bay oysters run through wort. Then the brewers let the oysters sit in the wort until they popped open infusing the beer with the briny oyster juice. Although you cannot taste an immense amount of oyster in this stout, you can taste a hint of salty goodness that lingers in this beer. Chris say “Drinking this beer is truly like kissing the ocean.”

* Ninkasi Vanilla Oatis: A vanilla infused version of Ninkasi’s beloved Oatmeal Stout. “It is a pure confection, with the vanilla unexpectedly drawing out a long, intense chocolate note…tastes like a float, and I kept expecting to see a dollop of vanilla ice cream float up. The whole experience is accentuated by the creaminess of the stout, which is like silk.” -Jeff Alworth, Beervana Blog.

* Oakshire Heart Shaped Box: This exclusive release is an Oatmeal Stout aged in a Heaven Hill bourbon barrel with cherries, organic cocoa nibs, organic espresso, and vanilla beans. Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk’s ability to produce some of Oregon’s finest beers has us drawn into his magnet tar pit trap.

* Upright Blend Love: “A combination of the upcoming second batch of Four Play, the brewery’s annual sour cherry wheat beer with some barrel-aged Six using raspberry puree, yielding a complex and one of a kind fruit laden brew paying homage to one of our most beloved local brewers.” -Upright brewer/founder Alex Ganum

Saraveza will also feature special treats courtesy of Sugar Pimp to pair with these delicious brews.

write up courtesy of Brewpublic

New “Walking Man” Head Brewer at Saraveza this Friday

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Feb. 11th, 7pm: Meet Dan Munch, the new head brewer at Walking Man!  Dan will be sampling his Porter and telling you tales from Stevenson, WA, a land not so far away!

Saraveza Hosts the Pre-game Grill and Superbowl!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

SUN. FEB. 6th: On your way to a Superbowl party? Join Saraveza for pre-game tailgating on our sidewalk with brats, burgers, veggie burgers and deep fried cheese curds as we prep for GB’s big day.  Staying for the game? We’ll open up an extra 1,000 square feet and two news projection screens to fit as many cheeseheads in Saraveza as possible.

Also, be a part of this year’s Superbowl Meat Raffle @ halftime sponsored by Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats!  See you on Sunday! 

The grill is hot and doors are open at 11am.  Seating is first come, no reservations.  BRING LOMBARDI HOME!! 

3rd Annual Meat Raffle, Meet the Butcher & Blind Pig Weekend

Monday, January 24, 2011

Feb 4-6th: In Northern Wisconsin, hunters and farmers donate meat to churches and bars fundraising for those in need.  This Superbowl weekend, Saraveza hosts its 3rd Annual Meat Raffle in an effort to raise money for Portland’s Urban Farm Collective. Friday and Saturday, come “Meet the Butcher” where local meat purveyors sample their product followed by the raffle. For all you Packer fans, Wisconsin-based Nueske’s Meats sponsors the half time raffle!  (Check back here for game day details as Saraveza plans it’s tailgate party and doubles in size for more Packer fans for the Superbowl!)  Russian River’s Blind Pig IPA will be pouring all three days!

Don’t eat the meat?  In addition to the plethora of carnivorous matter, vegetarian winners won’t go home empty handed!  Move over bacon, we’ve got plenty of gift certificates and beer schwag!  Tickets are $1 each and are available two hours before each raffle.  Must be present to win.

FRI, FEB 4th:
7PM: Olympic Provisions present “Meet the Butcher”
9PM: Meat Raffle

SAT, FEB 5th:
7PM: Nicky USA present “Meet the Butcher”
9PM: Meat Raffle

SUN, FEB 6th:
SUPER BOWL HALFTIME: Meat Raffle sponsored by Nueske’s

Packer Magic

Monday, January 17, 2011

Sun. Jan. 23rd, 12 noon: Packers vs. da Bears!  Join Leigh & Ali as they serve you up Hamm’s and special Packer Play-off munchies.  Get yourself in the mood and watch this video made by a Saraveza customer. Saraveza opens at 10am on Sunday; we recommend coming earlier the better! Now go get your brat on. 

Celebrate Firestone Walker, He’brew and Stone’s 14th B-day!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Friday, January 14th, 6-8pm: A birthday reception celebrating 14 years of the Golden State’s finest brewing!  We invite you to the backroom of Saraveza where we’ll be taking in the California sun, pouring 14th Anniversary flights and serving up paired appetizers (gratis for ya’ll)!  We’ll be making noise that will be heard all the way down to our southern neighbors (we’re going to make sure of it)!  So come on out, join the the Birthday party as well as the organizations that make it possible for us Oregonians to imbibe on innovative brews from across the border!

On draft in the backroom:
Stone 14th Anniversary “Emperial” IPA
He’Brew “Jewbelation” 14th Anniversary Barley Wine (with Zak Davis of Schmaltz/He’Brew up from the Bay Area to talk all about it!)
Firestone Walker “14” - A blend of Firestone favorites (Parabola, Velvet Merkin, Bravo and Double Double Barrel Ale, Good Foot and Sticky Monkey)

On draft at Saraveza:
Stone “Vertical Epic 10/10/10”
Firestone vintage “Velvet Merkin”
He’Brew “2010 Rejewvenator”

Tyler “Elder” Vickers Receives 2010 Oregon Beertender of the Year!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Walk into Saraveza once and you get a handshake from your beertender, Tyler “Tiger” “Elder” Vickers.  Walk into Saraveza twice and there’s a chance that your beer will appear before you order it.  That’s our Tyler.  Tyler is known for his affinity for Pliny the Elder, polyester pants, Doo Wop, the Trail Blazers and his opinions.  Earlier this year, Upright Brewing affectionately named their fresh hop beer, “Tyler the Elder.”  This month, Tyler was awarded a much deserved accolade, “Oregon’s 2010 Bartender of the Year” as voted on by Northwest Brewing News readers.

Tyler, a native Portlander, was Saraveza’s first hire; on board before the walls were constructed. He came with a customer fan base from North PDX stints at Lompoc’s 5Q and Pix Patisserie.  He’s the youngest oldest person you’ll ever meet and perhaps, under that beard, one of the kindest.

We at Saraveza are not only honored to have the 2010 Bartender of the Year in our presence, we have the 2009 recipient as well—Jonathan Carmean, beertender and manager.  As Jonathan passes the torch to his colleague he remarks, “Everyone knows he deserves it. What people don’t know, however, is that Tyler believes it’s for the year 1964! So please don’t say anything. A pat on the back and a ‘Congratulations old man!’ should do just fine. Cheers, Tyler! You’re one of my best buddies and I’m better for it.”

Terminal Gravity Holiday Vertical

Monday, December 20, 2010

Wed. Dec 22nd, 7pm: Get a taste of holiday history!  We’ll be pouring verticals of Terminal Gravity’s Festivale.  Side by side you can try this Old Ale from ‘08, ‘09 and ‘10!

Meet the Collaborators: Brew Crew’s Noel Blake & Rob Widmer

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Dec. Wed. 15th, 7pm: Where else can a home brewer share his beer with a metropolis?  Beervana of course!  Come on down for an evening that justifies why Portland is the best beer town in the world!  Meet Noel Blake of the Oregon Brew Crew and Rob Widmer as they share two beers from “Collaborator”, the program that gives home brewers the chance to brew on a commercial system and distribute it through out the city. Saraveza welcomes the Oregon Brew Crew and all fellow home brewers as we take notice the influence the home brewing community has on our city. Without this culture, the level of quality, diversity and innovation would be severely stifled. 
We’ll be pouring Sled Crasher ‘09, Bourbon Bbl Sled Crasher and Widmer’s Deadlift. 

Winter Food Drive, Oskar Blues Canniversary and Gubna Tappin’

Friday, November 26, 2010

WED. DEC. 8th, 7pm: Help kick off Saraveza’s winter can food drive by celebrating Oskar Blues 8th Canniversary!  Bring 2 can goods and enjoy a piece of Canniversary Cake and sample the brewery’s offerings.

In honor of Amercia’s first beer in a can, we’ll be serving “Old Chub” beer brats, Sugar Pimp’s “Can Cake” (8pm) made with Oskar Blues beer and tapping GUBNA Imperial IPA for the very first time! 

Saraveza will be collecting can and other non-perishable foods for the Oregon Food Bank through the end of the year. 

Anderson Valley Night: Beer brats, Oyster shooters & FREE Sugar Pimp cupcakes!!!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

WED Nov. 24th, 7pm: On Thanksgiving Eve, Anderson Valley Brewing and Saraveza give thanks for delicious craft beer! And if you happen to stop by after 7pm, you’ll be thankful for the free A.V. samples, Boont Amber beer brats, Oatmeal Stout oyster shooters and plenty of A.V. on draft. Not to mention a FREE Sugar Pimp chocolate caramel mini cupcake that’s covered in chocolate ganache and Brother David’s Dubbel buttercream!  Learn more about this iconic Californian brewery and their beer!