Last night I had the opportunity to preview the beers for Saturday’s Collabofest presented by Base Camp Brewing, and I was not disappointed. I tried a majority of the beers and felt a few beers stood out. Gigantic Brewing’s Nevørmind Oyster Stout and Ruse Brewing’s Astral Frequency. On Saturday I look forward to trying all of the collaborations.

The Collabofest is Saturday, January 28th at Base Camp’s brewhouse and taproom in southeast Portland (930 SE Oak Street) from 2 pm to 8 pm (1pm-8pm for VIP’s)

General Admission ticket includes a festival mug, a Collabofest beer passport, and eight tasting tickets! - $27.40

VIP tickets include a festival branded Miir stainless pint, a Collabofest beer passport, eight tasting tickets, early entry at 1 pm to meet the brewers, and a pint of your favorite collabobrew! - $43.33

Base Camp and Travel Portland are proud to provide financial support for the good work of both Oregon Timber Trail and SheJumps, the official nonprofit beneficiaries of Base Camp’s Collabofest.

Each participating brewery was paired up via a lottery-style drawing in November 2016, and have developed their “collabobrews” to be debuted at the festival. Pairs and brew names are:

Base Camp Brewing Co. & Baerlic Brewing

-Honey Chestnut Pilsner & Sir Douglas MacStouterson

Widmer Brothers Brewing & Culmination Brewing

-Bashō IPA Zen Wave IPA

Ecliptic Brewing & Mt. Tabor Brewing

-Space Mountain IPA & Sour Space Mountain IPA

Alameda Brewing & Stormbreaker Brewing

-Coffee and Donutella The Passion of the Homer

Hopworks Urban Brewery & Ruse Brewing

-Astral Wavelength & Astral Frequency

Gigantic Brewing Co. & Uptown Market Brewery

-Nevørmind Oyster Stout & The Taming of the Shroom

Occidental Brewing & Fat Heads Brewery

-Ding, Ding! & I’d Like to Dry Hop a Toast Smuggling Dunkel

Ex Novo Brewing Co. & Laurelwood Brewing Co.

-In With The New & Out with the Old

For additional information check out Base Camp’s website and Facebook page, or #collabofest and #PDXNOW on social media. Tickets are available at merctickets.com/go/collabo.
Additional support for Base Camp’s Collabofest and Portland craft brewing proudly provided by sponsors Imperial Yeast, New Season’s Market, GDI Distributors, Miir, and SKOUT Backcountry.