I served for 3 hours from noon to 3 pm. I chose to pour for Oakshire Brewing Co. out of Eugene, Oregon. As chance would have it, I ended up pouring next to Haley and Sean Easton! On my other side was another homebrewer.
One of the omissions of this first brewfest was a lack of information about the beers being served. So I used what I knew about Line Dry Rye and Overcast Espresso Stout (Oakshire's offerings for this festival) along with information that Sean was able to pull up from his smart phone to answer peoples' questions about the beers we were serving. Both are excellent beers and were top of my list to sample when my shift was over.
The perks for volunteering were great. We got free admission, a free t-shirt and a cup and 8 tokens to use any time during the festival. Cyndy joined me after my shift and we went around Esther Short Park sampling the offerings and enjoying the live music from the main stage.
The beers I tried and my scoring are:
Oakshire's Line Dry Rye *****
Oakshire's Overcast Espresso Stout *****
Stone's Arrogant Bastard *****
Walking Man's Belgian Session *****
Mt. Tabor's Hudson's Bay CDA *****
McMennamin's What's Wheating Gilbert Grapefruit ****
Dick's Brewing's Dick Danger Ale ****
West Highland's Mango Ale *
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