Oregon Beer and Hikes

We just got back from two back-to-back beer festivals (and pub crawling) in the Portland area, with a week of hiking around Mt Hood, Mt St Helens and the Oregon coast (and pub crawling) in between.



The Portland International Beer Festival (PIB) was on the first weekend and the Oregon Brewers Festival (OBF) was on the second weekend.

PIB was a smaller festival with a bigger selection of beers (yay) but no representation from the breweries (boo). OBF is bigger, and the brewers show up (yay), but each brewery is limited to one beer so it's a little boring (boo).

If you can only go to one, I'd recommend PIB. If you do go to OBF then you should make sure to check out "The Buzz Tent" -- that's where the brewers hang out and where you can sample some more interesting beers.