Cider Summit PDX!

Although this isn't happy hour, it will be hours of happiness and it is high time I finally posted another event! I have been a traveling fool so just haven't had much time to post events. I will post this in two other groups as well. Don't forgtet to check out the great music lineup!

To go to the website for the Cider Summit PDX, go to the left side of the page and click on the name of the event logo.

I attended this event last year and had a blast! This year it is located at 10th and Overton in The Pearl. You can purchase tickets through this page by clicking on the link for Stranger Tickets - http://www.cidersummitnw.com/portlandtickets.html

SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective are pleased to announce the return of Cider Summit NW Festival to Portland, OR. The fourth annual event will take place Friday, June 20 from 2p-8p and Saturday, June 21 from 12n-6p. Cider Summit is expanding to the new Fields Neighborhood Park at NW 10th/Overton in the Pearl District. The event is presented by World Foods (http://www.worldfoodsportland.com/) & Bushwhacker Cider (http://bushwhackercider.com/).

This will be the eleventh Cider Summit produced by SBS (http://www.sbs-imports.com/) & Seattle Beer Collective (http://seattlebeerweek.com/), having launched the concept in Seattle in September 2010 and expanding to Portland, Chicago, and most recently Berkeley. This year’s event will feature over 140 ciders from producers around the country and around the world.

The owners and cidermakers will be on hand to inform and guide guests through the samplings which will be available in 4-ounce tasting portions in a souvenir festival glass. In addition to the superb range of ciders, the event will feature the DoveLewis/Unleashed by Petco Dog Lounge, expanded food selections from World Foods (http://www.cidersummitnw.com/worldfoodsportland.com), St. Honore Boulangerie (http://www.sthonorebakery.com/), Masala Pop (http://www.eatmasalapop.com/), and special dessert pairing from Smitten Truffles and Fifty Licks Ice Cream (http://www.fifty-licks.com/), and a range of musical performances produced in conjunction with new event beneficiary, Cascade Blues Association (http://cascadebluesassociation.org/).

The popular Brewvana Brewery Tours (http://www.experiencebrewvana.com/) shuttle will run a continuous loop from SE Portland to the Park and Cider Summit also encourages use of the Portland Streetcar (http://www.portlandstreetcar.org/) to the event

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 (cash only) at the door and are available online via Stranger tickets (http://cidersummit.strangertickets.com/), Umpqua Bank Pearl District branch (http://www.umpquabank.com/locator/new/), and at many of the area’s leading bottle shops. Admission includes a tasting glass and 8 tasting tickets. Additional tasting tickets will be available for sale onsite at $2 per ticket.

New for 2014 is a special VIP ticket available for $35. This ticket includes 4 additional tasting tickets and exclusive early admission on Friday from 2p-3p. Only 200 of these tickets are available – exclusively online via the event website.