Spring Beer & Wine Fest 2012 WEB Educational Sessions
Apr 9, 2012 Beer & Food, Education & Training, Events
Spring Beer & Wine Fest 2012
Friday found us at the annual Spring Beer & Wine Fest in Portland, Oregon.
We gave a tasty Beer & Cheese pairing session on the stage Friday with much success. As promised to fest goers – and is our habit to post menus following events – here’s the line up we featured:
- Ninkasi Brewing’s seasonal Spring Reign with Willamette Valley Cheese Company’s Boerenkaas
- Mt. Tabor Brewing’s Cascadian Dark Ale (CDA) with Rogue Creamery‘s Flora Nelle
- Calapooia Brewing’s Chili Pepper Beer with Cypress Grove Pepper Chevre
The fun-loving attendees of the session learned to smell their beer and name some of the characteristics, including colors and flavors. It’s important to educate everyone on the value of being able to talk specifics about beer.
Tomorrow: The Saturday Cooking With Beer ideas imparted at the Spring Beer & Wine Fest.
Tags: 2012 Spring Beer & Wine Fest, beer and cheese, Calapooia Brewing, Cypress Grove Chevre, Mt Tabor Brewing, Ninkasi Brewing, Portland OR, Rogue Creamery, Willamette Valley Cheese Company
Sensory Terms
Mar 2, 2012 Beer, Education & Training, Events, Good People
It's fun and educational to hang with Jamie
Jamie Floyd has good sense. Ninkasi is the Eugene brewery that he co-founded. Jamie invited me to be part of a sensory Game (as he calls it) a few weeks ago. It was great! And I learned a few more things about beer.
Since I love words, here are a few I wanted to encourage everyone to use – Businesses: teach these to consumers, one at a time. Consumers: learn them, seek out brewery folk to help you get to know them well.
- Retro Nasal
- Thresholds
- Shadow Spots
- Gram-Negative
Vocabulary is a very fun and effective way to get more consumers deeper into beer – all beer. Education truly is the core of progress.
Tags: Eugene OR, Jamie Floyd, Ninkasi Brewing, sensory lab
HerStory & Ninkasi
May 2, 2011 Celebration Worthy, Women and Beer
back side of the Ninkasi Brewing gate
In homage to the pending Mother’s Day Holiday, WEB invites you to enjoy an excerpt from the Hymn to Ninkasi, the Sumerian Goddess of Fermentation.
- Borne of the flowing water (…)
- Tenderly cared for by the Ninhursag,
- Borne of the flowing water (…)
- Tenderly cared for by the Ninhursag,
- Having founded your town by the sacred lake,
- She finished its great walls for you,
- Ninkasi, having founded your town by the sacred lake,
- She finished its great walls for you
- Your father is Enki, Lord Nidimmud,
- Your mother is Ninti, the queen of the sacred lake,
- Ninkasi, Your father is Enki, Lord Nidimmud,
- Your mother is Ninti, the queen of the sacred lake.
Her name and contribution to brewing came up yesterday at our HerStory: Women in Brewing talk + tasting event.
Like our friends at Ninkasi Brewing affirm, Worship the Goddess.
Tags: Herstory, Hymn to Ninkasi, Ninkasi Brewing
Raft & Craft + New Meet Up Beer Group
Jun 21, 2010 Beer, Celebration Worthy, Events
Two events on the near horizon to talk about today:
1. Raft and Craft – Joy and Bob have an Oregon Craft Beer Trip. Sweet! Raft on the gorgeous Rogue River, enjoy company of other fun folks, savor quality Ninkasi craft beer and stay in cozy lodges. Seems pretty complete.
We leave the 18th of July, return the 20th and Joy has all the details - contact her here.
2. 4 Daughters Irish Pub is starting their own beer group – the inaugural event is this Wednesday, June 23rd – open to all genders. We’ll be a hosting a tasty Beer & Cheese Fondue pairing. Mmmmmmmm! A classic combination – call them here for your tickets.
Get out and support the brewers of your neighborhood, region, and the world.
Beer makes the world go round in some very lovely ways.
Tags: 4 Daughters Irish Pub, Events, Ninkasi Brewing, oregon craft beer trip, White Water Warehouse
What To Do
Jun 10, 2010 Beer, Events, Good People
Ready for a great trip on the Rogue?
Well, one answer is to enjoy it (was there a question of what to do with your time??). Period.
- Work – if it’s enjoyable absolutely qualifies.
- Recreation – yes.
- Solitude – whatever works for you.
One thing that makes life and all the people in it fun for me is to be adventurous. Joy is one of those people who have swooped in and made it that much more engaging and fun. She is her name.
We’re throwing this trip for all adventure goers – fresh air enthusiasts, livers, and doers. You can get details here.
We’d love to meet you and enjoy the adventure together.
p.s. great beer included
Tags: adventure, living, Ninkasi Brewing, raft trip, White Water Warehouse
Beer and White Water
Jun 3, 2010 Beer, Celebration Worthy, Events, Good People
What do you enjoy your beer with?
How about some invigorating white water?
Women Enjoying Beer has been graciously and enthusiastically invited by Joy Henkle, White Water Warehouse to be along on a very special, first ever for them (and WEB) Oregon Craft Beer Trip.
WOO HOO! Get that life preserver on because here comes a literal boatload of fun!!!
This trip is scheduled for July 18 – 20th, includes comfy lodge overnight accommodations, tasty food, plenty of (free) fresh air and craft beer, and surely dynamite company.
Rogue river raft trip with White Water Warehouse
And the guests always make the party.
That’s you – women and men welcome. Register. Today.
We’ll be featuring the high quality beers from Ninkasi – YEA! – as well for our two nights of pre-dinner beer and food pairing tasting.
Ninkasi was a generous partner earlier this year for a WEB meet up, much to the delight of the attendees. Thanks to Nicole, James, Jamie, and the entire crew in Eugene (Congrats on the expansion progress by the way).
There are a finite number of spots so reserve today by getting in touch with Joy here.
Tags: Beer, Ninkasi Brewing, raft trip, White Water Warehouse
Ninkasi = Quality
Mar 16, 2010 Beer, Celebration Worthy, Education & Training, Events, Good People
One sign of good beer
A big shout out of thanks to Ninkasi Brewing in Eugene, Oregon for their providing Women Enjoying Beer with three of their very tasty and well made beers last week. I can tell you the attendees were salivating – as many had tried at least one Ninkasi before.
As for me, it was a first try. There will be a second, third and so on.
Nicole, Laurie, Jamie and all the rest (whom I’ve yet to meet) are to be credited with sharing their beers with the beer community.
In fact, as we were holding the events (monthly meet up in Ashland OR), two of the servers at our host, Standing Stone, spoke up (loudly) when they realized the featured beers were Ninkasi – specifically Oatis Oatmeal Stout. Good Grief!
We enjoyed Oatis Oatmeal Stout, Total Domination IPA, and Believer Double Red.
Mmmmmmmmm….
Among other things, one of the regular attendees took the empty 22 ounce bottles home to put her homebrew into. Cool!
Be a Believer, Dominate and eat your Oatmeal.
Tags: generous, high quality, Ninkasi Brewing
