The 2016 Beer Camp beers just hit the streets. Beer Camp Across America is a collaboration extravaganza orchestrated by Sierra Nevada Brewing that, this year, saw 31 breweries organized into regional teams that created six different brews.
As in years gone by, Sierra Nevada packaged the beers into Beer Camp 12-packs containing two each of the six beers. In limited supply, a few kegs sneak out of the brewery. Also, Sierra Nevada is hosting a series of Beer Camp festivals across the nation, including one in Seattle on June 11th.
“We created Beer Camp Across America to be a true national celebration of craft beer,” said Sierra Nevada Founder and President, Ken Grossman. “As part of that, we brought our fellow brewers and friends who share our passion, admiration and bold approach to pushing brewing boundaries along for the ride.”
The Festival
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In Seattle, the Beer Camp Festival takes place on Saturday, June 11 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at South Lake Union Park, near the Museum of History and Industry on Lake Union. Official event website. Tickets are not cheap, but it is an inclusive festival (no tokens). This is an adults-only event, 21+.
The Seattle iteration of the Beer Camp Across America Festival features beer from 100 breweries, including many local breweries you’ll recognize and some from outside Washington that you haven’t heard of. See the complete list of breweries below.
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The Beer
This time around, the Pacific Northwest and Rockies team included brewers from Bale Breaker Brewing, Barley Brown’s Beer, Black Raven Brewing, Melvin Brewing, and Odell Brewing. The beer they created is Moxee Moron Imperial Session IPA.
Moxee is a town near Yakima that sits in the middle of the world’s most prolific hop growing micro-region. It is also the home of Hop Growers of America, the organization representing America’s hop farmers. An oxymoron, of course, is a term that contradicts itself, like icy hot or imperial session.
The 2016 Beer Camp Across America collaboration 12-packs have a suggested retail price of $28.99 – $29.99.
The six beers for 2016 are:
- Sweet Sunny South Southern Table Beer (4.9% ABV) – An easy-drinking, malt-forward beer featuring traditional Southern ingredients.
- Pat-Rye-Ot Revolutionary Pale Ale (5.6% ABV) – A “revolutionary” Pale Ale inspired by classic colonial ingredients like rye and apple.
- West Latitude Session Rye with Hibiscus (5.5% ABV) – A Session Rye blooming with Hawaiian Hibiscus and California hops.
- Moxee-Moron Imperial Session IPA (7.5% ABV) – A style contradiction honoring the Pacific Northwest’s hop-bomb heritage.
- Family Values Imperial Brown Ale (8.5% ABV) – An Imperial Brown Ale that embodies native ingredients of the Midwest.
- Stout of the Union Robust Stout (7.3% ABV) – The ultimate combo of rich and roasty malts from our Southern California friends.
For more info about each of the beers, and to see who brewed them, check out the Beer Camp Across America website.
Breweries at the Seattle Festival
- 7 Seas Brewing
Gig Harbor, WA - Alaskan Brewing Company
Juneau, AK - Alesong Brewing and Blending
Eugene, OR - Aslan Brewing Co.
Bellingham, WA - Austin Beerworks
Austin, TX - Bainbridge Brewing Co.
Bainbridge Island, WA - Bale Breaker Brewing Company
Yakima, WA - Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits
San Diego, CA - Barley Brown’s Brewing Company
Baker City, OR - Base Camp Brewing Company
Portland, OR - Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
Long Beach, CA - Bear Republic Brewing Company
Cloverdale, CA - Belching Beaver Brewery
Vista, CA - Berchman’s Brewing Company
Yakima, WA - Big Barn Brewing Company
Mead, WA - Birdsview Brewing Company
Concrete, WA - Black Market Brewing Co.
Temecula, CA - Black Raven Brewing Company
Redmond, WA - Boston Beer Company
Boston, MA - Breakside Brewery
Portland, OR - Buoy Beer Company
Astoria, OR - Burwood Brewing Company
Walla Walla, WA - Chuckanut Brewery
Bellingham, WA - Cloudburst Brewing
Seattle, WA - Crux Fermentation Project
Bend, OR - Deschutes Brewery
Bend, OR - Dick’s Brewing Company
Centralia, WA - Doghaus Brewery
Leavenworth, WA - Double Mountain Brewery
Hood River, OR - Ecliptic Brewing
Portland, OR - Engine House No. 9
Tacoma, WA - Farmstrong Brewery
Mount Vernon, WA - Firestone Walker Brewing Company
Paso Robles, CA - Fish Brewing Company
Olympia, WA - Foggy Noggin Brewing
Bothell, WA - Fortside Brewing Company
Vancouver, WA - Fremont Brewing
Seattle, WA - Georgetown Brewing Company
Seattle, WA - Ghost Runners Brewery
Vancouver, WA - Gilgamesh Brewing
Salem, OR - GoodLife Brewing Co.
Bend, OR - Green Flash Brewing Co.
San Diego, CA - Harmon Brewing Co.
Tacoma, WA - Hilliard’s Beer
Seattle, WA - Hop Nation Brewing Company
Yakima, WA - Hop Valley Brewing Company
Eugene, OR - Hopworks Urban Brewery
Portland, OR - Justice Brewing
Everett, WA - Klamath Basin Brewing
Klamath Falls, OR - Kulshan Brewing Company
Bellingham, WA - Lagunitas Brewing Company
Petaluma, CA - Lowercase Brewing
Seattle, WA - Lucky Envelope Brewing
Seattle, WA - Mad River Brewing Co.
Blue Lake, CA - Maui Brewing Co.
Maui, HI - Melvin Brewing Co.
Jackson Hole, WY - Mendocino Brewing co
Ukiah, CA - Moonlight Meadery
Londonberry, NH - Nectar Creek Mead
Corvallis, OR - New Belgium Brewing Company
Fort Collins, CO - Ninkasi Brewing
Eugene, OR - No-Li Brewhouse
Spokane, WA - North Sound Brewing Co.
Mount Vernon, WA - Odd Otter Brewing Company
Tacoma, WA - Odell Brewing Co
Fort Collins, CO - Old Ivy Brewery
Vancouver, WA - Ordnance Brewing
Boardman, OR - Orlison Brewing Co.
Airway Heights, WA - Pacific Brewing & Malting Co.
Tacoma, WA - Payette Brewing Company
Garden City, ID - Pelican Brewing
Pacific City, OR - Perennial Artisan Ales
St. Louis, MO - Perihelion Brewery
Seattle, WA - Pike Brewing Company
Seattle, WA - Plough Monday Organic Brewing
Elmira, OR - Postdoc Brewing
Redmond, WA - Redhook Brewery
Woodinville, WA - Resonate Brewery + Pizzeria
Bellevue, WA - Rooftop Brew Co
Seattle, WA - Sasquatch Brewing Co.
Portland, OR - Scout Beer
Portland, OR - Seapine Brewing Company
Seattle, WA - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Chico, CA - Silver City Brewery
Bremerton, WA - Sound to Summit Brewing
Snohomish, WA - Stoup Brewing
Seattle, WA - Sumerian Brewing Co.
Woodinville, WA - Tap It Brewing Co.
San Luis Obispo, CA - Three Magnets Brewing Co.
Olympia, WA - Top Rung Brewing Company
Lacey, WA - Trap Door Brewing
Vancouver, WA - Two Beers Brewery
Seattle, WA - Uinta Brewing Company
Salt Lake City, UT - URBAN FAMILY BREWING
Seattle, WA - Victory Brewing Company
Downingtown, PA - Wallace Brewing Company
Wallace, ID - Wet Coast Brewing Co.
Gig Harbor, WA - Widmer Brothers Brewing
Portland, OR - Wild Ride Brewing
Redmond, OR - Worthy Brewing
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