12:00 PM : Portland on Tap @ Governor Hotel

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From our series of speeches from government leaders to various panels on the arts, education and technology, Friday Forums engage audiences in issues of significance, prominence, urgency and humanity. City Club forums guide citizens in the ways of civic affairs, giving complex subjects relevance and clarity. City Club welcomes members and nonmembers to Friday Forums.

FRIDAY JULY 8 - Portland on Tap: How Microbrews Became Big Business
Doors open at 11:30 a.m., Program begins at 12:15 p.m. and concludes at 1:15 p.m.

Speaker(s) :
Karl Ockert, Brewmaster of BridgePort Brewing Co.
Jim Parker, former Executive Director of The Oregon Brewers Guild and now Editor-in-Chief of The New Berwer and Zymurgy magazines

At the Governor Hotel, 614 S.W. 11th Ave.

Luncheon tickets are $16 for members, $20 nonmembers (reservations/cancellations must be made by 2 p.m. the Wednesday before the Friday Forum; see below) Coffee/tea table tickets are $5 and are available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis, General seating is free for members and $5 for nonmembers, and is available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis Coffee/tea table tickets: $5.00 members and nonmembers

Description
According to the Oregon Brewers Guild, no matter where you are in Portland, you're never more than 15 minutes from a craft brewery. In fact, Portland has more breweries than any other city in the world — 23 craft breweries in Portland; 34 in the Portland metro area — and we are home to one of the nation's largest beer festivals.

Given that July is American Beer Month, City Club pauses for a refreshing look at one of Portland’s definitive homegrown industries. Sample a few BridgePort specialties while learning more about how craft breweries got started in Portland, their impact on the larger industry, the market explosion of craft beer and how that's affected Oregon’s economy.