Port City, Crux to Collaborate on SAVOR Beer

Each year, SAVOR invites breweries to collaborate on a party favor that attendees take away from the event. Historically, these beers have often been, ahem, “too interesting,” like the Dogfish-Sam Adams abomination SAVOR Flowers, or not interesting enough, like Yards and Heavy Seas perfectly pleasant Philtamore Collaboration Ale. That being said, last year’s New Belgium-Hardywood Baltic Porter with chocolate was well done, and this year’s collaboration looks to build on that.

Port City and Crux will pay homage to Virginia and Oregon’s viticulture; the former brought Viognier grapes to Crux’s facility in Bend in October of 2017. There three members of the Port City team (lead brewer Adam Reza II, brewer and yeast wrangler Abbey Temoshchuck, and founder Bill Butcher) worked with Crux brewers to create an Optimal Wit-style beer, to which grapes were added. Crux contributed Oregon Pinot Noir grapes, and the beer was put into red wine barrels along with several house strains of brettanomyce