Ground Breaker Brewing at May GIG meeting 5/9 10am-noon

Ground Breaker Brewing will be at our 

next GIG of Portland meeting 

on May 9, 2015

10am to noon. 

Owner James Neumeister will be speaking about the brewery and will be bringing along some tasty samples! If you don't recognize Ground Breaker, it's our beloved 100% gluten-free local Portland brewery formerly known as Harvester Brewing.

A selection of Ground Breaker Brewing's beers. Soon to be available in cans. 

 We'll also have Hol-Grain Taco Mix fixed up with some ground organic turkey to try with organic corn tortilla chips and some Beanfields Snackscorn-free, rice & bean chips! 

Thanks to Conrad Rice Mill Inc & Konriko Company Store for mailing samples for our group to try! They'll be perfect with our Ground Breaker beer samples.

Beanfields Snacks are certified gluten-free, non-GMO, Kosher, vegan and free of the top 8 allergens. 

Hol-Grain seasonings are certified gluten-free, Kosher, non-GMO, MSG-free.lngredients: Brown Rice flour, granulated garlic, sea salt, chili powder, paprika, granulated onion, ground cumin, oregano and evaporated cane juice.

Gluten Intolerance Group of Portland - meets every 2nd Sat 

(except in December)

Providence Portland Medical Center

4805 NE Glisan Portland 

in the basement of the HOSPITAL (not the Professional Plaza)

HCC (health classrooms) 2 & 3. 

Free parking off of NE Glisan entrance.

See map here. 

Check out these great companies:
Ground Breaker Brewing and Gastropub

http://www.groundbreakerbrewing.com/gastropub/

Beanfield Snacks (GF, vegan, corn-free)
http://www.beanfieldssnacks.com/

Hol-Grain, Konriko & Conrad Rice Mills
http://www.conradricemill.com/Results.asp?category=0

BOOTIN' THE GLUTEN Sat 6/29 12-4 at Whole Foods Market Fremont (NE 15th & Fremont)

BOOTIN' THE GLUTEN this Sat 12-4 at Whole Foods Market Fremont (NE 15th & Fremont)

Is a gluten-free diet new to you? Already GF and need more options?

Maybe it’s already part of your lifestyle, but you’re looking for inspiration to change it up? Your Whole Foods Fremont wants to help support you & be your solution! Join us on Saturday, June 29th for an afternoon of fun! See below for what’s in store:

12-4pm: Vendors, including: Vega, Simple and Crisp, Harvester Brewing, Acure, Kind Bar, Zip Chips, Beanfields Chips, Georgia Southern Kitchen BBQ Sauce, Oregon Cracker Company, Happy Camper Breads, Pacific NW Kale Chips, and more!

1230pm: A scavenger hunt for kids

1pm: Special Guest Dr. Lisa Shaver* , presenting a lecture: ‘What is Gluten and What Do I have to do to avoid it?’

2pm: A Gluten-Free store tour

Please email Brittany.sandoval@wholefoods.com if you are interested in attending the lecture and/or tour so we can ensure ample space for all.

All of this is free and open to everyone; we sure hope you’ll join us!

*About Dr. Lisa Shaver: She is a primary care physician who incorporates Naturopathic medicine and Chinese medicine to treat women, men and their families. Dr. Shaver particularly enjoys working with food and nutrition, and lifestyle modifications as a means to regain health and vibrancy, as well as botanical medicine, targeted vitamin/mineral protocols and acupuncture. She is an ardent gluten-free advocate and educator. Dr Shaver volunteers as the branch manager for the Portland chapter of the Gluten Intolerance Group.

More: http://wholefoodsmarket.com/store/event/bootin-gluten-0

Harvester - Locally Brewed GF Beer

There's been a lot happening since Harvester announced the initial release of their beer just shy of 3 weeks ago. Adding to Belmont Station and The BeerMongers they are now in 4 additional locations.

They have tasting events coming up at two of the new locations and excited to begin work on their next style of beer, Dark Ale.

New Locations Carrying Harvester Beer
In the past two days we've added 4 new locations around town that are carrying our beer:

Bridgetown Beerhouse - a bottle shop and beer bar in North Portland.
NorthWest Public House - a gastropub and sports bar in Northwest Portland that has a number of gluten-free menu options.
Beaumont Market - a neighborhood grocery store with a beer room in Northeast Portland
John's Market - a bottle shop with an attached deli in Southwest Portland

Upcoming Free Tasting Events
They have two tasting events coming up in the next few weeks. Harvester will be setup pouring samples of their GF beer at two of the locations that just recently started carrying the Pale Ale:

John's Market - January 20th - 5 to 7pm
Beaumont Market - January 27th - 4:30 to 7pm

New Style on the Horizon

The next style that Harvester plans to add to the standard line-up will be Harvester Brewing Dark Ale. This has been a consistent request of many of the people they talk to at tastings. The guys at Harvester are excited to expand the line past the existing Pale Ale. They roasted the chestnuts for this batch to a chocolaty brown today at the brewery and plan on brewing the first pilot batch of this beer tomorrow.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions or comments.

James & John
Harvester Brewing