A decidely Portland-esque type of beer event, the NAOBF is the place to go to sample a wide variety of organic beers.  Organic is an interesting trend in beer, but undoubtedly it fits right in with the concept of craft brewing.  If you care about how good your beer tastes, then ultimately you should care about the quality of the ingredients.

The festival was fun, with 40+ brewers on display, live music, and a variety of vegetarian and organic food available.  You'll need several hours to sample all, or most of the beers.  The brews range from summer classics like a wit or pale up into the realms of a chocolate stout.  Clearly there was something for everyone.

The Brew Republic team was out enjoying the festival and the warm weather.  We enjoyed the easy going atmosphere and trying the many varieties of organic goodness.  Some highlights included Double Mountain's outstanding Summer Wit, Redstone's 8% ABV apricot and raspberry meads, and Standing Stone Brewery's Double IPA.  On the weird category was a surprisingly good Squash beer.  For wheat lovers the Edel-Weiss was a tasty brew.

All in all a good show and great fun on a lovely warm Portland afternoon.