Recap of the 2025 Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest

June 13, 2025 | Britt Antley

The sights and sounds and smells, and tastes of Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest are a feast for the senses. In addition to the 300+ beers being poured, a formidable collection of local restaurants offer a smorgasbord of food along with planned and impromptu musical acts throughout the day scattered across the Paso Robles Event Center grounds. 

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Oxbow Brewing Company | Pils & Love Collaboration Lager

October 8, 2019 | Kevin Kain

The third Pils & Love Festival returned to Portland, ME this past July and, to honor the occasion, approximately 40 of the 60 participating breweries gathered to make a collaboration brew (a list of the breweries that participated is below). The festival was hosted by Oxbow Brewing Company and furthers a state-side version of Birrificio Italiano’s Pils Pride festival in Italy. Birrificio Italiano is known for its Tipopils, which puts a spin on a German pilsner by dry-hopping the beer, something prohibited by the Reinheitsgebot; the Pils & Love collaboration beer takes its inspiration from Birrificio Italiano’s classic. Read More