Local brewfest combines beer and vinyl

KLCC’s Microbrew Festival showcases a variety of exclusive brews and vintage tracks

By Andrew Hitz | Scene reporter

Radio station KLCC’s annual Microbrew Festival is bringing some of Oregon’s best brewers to town.

The two-day festival kicks off Friday and will showcase 50 small breweries from as near as the Pacific Northwest and from as far away as Belgium, and many of the brews were made exclusively for the festival.

KLCC, Lane Community College’s licensed National Public Radio broadcaster, has been hosting the event for nearly two decades as the station’s primary fundraiser. “Our motto is ‘Keeping the fun in fundraiser,’” organizer Gayle Chisholm said.

The event is more than just a beer-tasting extravaganza. The festival has more than 100
different small-batch beers, but also has opportunities for people to collect old vinyl records.

“Our first year, we were clearing out the records at KLCC and decided that we would sell some of them at the festival,” co-organizer Kris Fox said.

Now the station has people donate albums for them to sell at the festival to supplement what they pick from their archives.

“It’s kind of a fun activity when you’re holding a beer and flipping through vinyls,” Chisholm said.

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