The 10th annual Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider and Whiskey Festival kicks off this Friday evening for Labor Day weekend, which means it’s time to gird your livers and be ready for high gravity barrel-aged goodies!

To commemorate one of Central Oregon’s hallmarks—craft beer—and lend a nod to the historic techniques used by brewers with oaken casks, The Little Woody features small-batch beers aged in wood barrels by top Northwest breweries including Deschutes Brewery, Ninkasi Brewing, GoodLife Brewing, 10 Barrel Brewing, New Belgium Brewing and more. The 2018 Little Woody will also feature a tasting of small-batch American rye whiskeys and bourbons, live music, and local food vendors.

The fest runs from 5 to 10pm Friday night, and from noon to 10pm on Saturday, on the grounds of the Deschutes Historical Museum.

Pricing for the festival is $15 for the basic entry and tasting glass ($12 in advance online), and $20 for the tasting package (entry, glass, and eight tasting tokens; $15 in advance online). You can pre-purchase online here. If you are VIP-minded, for $35 (or $30 in advance) you can get ten tasting tokens and a T-shirt, and entry to the festival one hour early. Subsequent tokens are $1 each.

You can view the beers online here, but I also posted a complete all-in-one list on my beer blog here; the bottom line is, there are a lot of good beers listed and you’re definitely going to want to be there. (I also have an article in this week’s Bulletin GO! Magazine picking out some of the interesting local options.)

Don’t miss it!