Time for the 3rd annual Beerku Contest!

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ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED! WE’LL ANNOUNCE A WINNER NEXT WEEK.

Once again Sagebrush is sponsoring the Portland Food and Drink Beer Haiku contest.

Sagebrush 2011 has expanded the popular Deschutes Brewery Sagebrush Classic of the past 22 years to benefit even more area charities. In the past, the Sagebrush Classic has been known as the must-attend culinary and golf event in the Northwest, including an outdoor feast that showcases the culinary artistry of 18 chefs from all over the world. This year, Sagebrush has planned a week-long series of events to help more than 100 participating nonprofit organizations and created a Sagebrush Match Fund to help those charities raise even more money.

Eighteen chefs from Bend, Oregon to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, including local chefs Matt Lightner, Scott Shampine and Scott Neuman will take part. The proceeds for this event benefits Central Oregon children and families. I’m happy to support this good cause.

The first-place winner of the haiku contest will receive a pair of tickets to the Deschutes Brewery Sagebrush Feast in Bend Oregon which will be held on July 16th. These tickets have a value of $200.00 each!You can enter now by putting your haiku entries in a comment box below. The contest will close June 25th.

The entries will be judged by five people associated with this site, and one from Deschutes Brewery.

Remember, to be eligible, the haiku must follow the traditional form. The art of haiku requires precision: a five syllable first line; seven syllable second line; and five syllable third line. For many, the best haiku features a last line that works like a friendly elbow in the ribs. To be eligible, all haiku must make some reference to beer, though not specifically about Deschutes.

Here are some of the best entries from earlier years:

Lisa Richardson:
Sunshine for the tongue
Hops turned into brewed delights
Liquid Oregon

Clinton Springer:
how like a pharaoh
the first must have felt, sipping
in turned to manna

Clinton Springer:
it’s our mother’s milk:
the gentle hands pull the taps,
and down rains pure ale

Carlos Perez:
Beer transforms my mind
to thoughts of cascading water
Pooling, foaming, cool.

Erin Hatzi:
Malt, hops, yeast, heaven
Bitter never tastes so sweet
Drink of the people

Gabe Finch:
Bottled amber poured
In code, this malt does whisper
Of sunbeams sweet voice

Brian:
The Dissident Shouts
“Free yourself from boring beer”
Prepare to pucker!

Brian:
Miss Spelt, Not Miss Spelled
She, a thirst quenching temptress
Please don’t tell my wife.

Hoss:
Beer me Bartender
The sweet nectar you render
Is hoppy splendor

Clinton Springer:
born at sea, tumbling
through and rising from valley
soil, into your glass

Lisa Richardson:
Sunshine for the tongue
Hops turned into brewed delights
Liquid Oregon

Rachel:
Pour the twilight ale
Breathe in the warm wind of night
Summer as begun

By Les:
Happy bubbles spring
Into summer beer joy hops
Fall into the clouds

Humble Pie:
Cheap yellow beer child,
I played Deschutes and ladders
ain’t been the same since

Clinton:
It is at two pints
that he feels himself transformed
from damp clay to god

Karen:
Willamette hops taste
like summer: green flowers bright
and sharp as sunlight

“There aren’t many parties like Sagebrush in the entire country, so the opportunity to sample the fare of some of the world’s top chefs in one place is rare.”

- Willamette Week

Finally, when people “like” Sagebrush on Facebook, they’re entered to win two free tickets to the Feast or two tickets to a new event, the Sagebrush Street Fare. This gives people two ways to win tickets to Sagebrush!

About Sagebrush
Deschutes Brewery’s Sagebrush Classic has been benefiting the Central Oregon community for 22 years; raising more than $2 million for nonprofits through its popular golf tournament and feast. In 2011, the event will show significant expansion in order to include all eligible 501(c)(3)organizations in Central Oregon. The format of the event will change from a single weekend to a week-long series of events. A professionally executed fundraising campaign for participating nonprofits will run from February 15 through August 15, 2011. During this fundraising campaign, Sagebrush will market the event, highlight the nonprofits that are participating, and provide fundraising tools to the nonprofit agencies. The week-long series of events include: July 9, Sagebrush Community Challenge/ Scramble; July 13, the Sagebrush Street Fare street festival; July 14, the Sagebrush Private Dinners will take place in private homes around Central Oregon; July 15, Sagebrush Classic golf tournament; and July 16, the famous Sagebrush Feast at Broken Top. For specific dates, times and cost of each event, visit www.sagebrush.org or contact Aimee Baillargeon, Executive Director at 541-408-6341 or aimee@sagebrush.org.