It's time for Portland's annual Holiday Ale Festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Although held outdoors, you won't be freezing you're fingers off: You'll be warm and dry under a large, clear-ceilinged tent with several gas heaters.

You'll also be happy that for free admission and the purchase of a $5 beer mug, you get to sip over 36 winter ales, including:

Wreck the Halls from Full Sail (Hood River)
Jubelale from Deschutes (Bend)
Santa's Private Reserve from Rogue (Newport)
Tannen Bomb from Golden Valley (McMinnville)
Blitzen from Rock Bottom (Portland)
O'Holy Hops from Max's (Tigard)
Sled Halucinator from Collaborator (Portland)
Brewdolph from Lompoc (Portland)
Kringle Krack from Calapooia (Albany)
Brown Shugga from Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
St. Nick's Sock Knocker from Karlsson (Sandy)

Thursday, November 29 - Sunday, December 2
11am-10pm Thursday-Saturday
11am-6pm Sunday