Oysters & Ale

Fourth Annual Oysters & Ale Non-profit beneficiary to be decided by June 7th

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:10:38 +0000

The all-volunteer organizers of the fourth annual Oysters & Ale fund-raiser

will decide on June 7th which Humboldt County non-profit will be the beneficiary of the

2009 event. Each year, Oysters & Ale benefits a different Humboldt County organization.

Oysters & Ale was first organized in 2006 by Debi Farber Bush, Kitty Yancheff and

Barbara Groom (collectively known as A Major Production) to benefit St. Bernard’s High

School. The second O&A was held at Woodley Island and successfully raised sufficient

funds to provide free Wi-fi at the Humboldt County Library.

Last year’s proceeds benefited The Humboldt Botanical Gardens Foundation. The event

featured “celebrity tapsters” including the entire Humboldt County Board of Supervisors,

and other local luminary servers, and oyster shuckers. They served the entire line of Lost

Coast Beers, including special festival beer, wine, locally harvested oysters and organic

sausages. An auction was conducted by the inimitable Rex Bohn, and attendees danced to

the music of NightHawk. It attracted a crowd of over 800 to Woodley Island.

This year’s event will feature more barbeques and will again take place under the big tent

at Woodly Island Marina on Saturday, September 12th 2009.

Non profits should submit an informal letter stating what their organization does and what

the funds will be used for (funds cannot be used for salary). Letters should be postmarked

by May 18th:

Lost Coast Brewery

attention: Oysters and Ale

123 West Third Street Eureka, CA 95501

Non-profits must be able to solicit a minimum of 12 large live-auction items

Non-profits must benefit all of Humboldt County

Non-profits must be able to provide 20 volunteers to the event

The Major Production team of volunteers will review applications and vote on this year’s

recipient by June 7th. For more information call Debi Farber Bush at 707.845.3873 or

visit oystersandale.org

Oysters & Ale 2009

BGroom — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:20:57 +0000

It’s official. Oysters and Ale will be Friday September 12, 2009 at 5:30PM on Woodley Island. It will be sunny even after the sun goes down.

First Photos

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:24:54 +0000

Check the photo page for the first batch of photos from the 2008 event

Date changed to Friday, Oct.10

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:00:34 +0000

It’s official. Oysters and Ale will be this Friday at 5:30PM on Woodley Island. It will be sunny even after the sun goes down.

Event is Postponed

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:56:24 +0000

Evelyn and Debi discuss what to do. Note their hair. And the wind is just starting to blow.

Evelyn Giddings and Debi Farber look over the damage caused by the storm.

Oysters and Ale has been postponed until next Friday. The tents are leaking and the storm is suppose to get worse. The Weather Service told us that the storm is gaining strength off shore and should be really bad this evening. The Party Place is afraid the tents might blow down and no one wants to take that chance.

We’ll see you next Friday.

Kinetic Koffee

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:08:21 +0000

Mark Ritz

Mark Ritz along with Charlie Jordan are the owners of Kinetic Koffee Company, a gourmet micro roaster, located in Arcata, California. They specialize in super-premium, certified organic coffees that are shade grown, and governed by fair trade practices. In addition to purchasing from environmentally aware vendors, they also contribute 10% of their net proceeds to charities to support worthy causes.

We are happy that they also support cycling teams, one of them being Team Lost Coast Brewery, a national award winning mountain bike racing team.

Sauces That Made the Grade

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:09:03 +0000

Hannah and Rick get ready to make the secret sauce.

There was an in-house taste off at Eureka Natural Foods to find the best sauces for the oysters at Oysters and Ale. The winners were:

Pomegranate Cranberry Chipotle Sauce
Raspberry Cocoa Tarragon Sauce
Butter Lemon Garlic
Sweet Chili Plum Sauce with Wasabi

Don’t worry, if you don’t like oysters you can always put the sauces on your sausage.

Banner Goes Up in Arcata

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:26:42 +0000

OUR BANNER IS UP IN ARCATA.

Where the Oysters Come From.

admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:24:57 +0000

Oysters in Humboldt Bay

Greg Dale

Greg Dale runs Coast Seafood in Humboldt Bay. He has been quit generous and given us a good discount on oysters for our event.

Coast Seafoods Company is the premiere source for oysters in the United States.They are also the world leader in oyster and clam larvae sales and produce significant quantities of mussel, clam and oyster seed.

Carson Park Design

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:10:25 +0000

Lynn Harvey and Joel Mielke

Lynn and Joel designed our poster, tickets and our blog site. They are the owners of Carson Park Design. They can provide creative and effective marketing and branding solutions for your business as well as great graphic design for your projects. You can reach them through their web site http://www.carsonparkdesign.com/