Oregon Otter Beer Festival
A Celebration of Ocean Conservation and Craft Brews!
2026 Oregon Otter Beer (+More!) Festival
Date: Saturday April 11, 2026
Location: Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (Portland, OR)
Presented by: Elakha Alliance
Join the Elakha Alliance for our biggest and most anticipated fundraiser of the year – celebrating five incredible years of conservation, community, and craft beverages! This otter-ly unforgettable evening will highlight Oregon’s vibrant beverage scene while trying to fundraise to restore sea otters and strengthen our coastal ecosystems.
In 2025, together we raised over $36,000 to support sea otter conservation – and now, we’re aiming even higher to make an even bigger splash for Oregon’s ocean future with a goal of $50,000!
This year’s festival is more than a beer event—it’s a full celebration of Oregon’s beverage artistry. Breweries will craft special sea otter-themed beers using Maris Otter Malt, alongside offerings from local wineries, cideries, distilleries, and sake makers. Guests can sip, sample, and vote for their favorite creations while a panel of expert judges crowns the top otter-inspired beverages.
The evening will also feature:
🐚 Live DJ to set the vibe.
🎟️ Raffle & Silent Auction with local artwork, adventure packages, and unique gifts.
📸 Photo Booth to capture all the memories.
🌮 Tasty eats from Epicurean.
🦦 Engaging talks & trivia celebrating Oregon’s sea otters and marine restoration efforts.
Founded by tribal and conservation leaders, the Elakha Alliance is dedicated to returning sea otters to Oregon’s coast and revitalizing the ecosystems they help sustain. Your support at this milestone event directly fuels that vision.
Come raise a glass (or two) to five years of impact and a sea otter-filled future!
For more information, contact Chanel@ElakhaAlliance.org
2025 Oregon Otter Beer Festival Participants
Breweries
- 7 Devils Brewery: Elakha Ale
- Block 15 Brewing: Otter Ego IPA
- Breakside Brewery: Life (Barleywine Ale)
- Cooper Mountain Ale Works: Otterly Magnificient
- Crux Fermentation Project: Have An Otter (Brown Ale)
- Deschutes Brewery: Otter Encounter
- Fort George Brewery: Tide Land Stout
- Leikam Brewing: AnOtter One Bites The Mollusk
- Odd Otter Brewing Company: Carrotid Ottery (Carrot Saison)
- Pelican Brewing Company: Kelp Wanted
- Sunriver Brewing Company: It’s Gettin Otter in Herre (Cold IPA)
- Vanguard Brewing Company: Belly Flop Brown Ale
Cider/Wine/Liquor
- Bend Cider Co.: CHAI Cider
- Fullerton Wines
- GingerCult: Grapefruit & Hopped Ginger Beer
- SakéOne: Saké Cocktail
- Straightaway Cocktails: Otter This World Mai Tai
- Willow Wine Cellars: Red, White and a Rosé
- Wine by Joe
2025 Oregon Otter Beer Festival Award Winners
Ticket Price Includes:
- Oregon Otter Beer samples from 12 breweries (3 oz from each brewery)
- 7 tastings from our other beverage contenders – including cider, wine, ginger beer, spirits and sake
- Collectable Otter Beer Festival 2025 glass taster cup
- Delicious gourmet pizzas (GF, vegan, vegetarian options), appetizers, and dessert available all evening long
- DJ Bryson Wallace spinning funky vinyl beats (featured on Portland’s KMHD Jazz Radio)
- Photo-booth to make lasting memories
- Water & soda
- Happiness that you’re helping support ocean conservation!
Feeling Lucky? You Could Walk Away a Winner!
Ensure you seize the chance to participate in our exceptional Door Prize Raffle and Silent Auction during the Oregon Otter Beer Festival! Gratitude to the generous local businesses and artists for their donations, contributing to the success of these raffles. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Elakha Alliance and their efforts to reintroduce sea otters to Oregon’s rocky reefs.
The Raffle and Silent Auction will close at 8:45pm and winners will be announced onstage at 9pm – you must be present to win.
Cash or credit card will be accepted for raffle tickets and for Silent Auction.
Door Prize Raffle
Tickets: 1 for $5 | 3 for $10 | 7 for $25
Tickets will be pulled in an open lottery system for all prizes.
- Oregon Coast Aquarium Sea Otter Gift Basket
- Patagonia Portland Clothing Gift Package
- Jacobsen Salt Co. Bundle
- Photographs of the Oregon Coast from Nicole Mark Photography
- Aretes de Clay Ocean Themed Earring Gift Pack
- Two Ceramic Sea Otter Cups from Rakko Studio
- Renick Woods Illustration – 2 Large Animal Prints + Greeting Cards, and 2 8×10 Fishing Boat Prints + Greeting Cards
- Dene Miles Photography – Sea Otter Eating Clam Photograph on Canvas
- Original Otter Print from Keith Van Norman
- SEE Turtles Gift Package
- Sacral Ocean Limited Edition Block print of a Humpback Whale
- GirlInWaterPhotography – Jamie Kish Framed Tidepool Photograph
- Bekah Zeimetz Wildlife & Bird Artist, River Otter Print
- Amy Osbrone Original Art – Cannon Beach Painting
- Portland Design Works Sea otter water bottle cages + sea otter water bottles
- Urdahl Photography Print
- Raven Rocks Gallery River Otter Small Print with Greeting Card
- Billow Cloud Soaps Bundle
- 3 Book Nature Bundle from Author Lorraine Anderson
- Madeline Vance Original Sea Otter Art Print in a Kelp Forest
- Vintage River Otter Drawing from 1973
- Hammerhead Diver Print – Private Collection Donation From Chanel Hason
- Surfer Girl Print – Private Collection Donation from Chanel Hason
Silent Auction
Let that competitive side unleash as you bid on some incredible experiences, artwork, and more in our coveted silent auction.
- Duncan Berry Original Cabezon Print
- Leighton Blackwell Original Sea Otter Painting
- A Pair of Danner Boots (Value $500)
- Oregon Zoo Package #1: Sea Otter Behind the Scenes Tour (w/ admission for 4)
- Oregon Zoo Package #2: Sea Otter Behind the Scenes Tour (w/ admission for 4)
- Original Leighton Blackwell Sea Otter Painting
- Amy Osborne Original Art – New Sea Painting
- Tamara Jennings Art – ‘calling Elakha’ 2-Panel Painting
- Dene Miles Photography – Sea Otter Mom & Pup + Sea Otters Floating in Kelp
- Josh Williams Visuals Photograph of Terrible Tilly
- Megan Gray Art – Ribbons (Kelp Painting)
- 12 bottles of local wine from Erath Winery
- Cup of Tea Gift Package
- Renick Woods Illustration – Sea Otter Print + 3 Greeting Cards
- Six bottles of Premium Saké from SakéOne
- OMSI Family Membership
- Ticket Package for 4 people to the Cannon Beach Cottage Tour + Goodie Bag from Cannon Beach History Center & Museum
Elakha Trivia Raffle
South Coast Tours Adventure Package
Explore the realms of how the Elakha Alliance came to be, sea otter biology, kelp forests ecology, and fun facts about the Oregon coast by participating in our new Elakha Trivia Raffle Contest! Engage with informative posters and interactive stations located at sponsor tables to acquire accurate answers for your trivia cards. When you’ve filled out your entire card, simply submit it at the Elakha Table to be entered to win a Kayaking or Boat Tour for Two from South Coast Tours (valued $200).
We Appreciate Our Event Sponsors!
2025 OTTER SPONSORS ($3,500)
2025 KELP SPONSORS ($1,500)
2025 URCHIN SPONSORS ($500)
