Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. The Oregon hop harvest has officially begun! If you are a denizen of social media, you might have seen pictures and videos of brewers happily loading up bags of unkilned, fresh-from-the-bine hops into trucks, or dumping the little emerald cones into waiting beer. To get a sense of the excitement, Gigantic Brewing had a wonderful video of brewer Van Havig using fresh Goschie Farms Tettnangers....
26 days ago • 5 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Have you noticed the days are growing ever-so-slightly shorter? It's a sign that summer has passed its zenith, and we're edging closer to the harvest season. Each year the Oregon hop harvest begins in the latter half of August--just two weeks from today. Did you know that hop varieties ripen at different times? This is one way hop growers manage to harvest their entire crop, which takes the...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. A bag of fresh hops arrives at Breakside Brewery. In a month's time, Oregon is going to be in the thick of the hop harvest. The earliest-ripening cones will come down from the trellises and some of them will go directly to breweries to become fresh hop beers. If you've never experienced fresh hop season in Oregon, you're missing one of the truly unique experiences in the world of beer. Now is...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Text here! If you are looking for more news and conversation between these emails, visit our feed on Instagram. And please share this email with fans of Oregon beer and encourage them to subscribe! News The Joys of PDX Portland's airport got notice in The Oregonian this week for it's inexpensive beers (airport pricing isn't inflated). But with the new Loyal Legion and two breweries on hand,...
3 months ago • 6 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. The warm weather has come to Oregon, which means festivals, events, and lots of patio and garden beer drinking. We're especially excited to have a new brewery opening to report--which is our spotlight feature below. All that, plus lots of news and events. If you are looking for more news and conversation between these emails, visit our feed on Instagram. And please share this email with fans...
3 months ago • 6 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. As we enter the warmer months, more and more events are starting to appear on the calendar--fun stuff you won't want to miss. We have two exciting new-brewery openings coming up, two beer weeks, and two festivals. And of course, our own Oregon Homegrown collaboration, which touches down in Hood River and Bend this weekend. Finally, read to the end to hear from a new report about how important...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. We're very excited to see (and taste and inhale) the beers of the Oregon Homegrown collaboration go on tap tomorrow at Roscoe's PDX, 8105 SE Stark St. This project has been great fun, and the participating breweries have an AWESOME lineup of beers (full list here). Please make a trip down to Roscoe's to try these beers. We've also made some Celebrate Oregon Beer stickers, and those will be...
4 months ago • 6 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. After a long winter, sunny spring has very much sprung in Oregon. Along with the sun come an increasing number of events. Have a look at our listing, or just enjoy a pint at your local beer garden. And of course, make sure you bookmark the Oregon Homegrown taproom events in late May and early June. Details below! If you are looking for more news and conversation between these emails, visit...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. We are very excited to announce Celebrate Oregon Beer's first large project, a statewide collaboration of two dozen breweries, so make sure you scroll down to the Spotlight to read all about that. Your taste buds will thank you! Ours is not the only activity in the state, either--with the sun comes an increasingly active calendar. Lots of news this time as well, so read on and enjoy. If you...
5 months ago • 5 min read