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...
23 days 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...
about 1 month 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...
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. 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...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. It has been a crazy two weeks in the beer industry since our last newsletter. In Salem, breweries spoke out against two new taxes--one that would raise the price of a pint, and one that would raise the deposit on cans by a nickel to fight wildfires. Meanwhile, President Trump announced surprisingly large tariffs on nearly every foreign country, raising the specter of increased costs on steel,...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. After a one-week delay, the newsletter is back in action--just in time for a spring warm snap. (Enjoy it--the forecasts call for a return to the chill and drizzle tomorrow.) Be sure and get out to those beer gardens for an early al fresco drinking session while you can! If you are looking for more news and conversation between these emails, visit our feeds at Instagram, Facebook, or Bluesky....
3 months ago • 5 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. We have an unusually newsy newsletter today, including three new openings, along with a great Spotlight on a uniquely Oregon beer. All that, plus one of the biggest and most unusual fests of the year, visiting Portland on Saturday. If you are looking for more news and conversation between these emails, visit our feeds at Instagram, Facebook, or Bluesky. Programming Note. There will be an...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Oregon is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends of the year: Zwickelmania (see below). This is a fantastic opportunity to get out of the house and see how your favorite local brewery makes all that great beer you love. If you're feeling adventuresome, you can even make a day of it and travel to a different part of the state--breweries all over will be participating. If you are looking...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. We founded Celebrate Oregon Beer with a simple mission, to establish Oregon’s reputation as one of the world’s premier beer regions. In our view, the characteristics that define the world's great cities and regions are exactly what distinguish Oregon from much of the rest of the country and world. It was very heartening then to read award-winning author and journalist Pete Brown reference...
5 months ago • 5 min read