Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. As fresh hop and Oktoberfest seasons near their end, we suddenly find ourselves with a ton of news about new openings and closings. As Oregon continues to reckon with the aftermath of the Covid pandemic and the drop in craft beer sales, we have been seeing the closures of breweries like Oakshire, one of Eugene's bedrock breweries (see below). Yet even as the industry struggles, new breweries...
22 days ago • 3 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. We have a special newsletter this week with just a single item--a drinkers' guide to Oregon fresh hop beer. We'll be back with our regular format next time. Cheers! Spotlight: Finding the Fresh Hops In Oregon, fresh hop season has four distinct phases. The hop harvest begins in the middle of August, the earliest point at which breweries can gather their green gold. The harvest lasts a month,...
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. Oregon got an early visit from autumn this week, which should be a welcome news for fire-fighters across the state. It also provided a visual cue to the coming season, which will be chock-full of fun fests; see our guide below. After a fallow time following the Covid pandemic, fresh hop festivals and Oktoberfests are back in force to whet your autumnal whistle. Also: the hop harvest season is...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Gayle Goschie greets the team from Montavilla Brew Works Fresh Hop Season is Here! The Oregon hop harvest started last week!. In the picture above, posted on Facebook, Team Montavilla visits Goschie Farms, where Gayle Goshie is on hand to deliver the green. We have started to see announcements for the first fresh hop beers hitting taps now. Keep your eyes peeled! (But also, don't look too...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. It's the 6th of August, so you know what that means? You got it: we're just a week or so from the start of the Oregon hop harvest. Yay! The harvest itself is a remarkable event and if you haven't seen a football field-sized bed of drying hops, put it on your bucket list. (Farms offer tours.) But it also means we're a couple weeks from the start of fresh hop season, which is the most wonderful...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. The regular writer of these newsletters (Jeff Alworth), is going to be taking some time away from work in the coming weeks, so today's edition is all news and links. But it's a healthy batch, so enjoy! - News - Gnome & Faerie Open Brewed By Gnomes isn't a new brewery per se, but its life has been a ghostly one until now. Gnome and Faerie is the new "rustic gathering place" for botanical...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Happy Independence Day! The United States turns 250 in two days, and it doesn't look a day over 200. For those of you following the World Cup, the US men's team has been doing well there, too, winning last night for just the second time in the knockout round. However you're celebrating this weekend--with a sparkler or vuvuzela--make sure you have an Oregon beer to make it tasty. Happy...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Visiting KGW's Hello! Rose City to talk about the Oregon Homegrown collaboration This is the last call for you to see the Oregon Homegrown beers collected in a single location. They will be pouring tomorrow and next Tuesday in Eugene and Bend. Make sure you don't miss this! Bier Stein (Eugene), June 12. River’s Place (Bend), June 16. That important announcement made, let's get on to the past...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Last night the beers of Oregon Homegrown debuted at The BeerMongers. Six of the fifteen beers were on tap: Block 15, de Garde, Evasion, Ferment, Von Ebert, and Wayfinder. It was really fun to try them all side by side and begin to get a sense of the "Deep Cut" Cascades. One of the flavor notes Crosby mentioned was "mandarin orange," and that was coming through loud and clear. You'll have to...
5 months ago • 5 min read