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...
21 days 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...
about 1 month 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...
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. 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...
3 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...
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 are excited to announce our second annual Oregon Homegrown collaboration this year, which is about to kick off at taprooms around the state. Oregon Homegrown is a statewide collaboration among 14 breweries statewide, Woodburn's Crosby Hop Farms, and Portland's Imperial Yeast. The purpose of the collaboration is to showcase Oregon's incredible culture and tradition of brewing. We focus on...
3 months ago • 7 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. We are in the midst of a push to increase subscribers to this newsletter--and you can help! From now through May 12, anyone who subscribes will be entered in a drawing for two tickets to Great Notion's 10th Anniversary Party (more info here). If you are enjoying this newsletter, forward it to someone you think would like it and encourage them to subscribe. Maybe they'll give you the other...
4 months ago • 6 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Do you recall the "Drink Beer for Science" study we mentioned last fall? Led by Oregon State's Dr. Tom Shellhammer, it investigated drinkers' response to beers made with and without fresh hops. Hundreds of people tasted the beers side-by-side as a part of that research. Next week, Dr. Shellhammer, brewers from the study, and Celebrate Oregon Beer's Jeff Alworth will present the results at the...
4 months ago • 6 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State. Over the past two weekends, several dozen judges have gathered in Breakside's drafty warehouse to identify Oregon's best beers. Tomorrow they will be announced at the annual Oregon Beer Awards ceremony in Portland (tickets are still available!) We like to say Oregon is a special place for beer, and the Oregon Beer Awards are one of the many examples. It's a completely original competition...
5 months ago • 6 min read