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Celebrate Oregon Beer Newsletter
Published 3 months ago • 3 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 the time to plan your trip to Oregon. The best time to visit is from the third week of September through the first week of October--that's when you'll find the greatest density of fresh hop beers. (Curious about this wonderful beer? Start with this primer and learn how they're made.) It's a gorgeous time of year, and there's no better time to enjoy a pint of fresh hop beer.
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News
Ferment & Fire Opens
Oregon's newest brewery opened in Central Point over the weekend. Ferment and Fire features artisanal pizza, and while there's not much info on beer, the brewer cut his teeth at Hummingbird Estate.
John and Liz Coleman have launched a new regenerative hop-growing brand called Westwood Farms in Gervais, OR. The project will use no-till farming, cover cropping, and habitat restoration.
Shawn Bayer and Jill Katsis are well on their way to launching BearKat Brewing in Sherwood. Fermenters arrived on July 2, and on Monday they brewed a collab with Three Mugs. Look for them this fall.
The latest collaboration by the Oregon Brewers Guild has landed, a quenching summer IPA. 100% of the quarterly State of Excitement proceeds go directly to support the Oregon Brewers Guild.
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Upcoming Events
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Living Haus Party
For their 3rd birthday, Living Haus is throwing a party Sat-Mon, July 26-28. Four special beers and guest beers from 17 amazing breweries up and down the West Coast will be on tap.
On Friday, Aug 1, the Oregon Brewers Guild hosts its annual conference. A trade show, educational sessions, a BBQ, and more. It's a chance to learn and network. Topwire Project, Woodburn.
Just beyond the Benedictine Brewery taproom lie hop fields tended by Coleman Ag, and the two are celebrating this 50-year partnership with a collab and harvest kick-off on August 8.
An An evening full of music, performance and joie de vivre will characterize Old Town Brewing's 1st annual Old Baby Pageant on August 11. Win $500 through your appearance, poise and talent by showing you're the babest Old Baby.
Join Crosby Hop Farm at their Topwire beer garden-in-a-hop-field for beer collaborations, live music, and behind-the-scenes tours of the hop harvest Sept 6-7. It's the farm's 125th anniversary, so come celebrate!
About a year ago, Oregon Public Broadcasting put together a wonderful package on Oregon hop-growing--its history, how Oregon hops changed American brewing, what hops do in beer, and why fresh hop season is so special. You may have heard OPB promoting the rebroadcast of the podcast episode from The Evergreen last week, and it couldn't come at a more timely moment. Soon farms will be harvesting those hops, and you can taste the results beginning in September. In addition to the podcast, they created a short video and posted an article on the topic.
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