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Celebrate Oregon Beer Newsletter
Published 2 days ago • 5 min read
Celebrating Oregon Beer
Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State.
In the last issue of this newsletter, we introduced you to a new study we're cosponsoring to evaluate if and how (undried) fresh hops differ from conventionally-dried hops. We're pleased to say that it's underway. Last week, Portland's Breakside Brewery released their version, and consumers began taking the survey, and next week Eugene's ColdFire Brewingand Bend's Deschutes Brewery will release their beers. Corvallis' Block 15 will have their beer ready the week of Sept 22nd. If you missed the news, here's a full report on the project and all the beers. Oregonians, make sure you participate if you can!
Fresh hop season is now well and truly underway. Even if you can't participate in the study, start visiting your local pubs and breweries to taste these wonderful beers.
If you are looking for more news and conversation between these emails, visit our feed on Instagram, where we try to keep you up to date with all the happenings.
News
Migration to Milwaukie
Downtown Milwaukie is about to get another brewery, as Migration Brewing moves into the 1847 Food Park just down the street from pFriem's new place. The site will feature food carts, indoor dining, and a viewing tower of the Willamette River.
The Hop Breeding Co., which brought us such hits as Citra and Mosaic, recently released their latest hop, named Dolcita (formerly HBC 1019). Stone fruit, tropical flavors, and citrus evoke tropical daiquiris and dark rum.
Under new ownership, Hop Valley has announced that it will be relocating its Eugene pub "in favor of a more centrally located downtown area in Eugene within the next 12 months."
A major South Korean cohort study has suggested that mild-to-moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of death in people living with Parkinson’s disease.
We are rapidly heading into the fall, and that means Oktoberfests! We have been attempting to capture all the celebrations happening around the state, but if we missed yours, be sure to shoot us a message at events@celebrateoregonbeer.com.
Below are a list of the events in chronological order--click the link for all the info.
Please send us all your upcoming event information at the following email so we can include them in our weekly roundups: events@celebrateoregonbeer.com
Kindred Craft Fest
The first gathering of Kindred Craft will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 5-8 pm at UPP Liquids in Bend. Sponsored by Abstrax, it is designed to unite brewers, partners, and drinkers around the future of flavor.
The Heart of the Valley celebrates beer over a long week from Sept 4-13. The schedule encompasses a packed list of special events and experiences hosted all around Corvallis to celebrate our vibrant craft beer scene.
Wilsonville's Vanguard Brewing turns ten and they're throwing a party Sept. 20. The celebration will feature a special anniversary beer release, swag, and giveaways. Plan to join the fun!
Returning for its 10th year from Sept 19 to Oct 5, the Fresh Hop Pop Up. For 17 days, a rotating cast of the freshest of fresh hop beers will arrive in waves at Prost! in Portland. Late-breaking bonus: the beers in our study will be featured one night!
Just after Labor Day in 2015, Tobias Hahn and Nick Greiner sold the first keg of Rosenstadt beer. Ten years later, almost to the day, they sold the first pint of beer from their first taproom. It has been a long, long journey. All that ended on Friday, August 30th, when they quietly opened the doors to their first taproom at 2117 NE Oregon Street--the former home of Culmination Brewing. Both Tobias and Nick were there, troubleshooting, serving pints, and greeting longtime fans who had probably begun to wonder if they would ever get to visit a Rosenstadt pub.
The Peripatetic Life Rosenstadt means "Rose City" in German, and it's was a clever calling card for one of Portland's most devoted German-style breweries. The two men behind the brewery come to this orientation naturally, one by birth (Hahn), one by marriage (Greiner). They have a serious, romantic love for both the beers of Germany, but also the culture of drinking together, cheek-to-cheek, in gartens and gasthauses. Yet their path to their own gasthaus was a slow one.
Instead of buying a brewery, Rosenstadt has always used other facilities to make their beer. Hahn oversees the recipe formulation, ingredient list, and brewing (to the extent whatever brewery they happen to be using allows). Over the years, they've worked with a number of breweries, even outlasting a few: Max's Fanno Creek, Laurelwood, Portland Brewing, Fearless, Hopworks, and Zoiglhaus among them. All the while, Hahn worked very hard to keep the beers consistent, even when the brewing systems weren't the same.
Originally a draft-only business, Rosenstadt joined the exodus to packaging during Covid, and have since built up a nice business selling cans of their core line of Kölsch, Helles, Dunkel, and Pilsner. Initially they were only available in small outlets, but have since moved to larger stores like New Seasons and Fred Meyer.
Nick (left) and Tobias (right)
It's Called "Gemütlichkeit" Germans have a concept called "Gemütlichkeit" they often use to describe the best pubs. The root word gemüt means “mind” or “heart” as well as “feeling," and Gemütlichkeit is usually translated as "cozy" or "comfortable."
It's the quality every pub should have, and its been a guiding light for Rosenstadt's decade-long pursuit of a home. Here's how Tobias described it:
“Gemütlichkeit, it's really one of those words where really there isn't a good translation in English. It really describes the feeling you have when you sit together in a nice pub, for instance, with your friends, and you have a nice pint, or you sit in a nice beer garden and hang out basically all afternoon."
The space is not much changed since it served Culmination--though a new paint job and two pretzel trees leave no confusion about where one is. And Culmination's space, though small, was always pretty high on the Gemütlichkeit index. The inside is cozy, warm and inviting in the gray seasons, while the patio is shaded and comfortable in the warm months like now.
If you're feeling peckish, Rosenstadt offers pretzels in their original form or cut in half and filled with cheese and meats, a sandwich, and a sausage. More importantly, the space gives Nick and Tobias a broader malt palate for their beers. They installed two Czech "side-pull" taps for thick, creamy heads, and they offer a selection of glassware, as appropriate to style. With twenty taps total, they will be able to experiment and offer a larger range of beers than they''ve ever been able to.
Rosenstadt Brewery Location: 2117 NE Oregon St., Portland Hours: 4-9p Friday; 1-9p Saturday and Sunday
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