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Celebrating Oregon Beer
Your fortnightly round-up of all the beer and hop news from the Beaver State.
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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 a visually spectacular event--from the tall hop bines coming out of the fields to the parade of brewers who visit farms for their bags of emerald cones. To get a taste, visit our Instagram feed to see reposted stories from breweries and hop farms celebrating this season. It's a joy to see it all unfold.
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- News -
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Oakshire Commons
Less than a month ago, Oakshire announced the closure of their Springfield location, the Commons. But yesterday, the brewery announced it was reopening. That's the kind of story we like to see!
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Brewing Scholarship
Applications for the Falconer Scholarship are open now. The winner will attend a 22-week distance-education course from the American Brewers Guild, learning the fundamentals of beer production and quality assurance.
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Corvallis Dive Bar Crawl
This is unexpected! Visit Corvallis is promoting nine of the city's excellent dive bars. The travel bureau promises participants a "special prize" for completing the series--but isn't visiting nine dive bars a reward all by itself?
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The Fall of Stone
Sapporo recently sold most of their Stone Brewing holdings, but kept the brewery and World Bistro location in Escondido, CA. Last week Sapporo announced they were shutting it down, too.
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Fall Fest Guide
If you like your fresh hop or fest beers al-fresco, you're in luck! Oregon has a whole slate of great beer fests between now and October 10th, and here's a quick cheat sheet for planning purposes. (See "Upcoming Events" below for more info on the fresh hop fests.)
Fresh Hop Fests
- TopWire's Oregon Hop Fest, Sept 12-13 (Woodburn). More info
- Portland Fresh Hop Pop-Up Beer Fest, Sept 17 to Oct 4. More info
- Hop & Heritage Festival, Sept 26 (Independence). More info
- Hillsboro Hops Fresh Hop Fest, Oct 3 (Hillsboro). More info
- Orchard and Ale Fest, Oct 3 (Hood River). More info
- Also, don't forget Fresh Hop Bingo, Visit Bend's fresh hop promotion for local breweries. More info
Oktoberfests
Despite the name, Munich's Oktoberfest always starts in September, and this year begins on September 19, running for two weeks. Oregon likewise has Oktoberfests beginning soon and running through October.
- Zootoberfest at the Oregon Zoo, Sept 11-12 (Portland). More info
- Heater Allen Oktoberfest, Sept 12 (McMinnville).
- Mount Angel Oktoberfest, Sept 17-20 (Mt Angel). More info
- Zoiglhaus Zoiglfest, Sept 18-19 (Portland). More info
- McMenamins Oktoberfests, Sept 19 and 26 (Multiple locations). More info
- Steeplejack Oktoberfest, Sept 19 (Hillsboro). More info
- Block 15 Blocktoberfest, Sept 25-26 (Corvallis). More info
- Oaks Park Octoberfest, Sept 25-27 (Portland). More info
- Oktobierfest by Waltz Brewing, Sept 26 (Forest Grove). More info
- pFriemtoberfest, Sept 26 (Hood River). More info
- Van Henion Octoberfest, Sept 26 (Bend). More info
- Rosenstadt Oktoberfest, Oct 3 (Portland).
- Occidental Oktoberfest, Oct 10 (Portland). More info
Two items from our Oktoberfest list came from the excellent research done by The New School. If you're not visiting that site regularly, you're missing important Oregon beer news.
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- Upcoming Events -
Please send us all your upcoming event information at the following email so we can include them in our weekly roundups: events@celebrateoregonbeer.com.
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Oregon Hop Fest
Did someone say hop harvest tours? Visit Crosby Hop Farm on September 12-13 for the 3rd Annual Oregon Hop Festival at TopWire Hop Project. See the hop harvest in action, jump on a hay ride, and of course, enjoy fresh hop beers. Live music, food, and fun for the kids.
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Fresh Hop Pop-up
Returning for its eleventh edition to North Portland's Prost pub and food cart, the Fresh Hop Pop-up returns Sept 17th to Oct 4th. The beer garden features ten food trucks and ten rotating taps.
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Each day of this 17 day fresh hop marathon will feature seasonal rare seasonal beers with special tappings nearly every day celebrating some of the best and brightest breweries and regions.
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Hop & Heritage Fest
Visit downtown Independence on September 26 to drink fresh hop beer at the Hop & Heritage fest. Independence is the heart of Oregon's hop-growing regions, and they'll have a full lineup of incredible fresh hop beers on tap.
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Ballpark Fresh Hops
On Oct 3rd, head down to the Hillsboro Hops ballpark for fresh hops! The event will showcase fresh hop beers while providing attendees with the opportunity to experience the new ballpark.
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Merch!
Oregon beer fans, show your pride! Celebrate Oregon Beer has some new merch, and you can sport one of these beauties now. The proceeds benefit our nonprofit, which means you can look gorgeous and support efforts like this free newsletter. You know Oregon is a special place for beer--now you can let others know, too!
A special shout-out to our collaborators at Double Mountain Brewery, who helped us coordinate with Brewery Branding (hey, that’s a local company, too!) to host our merch on their site. For a small, new nonprofit still trying to fund itself, it was a big help! While you’re there, you could even buy a Celebrate Oregon tee as well.
Support us and let the world know about Oregon beer!
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