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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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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 holidays, folks!
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- News -
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Norte Opening Taproom
Cerveceria Norte, launched in 2023, will open their first brick-and-mortar location in Wilsonville as part of a mini food hall in a new apartments and mixed-use development.
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Hop Valley Reopens
Hop Valley Brewing will return to Eugene with a new pub opening in August. It will take over the former Heritage Distilling space outside the Gordon Hotel.
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Flying With Bend Brewing
Bend Brewing is one of three new three new eateries opening in the Redmond Municipal Airport. The brewery will operate a full bar overlooking the Cascade Range where they will offer quick-service food designed for travelers on tight schedules.
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NW Cider Cup Winners
A little far afield of beer, but here are your winners for the NW Cider Cup. If you haven't been following Oregon cider, it has quickly become one of the most respected regions in the world.
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We Got Merch!
Oregon beer fans, show your pride! Celebrate Oregon Beer finally has some merch, and you can sport one of these beauties now. (Attractive hat to come soon.) The proceeds benefit our nonprift, which means you can look beautiful 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 two collaborators. First, Chloë Miller designed these tees (she also created our logo for the Oregon Homegrown collab). She is a real, working artist/designer, not an AI bot, and she’d love to work with you, too, so click on through to learn more about her work.
Additionally, Double Mountain Brewery 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 Double Mountain tee—especially if you’re interested in some of their cool merch.
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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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ColdFire Saison Fest
Happening TODAY from 3-9pm at ColdFire. Taste a diverse array of traditional and experimental interpretations of this storied Belgian ale. Breweries include: Brasserie Dupont, Fantome, Oxbow, Sante Adairius, is/was, Trillium, Alesong, ColdFire, and more.
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Soccer Fest 2026
Away Days, the soccer-obsessed brewery that also makes great session beer,s is welcoming the World Cup to North America with Soccer Fest now through July 19. They have transformed the US National Bank Building in downtown Portland into the ultimate World Cup fan fest.
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Six weeks, daily matches, one giant screen with hundreds of fans. DJs, games, pop-ups, merch and of course beer flowing from the taps. All the North American teams are still alive, so gather to cheer them on!
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Horse Brass Turns 50
On of America's most important bars turns fifty this month. The iconic place was a favorite drinking hole of Don Younger, who bought it in 1976 and made it an institution. Come for celebrations from July 10–16th.
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Alesong's 10th Anniv.
We missed a week with the newsletter, and didn't have a chance to announce the celebration last week for Alesong's 10th anniversary. It's never too late to visit one of Oregon's most award-winning breweries, however, so stop in and say hi.
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Fuji to Hood Fest Returns
International collaboration festival Fuji to Hood is bringing Japanese breweries, cideries, food, arts, music, community, and culture back to Portland on Saturday, July 18th. 25 breweries and cideries will travel from Japan to debut collaborations with Oregon makers, each using a special ingredient from Japan.
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Roadhouse Brewfest
Come to McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse for Roadhouse Brewfest on Sat July 18. The fest features 32 beers and ciders from McMenamins and local guest breweries. Bring some blankets and settle in for a day of casual summer day of brews, live music, whiskey-tasting and more.
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