The Brew Site
Tomorrow, November 8, is the second annual International Stout Day: a day to celebrate the iconic stout beer style by participating either by attending one of the various events or hoisting a glass and sharing with the online community on Facebook and Twitter (via the hashtag #StoutDay). Untappd also has a … Continue reading
This Saturday the 20th Southern Oregon’s Umpqua Brew Fest is kicking off at 1pm and running through the day, an event hosted by the Umpqua Watersheds: It’s an autumn celebration of clean water, craft beer, and sustainable living in the hundred valleys of the Umpqua. In other words, “It’s All … Continue reading
Thursday night my wife and I attended the Winter Beer Trade Show hosted by Columbia Distributing at the Riverhouse Convention Center here in Bend: my first time visiting such a show, which is targeted at showcasing the portfolios of brewing companies (as well as cideries and meaderies) to potential buyers … Continue reading
The Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony took place today, issuing 3 medals apiece across 84 categories to breweries across the nation. Oregon produced its share of winners (and you can view the full list of all winners here.) 10 Barrel Brewing (Bend) Silver in German-Style Sour Ale (category 65): … Continue reading
It would be remiss of me not to note that there’s this little beer festival going on Denver this week, from Thursday the 11th through Saturday the 13th. Some 49,000 people will be descending on the Colorado Convention Center over those three days, and the city of Denver becomes awash … Continue reading
This weekend was a big day for fresh hops here in Oregon: both the Hood River Hops Fest and the Sisters Fresh Hop Festival took place on Saturday, the first year they both occurred on the same day I believe. Both are in the same vein but the Hood River … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe that the excellent Brewpublic blog is only four years old, which is surely a testament to how essential it’s become for the Oregon (and overall) beer blog scene. Its proprietor and editor, Angelo De Ieso II, is a tireless crusader for craft beer and is overall one … Continue reading
Today is the official start of Oktoberfest which also happens to coincide with the first day of Autumn—I guess that means it’s also time to start officially drinking the harvest beers! (Of course we all have already, but who’s counting?) Oktoberfest runs from September 22 through October 7 this year, … Continue reading
Ah, fall. It’s harvest beer season and around the Pacific Northwest that largely means fresh hop beers, a brewing trend that has grown to prominence here due to the close proximity of the hop farms (most breweries are within a few hours’ drive). Not only do beers brewed with fresh … Continue reading
The second annual Corvallis Beer Week kicks off today and runs through the 16th, promising to highlight the great growing beer culture of Corvallis with a ton of great events. Today begins at 4: Corvallis Beer Week kicks off today at 4PM at Les Caves Bier & Kitchen on 308 … Continue reading