Here’s a complete list of 2011 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) winners from Oregon:

Silver – Session Black Full Sail Brewing Co. OR American-Style Dark Lager 2011

Bronze- Legacy Lager Silver Moon Brewing OR American-Style or International-Style Pilsener 2011

Bronze - Ching Ching Bend Brewing Co. OR American-Style Sour Ale 2011

Bronze - Disorder Stout Barley Brown’s Brew Pub OR American-Style Stout 2011

Silver Shredders Wheat Barley Brown’s Brew Pub OR American-Style Wheat Beer 2011

Silver - MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale MacTarnahan’s OR Classic English-Style Pale Ale 2011

Silver - Breakside Dry Stout Breakside Brewery OR Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout 2011

Bronze - Down ‘n’ Dirty IPA Deschutes Brewery OR English-Style India Pale Ale 2011

Gold - Dark Side Stout Silver Moon Brewing OR Foreign-Style Stout 2011

Bronze Organic Deranger Laurelwood Brewing Co. OR Imperial Red Ale 2011

Bronze Radiant Ninkasi Brewing Co. OR International-Style Pale Ale 2011

Gold - Smoke Ale Rogue Ales OR Smoke Beer 2011

Gold - Hazelnut Brown Nectar Rogue Ales OR Specialty Beer 2011

Bronze - Pinot Jubel Deschutes Brewery OR Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer 2011

Gold - Bourbon Murder Deschutes Brewery OR Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout 2011

…and, here’s the list of winners from Washington:

Bronze - Brave American American Brewing Co. WA American-Style Brown Ale 2011

Gold - Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen Fish Brewing Co. WA American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast 2011

Bronze - Leavenworth Whistling Pig Hefeweizen Fish Brewing Co. WA American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast 2011

Gold - Clear Creek Pale Ale Silver City Brewery WA Classic English-Style Pale Ale 2011

Bronze - Prime Time Pale Ale Big Time Brewery WA Classic English-Style Pale Ale 2011

Silver - Chuckanut Dunkel Chuckanut Brewery WA European-Style Dunkel 2011

Bronze - Chuckanut Alt Chuckanut Brewery WA German-Style Altbier 2011

Gold - Chuckanut Kolsch Chuckanut Brewery WA German-Style Kölsch 2011

Gold - Blonde Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Seattle WA Golden or Blonde Ale 2011

Gold - Chuckanut Helles Chuckanut Brewery WA Munich-Style Helles 2011

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It’s official – Green Bottling mobile beer bottling service has announced their employee of the month of July. The recipient of this prestigious award goes to bottler Tommy Kreamer. According to Green Bottling founder Mike Weksler, “Tommy will be attending brewing school in Germany this coming January, but in the meanwhile he likes to spend his spare time making quilts with all the beer paraphernalia that he has collected.” Congratulations, Tommy, and best of luck to you!

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The biggest brew fest on the West Coast is unquestionably the Oregon Brewers Festival (OBF). Each year crowds of beer enthusiasts from the novice greenhorn to the uber-geek head to Tom McCall Waterfront Park to take part in this truly amazing spectacle. It is estimated that now, in its 24th year, the OBF will see around 80,000 attendees in its four days (Thursday July 28-Sunday July 31).

Always the last full weekend in July, the OBF takes advantage of the region’s incomparable passion for craft beer. Some credit this to the proximity to hop fields and the exceptional Bull Run watershed. Anyway you cut it, this is the mother of all West Coast beer events. And, as craft beer continues to burgeon into its own distinct entity, with more than 1,700 breweries in operation in the United States, it’s easy to see why people so love such an event. Portland, now with at least 40 commercial breweries, is the world’s leading city in this category. In fact, it has been a few years since we’ve passed Munich as the brewery leader.

So, the next time you hear some half-cocked story about how Asheville or San Francisco or Philadelphia is the best beer city in the United States, just think of the Oregon Brewers Fest and the day in and day out love we have for great beer here that those places can just dream of. Would this madness even fly in these other “champion” cities?  What other region could support such an outburst of love for great beer?

Look for more than 85 breweries, many who are local, to represent at this year’s OBF. In recent years a “buzz” tent has been added to accommodate the biggest and baddest of beer geeks. Here you will find some stuff that will wow even the grandest of beer nerds (like us!).

Here’s the important details: Read More…

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Here’s a look at all the Oregon winners at the 2011 North American Beer Awards in Idaho Falls, Idaho: Read More…

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The Pelican Pub & Brewery won 11 medals at the 2011 North American Beer Awards—more than any other Northwest brewery for the second year in a row. Out of Pelican’s 11 medals, five of them were Gold, which tied the Pelican for first place with The Boston Beer Company as the most Gold medals won in this year’s competition. In its 15^th year, the North American Beer Awards takes place in Idaho Falls, Idaho and is sanctioned by the North American Brewers Association.

The Pelican Pub & Brewery’s award-winning beers include: Read More…

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From a truly outstanding group of talented applicants, Jason Carriere from Eugene, Oregon, and Dave Pendelton from Centralia, Washington have been named recipients of the 2011 Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships.   Read More…

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Brewed in Cooperation with Oakshire brewing for Sud’s & Sud’s. Cooperative Suds IPA is a hazy golden India Pale Ale with a slightly spicy aroma and notes of fruit and pine. It is a low to medium bodied ale with rounded malt notes and a soft bitterness. It finishes clean with mild pine resin flavors. 6.9% alc/vol 60IBU

What happens when two neighboring brewers meet up to make a beer for the sole reason of getting together at one of their favorite Corvallis hangouts and drinking said beer together? Cooperative Suds IPA happens, that’s what.

Nick Arzner from Block 15 in Corvallis and Matt Van Wyk from Oakshire in Eugene were asked to do a promotional night at Suds & Suds. They figured  that if they were going to spend three hours together, they might as well make a beer. And since this week marks American Craft Beer Week, what better time to showcase the cooperation in the craft brewing industry.

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Oregon’s premier mobile bottling outfit, Green Bottling is pleased to announce Paul Bastian as their employee of the month. Following in the footsteps of Simon “The Grill” Traeger, Bastian is an easy choice, according to co-founder Mike Weksler“for his infectious smile and chill sense of humor while tirelessly bottling over 130,000 bottles of Oregon beer this month.” Kudos, Paul!

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5pm Beer Release Party:  Hop Valley Tilley’s Chili Beer:  a chili beer brewed with Oregon grown base malt and hops. Chilis grown at the Tilley farm in Coburg.  Brewed with Roasted Big Jim’s and Cherry bombs. At Hop Valley

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Kegerator 101 Class at Oakshire Brewing! Learn how to install and maintain a home draft system.  $10 per person. 1055 Madera St. Eugene. Look for more details at www.oakbrew.com

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