The 2012 World Beer Cup that coincided with the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego, California was a wonderful experience. Featuring some of the most talented taste makers in the craft beverage industry, this bi-annual award ceremony ranks at the top along with the Great American Beer Festival as the most prestigious award ceremony beheld by craft beer brewers in North America. Here’s a look at 2012′s winners from Oregon and Washington: Read More…

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Standing Stone Brewing has announced the release of The Pacific Crest Ale, a new session pale ale perfect for the warmer days ahead. Here’s more details on this new beer from the Ashland, Oregon brewery:

Southern Oregon is known for teeming with beautiful hiking trails, including a portion of the famous Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). We’ve named our latest specialty beer in honor of this famed West Coast feature that brings visitors to Ashland, OR all spring and summer long: Pacific Crest Ale.

About the ale

The Pacific Crest Ale is Read More…

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By Jen Sotolongo

A recent visit to Standing Stone Brewery in Ashland inspired me to finally select a topic for the weekly blog my school, the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI) requires of its students. A small school, based out of Bainbridge Island, BGI aims to create change agents through their MBA in Sustainable Systems program.

Up until this point, we had the liberty of selecting any topic of interest, so long as we discussed sustainability and business. This quarter, we were asked to pick a single topic for the entire quarter. I had no idea what to write about for three whole months.

While enjoying a pint of Standing Stone’s Oatmeal Stout, I marveled at the brewpub’s sustainability initiatives. Shiny bikes stand front and center upon arrival, waiting for the day they can go home with an employee who has put in 1,000 hours and agrees to bike commute at least 45 times within a year of receiving their new ride. Report cards detail the brewery’s use of energy, waste, and water. And, like many Oregon breweries, they support their local community events.

Experiencing Standing Stone’s commitment to people, planet, and profit led me to declare that I would write about sustainability in the brewing industry as my blog topic. I love beer and want to make this world a better place, so I thought, “why not marry the two?” Read More…

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Join the Beer Goddess Lisa Morrison as she embarks upon Southern Oregon for a special book signing event featuring her book “Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest.” Cheers!

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BREWPUBLIC KILLER BEERWEEK EVENT:

Tuesday October 18 5PM-close

Bottles has quickly asserted itself as one of the best places for great beer in not only the Beaumont Neighborhood, but also in Portland. Oregon is a big-ass state so we’ve decided to head south and wrangle up a nice assortment of craft beers from Southern Oregon breweries such as SOB, Caldera, Wild River, Klamath Basin, Standing Stone, Walkabout, and more.

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Saturday October 1st at 7 PM ScienceWorks presents the 7th annual Brews and Boogie! Microbrews from 10 regional breweries, live music from The Jeremy Hickman Band and The Frankie Hernandez Band, carnival games, raffle prizes and ScienceWorks’ hands-on exhibits are all part of the festivities. Proceeds from this 21 and over event go to benefit ScienceWorks educational programs.

Join us for our 7th annual Brews & Boogie event!  A fundraiser for our education programs, this event will feature local breweries pouring some of your favorite microbrews and live music from The Jeremy Hickman Band and The Frankie Hernandez Band (check out the videos below).

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Carnival Games! Help support ScienceWorks by taking your chances at our fun Brews & Boogie Carnival.  Win tickets to enter into raffle drawings for great prizes

Participating Breweries:

Admission Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door.  Available for purchase starting September 1st.

Admission Includes:

• commemorative pint glass
• 4 tickets good for beer (1 ticket for 4oz, 2 for 8 oz, 3 for 12 oz), wine (3 for 3.5 oz)and carnival games.  Additional tickets will be available for purchase at the event.
• donation to ScienceWorks’ education progams

Keep up with the latest Brews & Boogie news on Facebook!

Don’t miss your chance to boogie down at ScienceWorks and help support our education programs.  Contact Rachel Cardillo at 482-6767 ext 232 for more details.

More information is available at www.scienceworksmuseum.org/brews.

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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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Come over to the depot and taste the line-up with Caldera.

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Join in on an early afternoon community bike ride and hop farm tour beginning at Standing Stone and traveling a few easy miles to Alpha Beta Hops farm. Participants will enjoy an educational tour of the farm and a bit to eat before returning to the brewpub.

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When our friends at Oakshire Brewing in Eugene invited us to join them for the this year’s Boonville Beer Fest, we couldn’t help but to say yes. Despite feeling a little beat down by the previous week at Eugene’s inaugural beer week, Boonville’s legendary fest was one we’d been eying for sometime, and since 2011′s marked the 15th annual occurrence of this event, it seemed logical that this would be the year we checked it off our beer bucket list.

Tucked in amidst looming Read More…

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