It’s been pointed out quite a bit over the past few years that collaborative brews is a definite trend in the craft beer industry.

For some collaborative brewing is an opportunity to rub elbows with colleagues in the scene and to pick each others’ brains or to  develop a new and interesting one-off style. For others, it is an excuse to travel and breathe in the craft culture of a different beer environment, sometimes in a new state, country, or continent. Some collaborations happen within a local scene, we’ve seen this a lot in Portland, where friends within the industry delve into teaming up with respected contemporaries to devise and execute new styles. Some collaborative brews are so well-received that a mainstay or seasonal beer is the result. We’ve seen this in Stone-Dogfish Head-Victory’s Saison du Buff which is now a perennial hit to craft beer lovers nationally. Both Stone and Dogfish Head are well known for their slew of collaborative beers over the last decade. Locally in Portland, Upright and Burnside Brewing’s Oyster Stout collab has become a popular semi-regular release for both brewhouses.

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Greetings! On Thursday, May 31st Bottles on Fremont will host Stone Brewing for a tap takeover – join us from 6 to 9PM for eight Stone beers on draught and a raffle.

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Friday was our first day at the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego, CA. Things kicked off with a keynote speech by Chairman and President of Brooklyn Brewery, Steve Hindy. Other noteworthy speakers were in attendance such as Dogfish Head founder and brewmaster Sam Calagione, Elysian founder and brewmaster Dick Cantwell, and Brewers Association president Dr. Charlie Papazian. Here’s more from the 2012 CBC… Read More…

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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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By Dave Edgar

White Labs, a yeast and fermentation supplies company serving the beer, wine and distilling industries, announces the opening of a new Tasting Room at its San Diego, CA headquarters. White Labs Brewing Co. (trademark pending) held a “quiet opening” of its Tasting Room on March 22. A full grand opening, with expanded hours, is slated for June 2012.

The White Labs Tasting Room, unlike any other, offers a continuously-rotating menu of 35 taps pouring experimental beers brewed on site. Instead of crafting the same pale ale that is always available, White Labs instead may feature ten different pale ales simultaneously, brewed to the exact same recipe, except for the yeast. The following week, beers on tap might include a similar number of stouts, Pilsners or IPAs.

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On Thursday January 19, 2012, two of Oregon’s biggest craft breweries held events to celebrate new beer releases.

Ninkasi Brewing of Eugene, in conjunction with Stone Brewing (Escondido, CA) and The Alchemist Pub (Waterbury, VT) debuted the draught premiere of More Brown Than Black IPA at Bridgetown Beerhouse. The beer, as previously mentioned, is a benefit to help Read More…

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Oregon Stone Brewing rep Erin Kremplin informs us that Stone will  be doing an event on Saturday (January 7, 2012)  at Belmont Station with just Greg Koch.

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Greg Koch from Stone Brewing and Jamie Floyd from Ninkasi Brewing will both be in attendance at The Bier Stein in Eugene on January 6, 2012 from 7-9PM for the release of “More Brown Than Black“, a dark hoppy collaboration brew from Stone (Escondido, CA), Ninkasi (Eugene, OR), and the Alchemist Brewpub (Waterbury, VT). The beer, Stone’s fifth collaboration brew of the year is a benefit for The Alchemist, which was devastated by the effect of Hurricane Irene earlier this year.

For more details on this beer and its inspiration, check out this link on BeerNews.org.

Oregon Stone Brewing rep Erin Kremplin says “(Stone) will also be doing an event the next day, Saturday the (January 7, 2012)  at Belmont Station with just Greg Koch. I am still working on the details of that and I will follow up with them soon.

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Greg Koch from Stone Brewing and Jamie Floyd from Ninkasi Brewing will both be in attendance at The Bier Stein in Eugene on January 6, 2012 from 7-9PM for the release of “More Brown Than Black.” The beer is a dark hoppy collaboration from Stone (Escondido, CA), Ninkasi (Eugene, OR), and the Alchemist Brewpub (Waterbury, VT). The beer, Stone’s fifth collaboration brew of the year, is a benefit for The Alchemist, which was devastated by the effects of Hurricane Irene earlier this year. Read More…

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Stone, Elysian, and The Bruery collaborated on a beer called La Citrueille Celeste de Citracado, we will have this concoction which contains pumpkin, yams, fenugreek, lemon verbena, and birch bark on draft(there was only 2 kegs for the state), along with a specialty brew from each brewery(Bruery Autumn Maple, Elysian Barleywine, Ruination IPA). We will also be pouring samples of Stone’s Vertical Epic 11-11-11, and Elysian Bifrost Winter ale! Kegs tapped @ 6pm! Cheers

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