Breakside Brewery Announces 2020 Beer Release Calendar
As we enter the new year, Breakside Brewery will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in 2020. To look at many of the beers that are in store, Breakside has announced its 2020 Beer Release Calendar.
Many popular favorites are returning to take their place in the lineup, as well as some entirely new and brand-new seasonal beers. Signature beers Breakside IPA, Wanderlust IPA, Pilsner, True Gold and Stay West IPA return as part of the brewery’s core lineup in 2020. Rainbows & Unicorns will join the year round core lineup in six packs and on draft.
Also returning in 2020 is the Seeker Can IPA Series will continue with at least six new beers in the lineup, one new beer introduced every 6-8 weeks. Breakside’s seasonal lineup of will include Salted Caramel Stout to kick off the year and will be followed by Passionfruit Sour Ale in March and then a new yet to be named beer in September.
“The brewing staff and I are thrilled to offer our customers this set of diverse and ambitious beers in 2020,” said Ben Edmunds, brewmaster for Breakside Brewery, in a statement. “As everyone in the craft beer industry knows, quality and innovation are essential to success these days. We’ll be releasing at least 30 NEW brands from the production brewery in addition to the beloved core beers that we make. We want to give Breakside fans beers that are delicious, novel, and fresh every time they grab one of our cans, bottles, or pints. I hope folks will try out many of our new offerings— especially our collaboration beers with friends from around the country— and that they’ll also revisit our award-winning flagship IPAs.”
To commemorate the brewery’s 10th anniversary this year, Breakside will celebrate this milestone by brewing 25 collaboration beers with breweries from near and afar. There will be two collaboration series, Oregon Collab Beers with 12 beers from breweries based in Oregon and one in Southwest Washington and the other, National Collab Beers with 13 beers from breweries across the United States.
Oregon Collab Beers partners include Sunriver, pFriem, Alesong, Barley Brown’s, Upright, Pelican, Von Ebert, 10 Barrel, Ecliptic, Ninkasi, Grains of Wrath and one yet to be determined brewery. National Collab Beers partners include Cloudburst, Fremont, The Rare Barrel, Pinthouse, Fat Head’s, Lost Abbey, Sun King, La Cumbre, Figueroa Mountain, Cambridge, Beachwood, Cigar City and one yet to be determined brewery.
Each new beer will be introduced every 5-6 weeks. The Oregon Collab Beers will be draft only while the National Collab Beers will be in 22oz bottles and on draft.
In addition to these beers on the calendar, Breakside will continue to offer more experimental, barrel-aged and sour beers throughout 2020.
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D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.