Brewing in Oregon

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Weinhard's Brewery, Portland, 1890

The U.S. state of Oregon is home to more than 200 breweries and brew pubs that produce a large variety of beer.

History

Many sources credit Swiss-born Henry Saxer and his Liberty Brewery as being Oregon's first commercial brewery (supposedly opening in 1852); however, the first verifiable record of a brewery in Oregon is an advertisement in the August 5, 1854, issue of The Weekly Oregonian for Charles Barrett's Portland Brewery and General Grocery Establishment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

  • 1862 – After working at and later owning several smaller breweries, Henry Weinhard purchased and expanded Liberty Brewery which was later renamed City Brewery.<ref>Oregon Historical Society (2002). "Henry Weinhard (1830-1904)" Template:Webarchive The Oregon History Project.</ref>
  • 1914 – Five years before national prohibition was established, the voters of Oregon approved a statewide ban on the manufacture, sale or advertisement of intoxicating liquor.<ref>Oregon State Archives</ref>
  • 1933 – Oregon and the nation ratified the 21st Amendment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • 1985 – Oregon Legislature legalized brewpubs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

According to a 2014 report by the Beer Institute, Oregon had 208 breweries, a number exceeded by only three states – California (with 509 breweries), Washington (251), and Colorado (217).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As of July 2015, Oregon was home to 234 brewing facilities operated by 194 brewing companies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There are also many nanobreweries in Oregon. Many breweries have won nationwide and international acclaim.

Alongside brewing, hops have a historical presence in Oregon. Hop production in Oregon began in 1867 when William Wells planted his first crop in Buena Vista, Oregon. This grew throughout the 20th century, when Oregon was dubbed the "Hop Center of the World" for its production around Independence, Oregon, in Polk County. Hop production later saw some decline due to mildew and mechanical picking technology; however, Oregon remains the second largest hop producing state in the US.<ref name=histbrew>Template:Cite web</ref>

Oregon State University began planting and experimenting with hops as early as 1893. Dr. Alfred Haunold influenced modern and popular hop varieties through his work with food studies. The Fermentation Science Program established itself in 1995 and further aided the study of hops and brewing at Oregon State, followed by the creation of the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives in 2013.<ref name=histbrew/>

The Oregon Brewers Guild was established in 1992 to promote Oregon breweries; it is the second-oldest nonprofit brewer trade association in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Breweries

The following are some Oregon-based breweries. The list includes some large brewing companies that have regional or national distribution. Oregon also has many mid-size and small breweries. Most of them produce kegs of beer to be served on draft at taverns and restaurants. Many of them also package their beer in bottles or cans. Some production breweries have taprooms where patrons can drink the beer that is produced onsite. And some breweries are brewpubs – full-service restaurants that brew their own beer.

Notable closed breweries

Festivals

The Oregon Brewers Festival the largest gathering of independent craft brewers in the United States.<ref>"Hip Hops in Oregon", VIA Magazine, July 2002</ref>

The Gold Beach Brew & Art Festival is always held the Saturday after Labor Day. It is the oldest brew festival in southern Oregon and on the Oregon Coast.<ref>Template:Usurped, Gold Beach Brew & Art Festival, May 2013</ref>

Oregon is host to several other beer oriented festivals throughout the year, each with their own unique focus and feel.

Homebrewing

F.H. Steinbart is a homebrew supply store on SE 12th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. It is the oldest homebrew supply store in the country and helped nurture the vibrant Pacific Northwest craft-brewing scene.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> President Jimmy Carter signed HR 1337 into law in 1978, which legalized homebrewing at the federal level.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the years that followed, many commercial brewers began as homebrewer customers who were introduced to the company by buying supplies there – the Widmers and McMenamins brothers were customers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Owner John DeBenedetti helped establish the Oregon Brew Crew in 1980; it is Oregon's largest active homebrew club and meets monthly in the FH Steinbart warehouse.<ref name=":0" />

Awards

World Beer Cup

Brewery Awards

(Discontinued in 2018)

Year Award Brewery Brew Master City
2016 Champion Brewery (Very Small) Arch Rock Brewing Co. James Smith Gold Beach
2014 Champion Brewery (Small) Pelican Brewery Darron Welch, Steve Panos Pacific City
2012 Champion Brewpub (Large) Pelican Pub & Brewery Darron R S Welch Pacific City
2008 Champion Brewpub (Small) Bend Brewing Company Tonya Cornett Bend
2004 Champion Brewpub (Small) Laurelwood Pub & Brewery Christian Ettinger Portland

Awards

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Award Brew Name Brewery Category
2018 Bronze Disorder Barley Brown's Brew Pub American-Style Stout
2018 Silver Breakside Wanderlust IPA Breakside Brewery & Taproom American-Style Strong Pale Ale
2018 Bronze BayWatch Elk Horn Brewery American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast
2018 Gold Breakside Lunch Break ISA Breakside Brewery & Taproom Australian-Style Pale Ale or International-Style Pale Ale
2018 Silver Doggerland Oakshire Brewing Baltic-Style Porter
2018 Gold Nectarine Golden Ale pFriem Family Brewers Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
2018 Gold Baywindow 10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend Berliner-Style Weisse
2018 Bronze Fantastic Voyage Gigantic Brewing Co. Brett Beer
2018 Silver FivePine Chocolate Porter Three Creeks Production Brown Porter
2018 Gold Shanghai'd IPA Old Town Brewing English-Style India Pale Ale
2018 Silver Breakside Old World IPA Breakside Brewery & Beer Hall English-Style India Pale Ale
2018 Bronze Orbiter IPA Ecliptic Brewing English-Style India Pale Ale
2018 Gold Beaverton Blonde Golden Valley Brewery English-Style Summer Ale
2018 Gold Sn4 Cuvée Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Experimental Beer
2018 Silver Passionate Envy 10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend Pub Fruit Wheat Beer
2018 Silver IPA No. 5 Ground Breaker Brewing Gluten-Free Beer
2018 Gold 67 Blonde Ale Public Coast Brewing Co. Golden or Blonde Ale
2018 Gold Pilsner Old Town Brewing Historical Beer
2018 Gold Good, Not Great StormBreaker Brewing Imperial Red Ale
2018 Silver ZuurPruin Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Mixed Culture Brett Beer
2018 Silver McKay's Scottish Ale Three Creeks Brewing Co. Scotch Ale
2018 Gold Double Stack Great Notion Brewing Specialty Beer
2018 Gold Queen of Hearts Pelican Brewing Co. – Pacific City Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
2016 Gold Turmoil Barley Brown's Brew Pub American-Style Black Ale
2016 Gold Pistol River Pale Arch Rock Brewing Co. American-Style Pale Ale
2016 Bronze DAM Wild – Hops and Lemon Verbena Flat Tail Brewing Co. American-Style Sour Ale
2016 Gold Fuzztail Sunriver Brewing American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast
2016 Bronze Lost Meridian Wit Base Camp Brewing Co. American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast
2016 Silver Breakside Lunch Break ISA Breakside Brewery Australian- or International-Style Pale Ale
2016 Bronze Stormwatcher's Winterfest Pelican Brewing Co. – Pacific City Barley Wine-Style Ale
2016 Silver Raise the Roost Portland Brewing Belgian-Style Pale Ale or Blonde Ale
2016 Gold Capella Porter Ecliptic Brewing Brown Porter
2016 Silver Hellcat Fort George Brewery + Public House Chili Beer
2016 Gold Caldera Ashland Amber Caldera Brewing Co. Classic English-Style Pale Ale
2016 Bronze Breakside ESB Breakside Brewery – Pub Brewery Classic English-Style Pale Ale
2016 Bronze Breakside Will's Alt Breakside Brewery – Pub Brewery German-Style Altbier
2016 Gold Lucubrator Occidental Brewing Company German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
2016 Gold Volkssekt Bend Brewing Co. German-Style Sour Ale
2016 Silver Stumblers Stout Columbia River Brewing Co. Oatmeal Stout
2016 Bronze Sasquatch Shadow Elk Horn Brewery Oatmeal Stout
2016 Gold Brilliant 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Other Strong Beer
2016 Silver Breakside Smoked Porter Breakside Brewery – Pub Brewery Smoke Beer
2014 Gold Turmoil Barley Brown's Brew Pub American-Style Black Ale
2014 Bronze Flemish Kiss Commons Brewery (The) American-Style Brett Beer
2014 Gold Black Flag Imperial Stout Beer Valley Brewing Co. American-Style Imperial Stout
2014 Silver Block & Tackle Stout Chetco Brewing Co. American-Style Imperial Stout
2014 Bronze Citrus Mistress Hop Valley Brewing Co. American-Style India Pale Ale
2014 Bronze Ching Ching Bend Brewing Co. American-Style Sour Ale
2014 Bronze Power to the People 10 Barrel Brewing – Boise Pub American-Style Stout
2014 Bronze DD Blonde Hop Valley Brewing Co. American-Style Wheat Beer
2014 Gold Hefeweizen Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast
2014 Silver Silverspot IPA Pelican Brewery English-Style India Pale Ale
2014 Gold Mother Lode Golden Ale Laurelwood Brewing Co. English-Style Summer Ale
2014 Gold Cucumber Crush 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer
2014 Silver I'd Like to Buy the World a Kölsch Old Town Brewing Co. German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch
2014 Gold Kiwanda Cream Ale Pelican Brewery Golden or Blonde Ale
2014 Bronze Paulie's Not Irish Red Old Town Brewing Co. Irish-Style Red Ale
2014 Gold Cerasus Logsdon Organic Farm Brewery Other Belgian-Style Ale
2014 Gold Scottish Ale Two Kilts Brewing Co. Scottish-Style Ale
2014 Gold Pipewrench Gigantic Brewing Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
2012 Gold Peche 'n Brett Logsdon Farmhouse Ales American-Style Brett Ale
2012 Gold Ching Ching Bend Brewing Co. American-Style Sour Ale
2012 Bronze DD Blonde Hop Valley Brewing Co. American-Style Wheat Beer
2012 Gold Stormwatcher's Winterfest Pelican Pub & Brewery Barley Wine-Style Ale
2012 Bronze Caldera Ashland Amber Caldera Brewing Co. Classic English-Style Pale Ale
2012 Bronze Breakside Dry Stout Breakside Brewery Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
2012 Silver Drunken Elf Stout Columbia River Brewing Co. Coffee Beer
2012 Bronze Mother Lode Golden Ale Laurelwood Brewing Co. English-Style Summer Ale
2012 Bronze Urban Farmhouse Ale Commons Brewery (The) French- & Belgian-Style Saison
2012 Bronze Oyster Stout Upright Brewing Co. Indigenous Beer
2012 Silver Stumblers Stout Columbia River Brewing Co. Oatmeal Stout
2012 Gold MacPelican's Scottish Style Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Scottish-Style Ale
2010 Gold Session Black Full Sail Brewing Co. American-Style Dark Lager
2010 Gold Shredders Wheat Barley Brown's Brew Pub American-Style Wheat
2010 Bronze DD Blonde Hop Valley Brewing Co. American-Style Wheat
2010 Silver Caldera Pilot Rock Porter Caldera Brewing Co. Brown Porter
2010 Silver Organic Velvet ESB Hopworks Urban Brewery Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter
2010 Bronze ALT Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. German-Style Brown Ale/Duesseldorf-Style Altbier
2010 Bronze Gose Upright Brewing Co. German-Style Sour Ale
2010 Gold Drop Top Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Ordinary Bitter
2010 Silver MacPelican's Scottish Style Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Scottish-Style Ale
2010 Gold Caldera Rauch Ur Bock Caldera Brewing Co. Smoked Beer
2010 Silver Smoke Ale Rogue Ales Smoked Beer
2010 Gold Bachelor Bitter Deschutes Brewery Special Bitter or Best Bitter
2010 Gold Outback X Bend Brewing Co. Strong Ale
2008 Gold Doryman's Dark Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery American-Style Brown Ale
2008 Gold Black Diamond Lager Bend Brewing Co. American-Style Dark Lager
2008 Gold Widmer Hefeweizen Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. American-Style Hefeweizen
2008 Bronze India Pelican Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery American-Style India Pale Ale
2008 Gold Widmer Pale Ale Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. American-Style Pale Ale
2008 Gold Organic IPA Hopworks Urban Brewery American-Style Strong Pale Ale
2008 Silver HUB Organic Lager Hopworks Urban Brewery Bohemian-Style Pilsener
2008 Gold BridgePort Beertown Brown BridgePort Brewing Co. English-Style Brown Ale
2008 Bronze Tsunami Stout Pelican Pub & Brewery Foreign (Export)-Style Stout
2008 Gold Deschutes Brewery Sorghum Beer Deschutes Brewery Gluten Free Beer
2008 Silver Kiwanda Cream Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Golden or Blonde Ale
2008 Silver Organic Deranger Laurelwood Brewing Co. Imperial or Double Red Ale
2008 Silver BridgePort Blue Heron Pale Ale BridgePort Brewing Co. Ordinary Bitter
2008 Gold Morimoto Soba Ale Rogue Ales Specialty Beer
2008 Bronze Morimota Black Obi Soba Ale Rogue Ales Specialty Beer
2008 Gold Outback X Bend Brewing Co. Strong Ale
2006 Bronze Session Premium Lager Full Sail Brewing Co. American Cream Ale or Lager
2006 Bronze Caldera Dry Hop Red Caldera Brewing Co. American-Style Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter
2006 Bronze Pyramid Hefeweizen Pyramid Alehouse/Breweries Inc American-Style Hefeweizen
2006 Silver India Pelican Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery American-Style India Pale Ale
2006 Gold Shakespeare Stout Rogue Ales American-Style Stout
2006 Bronze Pyramid Crystal Weizen Pyramid Alehouse/Breweries Inc American-Style Wheat Beer
2006 Gold Caldera Pilsener Bier Caldera Brewing Co. Cellar or Unfiltered Beer
2006 Silver Kiwanda Cream Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Golden or Blonde Ale
2006 Bronze Organic Deranger Laurelwood Public House & Brewery Imperial or Double Red Ale
2006 Gold Blue Heron Pale Ale BridgePort Brewing Co. Ordinary Bitter
2006 Silver Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale Rogue Ales Specialty Beer
2004 Gold Organic Free Range Red Laurelwood Public House & Brewery American-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter
2004 Gold Widmer Hefeweizen Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. American-Style Hefeweizen
2004 Bronze Piston Pale Ale Laurelwood Public House & Brewery American-Style Pale Ale
2004 Gold Old Boardhead Barleywine Ale Full Sail Brewing Co. Barley Wine-Style Ale
2004 Bronze Wasco Indian Summer Ale Alameda Brewing Co. English-Style India Pale Ale
2004 Gold Space Stout Laurelwood Public House & Brewery Foreign (Export)-Style Stout
2004 Silver Tsunami Stout Pelican Pub & Brewery Foreign (Export)-Style Stout
2004 Gold Kiwanda Cream Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Golden or Blonde Ale
2004 Silver Double Deranger Laurelwood Public House & Brewery Imperial or Double Red Ale
2004 Bronze Blue Heron Pale Ale BridgePort Brewing Co. Ordinary Bitter
2004 Silver Organic Tree Hugger Porter Laurelwood Public House & Brewery Robust Porter
2004 Silver Caldera Rauch Ur Bock Caldera Brewing Co. Smoke-Flavored Beer
2002 Silver Doryman's Dark Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery American-Style Brown Ale
2002 Gold Piston Pale Ale Laurelwood Public House & Brewery American-Style Pale Ale
2002 Silver Bridge Port India Pale Ale BridgePort Brewing Co. American-Style Pale Ale
2002 Silver Obsidian Stout Deschutes Brewery Foreign Style Stout
2002 Gold Mother Lode Golden Ale Laurelwood Public House & Brewery Golden or Blonde Ale
2002 Gold Imperial Stout Rogue Ales Imperial Stout
2002 Silver Jubel 2000 Deschutes Brewery Old Ale
2002 Gold Smoke Rogue Ales Smoke-Flavored Beer
2000 Silver Doryman's Dark Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery American-Style Brown Ale
2000 Silver Full Sail Old Boardhead Barleywine Ale Full Sail Brewing Co. Barley Wine-Style Ale
2000 Bronze Black Butte Porter Deschutes Brewery Brown Porter
2000 Silver Obsidian Stout Deschutes Brewery Foreign Style Stout
2000 Gold Widmer Springfest Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style
2000 Gold Imperial Stout Rogue Ales Imperial Stout
2000 Silver BridgePort IPA BridgePort Brewing Co. India Pale Ale
2000 Silver Mocha Porter Rogue Ales Robust Porter
2000 Bronze Smoke Rogue Ales Smoke Flavored Beers
1998 Silver Black Butte Porter Deschutes Brewery Brown Porter
1998 Gold Widmer Alt Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style
1998 Gold Smoke Rogue Ales Smoke-Flavored Beers (Ales or Lagers)
1996 Bronze MacTarnahan's Ale Portland Brewing Co. American-Style Amber Ale
1996 Silver Haystack Black Portland Brewing Co. Brown Porter
1996 Silver BridgePort Porter BridgePort Brewing Co. Robust Porter

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