Award-winning pumpkin beer pairs great with fall foods When Eugene-based Oakshire Brewing released their first Big Black Jack in 2011, the big-beer pumpkin porter became a fall favorite. It also gained industry recognition, when it won the 2012 North American Brewing Awards Gold Medal for Hybrid Beers. Now this fall beer is back! Oakshire releases Big … Read more
Hopheads meet Pumpkinheads tonight, Sept. 21 at 16 Tons Cafe Elysian & Ninkasi Hopsquash Pumpkin IPA Release Party The 16 Tons Cafe at Woodfield Station, South Eugene, is the place to be tonight if you want to be the first to try an unusual beer. This is the time of year when hops and pumpkins … Read more
Hops. Oh bitter cones that give bite to balance malt, oh crazy-arse vines that grow so quickly they could be a Hitchcock movie! Third harvest This year marked the fourth year our Sterling hops have been in the ground, and the third harvest. Granted, our 2010 hops harvest yielded 12 cones, but it was a … Read more
Corvallis Beer Week showcases Oregon craft beer, Sept. 10-16 Dozens of beers from all over Oregon start pouring today in Corvallis, for the start of the 2nd Annual Corvallis Beer Week. Corvallis craft beer sponsors and events In all, Corvallis Beer Week 2012 brings you 39 fantastic events in 7 days, brought to you by … Read more