Archives for February 2019

The Oregon Beer Awards select and celebrate our state’s top beers in 25 categories, and honor Oregon’s exceptional breweries, bars and festivals in seven additional categories. It is the only statewide double blind beer tasting competition in Oregon. 1090 beers from 133 breweries from 40 cities across Oregon were judged by 85 judges.

Pilsner
Gold: 10 Barrel Brewing East Side Pub – Smooth Talker
Silver: Sunriver Brewing – Czech Meowt
Bronze: 10 Barrel Brewing Portland – Whitburger

German Strong Lagers, Wheat/Rye + Smoke Beers
Gold: Heater Allen Brewing – Export Lager
Silver: Culmination Brewing – On the Keller
Bronze: Buoy Beer – The Decapitator

Light German + Bohemian Styles 
Gold: 10 Barrel Brewing West Side Pub – Baywindow
Silver: Zoiglahaus Brewing – Zoigl-Schwarz
Bronze: Breakside Brewery Dekum – Lucky As Helles

Classic UK Styles
Gold: Crux Fermentation Project – Gramps Ale
Silver: Level Beer – Biscuits to a Bear
Bronze: 10 Barrel Brewing – RedeuX

Golden Blonde & Light Ales
Gold: Bend Brewing Co. – Alpha Blonde
Silver: Breakside Brewery Slabtown – True Gold
Bronze: Wild Ride Brewing – Big Booty Golden Ale

Stout
Gold: Barley Brown’s Brew Pub – Havoc
Silver: Wolf Tree Brewery – Ship Biscuits
Bronze: Bend Brewing Co – Trade War Export Stout

Belgian Beers
Gold: Breakside Brewery Dekum – Basic Witch
Silver: Ancestry Brewing – Belgian Dark Strong
Bronze: Wayfinder Beer – Rumination

Classic North American Styles
Gold: Ecliptic Brewing – Capella Porter
Silver: Sunriver Brewing – Fuzztail
Bronze: Oakshire Brewing – Ill Tempered Gnome

American Sours
Gold: 10 Barrel Brewing West Side Pub – Allure
Silver: Ale Apothecary – The Beer Formerly Known as La Tache
Bronze: Breakside Brewery & Taproom Milwaukie – Passionfruit Sour

Brett + Mixed Culture Beers
Gold: Logsdon Farmhouse Ales – ZuurPruim
Silver: Logsdon Farmhouse Ales – Spontane Wilde
Bronze: Oregon City Brewing – Coming to Fruition: Cherry

Barrel Aged Beers
Gold: Breakside Brewery & Taproom Milwaukie – The Oligarch
Silver: Ecliptic Brewing – Ecliptic + Tesoaria Blood of Jupiter
Bronze: Pelican Brewing – Mother of All Storms

Wood + Barrel-Aged Sour + Brett Beers
Gold: Upright Brewing – Saison Ellende
Silver: 10 Barrel Brewing West Side Pub – Ginoculation
Bronze: Stickmen Brewing – I Heart Wood 2019

Rare + Historical
Gold: Breakside Brewery Dekum – Phantasmagoria
Silver: Wayfinder Beer – Relapse IPA
Bronze: Monkless Belgian Ales – Peppercorn Imperial Wit

Experimental
Gold: Alesong Brewing & Blending – French 75
Silver: Alesong Brewing & Blending – Gose Anjeo
Bronze: 10 Barrel Brewing West Side Pub – Gindulgence

Flavored Beers
Gold: Salem Ale Works – Hootenanny Honey Basil
Silver: 10 Barrel Brewing – Passionate Envy
Bronze: Three Mugs Brewing – Mo’ Honey Ale

Coffee Beers
Gold: 10 Barrel Brewing East Side Pub – C4K
Silver: Bend Brewing Co. – Coffee N Cream
Bronze: Bend Brewing Co. – StumpTHUMPin’ Coffee Brown

Pastry/Dessert
Gold: Great Notion Brewing NW – Luminous
Silver: Alesong Brewing & Blending – Senor Rhino
Bronze: Breakside Brewery & Taproom Milwaukie – Fourth Wave

Red Beers
Gold: Deschutes Brewery Public House Portland – Common Have a Pint
Silver: Full Sail Brewing – Amber
Bronze: StormBreaker Brewing St. John’s – ALTerior Motive

Strong Hoppy Beers
Gold: StormBreaker Brewing – Triple Double IPA
Silver: Ruse Brewing – Interpreter
Bronze: Breakside Brewery Slabtown – India Golden Ale

Dark Hoppy Beers
Gold: Migration Brewing – Cannonball
Silver: Ruse Brewing – Dark Between the Stars
Bronze: Immersion Brewing – Ring the Alarm

Hazy + Hoppy Beers
Gold: Laurelwood Brewing – Kids These Daze
Silver: Migration Brewing – Mo-HAZE-ic
Bronze: Old Town Brewing – Borneo

Sessionable Hoppy Beers
Gold: 10 Barrel Brewing West Side Pub – IPK
Silver: Migration Brewing – Infinite Riff
Bronze: Sunriver Brewing – 20 Klicks

American IPA  
Gold: Sunriver Brewing – Escape from Escondido
Silver: Worthy Brewing – Strata
Bronze: Baerlic Brewing – Punk Rock Time

Beer Doing More
Ex Novo Brewing

Best Beer Festival
Festival of the Dark Arts

Best Bottle Shop
Belmont Station

Best Branding
Gigantic Brewing

Best Brewpub Experience
Wayfinder Beer

Best Collaboration
Terrifico Horror Pils (Wayfinder/Heater Allen/Modern Times)

Best New Brewery
Ruse Brewing – Portland, OR

Brewery of the Year – Large
Breakside Brewing – Portland, Oregon

Brewery of the Year – Medium
Block 15 – Corvallis, Oregon

Brewery of the Year – Small
Ruse Brewing – Portland, OR

For the past five winter terms, Miami University’s Supply Chain Craft Brewery Field Study has taken students on immersive learning experiences across top U.S. craft beer regions. The program includes visits to breweries in Portland, Oregon; Colorado’s Front Range; and since 2016, the thriving beer scene in Asheville, North Carolina.

Originally focused on major breweries and well-known craft beer producers, the program has since evolved to include a broader range of businesses and industry sectors. “We now engage with a much wider variety of breweries and industry partners—from the Brewers Association and yeast labs to hop farms, brewing equipment manufacturers, and distributors,” says Dr. Michael Conger, assistant professor of management and program coordinator.

The field study also now explores topics beyond supply chain logistics. With contributions from faculty like Conger, who specializes in entrepreneurship and strategy, the program offers students a more comprehensive view of the brewing industry. Conger credits the program’s founder, Dr. Rocky Newman, for his vision and leadership in growing the program’s impact.

“Our goal is to give students a deeper, interdisciplinary understanding of the brewing world,” Conger adds. “With diverse faculty and students, we can provide a richer educational experience.”

Student engagement has also increased. “They ask nonstop questions,” Conger notes. “The industry professionals we visit have become true partners, helping students dive deeper into what makes the craft beer industry so dynamic.”

One standout experience for Conger and his students was their 2019 visit to Asheville, a city he knew well as a judge for the U.S. Open Beer Championship. While he used his downtime to explore top breweries like Burial Beer Co., Wicked Weed’s Funkatorium, and Thirsty Monk, students such as Madison Cain discovered the unexpected depth of Asheville’s beer scene.

“I had heard of Hi-Wire Brewing but didn’t realize New Belgium and Sierra Nevada also had breweries in Asheville,” Cain said. “Before the trip, I associated craft beer mostly with the West Coast.”

Class visits included stops at New Belgium, Sierra Nevada, Oskar Blues’ East Coast facility, Highland Brewing (Asheville’s oldest), White Labs, and Riverbend Malt House. Cain noted that Asheville’s scene felt “less saturated” than those in Oregon or Colorado, with more room for growth.

Conger was equally impressed. “The sense of community and collaboration among Asheville brewers is incredible,” he said. “At White Labs, we even walked into a Baltic Porter collaboration release with Hi-Wire and Riverbend. That kind of spontaneous celebration is rare outside of places like Bend or Fort Collins.”

Looking ahead to its sixth year, the program plans to deepen its partnerships and continue exploring new trends in beer production, business models, and collaborations. Conger views the craft beer industry as one of the most innovative and multifaceted business environments today.

“As an entrepreneurship professor, I love bringing students from different majors into this unique and exciting industry,” Conger says. “Miami University has long championed interdisciplinary, liberal arts education—and this program reflects that commitment. These experiences are exactly why students choose Miami.”

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The first known photo of people enjoying a beer is believed to have been taken in Scotland in 1844, just 18 years after Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the world’s first photograph. Scottish photographers Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill captured and produced the image.

The skills involved in producing calotypes were not only of a technical nature. Hill’s sociability, humour and his capacity to gauge the sitters’ characters all played a crucial part in his photography. He is shown here on the right, apparently sharing a drink and a joke with James Ballantine and Dr George Bell. Bell, in the middle, was one of the commissioners of the Poor Law of 1845, which reformed poor relief in Scotland, and author of Day and night in the wynds of Edinburgh. Ballantine was a writer and stained-glass artist, and the son of an Edinburgh brewer. On the table we see a beer bottle and three 19th-century drinking glasses called “ale flutes”. One contemporary account describes a popular Edinburgh ale (Younger’s) as “a potent fluid, which almost glued the lips of the drinker together, and of which few, therefore, could dispatch more than a bottle.

CINCINNATI, OH— Brink Brewing, 2018 Great American® Beer Festival Very Small Brewery and Brewer of the Year, is celebrating two years in business following a notable year of awards and accolades. Brink will be celebrating their second anniversary starting on February 15 with an exclusive bottle release of their 2019 Anniversary Blend followed by a weekend of celebrations.

This past year, Brink Brewing produced 650 BBL —a 45 percent increase from 2017 which included 97 batches and 50 new recipes. With these beers Brink Brewing won a multitude of awards ranging in scale from local to international competitions.

Awards won by Brink Brewing during their second year in business include a 2018 World Beer Cup bronze medal (Milk Stout); a gold medal (Sweet Stout), silver medal (English-Style Mild Ale), Very Small Brewery of the Year, and Very Small Brewer of the Year at The Great American Beer Festival®; gold (England / Hazy IPA), silver (Milk Stout), bronze (English Mild), and best Southwest Brewery at the Ohio Craft Brewers Cup; gold (Brown Ale), gold (English Mild), gold (Scottish Ale), and 2nd Place Overall Nation Champions at the US Open Beer Championship.

For their Anniversary weekend, February 15-17, Brink Brewing will be releasing a coveted lineup of special releases including their 2019 Anniversary Blend bottle release beginning at 3pm on Friday, February 15.

This special second anniversary blend was carefully crafted between their First Anniversary Blend (38.5%), 2017 Barrel Aged Kelly’s Candy Barley Wine (32%), 2018 Armored Heart Russian Imperial Stout (13%), 2017 Barrel Aged Duncan Clan Stout (10%), and 2018 Night Cap Holiday Porter (6.5%) along with Deeper Roots Losantiville cold steeped coffee and copious amounts of vanilla beans.

Brink will also be tapping the following draft-only releases throughout the weekend:

Friday, January 15
Business Meeting Oatmeal Stout with Raspberry and Vanilla Beans
Maple Bacon Moozie Milk Stout
2017 Barrel Aged Bulldog Ole Ale
Father G’s Bees Brown Ale with Honey and Maple Syrup
Graham cracker Berlin Wall Berliner Weisse

Saturday, January 16
2017 Barrel Aged Kelly’s Candy Barley Wine
Father G’s Bees Honey Brown Ale with Maple and Blueberry
Coffee Doughnut Debbie Jean Blonde
Mint Oreo Moozie Milk Stout
Business Meeting Oatmeal Stout with Raspberry and Vanilla

Sunday, January 17
Barrel Aged Duncan Clan Scottish Ale
Toasted Coconut King Cake
Quadruple Dry-hopped JBoy
Barrel Aged Barrel Thieves and Hired Guns with extra EXTRA vanilla
Business Meeting Oatmeal Stout with Raspberry and Vanilla
Father G’s Bees Brown Ale with Maple Syrup and Honey

ABOUT BRINK BREWING
Brink Brewing Co is neighborhood Craft Brewery in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. Providing quality beers in a welcoming, comfortable taproom. In less than two year a of operation they have accumulated an impressive amount of awards that now include three medals at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival®, a Bronze at the 2018 World Beer Cup®, seven U.S. Open Beer Competition medals, three Ohio Craft Brewer Cup awards, and two Denver International Beer Competition awards. For more information visit brinkbrewing.com.