September 25th will mark the 9th annual Laurelfest celebration. We welcome you to come out an join us for our end of summer celebration with great food, the release of Laurelfest Lager and live music. Party starts at 3pm! See you there!

We are heading to Corvallis tonight to be the featured brewery at Suds & Suds. We will have 8 great beers on tap tonight and I will be on hand handing out some pretty cool swag. Here is the line up;
-Organic Free Range Red
-Organic Deranger Imperial Red
-Infrared (Belgian Red)
-Hop Monkey IPA
-Workhorse IPA
-Organic Green Elephant IPA
-Organic Tree Hugger Porter
-Hooligan Brown ALe

For those of you that might not be familiar with Suds & Suds it has “…over 30 domestic, microbrews, and imports on tap, and offers one of the widest selections of beer in Corvallis.” Suds & Suds is located at 1045 NW Kings Blvd.
Corvallis, Oregon. 541-752-5151

We start at 6pm so come down and say hi!

Cheers,
Micah

Today we are brewing a new beer called Stratus Pale Ale.  Stratus was created by Portland native and long time homebrewer Mark Easton.  Mark’s beer was hand picked by our Brewmaster Chad Kennedy as his favorite in the Oregon Brewcrew’s Fall Classic held this last November.  As one of the judges, Chad chose Mark’s beer and awarded him the opportunity to have his recipe brewed on our 15 bbl system.  Chad felt that quality of Stratus would translate very well on a larger scale and would be received with high marks from our customers.  Having tasted a sample that Mark brought us I would have to agree.

Mark describes Stratus Pale Ale as having “a unique high hop aroma with a very mild bitterness” measuring in around 40 IBUs.  He attributes this to his use of the hop varietal Citra, which he describes as having a very tropical or passion fruit flavor profile with less of the grapefruit style citrus notes that one would see in using a hop such as Amarillo or Cascade.  Mark brews on a ten gallon system at home and expects that brewing 465 gallons on our system will only make this beer “a bigger party!”  Look for Stratus Pale Ale to be released sometime in early July!

Stratus Pale Ale

ABV 5.5 /  IBU  40+ / OG 12º Plato

Cheers!

Green Elephant

The Green Elephant is big, strong, and green- organic that is. A relative of the American IPA, the Green Elephant takes big hop flavor to the next level. Brewed with 100% organic malt, Cascade, Amarillo, and Ahtanum hops, this is a unique and beautiful creature. The Green Elephant’s smooth and subtle malt character gives way to a bold, aggressive hop flavor. But be warned, this is one elephant that can sneak up on you.
16.0° OG 68 IBU 6.9% ABV

I was fortunate enough to spend one year brewing and malting in the town of Bamberg Germany studying closely guarded traditional brewing techniques. Before the revolutions of malting technologies during the industrial era, malt was dried over open fires. Direct contact with the smoke from the drying fires imparted a smokiness in all malts, and therefore in all beers. Drinking a pint of Altenburg Lager translocates oneself to the northern Bavarian town of Bamberg, the origin of smoked beer. Shy of a passport, plane ticket and layover in Amsterdam, this beer is as close as a Portlander can get to Bamberg style lagers. Using pilsener, munich and beechwood smoked malts produced in the town of Bamberg, and brewed by a Bamberg trained brewer, one sip of this carefully crafted lager will teleport you and your taste buds to the bier gardens of one of the oldest beer traditions in Germany. No doubt Beethoven, while composing his glorious ninth symphony, was drinking smoked bier.

Come join me at Laurelwood Pizza Co on Wednesday April 21st from 5:00 – 6:00 pm for the official bier release!

Prost,
Hans