The Brewery

2 New Oakshire Beers Feature Oregon-Grown Centennial & Chinook Wet Hops

This time of year is special for everyone who loves Oregon craft beer: It's time for fresh hop beers, brewed with wet hops straight from the farm. (By the way, "fresh hops" and "wet hops" are often used interchangeably.)

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Oregon Brewers Festival and we’ve crafted a special commemorative beer just for the occasion, aptly named ‘25’. This Imperial Oregon Ale has 25 ingredients; many sourced in Oregon, and contains 25 International Bittering Units. It is medium to light bodied, with a soft bitterness, and a slightly fruit forward flavor. We used two kinds of locally sourced honey; plus, cranberries, hazelnuts, citrus orange peels, and a host of spices & herbs.

Our new Belgian Style Farmhouse Ale is 100% organic and makes for a refreshing beverage on a hot summer evening. Not only did we send this beer up to Portland to be served at the 2012 North American Organic Beer festival, but we saved enough to be poured in our Tasting Room. ‘Save the Farmhouse Ale’ is a hazy, golden colored beer that finishes dry with a mild bitterness. The spicy aroma really makes this ale one of a kind.

It’s summer time and things are heating up here at Oakshire Brewery. We’ve got a great line-up of Single Batch beers flowing out of the Tasting Room; including 'Whack & Unwrap' {Orange Chocolate Porter}, 'Reclamation Lager' {Czech-Style Pilsner}, 'Perfect Storm IPA' {double India Pale Ale}, & the 'Black Wolf' {Schwarzbier}. Next up we’ll have 'Save the Farmhouse Ale' {100% Organic Ale}, 'Fairly Special Bitter', and the '25' {Imperial Oregon Ale} which is specially brewed for the 25th Anniversary of the Oregon Brewers Festival in late July.

Just when you think we couldn’t top our last round of single batch beers, we go and do something like this – and totally blow your mind! We’ve got 4 new single batch beers flowing out of the brewery: Glen’s Hop Vice, Perfect Storm IPA, Reclamation Lager, and Wir Trinken. Upcoming single batch beers include Graduation Ale and a Chocolate Orange Porter. Still have a hankering for Big Black Jack, Zwarte Nacht, Meandering Monk, or Hippie Town Brown?

It’s that time of year again when local Eugene restaurants, breweries, retailers and bars come together as one to celebrate craft beer and our community! Here at Oakshire Brewing we’ve got a great line-up of events that you don’t want to miss- join us as we celebrate the craft beer culture and community in the Willamette Valley!

Join us in the tasting room this Friday (27th) from 3p-7p as we release our new Single Batch beer Wir Trinken! A true German Helles Bier, inspired by Bavaria, straight out of Oakshire; made from the finest imported Pilsner malt and Noble hops. Bring in your own personal stein {any size!} and we will fill it for $4!

So many things. In addition to the Line Dry Rye- we just tapped a new Single Batch beer, called Meandering Monk- a lighter bodied, Belgian Single, golden ale. It has a fruity nose with a light lemon aroma beneath. Flavors of sweet fruits and crusty bread dominate. The Finish is dry and crisp, with a bitter snap of hops at the end.

We've got a plethora of single batch beers flowing at the tasting room and around town including a return of Big Black Jack Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter, and you probably wonder why? Well, with our numerous small tanks and our passion for creating new and unique beer experiences, we knew our fans could appreciate our diversity and variety. Plus, this spring is the 2012 World Beer Cup and we were able to brew beers that we wanted to showcase at the competition. We'll be headed down to San Diego during the first week of May to see what the judges think of our entries.

Off Piste Pale ale, our Back Country Skiing inspired American Pale ale.  At about 5.5% it's very drinkable and flavorful. It uses a new hop blend Zythos. This one is nearly gone, hoard it where you can.   We made this beer with Van Havig and Ben Love of the soon to be opened Gigantic Brewing.  We decided to salute the Red Rocker, Sammy Hagar.  Because we can't drive 55, it is made to 56 ibus, 1.056 OG and uses 1056 Ale yeast. It is also made with Agave Syrup and a squeeze of lime.