The Brewery

Who says post Holidays are a slow time of year? Oakshire brewing plans to pound the pavement and come out and see you and share a beer with you. As always, you can click on "Oakshire events" to the right for a calendar of what we are up to. And as always, you can come to use every Saturday from 12-4 for tours and tastings. Plus, we are visited by our friends at Devour who have tasty sandwiches and soup made with Oakshire beer. Stop by for lunch and a tour this Saturday!

Well, I'm a little tardy on my year end reflections like so many people seem to do as the calender rolls from December to January. I think I'll look back with a list of the top 5 amazing things that happened in 2009 at Oakshire Brewing. And then we'll look ahead to some exciting things to look forward to in 2010. 5. The company has grown from 4 employees to 8, including me as I hauled my family from Illinois to Oregon in March. 4. We had 5 tanks in the cellar (fermentation and packaging) and now we have 11! 3.

Happy New Year from All of us at Oakshire Brewing. Thanks for all you've done this year to make it a great and successful year at Oakshire. I'll post some year end stats later, but just know that Oakshire is twice as big as it was last year at this time and we couldn't have done it without all the support of our fans and all the Oregon Craft Beer drinkers. Thank you! DOCK SALES THIS WEEK: We will be open regular dock sale hours Thursday until 6. Stop by and get that keg filled for the party. And bottles of Stout are only on sale until then, so stock up now.

Good evening Oakshire fans, Just wanted to send out a quick post and wish everyone an early Merry Christmas and give everyone a heads up on Dock Sale hours and Tours and Tastings this weekend! We will be open today, Thursday 12/24, for Dock Sales during our regular hours from 3-6PM. We will be closed tomorrow in observance of the Christmas holiday. However, on Saturday we will be open for Tours, Tastings, Dock Sales, and delicious grub from our mobile vendors friends at Devour.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I hope you had a very restful holiday and aren't letting the hustle and bustle of Christmas and all it's commercialism get you down. I had a little downtime as I hosted my parents for their first ever trip to the state of Oregon. We got a few house projects done, took a tour of the coast and most importantly rested and recharged. I highly recommend that last part! Thanks for the help Dad! As with the rest of the world, there is A LOT going on this week.

I was sampling a bourbon barrel beer today and I decided to stop and think of how many beers we have brewed this year and how many we have on our radar.

So I'm driving to work today to cover the third shift of a big IPA brew and I discovered a beautiful surprise!(No, not Sam Terral) We had a break in the winter rain today and I spent some time outside in the sun finishing some projects around the house. Of course, the rain came back prior to my arrival at the brewery, but fortunately, it led me to the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow!Sometimes the rain ain't so bad....... 

All this rainy weather has me craving a little winter cheer. Luckily, Oakshire Brewing has the answer. Yesterday our Ill-Tempered Gnome labels arrived from Portland (looking great) and I unloaded 6 pallets of bottles this moring( in the rain). Mike at Green Bottling gave me the "A-ok" last weekend in Bend, so they'll be in and we'll be bottling up our winter seasonal Wednesday morning and getting it on the shelves throughout Eugene on Thursday or Friday at the latest. Start asking for it at you local bottle shop!

Now that we are settling back into the routine after our GABF trip (didya hear, we earned a silver for Overcast ;) ), we're looking forward to promoting our beers throughout Oregon. The best way to find out where we will be and try a little of our beery goodness is to go to the links to the right and hit Oakshire events and a calendar pops up with all of our upcoming appearances. I want to highlight a few: *EVERY SATURDAY-12-4 Tours and tastings at the brewery. 1055 Madera in Eugene.

Banner...check Table signs...check Extra warm clothes...check Beer to share.....check. Tomorrow morning I leave sunny Eugene Oregon where highs are expected in the 90's. My destination, the often sunny Denver Colorado and the Great American Beer Festival. Tomorrow's high in Denver, 48 with rain. Well, we at Oakshire hope to drag a little sunshine with us to the Rockies and have a great week at the largest beer festival and competition in this country. Preparations have been many as is the norm for this time of year. We all get to head out and that means get the work done early.