This year for Eugene Beer Week, PublicHouse is celebrating the very best in Oregon craft beer by featuring a draft list full of Oregon Beer Awards Medalists. Over 25 taps will be dedicated to medal winners.
Taken from the Oregon Beer Awards website, First held in 2015, the Oregon Beer Awards have been honed over time to get where it is now, with rigorous standards, unique styles, and a wide audience. Since its inception the awards have existed with the same goal: to celebrate the art of Oregon Brewing and inspire innovation and growth in the industry. Unlike other beer competitions, the Oregon Beer Awards Style Guidelines are designed to keep categories competitive, and medal in styles that are meaningful to a consumer. Carefully curated by a committee of top brewers and beer influencers in the state, styles have evolved every year to reflect industry changes and strive to be as inclusive as possible. (Read more at Oregon Beer Awards website)
Oregon Beer Awards Co-Founder and author of The New School, Ezra Johnson-Greenhough, writes, “The academy awards of Oregon beer were announced at the Oregon Beer Awards ceremony at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon on April 6th, 2023. In 30 categories, 1,113 beers were entered by 126 brewing companies and 56 of them took home medals. In addition to the double-blind judged beer competition presided over by 88 judges over the course of 6 days of judging, there were another 8 awards in non-beer judged categories that were voted on by the OBA academy of over 300 industry peers.” (find out more at The New School)
Our beer buyer at PublicHouse, Dustin Heilig, is striving to put together a draft list that is 100% 2023 and 2022 Oregon Beer Awards Medalists. Here are just a few you can expect to try:
Dirt Road- Flanders Red- 23 Bronze winner, Mixed-Culture beers
Alesong- Senior Rhino ‘22- 23 Bronze Winner, BA Stout
Breakside- West Coast Best Coast IPA- 23 Bronze, Imperial IPA
Coldfire- Italian-Style Pils- 23 Gold, Hoppy Lagers
Great Notion- Love & Ritual- 22 Gold, Hazy or Juicy
pFriem- Rye BA Imperial Brown- 22 Bronze, Barrel Aged Beers
Van Henion- Helles- 23 Gold, Light European Lagers
Von Ebert- Waning Echoes- 23 Gold, Dark Hoppy Beers
Buoy- Cream Ale- 23 Silver, Light Ales
Sunriver- Cocoa Cow- 23 Bronze, Flavored Beers
Breakside- Cuddle Puddle- 23 Bronze, Sessionable Hoppy Beers
Sunriver- Bondi Beach Party- 23 Gold, Sessionable Hoppy Beers
Deschutes- King Crispy- 23 Silver, Pilsner
Rogue- Dead Guy- 23 Gold, Red Ales
Coldfire- Live! Sour- 22 Gold, American Sours
Bierly- GF Blackbird Stout- 23 Gold, Gluten Free
Stormbreaker- ALTerior Motive- 22 Gold, Red Beer
Stormbreaker- Opacus Stout- 23 Silver, Stout & Porter
& more to be announced…
Every night of EBW 23, PublicHouse will be hopping with live entertainment, featuring:
Trivia with Geo, Monday at 6:30pm.
Bingo with Ty Connor, Tuesday at 6:30pm
Ten Spiders, Wednesday at 7pm
The Willowas, Thursday at 7pm
Sin Documentos, Friday at 7:30pm
Acoustic Minds, Saturday at 5pm
Skip Jones & the Spirit of New Orleans, Saturday at 7:30pm
Yoga + Beer, Sunday morning at 10am
Jacob Weil, Sunday at 4pm
As always, shows are all ages and free for everyone!