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New Numbers From the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Show the Pandemic Is Hitting the Hospitality Industry Harder Than All Others

Today, the agency released its 2020 Economic and Revenue Forecast, which found that revenue for food and beverage establishments is down by more than 50 percent. The state’s entire leisure and hospitality sector will have shed 50,000 jobs this year, far more than any other field.

The Oregon Beer Awards Announces Its Fresh Hop Winners for the 2021 Competition

The Fresh Hop winners have been decided as part of the Oregon Beer Awards, and if there’s one thing this year’s competition makes clear it’s that Breakside knows what it’s doing when it comes to squeezing out some spectacular flavor from those little green cones. The Portland- and Milwaukie-based brewery won four of the nine medals in three categories that were judged earlier this month, including two golds for Fresh Hop Cascade Wanderlust and Fresh Hop Sterling Pils.

Oregon Breweries Won 22 Medals at the Great American Beer Festival

Despite the challenges associated with holding a massive competition during a global health crisis on both ends, Oregon breweries had a stellar showing, matching their 2018 high of 22 medals.

Astoria Has Come Up With a Unique Plan to Hold Its Annual Pacific Northwest Beer Cup

The Astoria Downtown Historic District Association has come up with a clever way to hold the annual Pacific Northwest Brew Cup without jamming hundreds of bodies together in a single space. Instead of hosting the event on the waterfront next to the Columbia River Maritime Museum, participants will sample beer by taking a walking tour of the town.

Base Camp Brewing Will Shut Its Doors Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Base Camp Brewing announced this afternoon on its Instagram account that it will be closing its brewpub at 930 SE Oak St. “for the foreseeable future” due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support Local Breweries by Drinking on a Recently Reopened Patio, or Take Your Beer to Go

Bar hopping by bike not only helps you burn off the calorie-loaded beer and get some fresh air in between stops, you can also travel much farther than you would on foot.

Local Entries in the Canceled World Beer Cup Are Being Made Into Hand Sanitizer

The Brewers Association, a trade group that promotes independent breweries, started emptying thousands of cans and bottles of beer shipped for the World Beer Cup into totes and delivered the first batch of 1,500 gallons to two Denver distillers this week. Those companies are using the liquid to make hand cleaner that will then be distributed to essential workers.

A Corvallis Brewery Is Accusing Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing of Stealing Its Slogan

On Tuesday, Corvallis-based Flat Tail Brewing posted a photo on social media of an orange-and-black semi-trailer, stamped with the logos for both Oregon State University and Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing and bearing the phrase “Dam Good Beer”—a tagline Flat Tail brewmaster and co-owner, Dave Marliave, says they’ve used for almost a decade.

Oregon City’s Bent Shovel Brewing Is Back Open, with a New Beer Garden

An Oregon City brewery has traded its signature red bard for a beer garden. Bent Shovel has leased an outdoor space at the Viewpoint Restaurant and Lounge on South Springwater Road just seven minutes from its original location, which doubles as the owners’ home.

The Rarest of Breweries

In one Eastern Oregon community, people wait all year long for a brewery to open because it operates for only a day.

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