Our good friends at Deschutes and Sierra Nevada are going to be here on Friday with a full draft line up featuring some classics and some brand new beers! Both breweries, along with the team from Columbia Distributing, will be in house answering any questions you might have.
These two classic breweries are very dear to our hearts and the amount of respect we all have for them for literally paving the way for Craft Beer is astronomically huge!
This isn't a revisit to some of the classic beers they make though. Both breweries continue to amaze with the ability to adapt and evolve. Creating some of the most stand out beers in the market even after all these years.
Come see for yourself why these legacy brands are still standing at the top and showing all craft breweries what its all about.
AVAILABLE ON DRAFT:
Deschutes Collegio Cripsy - Italian pilsner
Deschutes Anytime Lemonade Shandy - Classic refreshing shandy
Deschutes Fresh Squeezed - IPA
Deschutes Black Butte Anniversary XXXVII - Tequila barrel aged imperial porter with orange peel, vanilla, milk sugar and chocolate
Sierra Nevada Pils - Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Pale - Classic pale ale
Sierra Nevada Summerfest - Summer lager
Sierra Nevada River Ride - IPA
MORE ABOUR DESCHUTES BREWING:
"It's pronounced Da-Shootz"
"In 1988, Gary Fish established a small brewpub in downtown Bend, Oregon and named it after the Deschutes River. He wanted to build a home for the public. A spot where friends, family, and neighbors would come together over a house-brewed pint of beer. After Gary opened The Deschutes Brewery and Public House, people started to arrive, hang out, taste our beer and food, and spread the word. In that first year, we sold 310 barrels of beer.
Today, things are a little different. The brewery sells more than 225,000 barrels per year and our beer can be found in all 50 states (and even a few other countries.) We’ve set up more locations and have a brewery and tasting room less than a mile across town in Bend and a second pub in downtown Portland, Oregon.
We might have gotten bigger, but our mission has stayed the same: Creating community over damn tasty beer."
MORE ABOUT SIERRA NEVADA BREWING:
"Back in 1980, American beer wasn’t known for quality. The industry had sunk to a low point since Prohibition with fewer than 100 breweries in operation. Most of them produced only light lagers.
But our founder, Ken Grossman, believed beer could be more—more flavorful, more distinctive. He was especially taken with the flavors of hops. A homebrewer since a young age, Ken was fascinated with the alchemy of fermentation, leading him to open The Home Brew Shop in Chico, CA. Here, he perfected his homebrew until his great passion could no longer be ignored.
He officially started Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in 1980 with a brewhouse he cobbled together from scrap dairy equipment. Ken prioritized quality, brewing a dozen batches of his signature Pale Ale, featuring the whole cone Cascade hops he loved. Finally satisfied, Ken lugged a cooler to every bar in Chico, selling Pale Ale one bottle at a time. As Ken recalls, “ninety percent of people hated it. But the people who loved it, loved it.”
Thanks to those hop lovers, Sierra Nevada grew. So did the craft beer industry. Today, there are thousands of craft brewers, and our beer is sold in all 50 states via breweries on both coasts. But as Sierra Nevada expanded, Ken continued to prioritize quality, opting to stay 100% family-owned and operated to ensure the beer—and the company—continued to meet his very high standards.
Thank you to all the craft beer lovers out there who’ve helped make Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada."
