Posted August 12, 2024 by Tom McCormick | 2 Comments on The Untold Story of New Albion Brewing

It is a well-known and well told story of the New Albion Brewing  becoming the first American modern day craft brewery built from the ground up. But after all these years of the story being told, there is an integral and important part of that historic brewery that has never been revealed. Until now.
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Posted July 10, 2024 by Tom McCormick

The Brewers Association today announced the retirement of president and CEO Bob Pease. Pease will step down in early 2025 once his successor is in place. The departure leaves an immense hole for the association to fill. Pease, who has been with the BA for 32 years brought tremendous passion, dedication and knowledge to the leadership position and will long be remembered for the extensive list of accomplishments.
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Posted May 28, 2024 by Tom McCormick | 1 Comment on Oregon Craft Beer Legend and Pioneer Art Larrance Dies at 80

Art Larrance, Oregon craft beer pioneer and co-founder of the Oregon Brewers Festival passed away on Sunday from a heart attack at the age of 80. Larrance co-founded Portland Brewing Co. along with Fred Bowman in 1986 and later founded Cascade Brewing.
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Posted May 21, 2024 by Tom McCormick

For years, state-based brewers guilds looked to beer festivals as a significant fundraising source. But as the popularity of beer festivals continues to wane, state guilds are beginning to develop new and creative ideas to raise money. The Oregon Brewers Guild (OBG) has developed a new concept in fundraising, a nationwide beer competition.
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Posted May 8, 2024 by Tom McCormick

The Brewers Association will kick off the annual consumer-facing American Craft Beer Week May 13-19, encouraging independent craft brewers to leverage the event to promote craft beer and their businesses.
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Posted February 27, 2024 by Tom McCormick

Homebrew Con, the annual conference for homebrewers, will be held in conjunction with the Great American Beer Festival in 2024, ending for now its usual presence as a standalone conference, held in a different city each year.
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Posted October 5, 2023 by Tom McCormick

The 2023 Brewers Association (BA) Board of Directors election will run Oct. 4 through Oct. 31. Voting members of the association will have the option to vote online or by mail-in ballot. Five board positions are open: three for the packaging brewer class, one for the pub brewer class, and one for the taproom brewer class.
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Posted September 23, 2023 by Tom McCormick

The Brewers Associations’ Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony was held today with 303 medals awarded to 263 breweries from a total of 9,298 entries. This year there were 99 beer categories across 175 beer styles (including all subcategories).
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Posted February 3, 2023 by Tom McCormick

The industry-popular Oregon Brewers Festival, which made its return last summer after missing two years because of the pandemic, is being canceled again this summer with no clear answer on if it will return or not.
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