Last weekend we were fortunate enough to attend the North American Organic Beer Fest in Portland. Organized by Roots Brewing and Abram Goldman-Armstrong, this annual event at Overlook PArk keeps getting bigger and bigger. We blew through about 8 kegs of our Watershed IPA and Overcast Espresso Stout. People were so thrilled they threw enough votes our way to take third in the people's choice Best of Show for Watershed. We're glad you all liked it, so feel free to ask for it at your favorite Portland watering hole.

Finally, we have been cleared by the government to bottle our Overcast Espresso Stout! Here's the final artwork. First run begins on Thursday July 16th. Wish us luck.

Check out the State of Suds issue in the latest Eugene Weekly: http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/06/25/stateofthesuds/feature2.html

Last weekend I got a chance to head up to Pacific City and Pelican Brewpub for the Annual Brewers Summer Games. Darron Welch and crew do a great job throwing this event to raise money for two groups in the area. This is a chance for Oregon (and Washington) brewers to kick back and have a little fun competition and all the while help raise money for a charitable cause.

One of the great things about Oakshire Brewing is the ongoing commitment to seasonals, one-offs, and barrel aging. Right after I arrived, we purchased two bourbon barrels and promptly began to age beer. (We pulled the threeish kegs of Overcast Espresso stout and a few lucky dogs will be pouring it soon!-the Watershed IPA is tasting great, but will get a little more wood exposure) We plan to get more bourbon barrels in the mix, but for now I set my sites on the plentiful harvest here in Wine country.

We were contacted recently by Alex Lee at Laundrylist.org because our new summer seasonal Line Dry Rye came up on his radar. From their site: Project Laundry List is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization which aims to demonstrate that personal choices can make a difference for the Earth and its people.

Who's Stan you say? C'mon people, I think you know. He only wrote, BrewLike a Monk (website found at http://www.brewlikeamonk.com/) , regularly blogs at Appellation Beer, writes for several publications and is now writing THE book on wheat beers. And if that's not enoughh coolness, he's been traveling the world(well, US, Canada, and most of Europe) with his wife and daughter.

Yes!! We've been cleared to put all of our hoppy goodness into bottles for you. Please look for Oakshire Beer in all the usual bottle locations before the end of July.

Oakshire Brewing is proud to announce a great summer promotion that we will be involved with all summer. Rock 97.9 NRQ and 96.1 KZEL are teaming up with Oakshire Brewing to present Rock n' Bowl at Strike City Lanes in Eugene. Every Friday, come on out for bowling tournaments, beer specials and then live music starting at 8PM. (Oakshire tastings are on the second Friday each month). This Friday, June 12th, it all kicks off.