Internal Brewsletter - July 23rd, 2025
General
Employee Provision
A weekly special served at the Pub, the idea of which comes primarily from Block 15 employees.
This week’s Employee Provision will be brought to you by Rachel! Swing by the Pub this Thursday for a Cheesesteak Sandwich!
We’re always looking for more submissions, so send in those ideas!
This Week’s Releases
Kumo // 4.50%
Description: Brewed with NW Pilsner malt and rice, our Japanese-style rice Lager boasts a dry body and a delicate, floral character. It's an exceptionally crisp and sparkling craft beer, featuring pure white foam and a satisfying finish.
Key Takeaway: Every other year, our brewers travel to Japan and bring home trade secrets to keep this beer as authentic as possible. This year we lightened both the malt and hop bill to let the rice shine through, creating a delicate and intentioned drinking experience.
Tasting Notes: Bread Crust • Lemon Rind • Super-Dry
Format: Draft & Cans
Series: Perennial
Beer Style: Japanese Rice Lager
Japanese rice lagers, also known as Japanese lagers or rice lagers, are light-bodied, light-colored beers with a dry finish. They are brewed with a large proportion of rice in addition to malted barley, up to a third of the grain bill. The rice provides fermentable sugars for the yeasts that produce alcohol while also adding crispness and a subtle sweetness to the beer. Japanese rice lagers often have higher carbonation and a delicate malt flavor with subtle hop notes.
Moneta // 5.20%
Description: We used the finest ingredients and meticulous attention to detail while crafting this recipe. Moneta was designed to showcase our favorite Saison characteristics — fruit, earth, and effervescence — while downplaying phenolic Belgian spice. We utilized both traditional and modern ingredients and techniques to bring you the finest blend of the old and new worlds of brewing art and science.
Key Takeaway: Saison means season, and nothing represents each season more than the change from one to another and the continuous marching forward of time. Moneta was designed to showcase the best of traditional brewing and the best of modern influence. We picked and chose the best of both worlds and created this highly impactful saison to bring balance and depth to our brewery's portfolio.
Tasting Notes: Citrus • Jackfruit • Harmony
Format: Draft Only
Series: Emerging
Beer Style: Saison
Historically, saison was a beer of necessity. French for “season,” it is a style rooted in rural farmhouse breweries in Wallonia, a French-speaking region of Belgium. These ales were brewed to offer farmers a safe, low-alcohol beverage to be enjoyed during the warm summer months when brewing was difficult to control, and their labors were called elsewhere on the farm. Typically low in alcohol, light, refreshing, and high in carbonation, this style offers modern brewers a lot of creative license. Modern brewers feel free to push up the ABV and allow much more expression from wild yeast, hopping regimens, and more complex malt bills than our ancestors did.
Upcoming Releases
*This list is subject to change based on the production schedule. Please keep that in mind!
Sticky Hands: Hang Ten // Hop Experience Ale
Series: Sticky Hands
Releases: August 1st
Format: Draft Only
Description: Ride this wave back to 2015! This tubular throwback brings back our legendary recipe from a decade ago, the first batch brewed on our 20BBL production system. Smooth, balanced, and ready to make some waves.
Space Candy // Hazy IPA
Series: Orbital
Releases: August 1st
Format: Draft & Cans
Description: Brewed with a galaxy full of delicious and unique hop products. Comet, Galaxy, and Apollo hops bring a tropical, dank, and piney flavor to orbit a silky and lush body. It will blast your palate into outer space.
Crowler/Package Sale for Sippin’ Sunday
20% off all packaged beer to-go, $5 Crowlers, and $10 Growler fills all-day Sunday of a specific beer.
This week’s beers are:
Pub: R&D 2171
Beer Education
4:00 pm Every Other Thursday @ the Pub
The next Happy Hour is Thursday, 7/24.
Join us every other Thursday in the Game Room at the Pub to taste through beers, discuss our beers, brewing, or any other related topics you have questions about. This is a casual session, and anyone is welcome to attend. If you have an interesting bottle of beer you would like to taste/share with the group, bring it in. Your first beer is on us if you attend.
Marketing Updates
By Holly Amlin, Marketing & Creative Manager
Buzzworks / Chris King collaboration
We’re brewing our second collaboration with Chris King Precision Components today at the Production Brewery. This year, we’re making a West Coast IPA, and have designed the can around a new color product launch. It’s been a super fun project all around, as our can printer got a nice challenge with color matching. :)
The beer will be served at the MADE show up in Portland in August, as well as a pre-show party at Chris King for their friends & industry contacts. A lot of folks in the bike community loved the beer we produced last year, and we can’t wait to debut this year’s iteration.
Sticky Hands Focus in August
We’ll be focusing on Sticky Hands during the month of August, like we did for Green Truck and Deep Seek earlier this year. Look for more information next week as we take a deep dive into our #1 beer.
Corvallis Knights Sponsorship - Last Meet the Brewer Night
Friday, July 25th
Our last Meet the Brewer night is this Friday, with the theme of “Go Beavs”. Join Danny, Colin, and Matt if you’d like to hang out and watch some baseball!
Events
Summer Music Series Continues Through August 27th
At the Tap Room every Wednesday from 6 - 8 pm. Check out the upcoming bands here: https://block15.com/summer-music-series
From the Executive Chef
By Sarah Farey, Executive Chef
August specials at the pub will begin on 8/6!
Heirloom Tomato & Cappicola Sandwich-Spicy capicola, heirloom tomatoes, basil & fennel slaw, mayo on toasted artisan bread. $15.99
Gulf Shrimp & Apricot Salad Fresh chopped romaine, chilled lime marinated gulf shrimp, Riverland Family Farms’ grape tomatoes, red onion, Peoria Road Farm Markets’ fresh apricots and jalapeno-coconut dressing. Topped with fried wonton strips and cilantro. $15.99
Filet O’ Block House Oregon rock fish & bay shrimp patty, breaded and fried to perfection with tartar sauce, dill pickles, shredded lettuce & American cheese on a toasted brioche bun. $14.99
Bakery
Notes from Lindsey Henriksen, Bakery Manager
Pub Updates
By Kira Sciarrotta, General Manager
Tap Room Updates
Caves Updates
By Aidan Welch, General Manager
High Fives
Ryan Larson - To the man of many hats, what is there you cannot do!
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Staff Section
Staff news:
Congratulations to Blake Myers for accepting the role of Sales & Distribution Manager 🎉
Charitable Programs
Our next event will be a Dine Out! with the Whiteside Theater on August 19th.